#1
Posted: 10/5/17 at 9:23pm
Out of McKellen's 8 Broadway performances, which one is your favorite? I'd have to go with his Estragon personally
Favorite Ian McKellen Broadway Performance
#2
Posted: 10/5/17 at 9:52pm
Wish I had been lucky enough to see them all, or even more than one! Alas, the only one I saw was No Man's Land. Didn't even get to catch Godot. Dance of Death happened when I was a child, and the rest were before I was born.
I'd be curious to hear the thoughts of someone who was able to see all or most of these. I imagine Wild Honey and Amadeus were the biggest standouts.
#3
Posted: 10/5/17 at 10:05pm
Salieri in AMADEUS and his one-man show about Shakespeare. I believe it was called ACTING SHAKESPEARE.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#4
Posted: 10/5/17 at 10:15pm
Acting Shakespeare and Richard III at BAM.
Both wonderful.
I have the poster from Acting Shakespeare framed and we got to meet him after the show. He was so kind to us two HS kids.
#5
Posted: 10/6/17 at 6:12pm
I was only able to view one Salieri monologue from his Amadeus. It was at the V&A show in London, and I was spellbound. I'd give a lot to see the whole thing, but I'm not sure there is any recording other than the archival one.
#6
Posted: 10/7/17 at 11:03am
He was mesmerizing in Amadeus, Richard III and Waiting for Godot. However, he grossly over acted in Dance of Death. I felt so bad for Hellen Mirren, he showed no respect for her on stage. He gave a selfishly hammed up performance here.
#7
Posted: 10/8/17 at 7:59pm
I went to see Dance of Death for Helen Mirren. I left an Ian McKellen fan.
#8
Posted: 10/8/17 at 8:39pm
Has it ever been said why he didn't do the film version of Amadeus? I know he didn't really become a "star" until the mid/late 1990s, but he was still a bigger name at the time than F.M. Abraham, right?
(I should add –– I love Abraham's performance in the film version and never saw McKellen do it onstage.)
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