#the nance

[breakanoath]

a compilation of Nathan Lane drawings I’ve done to celebrate his birthday! Happy birthday king of Broadway!!

[adrianb-52s]

Nathan Lane and Jonathan Groff (adrianb-52s bait) WHY haven't they acted in anything together!!??!?

[thediaryofatheatrekid]

Broadway Birthday: Nathan Lane

1. Max Bialystock in The Producers 2. F. Lee Bailey in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story 3. Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 4. Roy Cohn in Angels in America 5. Chauncey Miles in The Nance 6. Timon in The Lion King *Franchise* (Voice) 7. Gomez Addams in The Addams Family 8. Estragon in Waiting for Godot 9. Clarke Hayden in The Good Wife 10. Albert Goldman/Starina in The Birdcage

[rickypottz]

i hate this play. i hate this play so much. im going to watch it again.

[rickypottz]

Whoever tricked me into watching The Nance, count your days.

[rickypottz]

Should I watch "The Nance" tonight or a different Nathan Lane project or a Matthew Broderick project?

[caztalia]

"You have got hate in yourself like it’s fun.” - The Nance

[wigwagwigout]

When playing gay was safer than being gay

When playing gay was safer than being gay

How hard would it be for a gay actor to pretend to be straight in order to get a role as a gay man onstage? That’s a question best asked of Chauncey Miles, the character who plays the titular role in Douglas Carter Beane’s play The Nance. “Nance” — short for “Nancy boy” — is a disparaging term for a gay male, and was used most widely in the early part of the 20th century. The nance was a…

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