A new play based on the true story of the unpredictable Oscar Levant's fateful late night interview.
Sean Hayes returns to Broadway in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright’s new show, about Oscar Levant: Hollywood actor, concert pianist, and the most subversive mind to show up on television during its Golden Age.
It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the most-watched late-night talk-show on TV. His favorite person to have on is the character actor, pianist and wildly unpredictable Oscar Levant. Most known for his witty one-liners, Oscar's favorite was: “There’s a fine line between genius and insanity; I have erased this line.” On this fateful night, Oscar sets out to prove just that when he appears live on national TV in an episode that Paar’s audience — and the American public— would not soon forget.
Good Night, Oscar explores the connection between comedy and tragedy, the ever-diminishing distinction between exploitation and entertainment, and the high cost of baring one’s soul for the public to consume.
