Happiest of birthdays, sir! You don't have any idea of how much I appreciate your existence and how much I treasure your work (be it on the theatre, tv movies, tv shows, and films). I've talked extensively before of how characters like Neil, Wilson, Housman, Barry Kempler, Danny, and many others have resonated with me; and how your work has changed my life time and time again. In honor of your birthday, I proudly present:
Robert Sean Leonard on the stage
For the full HD version on YouTube: here
If you want to know more about RSL's stage career, @samnyangie has a very good guide here
PS1: I know he probably won't see this taking into consideration that the man doesn't use social media, and it's almost impossible that he would choose to look at the hellsite, but one can dream
PS2: I chose Elvis Costello's music because he said he liked it on an interview
I wish so badly that the iceman cometh was recorded 😭 I want to see austin’s performance so bad
meeee tooo! ive seen a few bootleg traders that have audio recordings but they’re mostly inactive traders 💔 i’d pay money! but id pay even more for a video.
Monthly post with some of Austins' best sound bites. ABVA members feel free to message me with more suggestions.
See this post on my blog if you wanna join ABVA.
That The Sunday Times interview reminded me why I love his voice so much.
He's a soft-spoken and very articulate man that has a real passion for his craft. There's not much coverage from his 'The Iceman Cometh' days but this is a lengthy Facebook live interview that he did during the run of the play (after the play received eight Tony nominations).
This also includes his standard "This is what it means to be an actor!" of describing his theatre experience.
Also for all the hand aficionados, he does a lot of handwringing (maybe out of nervousness?) in this one and talks with his hands quite a lot.
So please enjoy this Special Voice Sunday feature.
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Going through the comment section on YT this is a response I think the interviewer gave to one of the comments and I think that's a very telling response:
"He is in fact incredibly nice and genuine; he is very humble, kind and soft-spoken, and it's even more amazing in person, he has a unique energy."
Starting tonight and going until tomorrow they’re predicting a quarter to a half inch of ice.
That’s not too big of a deal for my sister and me as we don’t go anywhere.
However, the potential to wreck havoc by bringing down power lines is a real threat. Sometimes it’s taken a week to restore power.
I braved a trip to the grocery store today and luckily didn’t have any trouble. The store is a local chain and they never seem busy. I honestly don’t know how they stay in business.
If I had gone to Walmart I’m sure the scene would’ve been different.
If you’re not familiar with how people in the South prepare for snow or ice it’s a mad dash to the grocery store for milk, eggs, and bread. Apparently we like to bake during winter storms. Like a crazy “the stock market is crashing” run.
Now I’m going to charge my backup cell battery and find all the flashlights.
Eugene O’Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh” opened at the Martin Beck Theater on Broadway on October 9, 1946.#OnThisDay This was the last O’Neill play to be produced on Broadway before the author’s death in 1953.
Okay but what was your reaction when Shay told you she was pregnant? Was there baby shower?
I was ecstatic once I knew for sure it wasn’t a dream… There’s a bit of a story behind that. Normally I wouldn’t bother you with extensive details, but I’m feeling chatty.
Let me preface by saying I’d never seen her so sick before, poor girl couldn’t keep anything down… I felt terrible for her. That kept up for… A week? Not quite that long, but close. Anyway. It had to be 2AM when I noticed she wasn’t in bed — I hate to admit that I would’ve been worried sick in that moment if I hadn’t known she was unwell…
I found her in the bathroom as expected, but she was sitting on the counter and spooked me when I saw her. She spooked me again when she told me we ‘needed to talk’ because that never means anything good… Right? I thought she was about to tell me she was dying… Or that she was planning to leave me… I was very wrong about that.
I feel terrible that I didn’t react in the moment, but I was still half asleep and trying to process that information… The next morning? I was nothing short of ecstatic.
It may surprise you to hear this from someone like me of all people, but I’d always thought of fatherhood, and wondered what it’d be like — It never seemed realistic in my youth, and working for DIO had made it seem completely unattainable, so hearing that Shay was pregnant was a welcome surprise.
We didn’t have a baby shower because Shay kept saying she didn’t want one whenever I or her friends would ask… Something about not wanting to be the center of attention… I can’t blame her for that.