Nathan and the cast of Godot will be on Charlie Rose TONIGHT, June 12, on PBS (check local listings). This will repeat in some areas on Monday afternoon.

Conan O'Brien has started making a series of ads for the Tonight Show, which he'll be taking over from Jay Leno on the 1st of June. Apparently, he's rallied up a number of 'friends of the show' to star in the ads including Nathan! Here's the ad!

I can't seem to be able to embed it...dunno why. It's also a bit sticky, so if anyone has it in a better quality pwease share!

-Corinna

Buckle up guys and get ready for Nathan's most recently announced appearance! He will be appearing on The View on Friday 29th of May with Bill Irwin to undoubtedly talk about their new play 'Waiting For Godot'! So stay tuned and don't forget to tune into ABC on Friday!

Two posts in one week - I'm trying, I promise :)

More details of Nathan in The Addams Family have been announced, courtesy of the New York Theatre Guide.

( The Addams Family: Nathan Lane & Bebe Neuwirth to star as Gomez and Morticia in new musical )

More details are over at the above link.

So, who'd like to see this?

On April 25th I had a ticket to see Waiting for Godot at Studio 54; I was lucky to get Row A, centre seat. I'd been past Studio 54 many times but this was my first time seeing a production there. All the actors were incredible, and I managed to get my poster signed at the end of the show, although John Goodman's name is missing - he didn't sign that night.

I'd heard over the years that Nathan Lane never signs - he hardly ever did for 'The Producers', but he came out to the stage door after Bill Irwin and signed for everyone that was waiting for him.



( Photos )

It must be 15 years since I read the play, but the production made the text so accessible. The set was perfectly simplistic, all the focus was on the actors themselves. I can't wait to see Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in the Haymarket production in June.

This all happened on the last night of my trip, and I was flying home the next day after four months of travelling. I don't think I could have ended it on a more perfect note! It just showed me that patience is a virtue. I've waited years to meet him and it finally happened!

PS Big shout-out to mswooster :)

Ok, for those who don't know Nathan was on Letterman on 21/04 and was hilarious as usual! Worth watching! Youtube has really annoyed me because I just realised they took down my Nathan vid! That was the first vid I ever made, and even though it may not have been the best, I choose Nathan as my subject matter! I reuploaded for all to see! Hope you like it!

Since the play is officially starting today (it's been in Previews up till now) I thought I'd have a look around to try and locate some promo pics of the play. I'd been looking around for a while now and hadn't really found anything - other than the poster of the play - but today I struck gold and actually found a number of them. By the way, I'm talking about the Broadway production of "Godot" starring Nathan Lane, not the West End one.
 

Why why WHY hasn't this community been updated?? Anyhoo, just wanted to give a heads up that Nathan is part of a charity auction! The charity will help many so if you're willing, help out! The final prize will be 2 tickets to Nathan's new play "Waiting for Godot" AND you get to meet him! The auction opens on May 11th!

More info here!

'Waiting For Godot' opened yesterday at the Roundabout Theatre! Woohoo! I've written a couple of general things about the play and the text itself at my journal if anyone is interested! Comments are love!

Nathan appeared at the Defying Inequality benefit on Monday which was held at the Gershwin Theatre and was hosted by the cast of Wicked.

The musical was called Prop 8 and featured many well established Broadway actors amongst which were David Hyde Pierce, Harvey Fierstein, Mike Birbiglia to name a few. Other celebrities also appeared to help the cause including Jane Fonda, Rev. Al Sharpton and Keith Olbermann.

You can watch a clip of it 


For more information go to http://www.defyinginequality.com

-Corinna

Seeing activity in this community again has made me realise that because I'm not on LJ very much anymore, I'd like to hand over the mod-ship to someone else.

I'm still a Nathan fan - I've got a ticket to see him and John Goodman in Waiting for Godot in April - and always will be. But my time on LJ is not what it was and I'm sure someone else could do a good/better job in promoting it, keeping it active and perhaps jazz things up a bit.

Just holler!

Hey everyone! I'm new to LJ and consequently new to this community, but just wanted to share the Nathan love! I recently watched an interview of him on The View where he was talking about the new play he's producing entitled "Sleepwalk With Me" starring Mike Birbiglia and thought I'd share!



I've been a fan for years but still haven't managed to see him onstage yet. I'm hoping to see him in Godot but if not, I will definitely see him in Adam's Family if it's finally staged!

I also have a bunch of Nathan icons but I'm still trying to figure out how links work...not sure how to attach them just yet...

Anyhoo, toodle pip from me and may the love for Nathan always be with you!

-Corinna

Nathan is 53 today - many happy returns to him!

It's been helluva quiet here recently - anybody planning on seeing "Waiting for Godot"?

I'm holding out for "The Addams Family" - I know it's no guarantee Nathan will be Gomez just because he's doing the readings but we can hope!

Dear Laniacs (I believe that's what you call yourselves, ay?? ;-D),

I can't tell you how happy I am to have found a livejournal community dedicated entirely to the fabulous Nathan Lane!! It doesn't look as alive as I might have hoped (considering that Mr. Lane recently released a new movie...) I haven't seen it yet, have any of you guys?? It looks great from the trailers that I've seen.

