Here’s our first look at David in character as Elomire in La Bête! BroadwayWorld has photos of all three leads from the rehearsals. I’m thinking David’s got the best wig!
And with a great new photo of the cast! Go here for the original article.
One of this year’s most anticipated productions opens here in London before transferring straight to Broadway. La Bête stars the extraordinary, multi award-winning Mark Rylance; David Hyde Pierce, best known as for his brilliant portrayal of Niles Crane in the best-ever TV sitcom Frasier and a seasoned theatre performer; and Joanna Lumley, who also achieved TV sitcom immortality as Patsy Stone in Ab Fab. David Hirson’s 1991 play – a battle between Valère, a lowbrow street clown, and high-minded dramatist Elomire to win the theatrical favours of a princess, all in rhyming couplets – won an Olivier award when it was staged here with Alan Cumming at the Lyric Hammersmith. It failed to transfer, but Cumming went on to success on the back of Cabaret. Rylance will no doubt rise to the challenge here, too.
Here’s a great new interview with David in the Culture section of today’s Sunday Times. Enjoy!
Forty-six years ago in Saratoga Springs, New York, a five-year-old boy named David would stand at the top of the stairs and pretend to be shot. His parents, at breakfast, would hear the thudding of their youngest child crashing down the staircase. “I loved the idea of performing death scenes,” he explains. “It is the most dramatic thing you can do.” About 30 years later, David was acting in a television sitcom. He was in a kitchen and, in an attempt to impress the woman he loved, was trying to look cool by hoisting himself onto the counter top. He kept failing. Then he tried so hard, his head crashed into some hanging pans and he toppled over and fell to the floor.
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From the official site. Neat, eh?
Here’s some pics of David receiving his humanitarian Tony award for his work with the Alzheimer’s Association. Go to the video gallery at the Tonys website for some footage – you’ll find his acceptance speech under Creative Arts Winners and an additional vid under Thank You Cam.
Here are some shots of David arriving at the Tonys last night, fresh from La Bete rehearsals in London and sporting a beard we can only deduce that Matthew Warchus is making him grow:
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What’s better than photos of David Hyde Pierce? Photos of David Hyde Pierce with Kelsey Grammer, that’s what! These make us realise how much we miss Frasier … here they are presenting the Best Featured Actress in a Musical to Katie Finneran:
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Here are the guys at the opening night of the new Sean Hayes/Kristen Chenoweth musical on Broadway. Nice!
Here are some great pics of David and Brian attending the Vanity Fair party as part of the Tribeca Film Festival last night. Click ‘Read the rest of this entry’ for more photos!
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Here’s some pics of David at the opening night of Kelsey Grammer’s new Broadway show, La Cage Aux Folles. Frasier reunion, woo!
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