Stage to PageTheir Favorite Things: Three-Time Tony Nominee Brian Murray Shares His Theatregoing ExperiencesMurray calls which late actress “the perfect lady of the theatre”?
By
Andrew Gans
July 06, 2016
Brian Murray
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Three-time Tony Award nominee and Theater Hall of Fame inductee
Brian Murray currently stars in Mat Schaffer's new thriller Simon Says at The Culture Project’s Lynn Redgrave Theater. Here, the acclaimed actor shares the performances that most affected him as part of the audience. Murray told Playbill.com, “There are so many, and if I leave anyone out, please accept my profoundly respected apologies.”
Rex Harrison
Rex Harrison
The only actor I have ever known who can get a laugh when he forgets his lines. He is the greatest light comedian I have ever seen. I directed him as well in
The Circle.
Paul Scofield
in A Man For All Seasons
Paul Scofield in A Man for All Seasons1966 - Highland Films
…for his truth, elegance, and simplicity.
He was my favorite actor; he did all the things
that I long to do, and he did everything I honored as an actor. He was simple and never phony and underplayed everything. Something I wanted to do but never was able to achieve. I have acted with him as well. In
King Lear.
Paul, my beloved Paul.
Rosemary Harris
Rosemary Harris
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A presence of grace and charm, witty and skilled beyond belief, spread warmth around like a blanket. I directed her in
Hay Fever.
Barnard Hughes
in
Da
Blois de Banzie, Barnard Hughes and Richard Seer in
Da
[It] was a perfect Tony-winning performance; I played his son. He gave love to his fellow cast members and to the audience. Entirely adorable.
Marian Seldes
as Woman in The Play about the Baby
Marian Seldes
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[The play] premiered in 1998 at Malvern Theatres—we performed together in this production—and in everything I ever did with her or could imagine doing with her, on or off Broadway. She was the perfect lady of the theatre.
Roberta Maxwell
in Ashes
Roberta Maxwell
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She is a double-edged genius.
Eli Wallach
and Anne Jackson
in the 1973 production of
The Waltz of the Toreadors
Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach
Aubrey Reuben
…which I had a good fortune to direct. The wonder of them as a team, how they coexisted on stage. Eli gave one of those performances that made me cry, just out of the sheer brilliance of it.
Brian Bedford
in The Importance of Being Earnest,
and anything else.
Brian Bedford and Charlotte Parry in The Importance of Being EarnestJoan Marcus
Brian was my oldest friend in the business and my reason for coming into this country in the first place and staying here. I always thought he was the best light comedian of his age. He was a brilliant stylistic actor.
Judith Ivey
Judith Ivey
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The best listener on stage I have ever known.…She is better at solo shows than anyone I know. And she's wonderful to act with and to direct.
Liam Neeson
in The
Crucible
Liam Neeson
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…which was magnificent, although I only saw the bits I was on stage for. Liam was a mighty gentle giant with amazing vulnerability.
Two-time Tony winner Nathan Lane, who will star in a one-night-only staged reading of The Man Who Came to Dinner next month to benefit the Roundabout Theatre Company, recently released a children's book entitled "Naughty Mabel," which he co-wrote with his husband Devlin Elliott. The Broadway favorite shares the performances that most affected him as part of the audience.
Playbill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
This week we spotlight the choices of five-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald, who is currently celebrating the release of her newest solo recording, "Go Back Home" (Nonesuch Records), with a multi-city concert tour that continues through December.
Playbill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
This week we spotlight the choices of Olivier and two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone, whose "Favorite Things" are arranged chronologically by female artists, then male artists and, finally, show title.
Tony Award winner Alan Cumming will celebrate his new album, "Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs" (due Feb. 5 on the Yellow Sound Label), with a Feb. 8 concert at Carnegie Hall, where he will be joined by Kristin Chenoweth, Darren Criss and Ricki Lake. Here, the Cabaret star shares the performances that most affected him as part of the audience.
Playbill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
This week we spotlight the choices of multiple Tony winner Harvey Fierstein, who is currently represented on Broadway with the award-winning Newsies at the Nederlander Theatre and Kinky Boots at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The world premiere of his first play in nearly 30 years, Casa Valentina, will open at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in April 2014, directed by Joe Mantello.
This week we spotlight the choices of Tony winner and Kennedy Center Honoree Barbara Cook, the iconic soprano who starred in the Broadway productions of The Music Man and Candide.
