April 07, 2007
Dennehy: on the page vs. on the stage
Brian Dennehy and Christopher Plummer, who next week open on Broadway in the revival of "Inherit the Wind" sit down for something of a drinking man's Q&A with New York magazine.
An excerpt: Do you think theater still has an impact? Considering that millions can see An Inconvenient Truth in just a few months …
BD: Depends on what you mean by impact. I think what happens in the theater, when it happens, can’t happen anyplace else. When I saw Chris’s Lear, there’s this one line where he says, “O, let me not be mad.” Now, you read that line and realize it’s a strong line. But when you see an actor at the top of his form saying it—and not in a hugely emotional way, but in this heartfelt way of an older man saying, Christ, I don’t want to be nuts—it goes right to your fucking heart. It resonates in my head in a way that no movie or documentary or television show can do. ... Earlier:
"Inherit the Wind" website adds evolution/creationism info page
Seats on the stage with Dennehy, Plummer for $36.25
Dennehy, Plummer on Broadway for 'Inherit the Wind'
April 7, 2007 11:57 AM in Broadway
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