STAGE TUBE: Jake Gyllenhaal Reveals All on LITTLE SHOP, Working with Ellen Greene & More!

By: Sep. 15, 2015
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Jake Gyllenhaal made a triumphant musical debut this summer co-starring opposite Ellen Greene in Encores! Off-Center concert production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. In a recent interview with DP/30, Jake revealed how Jeanine Tesori convinced him to take on the project, what it was like sharing the stage with Greene, and so much more. Check out the full interview below!

Gyllenhaal made his Broadway debut last season in Constellations. He was seen Off-Broadway in Nick Payne's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet (Lucille Lortel and Drama League nomination) and in London in Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth (Evening Standard Theatre Award). His film credits include Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (Academy Award nomination, BAFTA award, National Board of Review Award), Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler (Golden Globe nomination, SAG nomination, BAFTA nomination, Independent Spirit Award nomination), Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (National Board of Review Ensemble Award), David Fincher's Zodiac, Sam Mendes' Jarhead, Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko (Independent Spirit Award nomination), Denis Villeneuve's Enemy, David Ayer's End of Watch, Duncan Jones' Source Code, Edward Zwick's Love & Other Drugs (Golden Globe nomination), Jim Sheridan's Brothers, Miguel Arteta's The Good Girl and Roland Emmerich's The Day After Tomorrow. His upcoming films include Antoine Fuqua's Southpaw, Baltasar Kormákur's Everest, and Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition.


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