Nathan Lane Breaks Down His Broadway Career
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- Nathan Lane is currently starring on Broadway in "Pictures From Home," opposite Zoë Wanamaker (who plays his wife) and Danny Burstein (who plays his son). In the inaugural entry to Playbill's new video series, "My Life in the Theatre," Lane sits down with a Playbill binder containing every Playbill from every show he's ever done on Broadway. Lane walks us through his career, including the time he asked Sondheim to write new songs for "The Frogs," how he almost changed his name to Norman Lane, and the production where he played a "thug version of Donald Trump."
00:00 Introduction
00:15 Present Laughter
01:33 Merlin
03:06 Wind in the Willows
04:15 Some Americans Abroad
04:49 On Borrowed Time
07:16 Guys and Dolls
07:58 Laughter on the 23rd Floor
09:10 Love! Valour! Compassion!
10:30 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
12:00 The Producers
13:52 The Frogs
15:28 The Odd Couple
16:47 Butley
18:00 November
19:33 Waiting for Godot
20:32 The Addams Family
21:33 The Nance
21:51 The Front Page
22:47 Angels in America
24:35 Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
25:37 Pictures From Home
Learn more about "Pictures From Home" here: playbill.com/production/pictu...
Credits:
Directing and editing: Ethan Treiman
Research: Margaret Hall
Production: Margaret Hall, Dean Greer, Jeffrey Vizcaíno, Heather Gershonowitz, and Molly Higgins - Zábava
It's criminal that this video is not two hours long.
I would happily watch 2, 3, or even hours more
Agree. I want the entire interview streamed. And without music in the background, please!
ur face is criminal, jason
AGREED...!!! Were talking about Nathan Lane here. My god let the man talk about his life.
@Playbill please post the long version of this!
It would be a joy to see an extended version of this interview with all the "long stories" because I bet they are fabulous from Nathan! Looking forward to see who you interview next...
:) Agreed on both counts.
I absolutely agree that an extended version would be wonderful, and another commenter here suggested a one-person show where he talks about his career. That would be wonderful, too. Although, I would imagine that after a while of talking about one's career every night, a person would get pretty tired of it.
Saw him in Forum once and he came out from backstage at one point with a cup of coffee for a guy who had fallen asleep in one of the front rows. Classic. 😆
Loved watching this. I feel like Nathan Lane is one of those people who remembers every actor he's ever worked with. You can tell how much he respects and loves theater.
My granddaughter turned 16 and I took her on an NYC theatre trip. One of the shows turned out to be the first preview of Gary. An obviously exhausted Nathan Lane appeared at the stage door to a long line of admirers. Hers was his last autograph at the end of a long day. A true class act and national treasure.
His heart is big. Very big.
Nathan Lane is such a good storyteller. I could listen to his stories for hours. I also love how much he praises his co-stars, the directors, and the writers.
Nathan should do a one-man biographical show where he recounts his life and career. I could listen to his stories all day. Thanks to Playbill, though for this snippet. I loved it!
"It would take an entire documentary-" someone MAKE IT NOW
Who'se idea was it to stick a jazz backing track that just gets in the way of Nathan Lane's wonderful anecdotes? Nuts.
Nathan Lane is a national treasure. So happy to hear him discuss his career
The King of Broadway himself! Great series!
Nathan Lane is a wonderful actor and he is so talented on Broadway. I admire him so much. I am so happy for his Broadway success.❤❤❤ We all love you Nathan.
Nathan Lane is Broadway!
I’m getting emotional just watching him talk about his career. I’m so lucky to have seen even a small number of these performances. Nathan Lane is one of the greatest performers out there and I’ve absolutely loved him throughout my life.
The thing I love most about this is Nathan’s respect for playwrights. It’s a joy to see.
He is just a delight-I’m so happy I’ve had the opportunity to see him on stage a few times. There is no one who seems more entirely at home and at ease on a Broadway stage than Mr. Lane.
Such a truth!
