Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#2Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/10/10 at 10:34amWhy do I have trouble taking this seriously? Does Lane have the acting chops for a role like this? (I have only seen him in musicals/comedies.)
#2Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/10/10 at 10:38am
Stop it! This can't be real.
....but the world goes 'round
ifuweregay93
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/06
#3Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/10/10 at 10:39am
Hold Me Touch me - That's a funny name for a play, "Cash!"
Max Bialystock - So was the Iceman Cometh!
I would totally go see this!
#4Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/10/10 at 10:44am
Actually, once the shock of the idea wears off I can see Nathan doing a really good job with this. If he dials back his performance style a bit he could be very affecting.
There always seems to be an undercurrent of desperation in his performances in comedy (that's not a criticism, btw).
....but the world goes 'round
#5Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/10/10 at 10:57am
Does Lane have the acting chops for a role like this?
Yes, he does.
#6Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/10/10 at 11:51am
I would definitely be front and center for this!
Nice one, ifuweregay93 
THAT was my first thought when I heard this might happen.
I agree with you, PalJoey. He sure DOES have the acting chops for the role.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#7Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/10/10 at 11:52amAfter the AF reviews, he may be doing it sooner rather than later after TAF advance dries up.
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#8Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/10/10 at 11:58amLane is a known workaholic. He often goes from one job to the next. And he most certainly has the chops. Anyone who saw him in Love! Valour! Compassion! or Waiting for Godot would know that.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/10/10 at 12:08pmI thought Lane was better than okay in BUTLEY, but he really impressed me during his stint in TRUMBO. He definitely has acting chops.
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#10Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/10/10 at 12:14pmI would love to see this if it happens.
#11Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/10/10 at 1:56pmHe does have the chops, and is really one of the best performers we have right now. He was great in Waiting for Godot. He (along with John Glover) couldn't quite overcompensate for the aimless assclown performances John Goodman and Bill Irwin were giving, but boy did he try. He was very poignant.
The Other One
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
#12Nathan Lane To Star In ICEMAN in Chicago?
Posted: 4/11/10 at 6:28amHe's been doing dramatic plays all throughout his career. I first saw him The Common Pursuit in the mid-80's. I think he'll make a great Hickey. I hope I get to see him.
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