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NEW YORK — Oscar Levant, one of the great interpreters of ... between an uncompromising talk-show host and his unstable genius guest. The play doesn’t dig deeply into Paar’s character.
By Jesse Green Oscar Levant, the troubled midcentury musician and wag, often said he’d erased “the fine line between genius and insanity.” He says it again, or a version of it, in “Good ...
Sean Hayes plays Oscar Levant in "Good Night ... The actor is, of course, a genius at delivering a shocking, pre-written one-liner seemingly out of thin air, as he proved on “Will & Grace.” ...
Oscar” sets out to comment on enduring ideas about the burdens of celebrity and creative genius. Whether it succeeds will depend largely on Hayes’s ability to embody the dour Levant ...
As showtime approaches, feature guest Levant is nowhere to be found ... devotion inspired by the misunderstood “genius.” The play gets a jolt when Oscar finally takes the stage, played ...
He’s booked his favorite guest, a pundit as hilarious as he is unpredictable: Oscar Levant, who once famously proclaimed, “There’s a fine line between genius and insanity, and I have erased ...
His favorite guest? Wild card Oscar Levant. Famous for his witty one-liners, Oscar has a favorite: ‘There’s a fine line between genius and insanity; I have erased this line.’ Tonight ...
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 ...
Based on a turbulent few hours in the life of Oscar Levant, “Good Night, Oscar” opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre after its world premiere last year at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
We can see a throughline from Oscar Levant to the public figures today who cancel tours because of the mental toll, open up about sobriety or psychiatric treatment, or make statements against the ...
He's booked his favorite guest, a pundit as hilarious as he is unpredictable: Oscar Levant, who once famously proclaimed, "There's a fine line between genius and insanity, and I have erased that ...
Full of humour, with an unmissable, virtuosic performance from Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar masterfully explores fame, artistry, and the fragility of genius. This strictly limited one time seven ...