John Stamos Talks James Earl Jones’ Big Baby Blue Eyes, Broadway, and ‘The Best Man’
ANDY DRACHENBERG: This is your fifth time on Broadway. What keeps bringing you back? JOHN STAMOS: I thought it’d be easier, but it’s all actually harder! Physically, it’s not quite as demanding. But mentally, for some reason, it’s more demanding. Some of the differences that I’ve discovered this time around are that when you’re doing a […]
Cybill Shepherd on Gore Vidal, her Broadway Debut and ‘The Best Man’
ANDY DRACHENBERG: First off, congratulation on the debut! CYBIL SHEPHERD: Thank you! This is a lifetime dream and a thrill, particularly doing Gore Vidal’s play since I knew him. We weren’t very close, though. His quote was, “If you cut me open, there is ice water in my veins.” But he was one of my mentors […]
Kristin Davis on her Broadway Debut in ‘The Best Man’
ANDY DRACHENBERG: How has your Broadway debut treated you so far?? KRISTIN DAVIS: It’s been great. It’s very scary to come into a show that you know is so great. I’ve seen the show knew it was incredible and wonderful and that the cast was of a very high-caliber. I was very nervous during my rehearsal […]
Dakin Matthews Returns to His Theatre Roots in ‘The Best Man’
ANDY DRACHENBERG: What brought you to this production of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man? DAKIN MATTHEWS: I grew up with Gore Vidal. I was a huge fan of his fiction. In fact, I was reading mostly everything he had written, especially his political novels so I knew this play. I love political plays. I loved the idea […]
Eric McCormack Talks Comedy in The Best Man
ANDY DRACHENBERG: Tell us about your character in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man. ERIC McCORMACK: I am playing Joe Cantwell, a candidate for the party nomination for President of the United States. The play is about a 1960 “democratic” convention where television, for maybe one of the first times, was a crucial part of the process. […]
Kerry Butler Reveals Historical Influences And Character Development in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man
ANDY DRACHENBERG: Can you tell us about what made you interested in working on The Best Man? KERRY BUTLER: First time I read the script I immediately fell in love with it. To work on The Best Man was exactly what I wanted to be doing right now in my career – it’s a bit of […]