これはとっても興奮するキャスティングニュースです。
As I was leaving the room at my first callback, I became overwhelmed at the thought that I might not come back for the final. I couldn’t help myself, I turned to them and said, “Thank you for this. Living in Arnold’s skin for the last week has been so healing.” Realizing how inappropriate this was, I scurried to the door muttering, “Too much. I’m gonna go.” . But I meant it. I had decided that no matter how casting went, I would continue to borrow this character’s heart, and I had to thank them for bringing him into my life. You see, I’ve been out to the world as a gay man for almost 20 years, but I learned very quickly that it was hard to get cast if I let my “femininity” show. I’ve been fortunate enough to pass as a heterosexual on stage and reap the benefits of that privilege. My otherness, at least in NYC, is not always apparent. But even when it has been, gay directors tell me to butch it up, straight directors ask for “a little less Shirley Bassey”. . After years of playing mostly good-natured straight men, I can’t describe how liberating and rewarding it was to get into the skin of a hilarious, poetic, vulnerable, resilient gay man. . The final callback came. This time, for Harvey Fierstein. Oh lord. How could this mean so much to me, but also be so frightening? They were specifically asking for the parts of me I’ve learned to hide, attempting material written by a man who was more comfortable and radical about his sexuality in 1982, than I am in 2018? The thought of doing the material in front of Harvey went from extremely intimidating to a necessary offering of respect, but I couldn’t shake the idea that my misinterpretations could be seen as disrespectful to the legendary gay artists across the table. . As unworthy as I felt, I had done my homework, and I decided to tell myself “You are beautiful. You are lovable. They’ve been waiting for you.” I went into the room as myself. The best part of me I’ve ever known. The part Arnold was allowing me to be. . I’m fucking thrilled to announced that I will be Michael Urie’s standby in Harvey Fierstein’s TORCH SONG, directed by Moisés Kaufman, opening on Broadway this fall.
WILL BLUMさん(@willblum)がシェアした投稿 –
長いけど(笑)
2nd StageでやっていたTorch Songのリバイバルを
Bwayにトランスファーする話は前から出ていましたが、
確かオフのキャストが全員そのままオンにも出ることになっていたと思います。
オフのを見て、あんまりマイケル・ユーリーがこの役に合っていないと思ったので、
オンでは見ない予定でしたが、Will Blumが出るとなれば話は別です。
スタンバイなので、いつでるかわからないけど、これは是非とも見たい。
事前に出る日がわかればいいなぁ。
