Signature is doing a new video series celebrating their 25th Anniversary. First video is Adam Driver talking about doing Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA. New video will be posted every Friday.
thanks for posting that link, playlover. I saw that version of the play and enjoyed it almost as much as the original. Being a big fan of both Driver and Urie, I was in heaven! I hope they have a video with Urie.
I did not see Zach Quinto (thought he was just OK as Tom Wingfield), but I wasn't crazy about Joe Mantello or Ben Shenkman as Louis. I wondered if it was a no-win role, serving its purpose in the play but leaving the actor with an uphill climb. Both Adam and his understudy (who I saw in Perestroika) were magnificent. They changed my perception of Louis.
I saw Mantello, who was the template. I saw Quinto, who was the second best Louis I've seen after Mantello. In the hands of a very talented actor, this role is a gold mine.
Almost everybody I've ever seen play Louis was better than Schenkman except for the unfortunate guy I saw in a community theater production I left at the first intermish.
FindingNamo said: "I finally understand the phrase "I just can't."
I saw Mantello, who was the template. I saw Quinto, who was the second best Louis I've seen after Mantello. In the hands of a very talented actor, this role is a gold mine.
Finding Namo, you made me laugh and I should explain. I did not get Louis when I first saw the play in spite of Joe's excellent performance. This was as much about me as anything else. Shenkman I just thought was miscast and not very good in the role. I wondered if Louis couldn't be played by a straight actor, but Adam Driver proved that is not so. I have no idea what his understudy, Eric Bryant's, offstage sexuality is, but he was, if anything, even better than Adam. (Incredibly, he understudied Prior and Joe as well)