I was working at the national theatre when Angels in America was on. Served Nathan a few times, lovely man and incredible as Roy.
The frogs is my favourite musical of all time. it's sad more people don't love it.
I love Nathan Lane. I'm so sorry that I have never been able to see him perform on stage. I HAVE seen a lot of his interviews and appearances on T.V. and in movies. I'm very glad for the filmed version of The Producers and I think he is great in The Birdcage.
I could listen to Nathan all day talk about each and every play in depth
I love Nathan one of my all time favorite actors.
Nathan isn't even his real name??!! at this point I don't even see him as a "Joseph". He is Nathan all the way! Love him! such a treasure!
I love watching artists go through their work and talk about it
I would watch Nathan Lane read the phone book (if phone books were still around). He's THE BEST !
My first trip to NY, and the first musical I saw on Broadway was The Addams Family. I loved it so much. I was in tears from laughing, and played that CD constantly for a long time after. Such a brilliant career, a wonderful retrospective.
Most underrated and most under the radar is the master Nathan Lane, bravo and bravo again. I hope I never have to imagine a world without Nathan Lane, thanks for all of your hard work and for being such a joy. 😀✌❤
Thank you, Nathan Lane is truly a national treasure.
He's been in so much. Loved these stories. Absolue legend!
Release the extended cut! I want to hear so much more about... everything! What a career. He's amazing in Pictures From Home.
Extraordinary.
Aussie here who was extremely fortunate to see Mr Lane in London when he stepped into The Producers at the last minute. Incredibly talented man
He needs to write a biography
I saw him in The Lisbon Traviata jn San Francisco and thought it was so great I went again a few days later.
An absolute legend of the arts. I first came across him in the Addams soundtrack and was immediately charmed by the way his brain works. And the sheer talent.
I sincerely hope this series is going to run and run. Could watch this all day!
This was really delightful. I’m happy that I got to see four of those productions. And I’d also like to see an unedited extended cut. Everybody has stories and I want to hear them all! Good show
Saw him in Guys and Dolls, Funny Thing and The Producers. He is one of my favorites.
Nathan Lane has had an amazing past few years. Only Murders, Beau is Afraid, A in A, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Gilded Age. What range!
I LOVE YOUUUUU NATHAN LANE.... how do you remember all that??? You must be brilliant!
Adore anything Nathan Lane has done! I would have loved to see this as a longer video!
Long may he reign! ❤❤❤
Nathan should do a one-man show on Broadway where he just sits and talk about being in theater. I would pay so much money to hear him speak for hours and hours.
Nathan is Wonderful.
He can play any role.
Excellent Stage Performer.
I went to see his production of Angels in America at the National- a Herculean feat for all involved as the full play literally goes on ALL DAY LONG with a brief stop for lunch. An amazing day with incredible actors and fantastic stage craft. He was both terrifying and hilarious as the dreadful Roy Cohen. Perfect casting- it was like watching a truly historic moment.
All day long? What do you mean? Wasn't it like 2 hours maybe 3 hours max?
@@Mrchair-bk5ns No, Angels in full is a two-play cycle (consisting of two *extremely* full-length plays). It goes ALL day. It's like being at the frikkin ancient Athenian amphitheatre or something. At Berkeley Rep if you went to one of the two-show days you got a souvenir pin, I've still got mine
@@Mrchair-bk5ns The full combined runtime of parts 1 and 2 is around 7.5 hours
I remember being a senior in high school and going to a Drama club trip to Broadway. And seeing Nathan in a funny thing happened on the way to the forum 🎭 what an Amazing experience I could never forget!
Binging these videos. I need more of these playbill!
Please do more of these! Also, we miss the vlogs!!!
Absolutely love this video series concept of the binder of programs and some anecdotes.
This was great!! I loved it, can’t wait to see who’s next 👀
This is brilliant! I would love to watch all my favorite actors sit down honestly and tell us about them
so sweet that they did this, and captured his story before it's too late ❤️ I love this!!
This is a great series! Keep doing them!
