Sean Hayes is entertaining without pause in his sensational portrayal of Oscar Levant in one of the few Broadway shows that unimpeachably deserves its tumultuous standing ovation.
Doug Wright calls Sean Hayes "a national treasure." But at first he had trouble picturing him as the drug-driven, witheringly witty, piano-playing genius Oscar Levant.
A pop star becomes a demon barber, a TV assassin turns attorney, and Hamlet gets a Black, queer makeover — those are just a few of the miraculous transformations the theater has in store the next few months.