Tony-winning scenic designer John Lee Beatty shares the inspiration and artistry of his gorgeously detailed set for The Nance, Douglas Carter Beane's Depression-era play about a gay burlesque performer facing a changing world.

Two-time Tony winner and 2013 Tony nominee Nathan Lane is making audiences laugh and cry in the moving new play The Nance. On June 3 Lane dropped by Last Night with Jimmy Fallon in hopes of providing more laughter than tears. Lane regaled Fallon with tales of the fear, punishment and blasphemy that came along with growing up Irish Catholic ...

An audience member managed to steal the spotlight from Drama League Award winner Nathan Lane before the May 19 performance of The Nance. Ten minutes before curtain, patron George Poulos fell through a second floor window and onto the Lyceum Theatre marquee, according to the New York Post. Poulos was rescued by firefighters and brought to Bellevue Hospital where he ...

Nathan Lane, star of Lincoln Center Theater’s The Nance, dropped by The Daily Show on May 14 to trade jokes and anecdotes with host Jon Stewart. The 2013 Tony nominee entertained Stewart with tales of his Broadway theme song, coming out and the advice he gave Bette Midler about returning to the Great White Way. Click below to see ...

Broadway.com kicks off our 2013 Secrets of the Tony Nominees series with The Nance star Nathan Lane. Find out his childhood Broadway heroes and how he rates his sense of competition.

Broadway.com resident artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson perfectly captures Chauncey Miles’ (Nathan Lane) signature punch line, “Hi, simply hi!” in the latest Broadway Ink for Lincoln Center Theater's acclaimed play The Nance. Written by Douglas Carter Beane and directed by Jack O’Brien, this Broadway.com Audience Choice Award nominated play tells the story of Chauncey Miles (Lane), a ...

Age & Hometown: 27; Cheshire, CT

Current Role: A Broadway debut as Ned, a drifter turned burlesque performer who falls unapologetically in love with Chauncey Miles (Nathan Lane) in Lincoln Center Theater's production of The Nance.

Once Upon a Time: When Broadway newcomer Jonny Orsini enrolled at Suffolk University, his interest in storytelling led him to major in journalism. He ...

Douglas Carter Beane and Jack O’Brien team up to present the Broadway drama The Nance. We caught up with stars Nathan Lane, Cady Huffman & more on opening night to get the inside scoop on the heart-breaking gay play.

Two-time Tony winner and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award nominee Nathan Lane and newcomer Jonny Orsini star as an undercover couple balancing love and the dangers of gay life in 1930s New York in the new play The Nance. Written by Douglas Carter Beane and directed by Tony winner Jack O’Brien, the moving burlesque-set drama officially opened at Lyceum ...

Two-time Tony winner Nathan Lane returns to Broadway as a closeted gay burlesque performer who juggles love and career in The Nance. Find out if our Word of Mouth panelists Travis, Brad and Phyllis bought his act.