Laurie Vows To Never Return To The Stage

British actor Hugh Laurie has vowed he will never return to the stage, for fear of losing his mind.

The star of TVs HOUSE has only stage credit, a production of Gasping in the West End in the 1990s, states that he "couldn't do it again. I actually started to have out-of-body experiences and it was really very frightening. I would sort of lean my body and float around the upper circle and sit next to people and eat their crisps. It was really strange." adding "It was actually quite frightening. I really did think I was losing my mind. I just thought this is what stage actors do - this is something you have to go through. It isn't normal - it can't be normal."

While Laurie might have sworn off a return to the stage, he will soon be joined on his hit FOX television show by a Tony winner. Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello recently revealed the news that Lin-Manuel Miranda has been cast in Laurie's HOUSE.

Miranda will appear in at least two episodes of the show's upcoming season as title character House's psychiatric hospital roommate. Producers are also said to be looking for other "interesting" actors to populate the ward. To read the full article click here.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is the 29-year-old creator, lyricist, composer and original lead of the Tony Award-winning musical "In the Heights."

HOUSE, an innovative take on the medical drama, solves mysteries where the villain is a medical malady and the hero is an irreverent, controversial doctor who trusts no one, least of all his patients.

HOUSE is the winner of three Emmy Awards, including an award for creator and executive producer David Shore (Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series). The series has been honored with 17 Emmy Award nominations, including three for Outstanding Drama Series and three for Hugh Laurie (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series). The series received the 2006 Humanitas Prize for the episode "Three Stories" and three Humanitas finalist honors, one each for the 2007 episode "House vs. God" and the 2005 episodes "Everybody Lies" and "Damned If You Do." Additionally, HOUSE received two Golden Globe Awards for Laurie (Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series) and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Laurie (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series) as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series) and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Television Series, Drama, and an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. 

The show has also been honored by the American Film Institute as one of the TV Programs of the Year, and it received a Peabody Award for Best of Electronic Media, as well as two consecutive People's Choice Awards for Favorite TV Drama, a People's Choice Award for Hugh Laurie (Favorite Male TV Star) and the Writers Guild Award for Episodic Drama ("Autopsy").

 

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