Word: broderick
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...when Broderick and Lane got together for a rehearsal, something unexpected happened. They made each other better. "It was very intimate," says Susan Stroman, who directed Lane and Broderick in The Producers both on Broadway and in the upcoming movie version. "I knew immediately, when Matthew said his first line, 'Mr. Bialystock, anybody here...
...look closely, you can see what Broderick and Lane get from each other. Take Broderick: with his permanently boyish features, his bite-sized stature, his slightly adenoidal voice, he's the quintessence of the light comic actor. But Lane sees something else in him: a sly, versatile mimic, with stage smarts that won him a Tony the first time he ever set foot on Broadway (in Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, when he was 21). He pushes Broderick to let that side of him show. "He's very spontaneous," Lane says of his co-star. "He's more improvisational than...
Lane doesn't let Broderick be reticent. He forces him out, keeps him from coasting on that effortless Ferris Bueller charm. "It's comfortable and at the same time not too comfortable," Broderick says. "It's very on-your-toes. He's very challenging onstage. It sounds like a boxing match--and it is, a little bit. There are elements of competitiveness, but it's the good kind. He's very agile. You have to pay attention...
...BRODERICK: He's very present, and he forces you to be too. I hate to admit it, but we enjoy each other...
...BRODERICK: [Embarrassed] Because it's gross to talk about it. I really do enjoy 20% of my time onstage. I'm usually at about 17%, 18%, but when I'm with Nathan, it's like...