David Hyde Pierce Talks 'YOUTH' With Details.com

DETAILS.com has a new interview with Broadway favorite David Hyde Pierce. The Tony award winning actor sounds off on acting, aging, and his appearance in Manhattan Theatre Club's ACCENT ON YOUTH.

When asked what drew him to the play, the actor said, "I had worked with the director, Dan Sullivan, 20 years ago on The Heidi Chronicles. I read the play, and it kept surprising me. It's a 1934 comedy, but it wasn't just wacky or silly-it had a lot of heart and soul and takes a lot of weird turns. It's about a guy who was in his fifties and having a lot of questions about his age and his career. I turned 50 while we were in rehearsals for the play. I thought there was a kind of horrible synchronicity there. I don't feel like an old person exactly, but there's something about 50: You start to look ahead, look back, and wonder where you are."

To read the full '60-seconds' Interview from DETAILS.com, click here.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of Samson Raphaelson's ACCENT ON YOUTH is currently in previews at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) in preparation for a Wednesday, April 29 opening night.

To see a sneak peek at ACCENT ON YOUTH, click here.

ACCENT ON YOUTH is directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan (Rabbit Hole, Sight Unseen, Proof) and features Lisa Banes (High Society, Arcadia), Rosie Benton (Saturn Returns), Curt Bouril (A Man for All Seasons), David Furr (Cymbeline), Mary Catherine Garrison (Top Girls, Rabbit Hole), Byron Jennings (Is He Dead?, Sight Unseen), Tony nominee Charles Kimbrough (Company, "Murphy Brown"), Tony and Emmy winner David Hyde Pierce (Curtains, Spamalot, "Frasier"), and John Wernke (The American Plan).

ACCENT ON YOUTH, a new production of Samson Raphaelson's comedy, is a salute to love's possibilities, both on stage and off. Successful playwright Steven Gaye (Pierce) is about to abandon his latest script, when his young secretary (Garrison) offers him new inspiration. With her as his muse, he stages the show on Broadway, only to learn, to his dismay, that the show's young leading man (Furr) is being inspired by her too.

The creative team for ACCENT ON YOUTH includes John Lee Beatty (scenic design), Jane Greenwood (costume design), Brian MacDevitt (lighting design), Obadiah Eaves (original music & sound design), and Tom Watson (hair & wig design).

Single tickets to ACCENT ON YOUTH are available via www.Telecharge.com; by telephone at (212) 239-6200 or (800) 432-7250 if outside the NY metro area; and at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre box office (261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue).
ACCENT ON YOUTH tickets range in price from $56.50-$96.50.

For more information visit www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com