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POLO: Yeah, Michael's a good actor. [Laughter...
...unscripted, feel-good sequel, Grand Rapidians rallied around the little indie and came to embrace the actor who plays the title role of an eccentric uncle from Italy. With money raised by Nino's Nieces and Nephews, a grass-roots group that includes some 900 fans, the actor Pierrino Mascarino (whose credits include Seinfeld and Murder, She Wrote) flew in from L.A. to raise the profile of the movie even more in the city's schools, churches and senior centers. "Our goal was to see if all of Grand Rapids would love it as much as we did," says Billie...
...George says it took years to find backers, in part because he wanted Cheadle for the role. "I've watched him for years, and he just has this chameleon ability to disappear into a character, and that quality is exactly what I was looking for most," says George. The actor has made peace with the fact that directors love him more than producers do. "You have to be in something that makes a whole lot of money and have the perception be that you're the reason it made money," he says. "It's blunt business. Yes, it would...
Intriguing sign of the times or symptom of Broadway's creative poverty? Let's just say that in an era of soaring costs and a dearth of new plays with any assurance of drawing an audience, it's a perfectly logical commercial development. With only one salaried actor and minimal sets and costumes (unless you are Dame Edna), those shows are cheaper to produce than full-scale plays. "You've got a lot less risk with a one-person show and pretty much the same opportunity to make money," says Jay Larkin, an executive producer at Showtime, responsible for Cantone...
Stand-up comics, of course, do one-person shows every night, in clubs and concert halls, so it's no surprise that they would eventually make an assault on Broadway. The bigger question is whether they belong there. Cantone, a New York City comic and actor perhaps best known for his recurring role as Charlotte's wedding planner in Sex and the City, is a talented, high-voltage performer with a bag of good impressions (Julia Child, Sammy Davis Jr.) and a bitchy, high-camp sensibility. But despite some second-act musings about his family, including his mother's death...