NEW YORK — Oscar Levant, one of the great interpreters of George Gershwin’s music, was as renowned for his rueful wit as he was for his virtuosic piano skills. His wisecracks made him a ...

Sean Hayes plays Oscar Levant in "Good Night, Oscar" on Broadway. Joan Marcus That Sean Hayes transforms in the new play “Good Night, Oscar,” there is no doubt. Whether the end result is a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The “Will & Grace” star is unrecognizable in a Broadway biography of Oscar Levant: wit, pianist and “Eeyore in a cheap suit.” By Jesse ...

There are probably, unfortunately, many younger people who don’t know who Oscar Levant was. But for the Asolo Rep audience, chances are a good number recall the musician, raconteur and pianist ...

Once among America’s premiere wits and raconteurs, Oscar Levant has gone the way of many another once-famous wits and raconteurs. Which is to say, he needs lots of exposition. Good Night ...

“Character” may be a loaded word for the person Roll is playing – concert pianist, composer, occasional film actor and witty storyteller Oscar Levant, who gained a different level of ...

In November 1958, the brilliant composer, concert pianist and outré humorist Oscar Levant, then under medical supervision, appeared live on NBC’s “Tonight” show with Jack Paar in front of ...