Frost/Nixon Character Card #4 Toby Jones as Irving Lazar
by Robert Diamond
- Dec 13, 2008
Lazar was the legendary agent who represented Nixon in extracting a record fee for his interviews with Frost. While he handled the biggest movie stars-including Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Cary Grant and Gregory Peck-he also represented some of the greatest names in that era's literature-including Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote, Vladimir Nabokov, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan and Tennessee Williams-and music icons from Cole Porter and Ira Gershwin to Madonna.
Toby Jones found the role quite interesting. 'Playing a character like Irving Lazar...I've met lots of people who knew him, so it was slightly intimidating,' he says. 'There's very little information about him available other than one ghosted autobiography. My impression is of a man very driven. He started off in a poor Russian-Jewish family in Brooklyn and basically fought his way up to become the top literary agent in the business.'
Photo Coverage: SPEED-THE-PLOW Red Carpet Arrivals
by Walter McBride
- Oct 24, 2008
The 20th Anniversary revival of David Mamet's Speed-The-Plow opened last night, October 23rd at the ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE (located at 243 West 47th St.) after beginning previews on Friday, October 3, 2008. BroadwayWorld was there to capture the red carpet arrivals as the stars entered the theater.
Additional Casting Announced For Ruhl's 'Passion Play'
by Faetra Petillo
- Aug 11, 2008
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents PASSION PLAY by Pulitzer Prize nominee and MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient Sarah Ruhl, directed by OBIE Award-winner Mark Wing-Davey at the University Theatre (222 York Street, New Haven), September 19-October 11 only. Opening Night is Thursday, September 25
Hopkins To Play Lear In Latest Film Adaptation
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 24, 2008
Anthony Hopkins will be the next actor to take on the role of King Lear in the latest film adaptation of Shakespeare's drama, various sources are now reporting.
Classical Theatre Of Harlem Presents 'Emancipation'
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 25, 2008
The OBIE, Drama Desk and Lortel Award-winning Classical Theatre of Harlem (CTH) will present the final show of their 2007/2008 season: EMANCIPATION, a new play by longtime company member and OBIE Award-winner Ty Jones.
Berkeley Rep Presents 'No Child' Starting 5/11
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 24, 2008
This May, Berkeley Repertory Theatre continues its string of solo shows by presenting No Child…, the off-Broadway play that became the breakaway hit of the year. Performed by Nilaja Sun and directed by Hal Brooks, No Child… runs from May 11 through June 1 on Berkeley Rep's Thrust Stage. Opening night is Monday, May 12.
McKay's New Doc 'Fay Wray' Premieres with Jackson, Watts
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 11, 2007
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of screen icon Fay Wray (1907-2004), Second Act Productions announces a new feature-length documentary based on her life and her relationship with her friend, the award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay. Fay Wray: A Life
Tony Stars Scoop Up Gifts in Backstage Presenters Lounge
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 11, 2007
Felicity Huffman, Usher, Vanessa Williams, Cynthia Nixon, Harry Connick Jr. and Claire Danes were among the stars who customized their own gift collection backstage at the 2007 Tony Awards in the Official Presenter Gift Lounge.
Photo Coverage: Drama Desk Awards Press Room & After-Party
by Linda Lenzi
- May 23, 2007
BroadwayWorld takes you into the press room and star-studded VIP reception for the 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards, which were presented on Sunday, May 20 at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center!
Photo Coverage: Frost/Nixon Opening Night
by Walter McBride
- Apr 23, 2007
Frost/Nixon opened on Broadway on April 22, 2007 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, and BroadwayWorld was there for the star-studded evening!
Photo Coverage: Talk Radio Opening Night
by Walter McBride
- Mar 12, 2007
Eric Bogosian's play Talk Radio opened at the Longacre Theatre on March 11th, and BroadwayWorld was there for the star-studded arrivals and after-party!
Photo Coverage: Dying City Opens at LCT
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- Mar 5, 2007
Pablo Schreiber and Rebecca Brooksher star in Lincoln Center Theater's production of Dying City, a new play by Christopher Shinn that opened on Sunday, March 4th at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Photo Coverage: 78th Annual Academy Awards
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 6, 2006
The 78th Annual Academy Awards took place on Sunday, March 5, 2006. It was Hollywood's biggest night of the year, but with the worlds of stage and screen colliding more often by the day - how could we resist bringing you photo coverage of the night? We couldn't!
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