Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA
Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA
Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA#1
Posted: 10/5/15 at 6:56pm
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.
Signature Voices: Adam Driver Talks About Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA
Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA#2
Posted: 10/5/15 at 7:13pm
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.
Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA#3
Posted: 10/6/15 at 9:06am
Driver was very different than Zach Quinto (different energy and physicality). He really surprised me, I thought he was excellent. Urie too.
Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA#4
Posted: 10/6/15 at 10:18am
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.
Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA#5
Posted: 10/6/15 at 10:28am
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.
Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA#6
Posted: 10/6/15 at 10:50am
Quinto was the strongest in that production. (I only saw the first cast)
Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA#7
Posted: 10/6/15 at 10:54am
I thought Borle and Porter were his equals.
Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA#8
Posted: 10/6/15 at 11:37am
Adam D. played a better Louis than Schenkman, I thought. Also, Jeffrey Wright's Belize is something that will forever stay with me.
Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA#9
Posted: 10/6/15 at 11:58am
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.
Adam Driver Talks ANGELS IN AMERICA#10
Posted: 10/6/15 at 12:07pm
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)
Updated On: 10/6/15 at 12:07 PM
Videos
