Genius, gossip, and a grand piano under pressure.
Sean Hayes (@seanhayes) plays Oscar Levant, a brilliant, witty, but troubled pianist booked for a live 1958 US TV interview with host Jack Paar (Ben Rappaport, @benrappaport).
Minutes before airtime, Paar learns his star guest has just been released from a mental health facility and still plans to appear and play. Rosalie Craig (@rosaliecraig) brings warmth and resolve as Levant’s wife June.
Directed by Lisa Peterson, the show is stylish and well-performed. Indeed the acting is great. There’s also a show-stopping piano performance by Hayes.
But its blurred fact–fiction mix takes the sting out of the piece. We never get to see the real Oscar behind the quips and the staged dramatics.
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