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Good Night, Oscar at the Barbican: 'Sean Hayes gives an astonishing performance'
Will and Grace’s Sean Hayes stars as trouble pianist Oscar Levant in a fast-paced, zinger-packed play which has an unforgettable climax
Goodnight, Oscar review: Sean Hayes hits the right notes
Sean Hayes is the stand-out star of Goodnight, Oscar - a show which earned huge acclaim on Broadway. It tells the story of once-famous comedian and pianist Oscar Levant, who we meet at a troubled time in his life.
Good Night, Oscar review – Tony-winning Sean Hayes exudes awkward brilliance and pathos as a troubled pianist
Tony-winning Sean Hayes exudes awkward brilliance and pathos as a troubled pianist - 3/5 Doug Wright’s mid-century period piece delivers a glimmering, beguiling surface without looking too hard at wha
Goodnight, Oscar review: Will & Grace star Sean Hayes is magnetic
It’s fairly obvious why writers turn to televisual ratings to source their intrigue: every scribe knows the pain of having their stories or subjects exploited to reach bigger audiences. File Goodnight,
'Good Night, Oscar' review — Sean Hayes puts the extraordinary Oscar Levant back in the spotlight
Read our review of Doug Wright’s Tony-winning play *Good Night, Oscar*, now in performances at the Barbican to 21 September. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.
Good Night, Oscar, Barbican review - sad story of a Hollywood great's meltdown, with a dazzling turn by Sean Hayes
Back in the day, when America’s late-night chat show hosts and their guests sat happily smoking as they shot the breeze for a growing audience, the most sought after guest was Oscar Levant.
Good Night, Oscar review: Will & Grace's Sean Hayes is master and maestro in this heartbreaking comedy
Sean Hayes stars in a strictly-limited run at The Barbican this summer. Nothing can prepare you for a viewing of Good Night, Oscar. No knowledge of Will & Grace, late-night talk shows, jazz – or in my case,
Review: GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR, starring Sean Hayes, Barbican Theatre
The only weak element of the play is in the writing of NBC exec, Bob Sarnoff, and production gopher, Max Weinbaum. Though Richard Katz and Eric Sirakian do what they can with them, both are caricatures we’ve seen too many times before, a rare instance of the play going for easy laughs.
Actor Sean Hayes on the lasting relevance of ‘Goodnight, Oscar’
Sean Hayes is best known to audiences from the sitcom Will and Grace, but now he’s taking on a much darker role onstage at London’s Barbican theatre playing post-war pianist and actor Oscar Levant. ‘Goodnight, Oscar’ examines Levant’s addiction and mental health struggles framed through an infamous TV appearance in the 1950s.
Good Night, Oscar theatre review — Sean Hayes hits the right notes in quippy pianist bio-drama
Mental health and the ghost of Gershwin loom large in Doug Wright’s Tony-winning play about the darkly witty Oscar Levant
Sean Hayes: ‘I loved Will & Grace but even when I was in it, I was like, OK, what’s the plan to get out of this?’
INTERVIEW: The star of ‘Will & Grace’ puts his lesser-known gift as a classical pianist to use in his Tony-winning role as ...
Good Night, Oscar is a Tony Award winner, but nobody this side of the Atlantic will care
Who is Oscar Levant? On myriad levels, this is the question both we and Doug Wright’s play, coming to London after a Tony ...
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Good Night, Oscar
Sean Hayes and Rosalie Craig shine in the transfer of this Tony-winning play about a pianist disintegrating on a ’50s talk ...