Harvey Brownstone Interviews Lewis J. Stadlen, Legendary Broadway, Movie & TV Actor
Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Lewis J. Stadlen, Legendary Broadway, Movie & TV Actor
About Harvey's guest:
Today’s guest, Lewis J. Stadlen, is a Broadway legend and highly respected actor who’s been dazzling audiences for over 50 years.
He starred in 14 Broadway shows, including “Minnie’s Boys”, for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award, “Candide”, which earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”, which earned him a 2nd Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, “The Sunshine Boys”, “The Female Version of the Odd Couple”, “Laughter on the 23rd Floor”, “The Front Page”, and “The Man Who Came to Dinner”, which earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.
On the big screen, he appeared in numerous films including “Portnoy’s Complaint”, “Serpico”, “The Verdict”, “To Be or Not to Be”, and “In & Out”. And on TV, you’ve seen him in dozens of shows including “Benson”, “Law & Order”, “The Sopranos”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, “Damages” and “Smash”.
He’s worked with everyone from Hal Prince, Shelley Winters, Mickey Rooney, Donald O’Connor and Henry Fonda, to Mel Brooks, Nathan Lane, Rita Moreno, Hal Linden, Richard Dreyfus, Christine Baranski, and dozens more. He’s starred in 9 national touring companies of beloved shows including “Fiddler on the Roof”, “Guys and Dolls”, “Oklahoma”, “The Producers”, and the 2018 revival of “Hello Dolly”, which forms the subject of his brand new book, “Save Me a Seat: On the Road with Hello Dolly!”
This is a wonderfully entertaining account of our guest’s year on the road, in a 26-city tour with the national company of “Hello Dolly”, in which he played “Horace Vandergelder” alongside the one and only Betty Buckley as “Dolly Levi”. This engrossing book is full of great anecdotes and insights about the theatre world, as well as many astute observations about the state of America’s urban culture, hotels, restaurants, baseball teams, and the realities of life on the road. This is our guest’s SECOND book.
His first book, is a wonderful memoir published in 2009, entitled, “Acting Foolish”, which is a refreshingly frank, insightful and sometimes hilarious exploration of his remarkable journey as an actor.
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