I could listen to Nathan lane all day.
Thank you, difficult to edit😮 i love this monologue. No notes, just what the cover picture speaks to him. Great memory! Silky smooth
I need the full stories to these “long stories”
Just found this! Yay! Love ya Nathan!
Marvellous. More of these for other great titans of the theatre, please!!
I saw Nathan, and George C. Scott in "On Borrowed Time." Circle in the Square.
This is an amazing series and hopefully it continues for a while
Please do more of these Playbill!!
Wonderful! Nathan you are amazing!
i would watch an extended version of nathan discussing his career that includes all of the "long stories", also i wish they included "its only a play"! that cast was fantastic and i would have loved to see him talk more about it
Now you can do the long version, I loved it
Loved Nathan for nearly 30 years and this is delightful. I think just his stories of George C. Scott alone could fill up 2 or 3 hours of video.
I've only seen Nathan on stage once, in The Producers in London, but it was great. Always enjoy seeing him in the movies.
Fabulous!! What a wonderful life of extraordinary memories.
I truly enjoyed this production.
Better without the music but brilliant funny and i have always loved you Norman - I mean Nathan Lane
What a lovely, simple format to see a storyteller like Mr. Lane shine. If this isn't part of an oral history series Playbill does with other Broadway greats, they should seriously consider it.
This needs to be a miniseries. And he's wonderful in Pictures From Home.
Just missed an opportunity to see him in his new show on Broadway. But hopefully I will get to see him someday. Such a legend
Nathan Lane is a treasure. He can play anything!
getting to see The Front Page on Broadway was something I'll never forget
perfect video. utterly perfect video.
That forum story is absolutely beautiful
I’m probably one of the very few who has Addams family as a favorite musical after I saw him in it on New Years Eve while it was previewing in Chicago
I’m confused as to why they omitted “It’s Only A Play” which I saw on Broadway in the Schoenfeld Theatre in 2013. It had Nathan Lane teamed up with Matthew Broderick, Stockard Channing, F Murray Abraham, and Rupert Grint, and was one of the funniest shows I’ve seen. 🤷♂️
Loved him in The Producers! Just great.
I was really hoping he would talk about It’s Only A Play! I love that script and would love to hear him talk about that experience!!
I saw him in the Producers . A great Broadway play. Epic.
Phenomenal man with an equally phenomenal career. 🤩👍👏
The first and only show I attended on Broadway was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Nathan Lane. I was in Elementary and I still have a good memory oh his performance.
I remember seeing Merlin as a kid! Didn’t hear about all the troubles that show had until years later, but my preteen self throughly enjoyed that show.
Class act
I love how mich history he knows about this, absoluetly brilliant video.
What at talent….would love to see him live!
Any chance we get an extended version of this? Please? 😍
Icould just watch all this as a one-man show on the stage.Thank you Nathan.
Awesome. So Far, Nathan, So Far...
NATHAN I LOVE YOU
11:59 I really like Nathan Lane and my favourite character that he has played is Max in the 2001 Broadway production 2004 London production and 2005 film version of The Producers
what a valuable person. a diamond.
I’ve always been more curious to know about The Wind in the Willows production.
I saw The Nance at the Lyceum in July 2013 with my dad, it was a good show and Nathan gave an amazing performance. We saw the matinee that day and Nathan was apparently injured at the end of the show because his understudy performed the night show, so we felt pretty lucky that we chose the time we did lol
Hilarious. Great stories. But, why no production shots?
I would definitely watch a documentary about the Merlin musical.
I love Nathan Lane he is wonderful
I wish Nathan had done more movies. Broadway was never convenient for me so I missed most of his greatest work. Mousehunt and The Birdcage are some of my most favorite movies of all time.
One of my favorite performers of all. I’ve played Gomez Addams, Max Bialystock, and Oscar Madison and hope he would‘ve appreciated my tribute to him in those roles.
He’s a LEGEND!!
No words of Mr. Lane’s vintage TV commercial and all of his films?
He's brilliant!