Yeah, I’ll be busy the next few months. Check it out:
April 18, 2012: Attending the Broadway opening night of the hit British stage comedy “One Man, Two Guvnors,” directed by my good friend, Nicholas Hytner (of War Horse, The History Boys, and my personal favorites (of course) Sweet Smell of Success and Carousel). How could I not be excited to see “Falling trousers, flying fish heads, star-crossed lovers, cross-dressing mobsters and a fabulous on-stage band”? Check out the …
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Some time ago I got a call from my voiceover agent about an audition for Jameson Whiskey. I’ve auditioned for many voiceovers over the years and you quickly learn that there’s a small circle of actors who do A LOT of the work out there in this field. I am not one of these actors. For some reason, despite constant attempts, I hadn’t been able to crack the nut.
All the same, undaunted, in I go, into a small unassuming booth to read the copy …
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One of my sidelines is occasionally performing as the narrator for an audiobook. I narrated a Jonathan Franzen collection of essays a few years ago, and recently was thrilled to be chosen to voice perform Elmore Leonard’s latest, Raylan (based on the character from the TV series “Justified”). It’s a fun book and was really fun to play all the characters. And apparently I passed muster with the audiophiles: http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/dbsearch/showreview.cfm?Num=69493
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Two great projects that I had fun working on last year are both coming out in early this month, and I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss them. The first hits movie screens on March 9, and is a great ensemble comedy by Jennifer Westfeldt called “Friends with Kids.” It stars Adam Scott and Jennifer Westfeldt as a couple, Jon Hamm and Kristen Wiig as another couple, Maya Rudolph and Christ O’Dowd from Bridesmaids, Ed Burns, and Megan Fox. See the trailer …
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Had fun doing this recent interview with the great Mark Bazer of “The Interview Show” in Brooklyn. My sister Kate James flew in from Chicago to chime in about being naked on stage. I also perform Billy Joel’s “Vienna,” accompanied by the amazing Dan Lipton (currently working on a musical with Sting).
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We’ve started shooting the much-anticipated SMASH, here in NYC. I’m playing Debra Messing’s husband. The NBC/Dreamworks TV series also stars Angelica Houston and Katharine McPhee. And great guest stars like Bernadette Peters and Nick Jonas are being announced every week.
What’s SMASH about? From the NBC website: “Executive producers Steven Spielberg and Craig Zadan & Neil Meron, and songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, bring you the blood, sweat, and tears of the making …
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I played a lawyer in the CBS pilot for PERSON OF INTEREST, and I’ll be playing another lawyer in HBO’s GAME CHANGE based on the bestselling book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, and starring Julianne Moore (at right) and Ed Harris as Sarah Palin and Senator John McCain respectively. I’m playing Ted Frank, one of the lawyers who vetted Palin for the McCain camp. I’ve had some fun getting to know the real Ted Frank via Twitter (@tedfrank).
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I’ll be in the upcoming movie FRIENDS WITH KIDS, directed by Jennifer Westfeldt (of KISSING JESSICA STEIN) and starring Jon Hamm, Kristin Wiig, Adam Scott, and Megan Fox. The film got a great reception at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
See this NY mag interview with Jennifer about the film.
Read MoreI will be joining Mark Bazer for “The Interview Show” October 13th at Union Hall in Brooklyn. Should be a great night. More info here about the show and other guests: http://www.markbazer.com/2010/05/29/hideout/
Read MoreBrian reprised his role in the Tony Award Nominated play TIME STANDS STILL by Donald Margulies. Brian joined the cast along with Laura Linney, Eric Bogosian and Christina Ricci, in what the New York Times called “a flawless production of a powerful drama.” More info at TimeStandsStillonBroadway.com
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