Nathan Lane in new play THE NANCE

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Nathan Lane in new play THE NANCE

Posted: 10/24/12 at 12:06pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/OFFICIAL-Nathan-Lane-Led-THE-NANCE-to-Open-415-at-Lyceum-Theatre-Jack-OBrien-to-Direct-20121024

I can not wait to see him back on Broadway!!! It should be in THE ICEMAN COMETH, but this will do

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

Updated On: 10/24/12 at 12:06 PM

Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/24/12 at 12:21pm

Yay. I've been waiting to see Nathan Lane play Nathan Lane in a new Nathan Lane play.

Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/24/12 at 2:31pm

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Haven't people tired of him, yet?

"Through The Sacrifice You Made, We Can't Believe The Price You Paid..For Love!"

It's actually Douglas Carter Beane's new play, and a more serious one as well. As for audiences being tired of Lane, I don't think so. He kept The Addams Family alive for a year after devastating reviews, starred in a hugely successful revival of Iceman, and has been very well received in an understated performance on The Good Wife. He's also been away from Bway for 2 years, so it's not like we've just seen him. Just go see The Performers instead.

Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/24/12 at 3:17pm

Nathan Lane's a gem-no getting tired of a gem. A one of a kind gem.

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/24/12 at 3:29pm

Count me in...another drab Nathan Lane portrayal! Can't wait...I enjoyed him more in Love, Valour than Producers or Merlin or Addams Family but I need my Nathan fix.

Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/24/12 at 4:30pm

Nathan has taken a definite serious path in his most recent work. There is nothing funny about THE ICEMAN COMETH or THE GOOD WIFE. From what I understand, this new play is pretty dark and serious as well. He wants to show his range and break the mold the haters have him in before the end of his career. He certainly has the acting chops, work ethic and drive to do drama well.

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

Updated On: 10/25/12 at 04:30 PM

Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/24/12 at 7:19pm

Nathan said during Addams Family that it was probably his last musical. The recent serious roles show that great side of Nathan that has been overshadowed by the enormity of the musical roles he has played. He is a wonderfully talented actor. I am thrilled about this role and the subject matter. I think he will be perfect.

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/25/12 at 2:33am

Here's how his role is described in a casting notice:

"Male. Late 40s – Early 50s. A performer. Off stage he is refined and elegant. Even if his shirts are frayed, there is a sophistication about him. He speaks with a standard American accent so flawless he almost sounds British. A quick temper. Overly proud and vain, a mischievous sense of humor. Self-loathing but still charming. On stage, all bets are off. Wild, effeminate, think Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly at their swishiest. Must have an ability to hold a stage with personality. Some singing involved."

...sounds like Nathan Lane.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/25/12 at 5:17am

Nice!

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/25/12 at 8:14am

Thank you for sharing that, Kad. From reading that, it does sound like a character Nathan will be able to do very well.

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/25/12 at 10:26am

The question is, will he get bored in the role and start breaking character and talking to the audience?

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/25/12 at 5:14pm

I love Nathan Lane... i mean i was so turned on to him when i first saw him in the Los Angeles production of the "Lisbon Traviata" so many years ago, and still to this day am a huge fan...he is MR. BROADWAY!...

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/25/12 at 5:28pm

In my experience Joey (as Lane used to be called) was also a really nice guy, if a little shy, and as funny off stage as on.

I don't get the hatred...

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/26/12 at 8:47am

^^^ Thank you for the input, GavestonPS

That's good to hear.

And I don't get it, either. But... I don't know that it's really "hatred"/"haters", I think it's more a mentality of "one trick pony."

"I've seen him do that before."

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/26/12 at 8:47am

Sorry... Double post.

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

Updated On: 10/26/12 at 08:47 AM

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/26/12 at 10:39am

I will never tire of seeing Nathan Lane perform! ;D

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/26/12 at 11:47am

^^^ Neither will I, AThousandSweetKisses

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

Updated On: 10/26/12 at 11:47 AM

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/26/12 at 12:38pm

I'm a huge Nathan Lane fan, but-- "In my experience Joey (as Lane used to be called) was also a really nice guy"

I'm glad you had that experience, but no.

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/26/12 at 1:03pm

The question is, will he get bored in the role and start breaking character and talking to the audience?

I've never seen him break when he was doing a straight play. He's only done it in FORUM, THE PRODUCERS, and THE FROGS (to my experience), and each time he did it there it was expected and encouraged. He definitely didn't do it in BUTLEY or GODOT or ICEMAN COMETH. (Although considering his character is a vaudevillian I wouldn't be surprised if there was vamping written into the script)

"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

Updated On: 10/26/12 at 01:03 PM

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/26/12 at 2:15pm

He couldn't have been sweeter every time I've had the pleasure of meeting him. Kind and gracious. Always love seeing him on stage.

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/26/12 at 2:47pm

^^^ That's been my expierience, too, iluvtheatertrash. And I do, too.

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

Updated On: 10/26/12 at 02:47 PM

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/26/12 at 3:54pm

Oh, dear Nathan is a curmudgeon and is the first one to admit it! Not saying anything new here.

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/26/12 at 4:34pm

No one is saying he's a saint, Jane2. No one is saying we eat dinner with him all the time and know him as a "friend." I expect we are all meaning stage door expieriences, charity events, ect.

"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

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Nathan Lane's new play!

Posted: 10/26/12 at 5:10pm

Yes, Eponine Amneris. Of course he's a nice guy at stage door experiences, charity events, ETC. What celebrity isn't? It's their job, you know.

Just forget it, ok? ok!

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

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