Just in: Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan are bringing 'The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window' to BAM_Brooklyn.
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater this February, led by Oscar Isaac as Sidney and Rachel Brosnahan as Iris.Isaac wears a suit from Early Halloween. Stetson fedora. Brosnahan wears a coat by Coach.
For director Anne Kauffman, who helmed the show in Chicago, mounting a revival in New York has been a dream long deferred. “It’s been probably about 15 years,” she says. What appeals to her most about the work is its“It’s not necessarily finished, and I love that about it.” Compared to the tightly plotted action ofsprawls, weaving art, race, religion, idealism, and bitter disenchantment into its vast web. “I think she was trying something really big.
“It just feels alive, and it feels messy,” says director Anne Kauffman. “Life’s just not neat anymore”in New York when he suggested Oscar Isaac—who is not Jewish, butonce play Hamlet at the Public Theater—for the lead role. “He’s without question one of the most exciting actors working right now,” Brosnahan says. “It feels like he’s constantly searching for ways to surprise himself and surprise his audiences at the same time.
If there’s a touch of Albee acid to Sidney and Iris’s sparring, in 32-year-old Brosnahan—who last appeared onstage six years ago, in an off-Broadway production ofwith Daniel Craig—Isaac found the perfect Martha to his George. “You’re just kind of thrust into these situations where you immediately have to be so intensely intimate,” he says of their first meeting, in 2019. “And the fact that she’s so open and free—it was just very, very easy.” “Rachel has a very, very free spirit,” Kauffman says.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Rachel Zegler Reveals She Initially Turned Down 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'Rachel Zegler explains why she initially turned down the lead role in the HungerGames prequel film, 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'.
Read more »
Rachel Zegler Reveals She Initially Turned Down Role in Hunger Games PrequelThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes wrapped production back in November, and The Hunger [...]
Read more »
How Barry Keoghan went from foster homes to his first Oscar nomination“And just a note to little Barry, told you we would get there,' the actor captioned his Instagram post celebrating his first Oscar nomination.
Read more »
Oscar Mayer missed chance to sponsor hot dog fingers scene in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’The team behind 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' revealed a missed opportunity for Oscar Mayer, a hotdog company, to star in one of the film's most viral scenes.
Read more »
Was Andrea Riseborough’s Oscar campaign too good?The Academy is reviewing this year’s nominations after A-listers poured out support for the actress. Was it a planned campaign?
Read more »