Additional understudies are Tashinga Bepete (Alvin Finney), Ben Butler (Max Weinbaum), Charlotte Hunter (June Levant), and Ryan Speakman (Jack Paar and George Gershwin). Good Night, Oscar will play a ...

Additional understudies are Tashinga Bepete (Alvin Finney), Ben Butler (Max Weinbaum), Charlotte Hunter (June Levant), and Ryan Speakman (Jack Paar and George Gershwin). Good Night, Oscar will play a ...

His biggest battle, in Wright’s telling, is with George Gershwin, the composer who became a close friend before his untimely death. Levant idolized Gershwin and felt he could never measure up ...

Review Asolo Rep’s ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Introduces the Talented, Troubled Oscar Levant Doug Wright’s play presents a critical moment in the life of the musician, raconteur and pianist.

The Gershwin Brothers collaborated for the first time on A Dangerous Maid, which played in Atlantic City and on tour and, in 1924, they teamed up to write their first Broadway hit, Lady, Be Good ...

After spending months in 2023 understudying the role of pianist, composer and raconteur Oscar Levant in Doug Wright’s “Good Night, Oscar” on Broadway, actor Max Roll finally is getting a ...

Max Roll (Oscar Levant) is proud to be making his Asolo Rep debut! Broadway: The Hills of California, An Enemy of the People, Good Night, Oscar. Off Broadway: Mrs. Warren's Profession.

He became friends and tennis partners with George Gershwin. Although he never wrote for the films, some of my grandfather’s students, such as Alfred Newman, David Raksin and Oscar Levant, became ...

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.

After Gershwin’s death at age 38, Levant was often called upon to perform his still very popular music, like "Rhapsody in Blue." That notoriety was at times difficult for Levant, though he ...

Le Petit says 'Good Night, Oscar' and Streetcar Collective explores 'Human Trouble'; Fire Weeds are wondering 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' while Potter gets 'Potted' at JPAC ...