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Sam Fragoso

πŸ‘€ Speaker
195 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

There seems to be like another – And to his wife.

Fresh Air
Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

And to his wife.

Fresh Air
Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

You've said before that when it comes to Death of a Salesman, its meaning to you changes depending on where you're at in your life when you're in it.

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

Oh, yeah.

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

So tell me, where has it landed with you in this stretch where you're performing, what is it, six nights a week?

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

Don't know how you're doing it.

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

Where does the play land with you in this moment?

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

The last time you played a salesman was over a decade ago in the Iceman Cometh.

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

And you've said that production of Iceman Cometh, quote, changed the way I approach everything.

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

What was that change?

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

But – Is this kind of like a Joe Pesci in Goodfellas?

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

Like why do you – what's funny about me situation?

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

You have referred to your childhood as bad Eugene O'Neill.

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

Is there a good Eugene O'Neill?

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

Which was worse?

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

You know, Nathan, when you're describing this man, this traveling truck driver, of course I think of Willie Loman.

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

But I also think you as a kid growing up in Jersey City in this Irish Catholic family, the youngest of three, did you see the theater and performing as some off-ramp to that, as some escape?

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

And you were the kind of kid who was reading Death of a Salesman while other kids were watching Gilligan's Island.

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

I want to know and this may go back to your Catholic school days or your time at St.

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Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

Peter's Prep.