Nathan Lane

You know, I really appreciate, maybe it's age, I just appreciate, I have a lot of gratitude for what I've been able to accomplish with the, you know, so much about luck.

an opportunity when it and you know as aina garden says be ready when the luck happens and yeah but you you know i i the the amount of talented writers and actors and directors i've gotten to work with and and it's you know it's i'm very grateful and and uh and and it's something to

an opportunity when it and you know as aina garden says be ready when the luck happens and yeah but you you know i i the the amount of talented writers and actors and directors i've gotten to work with and and it's you know it's i'm very grateful and and uh and and it's something to

an opportunity when it and you know as aina garden says be ready when the luck happens and yeah but you you know i i the the amount of talented writers and actors and directors i've gotten to work with and and it's you know it's i'm very grateful and and uh and and it's something to

Not only be proud of, but just not that you're resting on your laurels, but you feel like, you know, I have accomplished something. Yeah. And then it's meaningful to people and whether it's, you know, the Lion King or the Birdcage or these... you know, huge, there were huge things in my life and that it, and they meant something to someone is, you know, means everything.

Not only be proud of, but just not that you're resting on your laurels, but you feel like, you know, I have accomplished something. Yeah. And then it's meaningful to people and whether it's, you know, the Lion King or the Birdcage or these... you know, huge, there were huge things in my life and that it, and they meant something to someone is, you know, means everything.

Not only be proud of, but just not that you're resting on your laurels, but you feel like, you know, I have accomplished something. Yeah. And then it's meaningful to people and whether it's, you know, the Lion King or the Birdcage or these... you know, huge, there were huge things in my life and that it, and they meant something to someone is, you know, means everything.

And they're not going to buy, Nathan, that you can't get them a ticket. What do you do about that? The sanitation workers were a big demographic for that show. But, yeah, you know, that kind of thing. I mean, like, you know, there's Hamilton and either that was sort of another one. But that was I think that show was kind of it was about, obviously, Mel Brooks, you know. Sure. Yeah. That genius.

And they're not going to buy, Nathan, that you can't get them a ticket. What do you do about that? The sanitation workers were a big demographic for that show. But, yeah, you know, that kind of thing. I mean, like, you know, there's Hamilton and either that was sort of another one. But that was I think that show was kind of it was about, obviously, Mel Brooks, you know. Sure. Yeah. That genius.

And they're not going to buy, Nathan, that you can't get them a ticket. What do you do about that? The sanitation workers were a big demographic for that show. But, yeah, you know, that kind of thing. I mean, like, you know, there's Hamilton and either that was sort of another one. But that was I think that show was kind of it was about, obviously, Mel Brooks, you know. Sure. Yeah. That genius.

And but it was also kind of a zeitgeist hit. You know, you would come out of a long period of the dark British musicals and there hadn't been anything that was kind of a return to old fashioned musical comedy. Unapologetic. Unapologetic, you know, you know, a sort of a Valentine and yet satirical at the same time.

And but it was also kind of a zeitgeist hit. You know, you would come out of a long period of the dark British musicals and there hadn't been anything that was kind of a return to old fashioned musical comedy. Unapologetic. Unapologetic, you know, you know, a sort of a Valentine and yet satirical at the same time.

And but it was also kind of a zeitgeist hit. You know, you would come out of a long period of the dark British musicals and there hadn't been anything that was kind of a return to old fashioned musical comedy. Unapologetic. Unapologetic, you know, you know, a sort of a Valentine and yet satirical at the same time.

And and with, you know, one of arguably one of the greatest comic plots ever conceived. Yes. And so we need this thing to fail.

And and with, you know, one of arguably one of the greatest comic plots ever conceived. Yes. And so we need this thing to fail.

And and with, you know, one of arguably one of the greatest comic plots ever conceived. Yes. And so we need this thing to fail.

Isn't it? It's just the beauty of that. So, you know, and I certainly was this huge fan of the film. I literally saw the film for the first time in a revival house here in L.A. And with an audience filled, screaming their heads off. And I was like, Zero Mostel, I've never seen anyone so huge on screen. Yeah. Physically and emotionally, and yet truthful. Yeah. And gritty and just hilarious.

Isn't it? It's just the beauty of that. So, you know, and I certainly was this huge fan of the film. I literally saw the film for the first time in a revival house here in L.A. And with an audience filled, screaming their heads off. And I was like, Zero Mostel, I've never seen anyone so huge on screen. Yeah. Physically and emotionally, and yet truthful. Yeah. And gritty and just hilarious.

Isn't it? It's just the beauty of that. So, you know, and I certainly was this huge fan of the film. I literally saw the film for the first time in a revival house here in L.A. And with an audience filled, screaming their heads off. And I was like, Zero Mostel, I've never seen anyone so huge on screen. Yeah. Physically and emotionally, and yet truthful. Yeah. And gritty and just hilarious.

And the combination of him and Gene Wilder. And so the notion that when all of that started percolating, I started to hear he's writing a musical. David Geffen is trying to talk him into writing this musical based on the movie. And I thought, well, it is a backstage story. It makes sense, you know, and. And then somebody mentioned, you know, they had talked to him about it.