The "Will & Grace" star is now on Broadway as Oscar Levant, the witty and eccentric musical celebrity whose mental health struggles and addictions come front-and-center during a 1958 appearance on ...

Allegra is directing the show, which runs at Le Petit Theatre Jan. 9-26.. The drama debuted in New York in 2023, with former “Will & Grace” star Sean Hayes as Levant. It was a far different ...

Sean Hayes stars on Broadway in 'Good Night, Oscar,' Doug Wright's dark comedy following pianist Levant as he's being treated for mental illness.

Performances in N.Y.C. Years before “Will & Grace,” Hayes was a classical pianist. In the new Broadway play “Good Night, Oscar,” he returns to the piano to portray a famously troubled ...

Good Night, Oscar, the new bio-play by Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife) starring Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) as Levant, goes a long way in introducing this long-ago talk-show staple to modern audiences.

To Oscar Levant, an ounce of attention is worth a pound of cure—and he was getting lots of attention last week.It all began when Los Angeles station KCOP-TV (Channel 13) brought in a beauty queen ...

The play focuses on one particular appearance in 1958 when Paar took his show to Los Angeles for the first time and booked the reliably outspoken Levant as one of his guests.

Le Petit Theatre stages 'Good Night, Oscar,' based on a 1958 late-night Jack Paar talk show appearance by the troubled comedian and composer Oscar Levant.

Doug Wright’s ‘Good Night, Oscar’ was inspired by the brilliant pianist Oscar Levant’s 1958 appearance on ‘The Tonight Show’ during which he discussed his depression, chemical addictions, and even ...

So they should find playwright Doug Wright’s compacted look at Levant, Good Night, Oscar, now onstage at the Asolo, a refresher, and often refreshing, look at the amusing but troubled Oscar.

Oscar Levant was a musical virtuoso, more famous for playing his friend George Gershwin's songs than his own. He began his rise to fame in the 1930s; building his credits on radio, TV, and in ...

THE MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC by Oscar Levant. 320 pages. Putnam. $5.95.Oscar Levant's public image, if he still has one, is a blend of an exhibitionistic hypochondriac, an acerb wit, and a concert ...