![]() ![]() Cannavale drips devilish charm, yet still manages to creep up on you. Paulson’s Stacey is a pretty piece of plastic - hard to the touch, but far more pliant than she looks. ![]() Still, there would be plenty of terrific acting to go around. True, excising those scenes would cut out Jackie Hoffman (largely wasted in an extended cameo as Stacey’s client) and Ben Rappaport (terrific as a younger coworker with a crush). The structure, though, lets the tension dissipate, visiting Stacey’s workplace in three unnecessary scenes that underline the evening’s ideas and dilute their punch. Under the insightful direction of Evan Cabnet (who replaced stageFARM’s artistic director Alex Kilgore during previews), the action darts with appropriate intensity. Schultz’s script packs danger into the comedy, providing the updated gloss on Albee that even Albee himself has been unable to pull off in recent works. He finds after the first deal it’s easy to begin selling off parts of yourself she’s haunted by projected apparitions, unsure if the kids are really being cared for by a rich, childless couple or pedaled in the flesh trade. ![]() ![]() Whether their lives are better is debatable. The first step is just letting him sell your kids to Albania.īrian and Stacey go ahead with the transaction, and by observable measures, their standard of living improves. Plus, Brian knows a guy named Marco (Bobby Cannavale) who can get things done - like help you get into “the club,” nab a promotion, finance your new apartment. The evening grabs attention early with a simple proposal: “Honey, I think we should sell the kids.” As Brian (Jason Butler Harner) explains to Stacey (Sarah Paulson), they were happier and better looking before children, while the kids must suffer with parents who “don’t love them enough, if at all.” Selling them, therefore, would really be a win-win. The result, while uneven, is a provocative tour through the compromising consequences of pursuing the American dream. How do they cope with the ravages of time and conscience? Mark Schult’z striking new play, The Gingerbread House, being presented by stageFARM at Rattlestick Theatre, takes a similar tack with American absurdism, forcing not just its audience, but its characters to deal with the implications of their actions. A notable activist in causes including Keep Guns Off Campus, Razia's Ray of Hope, the right to access for healthcare and abortion in A is For and Physicians for Reproductive Health, and support of LGBTQ youth and families, as well as the accessibility of the theatre to a diverse audience, he continues to attempt to balance a creative career with any not-for-profit encouragement of the appreciation and improving of all.With increasing frequency, pop culture has asked what would it be like for superheroes to live in the real world. He holds an MFA from NYU's Graduate Acting Program, an undergraduate degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and splits time between Los Angeles and New York. A worker constantly in search of challenging roles and material, independent films have taken him to remote Texas in indie-film festival hit The Big Bend and the roof of a skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles in the recent award-winning short Elevate. Continuing to return to the stage whenever possible, he has appeared on Broadway, in the West End, and around the country, most recently in the world premiere of Bernhardt/Hamlet opposite Janet McTeer. Over the years, there have been a variety of characters like the young Chris Walken in The Family Fang, English copilot in NON-STOP, tech billionaire in NEXT, as well as memorable arcs on Scandal (2012), The Walking Dead, The Handmaids Tale, Ray Donovan (2013), Homeland (2011) and The Walking Dead (2010). After years of theatrical roles as kind-hearted, erudites like Tom in The Glass Menagerie with Sally Field, A.E.Housman in the American premiere of Stoppard's The Invention of Love, and the Broadway premiere of The Coast of Utopia as Ivan Turgenev, his film debut as Gordon Northcott in the Oscar nominated Changeling (2008) offered him his first conflicted killer. A self-described character actor interested in the fullness of any character, he is perhaps best known currently for his compelling turn as Agent Petty in Ozark (2017). He has one brother, and multiple former step-siblings. His parents divorced when young, and each subsequently remarrying. Jason Butler Harner was born in small town Elmira, New York in a working class family, later raised in Alexandria, Virginia while his parents worked in non-profits. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |