I adore Nathan Lane. Haven’t seen him in much, my first introduction to him was Mousehunt. But he’s awesome in every little part I see him in, such a unique voice also.
Nathan Lane won 2 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for playing Timon in Timon & Pumbaa (TV series): Season 1 and Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for playing Spot/Scott in Teacher's Pet (TV series).
Just love Nathan Lane's work. He's a fantastic stage actor. Like the old school actors I remember watching in the 1970s in London (when I was a kid and my parents worked in theatres). I could watch this all the way through. Great emphasis, and biting humour.
Not really sure it’s fair to compare this to Al Pacino in the miniseries; theatre is *not* the same thing as film. It’s actually quite different. And Angels in America is a very special - and very LONG - play. Most actors in this ply actually perform 2-3 roles throughout the piece, but not the actor who plays Roy Cohn; I think he’s the only one to just play that role, and with good reason. It’s an extremely physical and draining role to perform, with tremendous amounts of deeply complex dialogue across a freaking 6-7 hour long play. Being able to effectively perform that role - to die of AIDS night after night - is one of the most insanely difficult and challenging performances any actor can undertake. To do it extremely well with this kind of energy while lifting all the performances around you is stunning. There’s a reason why he won the Tony hands down that year.
I saw Nathan Lane when he filled in last minute to reprise his Max Bialystock for The Producers in London. The man is a master of comedic timing and his performances are full of energy, even at their most quietest moments.
Roy Cohn was a close confidant of J. Edgar Hoover. He was also literally one of Donald Trump's mentors. They used to hang out at Studio 54. Do the math...
I saw the original commissioned production of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches at the Eureka Theater in San Francisco, 1991. Changed the way my brain works. It opened me up so much in terms of my tastes and what theater could do… I remember stewing in what I just witnessed from the first haIf and knowing I was not prepared for what they were gonna do in the second half and learning what an intermission could do in terms of resetting and anticipating. Intermission aren’t always necessary and for me it’s less about time than about impact but this was a perfect theater experience for me and one I’ve sort of been chasing ever since.
I sent my sister this clip to give her an idea what the play is like, and I told her it cracked me up that Roy doesn't just demand AZT, but also a gift bouquet - and her response was, and I'm paraphrasing here "Hey, I would too, you only die once, and it's a status symbol!" She's not wrong - for all that Roy says he doesn't care about being loved, he does care about appearances.
This has always been my favorite actor ever since Lion King, Mouse Trap and Producers. It doesn’t surprise me he would go on to act in so many more works flexing his acting chops.
Nathan Lane is one of the most underrated actors. I saw him in the musical The Producers. There was a scene whereby he accidentally flubbed one of his lines but being a pro he ad-libbed and it became a running joke for the rest of the performance. The audience was in hysterics and the overall night was memorable.
Wooo, amazing performance. He would have deserved several awards (for a long time), and a much better career in the cinema. I love him so much. Nathan Lane is so underrated in Hollywood (for too many years), shame. Brillant actors : The Lion King, The Birdcage, Mousehunt, The Front Page, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Iceman Cometh, Lisbon Triviata, Love, Valour!Compassion, The Nance, The Producers, The Good Wife, Modern Family or recently Penny Dreadful City Of Angels (Is incredible is this role).
Lane has a modality by which regardless of which character he is playing he always has the discipline to make the same acting choices. This is why this, his performance, is so polished. This is known as The Walken Method.
Tried to get tickets for this a year before it opened. Sold out?! :( I hope it comes back so I can have another go. Loved the HBO series, that was a masterpiece of tv film making. But I know the original live theatre production will be a whole other experience.
The painful, constant forward motion of History as a force of nature and an inherent feature of progress is a theme in this play. Something to think about when I consider the National Theater using this emoji in a video title 🤯
Only two films got pulled from my film class because of complaints: American History X and Angels in America. Because both portrayed the rawest form of modern America.
3 months ago, I was in the Hospital. While I was being transferred from the ER to a Hospital room, I received a phone call from a telemarketer. I told him to leave me alone as I was dying. Needless to say, I was in no danger of dying.
I'd love to find the full play somewhere. I know they made a godawful made for TV version with other people. That one soft pedaled every single line. This play with Nathan and Andrew was incredibly done and as insightful as it gets.
Nathan Lane is Theatre Royalty and anyone who is lucky enough to have a chance to see him perform live, should seize and protect that opportunity like they were Lloyd’s of London. It’s been so long since I’ve seen Angels in America performed live - not since it’s pre-Broadway Taper production. In the clip of this scene, I am immediately reminded how completely lovable is Nathan Lane. I have a problem with that in this role. There was N O T H I N G Lovable about Roy Cohn. Before the play even begins, one can pick up and sense Nathan Lane’s S P I R I T a block away from the theater, pouring out the lobby doors! Roy Cohn, on the other hand, was a predatory death rattle; a merciless, crusty, scab surrounding an utterly endless V O I D, a soul-sucking, Black Hole. The casting of Lane makes Cohn a sympathetic character, I fear, almost, a victim. THAT’s what .... what?... it’s what I RESENT! I think it would be difficult to find Lane, utterly despicable. There are too few people that history gives us Carte Blanche to despise.... Roy Cohn is one of them. It’s hard to imagine Lane doesn’t get in the way.
You've never seen what a theater star can do to a stage till you've seen Nathan Lane.
It helps having good lines to deliver. That was a great script.
If you love “The Bird Cage”, see the French version that preceded it.
Saw him in The Producers in London, ever in our memories as the best night out at a stage play. Love him to bits.
I saw this on B'way... Fantastic production.
Better than Mark Rylance?
My compliments to Mr Lane for playing a person who was a nasty SOB; not trying to soften the person, but showing him as he really was.
It takes a special skill to fill the stage without leaving a hospital bed
not really, its actually pretty darn easy when they only have the spot light on you and one little section of stage.
@@orion7741 Are you on stage crew? Because that was exactly what stage crew would say 😂
I've seen him on stage once...and he literally lifted everyone! The air in the theatre changed! He was spectacular 🥰
nice :)
nathan lane crushes *every* *single* *role*
I adore Nathan Lane. Haven’t seen him in much, my first introduction to him was Mousehunt. But he’s awesome in every little part I see him in, such a unique voice also.
Same, mouse hunt was so good
Mouse. Hunt. 👏👏👏👏👏
He was excellent in The Birdcage, and in The Addams Family musical! And just about everything else he does lol. He always gives 100%
Mousehunt is a classic
The producers is also a great laugh
Nathan Lane won 2 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for playing Timon in Timon & Pumbaa (TV series): Season 1 and Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for playing Spot/Scott in Teacher's Pet (TV series).
It's rare you see someone outperform an actor like Al Pacino, but Nathan Lane utterly owns this role.
He's a flaming queen. Of course he'll outdo Pacino.
When I was a child my parents told me that if I wasn't good, Santa wouldn't visit our house at Christmas, but Roy Cohn would.
I go back and forth on the two, I think they’re utterly brilliant with wildly different interpretations
I didn’t get why you mentioned Al Pacino, till I realized he played Nathan’s role in a HBO mini series
PACINO was better
I grew up on The Lion King and every time I hear Nathan Lane's voice I just think of Timon
Me, too. As brilliant as Nathan is, all my childhood brain could think of while watching this scene was, "Why is Timon being so mean?" XD
I SO want to see Timon animated around this...
Nathan Lane has always been one of the greatest yet one of the most under appreciated actors in the business 👍🏼
Nathan Lane is an international treasure
Definitely one of best living stage legends if not the best. He’ll be a beloved theater hero for centuries to come.
1:30 "Half the time I just make it up, it still turns out to be true. We learned that trick in the 50s!" Best shot against the 1950s politicans EVER!
And some notable modern ones.
@@lekomanNotably his protégée Donald Trump…
If you love Nathan Lane recommend the film "the bird cage." It is so funny! This is definitely incredible acting!
I saw it for the first time a year ago, it is in my top 10, loved it.
Yes, you are so right! His portrait of Zarina is beyond funny! 🤣🥰🤣🥰😂
@@xdevilxbabex2003 Mine too my mother and I love it!
@@Anna.GG. I know!
Too good!
Just love Nathan Lane's work. He's a fantastic stage actor. Like the old school actors I remember watching in the 1970s in London (when I was a kid and my parents worked in theatres). I could watch this all the way through. Great emphasis, and biting humour.
Nathan lane is just amazing!!!!!
Not really sure it’s fair to compare this to Al Pacino in the miniseries; theatre is *not* the same thing as film. It’s actually quite different. And Angels in America is a very special - and very LONG - play. Most actors in this ply actually perform 2-3 roles throughout the piece, but not the actor who plays Roy Cohn; I think he’s the only one to just play that role, and with good reason. It’s an extremely physical and draining role to perform, with tremendous amounts of deeply complex dialogue across a freaking 6-7 hour long play. Being able to effectively perform that role - to die of AIDS night after night - is one of the most insanely difficult and challenging performances any actor can undertake. To do it extremely well with this kind of energy while lifting all the performances around you is stunning. There’s a reason why he won the Tony hands down that year.
I adore Nathan Laine he is quite simply one of the greatest theatre actors America has ever produced ❤️❤️
One of best performance by Lane along Al Pacino
Nathan is the GOAT!!!! I LOVE HIM 💗
Nathan Lane is a national treasure ✨⭐❤
I saw Nathan Lane when he filled in last minute to reprise his Max Bialystock for The Producers in London. The man is a master of comedic timing and his performances are full of energy, even at their most quietest moments.
This man is an absolute giant of the stage. His presence is absolutely extraordinary.
I. LOVE. HIM. ♥ Nathan Lane could read the disclosures on antidepressant medications and I would be mesmerized.
Nathan Lane is an underrated gem. Was a pleasant surprise to see him pop up in American Crime Story: OJ.
All I hear is Timon swearing. Lmao. I love you, Nathan!
Roy Cohn was a close confidant of J. Edgar Hoover. He was also literally one of Donald Trump's mentors. They used to hang out at Studio 54. Do the math...
Lane really is the gold standard of American acting. I wish I could see this performance.
Is anyone besides me disappointed that we can no longer threaten to strange ourselves with the phone cord when someone's being annoying?
Simple, say phone charger instead. The thing about strangling yourself is anything can work if you are creative enough 😂
During lockdown, he took part in one of the Broadway Cares fundraisers and delivered a monologue that left me in tears. The man is truly a gift!
My God he really is one of the great theater actors.....PERIOD.
Nathan Lane is amazing.. bird cage was hilarious. He’s a comedic genius.
And The Producers too.
Amazing performance. Hats off!👌👏👏👏
I saw the original commissioned production of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches at the Eureka Theater in San Francisco, 1991. Changed the way my brain works. It opened me up so much in terms of my tastes and what theater could do… I remember stewing in what I just witnessed from the first haIf and knowing I was not prepared for what they were gonna do in the second half and learning what an intermission could do in terms of resetting and anticipating. Intermission aren’t always necessary and for me it’s less about time than about impact but this was a perfect theater experience for me and one I’ve sort of been chasing ever since.
"I don't even know what I know! Half the time I make it up and it turns out to be true anyway!"
"We learned that in the 50's"
I had know idea this play existed but it further proves how wonderful nathan lane is on stage
Part 1 is better than Part 2, in my opinion.
They put bags under his eyes and everything. LOL I love Mr. Lane. :-D
I love Nathan 💘
Some top-rank playing to the gallery, scenery-chewing, and projecting to the last row of the top balcony.
I saw him in this a few years ago on Broadway. Just brilliant 👏
Part of one of the greatest pieces of theatre I've ever seen.
That VOICE!
I sent my sister this clip to give her an idea what the play is like, and I told her it cracked me up that Roy doesn't just demand AZT, but also a gift bouquet - and her response was, and I'm paraphrasing here "Hey, I would too, you only die once, and it's a status symbol!" She's not wrong - for all that Roy says he doesn't care about being loved, he does care about appearances.
I will see ANYTHING with Nathan Lane!!
Sir Nathan you're an absolute legend!
Jesus, this man is a great actor! Im surprised some of these theater actors don’t break character or get distracted when audiences laugh.
Nathan is pure gold on any stage.
Great, great, great actor.
Seeing Nathan Lane look so old trips me out, I’m still thinking of him in mouse hunt or the birdcage lol
This has always been my favorite actor ever since Lion King, Mouse Trap and Producers. It doesn’t surprise me he would go on to act in so many more works flexing his acting chops.
Nathan Lane still one of my favourite actors
Im speechless.....busy dying....😭😭😭
WOW...Excellent role for Nathan! He's so good in it/
Nathan Hale is one of my favorite actors . Still love Mouse Hunt to this day
Nathan Lane is a national treasure.
Nathan Lane is one of the most underrated actors. I saw him in the musical The Producers. There was a scene whereby he accidentally flubbed one of his lines but being a pro he ad-libbed and it became a running joke for the rest of the performance. The audience was in hysterics and the overall night was memorable.
Can you show Helen McCrory in Medea please? One of our finest. I’m really going to miss seeing her.
Medea is currently streaming worldwide on www.ntathome.com/ We miss her already :(
@@NationalTheatre Saw the clip. She was 2 years younger than me. It's truly not fair that she's gone. She was amazing.
Wooo, amazing performance. He would have deserved several awards (for a long time), and a much better career in the cinema.
I love him so much.
Nathan Lane is so underrated in Hollywood (for too many years), shame.
Brillant actors : The Lion King, The Birdcage, Mousehunt, The Front Page, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Iceman Cometh, Lisbon Triviata, Love, Valour!Compassion, The Nance, The Producers, The Good Wife, Modern Family or recently Penny Dreadful City Of Angels (Is incredible is this role).
I know he is amazing!
@@ramandeepnijjar8281 hell yeah. Fantastic.
Great way to start the day, thank you.
This is why even though I didn't see much of the LA based Penny Dreadful, the man still convinced me that he could play a hardboiled 40s/50s cop.
Theatre legend
Lane has a modality by which regardless of which character he is playing he always has the discipline to make the same acting choices. This is why this, his performance, is so polished. This is known as The Walken Method.
Unsurprising that Nathan Lane would conquer this role. Pacino is solid in the mini series, too.
I hope he reprises this role once Broadway reopens
"Where's my Roy Cohn?!"
National treasure indeed!
Tried to get tickets for this a year before it opened. Sold out?! :( I hope it comes back so I can have another go. Loved the HBO series, that was a masterpiece of tv film making. But I know the original live theatre production will be a whole other experience.
That was brilliant!
I would love to see Nathan lane one day ❤
Such a great role 🙌🏾
I expected him to suddenly blurt out: "What do you want me to do? Dress in drag and do the Hula?"
LUAU!
Nathan Lane is a National Treasure for sure but, Damn! I miss Live Theatre!
Amazing! I like how's passion he is)))👏👍👍👍
Huh, that’s actually clever and good casting on multiple levels.
Love Nathan Lane.
The whole show is over the top, suits him well.
This showed up on my feed on the morning Democracy died in America. We live in Roy Cohn's world now folks.
Nathan Lane is an absolute wonder.
The HBO miniseries was a perfect adaptation. Al Pacino was great in the role.
Yup
Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump how to behave like that. Their relationship was very formative.
Nathan lane...hes always got the same energy jee hea been around forever
The painful, constant forward motion of History as a force of nature and an inherent feature of progress is a theme in this play. Something to think about when I consider the National Theater using this emoji in a video title 🤯
Can't believe this is the same actor from Mousehunt. Suddenly i feel really old lol
Only two films got pulled from my film class because of complaints: American History X and Angels in America. Because both portrayed the rawest form of modern America.
I always thought he was born to play don rickles!
I can’t help but think of the cat from Stuart little every time I hear him lol
3 months ago, I was in the Hospital. While I was being transferred from the ER to a Hospital room, I received a phone call from a telemarketer. I told him to leave me alone as I was dying. Needless to say, I was in no danger of dying.
mind blown !!
he's so good!
What a actor jesus 😮
Unreal, how does he have the same energy he did three decades ago??
The loud music at the end woke me up. -_-
The Nance is also wonderful.
I'd love to find the full play somewhere. I know they made a godawful made for TV version with other people. That one soft pedaled every single line. This play with Nathan and Andrew was incredibly done and as insightful as it gets.
This production is available from National Theatre At Home.
I hope they make a film of this.
I can't believe this is Timon OMG
Just imagine Timone saying this to Pumba
He was great in the good wife.
He sounds so much like Don Rickles
Nathan Lane will be remembered as the greatest Broadway actor of his generation. Change my mind. Or actually, don’t really, I like it better this way.
Nathan Lane is Theatre Royalty and anyone who is lucky enough to have a chance to see him perform live, should seize and protect that opportunity like they were Lloyd’s of London. It’s been so long since I’ve seen Angels in America performed live - not since it’s pre-Broadway Taper production. In the clip of this scene, I am immediately reminded how completely lovable is Nathan Lane. I have a problem with that in this role. There was
N O T H I N G Lovable about Roy Cohn.
Before the play even begins, one can pick up and sense Nathan Lane’s S P I R I T a block away from the theater, pouring out the lobby doors! Roy Cohn, on the other hand, was a predatory death rattle; a merciless, crusty, scab surrounding an utterly endless V O I D, a soul-sucking, Black Hole.
The casting of Lane makes Cohn a sympathetic character, I fear, almost, a victim. THAT’s what .... what?... it’s what I RESENT! I think it would be difficult to find Lane, utterly despicable. There are too few people that history gives us Carte Blanche to despise.... Roy Cohn is one of them. It’s hard to imagine Lane doesn’t get in the way.
Beautifully stated. Couldn’t agree more.