Who is Oscar Levant? On myriad levels, this is the question both we and Doug Wright’s play, coming to London after a Tony Award-winning run on Broadway, need to ask. Levant, as a minor character here ...

Sean Hayes stars as pianist Oscar Levant in "Good Night, Oscar" on Broadway (Photo by Joan Marcus) It must have been something like this in the theater when Victorien Sardou wrote popular potboilers ...

As the quippy best friend Jack McFarland, Sean Hayes brought jazz hands, tummy bumps, and uncompromising queerness to 11 seasons of Will and Grace. He now harnesses his breadth of acting and piano ...

Oscar Levant, one of the great interpreters of George Gershwin's music, was as renowned for his rueful wit as he was for his virtuosic piano skills. His wisecracks made him a favorite of television ...

American Scholar magazine gushed: “Among the pop culture stars of the mid-20th century, few were as diversely talented as the inimitable Oscar Levant. Urbane and self-lacerating, Levant cultivated a ...

It wasn’t so long ago that Oscar Levant was a household name to American audiences. The pianist and movie star was known for his sharp wit and unpredictability. In the drama “Good Night, Oscar,” ...

John Zdrojeski and Sean Hayes in Good Night, Oscar – Photo: Joan Marcus READ THIS REVIEW IN THE MAGAZINE This year’s Tony Awards have been announced, and it should come as no surprise that Sean Hayes ...

Through the lips of the mordant savant Oscar Levant — “Eeyore in a cheap suit” — the playwright Doug Wright subtly takes down today’s pious and censorious American theater, delivering a blistering and ...

“Sean Hayes!” he gulped. “Well, Sean Hayes is certainly a brilliant comedian, and he became kind of a national treasure on Will & Grace—but Oscar Levant! Really? I just don’t see it.” So a lunch was ...