Oscar Levant was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor, author, radio game show panelist, television talk show host, comedian, and actor.

Performances in N.Y.C. Years before “Will & Grace,” Hayes was a classical pianist. In the new Broadway play “Good Night, Oscar,” he returns to the piano to portray a famously troubled ...

Sean Hayes stars on Broadway in 'Good Night, Oscar,' Doug Wright's dark comedy following pianist Levant as he's being treated for mental illness.

Good Night, Oscar Broadway in 2023 - Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. Check out who ...

Allegra is directing the show, which runs at Le Petit Theatre Jan. 9-26.. The drama debuted in New York in 2023, with former “Will & Grace” star Sean Hayes as Levant. It was a far different ...

To Oscar Levant, an ounce of attention is worth a pound of cure—and he was getting lots of attention last week.It all began when Los Angeles station KCOP-TV (Channel 13) brought in a beauty queen ...

Oscar Levant (Sean Hayes, right) arrives at NBC to find an overeager assistant, Max Weinbaum (Alex Wyse). Joan Marcus. What’s odd however is that, despite Levant’s insistence in the play that ...

By the time Levant shows up, minutes before airtime, he is disheveled, worn out and world weary. June Levant signed him out of the hospital, and he arrives with an orderly in tow to keep an eye on ...

Good Night, Oscar, the new bio-play by Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife) starring Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) as Levant, goes a long way in introducing this long-ago talk-show staple to modern audiences.

Only eight weeks old, The Oscar Levant Show is a smash hit, and the networks are angling for Oscar’s talents. After a 1952 heart attack, Levant’s road went downhill.

In Good Night, Oscar, written by Doug Wright, Hayes plays Levant, who is booked on Jack Paar’s The Tonight Show in a 90-minute session that delights audience members, but also comes at a cost ...

Le Petit Theatre stages 'Good Night, Oscar,' based on a 1958 late-night Jack Paar talk show appearance by the troubled comedian and composer Oscar Levant.