Anyway, as far as introductions are concerned, my name is Elisabeth (Elizabeth with an "s"), As of Friaday, I will be a university student of four weeks (I'm one of those crazies who waited until Spring Semester to register and hence, I still have an undeclared major which, if everything goes right, will become music or musical theatre, I still have to audition for the music program there next month). Great fun. (Actually, it's the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me.)

Now on to Nathan!! 

I'm not nesscessarily new to the Nathan Lane fandom, I've loved the man since The Lion King (actually, to make a long story short, it started after the third Lion King came out, then came The Producers, Frogs (which I've sadly, only heard the soundtrack to...), and so on and so forth. I currently reside in Saint Louis and there are plenty of fantastic off-Broadway venues here, I actually got to see The Producers at the Muny Opera this summer for my birthday, of course, it wasn't Nathan but the cast was still absolutly fantastic. I guess you could say that I'm a bit of a Broadway fanatic (well, I kind of have to be with a screen name like Munkuminx!!) Anyway, back to Nathan... the other day, I watched Mousehunt for the first time and that was kind of what brought you here. You know the part where the two hair models start flirting with him while he's waiting in the bench under the clock and he waves his tie at them?? ... that's what did it for me... Oooh, oooh, AND also when he goes out chasing his hat in the traffic. It's enough to make any woman swoon, I think. But let's not get too carried away. ;-)

I look forward to meeting you guys!!
~Elisabeth

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Hey guys.  I don't know who, if anyone, here has Sirius Satelite radio, but I thought I'd let you know.

Nathan Lane Returns to Studio A Cabaret
Fri 3/21 7:00 pm ET
The Tony® Award-winning actor and “King of Broadway,” Nathan Lane, returns to SIRIUS to talk about his role in the Broadway comedy November.

Rebroadcast: Sat 3/22 3 pm ET; Sun 3/23 12 pm ET; Weds 3/25 5 pm ET.

Hi all~
I made a batch of Producers icons last night and there's some really great ones of Nathan if you'd like to take a peek!

[90] The Producers icons
[1-18, 81, 89] Nathan Lane

Teaser:


Here at iconsbyrich

So I'm driving to work this evening, minding my own business, and listening to my Sirius radio, tuned to the Broadway station (of course).  After being on the road for about ten minutes, with about fifteen to go until I get there, who would he begin an interview with but......Nathan frickin' Lane.  Even from the first few minutes, it was hysterical and I was like, "okay, I can't just leave my car and miss this."  And then I start to think: how much to I really care about this job?  Turns out, the answer was: not all that much.  Now, I'm not going to try to justify my actions and blame my boss, because it really wasn't a wise decision on my part.  I basically turned around, picked up my friend and fellow Nathan Lane enthusiast, and drove around listening to the whole thing.  But yeah, just checked my voicemail and I'm to come in tomorrow, pick up my last pay check, and hit the road.  *sob sob* Hey, I'm over it. It's no tragedy.  

I don't know if anyone else here has Sirius or is familiar with the DJ stylings of Seth Rudetsky, but he's the main DJ on the Broadway station.  How to describe he's personality.....?  Small, very excitable puppy.  Something like that.  He's really funny and excentric and I love listening to him.  This interview....I can't even begin to tell you.  So amazing.  (or amahzing, as Seth would say)  For one thing, he doesn't really like to discuss plays, I suppose because they don't have any songs in them he can play, so he was kind of glossing over most of the plays Nathan Lane had done and just kind of jumping around to the various musicals.  At one point, he was like, "Ok, I'm going to play such and such song, for such and such reason"  (I don't really remember, but it wasn't really anything to do with Nathan) and Nathan goes, "Everythings a fucking musical with you, isn't it?"  If that paints any picture for you what their chemistry was like.  They kind of jabbed at each other here and there, and it was really cool.  There were some points where they were just both completely laughing their asses off.  They talked about how he was trained and how he got his Equity Card, which caused Nathan to groan and swear profusely.  They talked about Forum, and Assassins, and Guys and Dolls, Frogs, and obviously The Producers.   They talked a bit about him doing The Birdcage too.  It was cool when they were talking about the Producers, because he talked about how Betrayed came to be in the show and stuff.  Seth played 'Sue Me,' 'We Can Do It,' 'Betrayed,' 'Hakuna Matata,' and.... I'm feeling like I'm missing something.  There was so much giggling from the DJ (and from Eric and I lol). 

They also talked briefly about hating Hannah Montanna and how some 16 year old guy tried to hijack and plane and crash it in to her concert.  This amused me to no end.  

Well, I must be off, because I'm still at Eric's house because my parents think I'm at work and I have to figure out a way to explain to them why I no longer have a job.  I doubt they're going to be terribly understanding, but I've said it once and I'll say it again: It was COMPLETELY WORTH IT!!

adios blockbuster

Does anyone have The Frogs (2004 Broadway Cast) they could upload?

I can't find it anywhere and i figure this might be a good place to look.

Thank you if you can help out.