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...energy into filmmaking, with such kinky mystifiers as Trans-Europ Express, The Man Who Lies and the cunningly titled Progressive Slidings of Pleasure. Simon Gray, 71, wrote for the stage (where many of his tart, smart comedies were directed by Pinter) and stayed there. Fortunately, his best play, Butley, is preserved on film, along with Alan Bates's brilliant performance as a bluff, self-lacerating teacher in domestic and career crisis...
...Handmaid's Tale - into parables of class inequity and betrayed alliances. (He also did a starchy version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon and, for his last script, an ugly botch of the Anthony Shaffer thriller Sleuth.) He directed other men's plays, notably Simon Gray's (Butley), and appeared frequently onstage and screen. The man kept busy...
...greatest star ever? You could make the argument. With him hamming it up as theatrical impresario Max Bialystock, The Producers is a sellout smash; with anybody else in the role, it?s just another struggling Broadway musical. If he takes a liking to a project - a revival of Butley, say, which he starred in last year in Boston - it is immediately eyed as a possible candidate for Broadway. And if he wants to revive a little-known Stephen Sondheim musical - and not just star in it, but rewrite the thing too - darned if it isn?t the hottest ticket...
...October and November of last year, Nathan Lane was in town rehearsing for Butley, the story of a jaded English professor. The play was directed by Martin and pronounced a success by the Globe even over the original 1971 production, which starred the legendary Alan Bates. Two years ago, Martin was so successful with the Huntington’s production of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler that the show was taken to Broadway, where the same lead actress won a Tony. With Hedda Gabler, Martin managed to turn a familiar script into a more effective telling, not altering...
...October and November of last year, Nathan Lane was in town rehearsing for Butley, the story of a jaded English professor. The play was directed by Martin and pronounced a success by the Globe even over the original 1971 production, which starred the legendary Alan Bates. Two years ago, Martin was so successful with the Huntington’s production of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler that the show was taken to Broadway, where the same lead actress won a Tony. With Hedda Gabler, Martin managed to turn a familiar script into a more effective telling, not altering...