Nathan Lane

In celebration of the Tony Awards, Sam’s conversation on ‘Fresh Air’ with the legendary Nathan Lane. At the time of recording, Lane had just received a nomination for his starring role as Willy Loman in ‘Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.’ He’s a veteran of the stage – often in comedic and musical roles. But in the role of Loman, which he does eight times a week, he’s noticed something different in the audience. “There’s an old joke – my job is just to keep 1600 people from coughing. It's kind of true, but when you hear what we hear during ‘Salesman,’ you hear people weeping in the dark.” At the age of 70, Lane says this production of ‘Salesman’ is the thing he’s most proud of. This episode originally aired May 7, 2026. Listen to Fresh Air . Special thanks to Terry Gross, Sam Briger, Lauren Krenzel, and Molly Seavy-Nesper. Subscribe to the Talk Easy YouTube Channel , and watch our latest with Nathan’s Death of a Salesman co-star and Tony nominee Christopher Abbott . As always, our email: talkeasypod@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Award-winning composer and co-lyricist Marc Shaiman ( Hairspray , Sister Act , Smash and many others) joins fellow Tony Award winner Nathan Lane for a look behind the curtain of life on Broadway, in Hollywood and on Television, with a conversation about Shaiman's new memoir, Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner . Emerging from community theater in his teens, sparking a decades-long collaboration with Bette Midler in the '70s, surviving the AIDS crisis of the '80s and bursting into Hollywood and Broadway glory, Marc Shaiman has spent 50 years making some of the most beloved musicals and film scores of our era. Hilarious and deeply human, Shaiman's story is a tribute to the power of music and the pull of the spotlight. Join him with his longtime pal Nathan Lane — a decades-long musical friendship — for a candid, uproariously fun evening of backstage stories from a shared life in show business, on and offstage.

On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by three time Tony Award winner, three time Emmy Award winner, Oliver Award Winner and Screen Actors Guild Award winner NATHAN LANE of BEAU IS AFRAID. In the film, a paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother. It stars Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, and Parker Posey. Beau is Afraid releases April 21, 2023 by A24 in the United States and Sphere Films in Canada. Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast interview now on all podcast feeds, YouTube , and TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca THE MOVIE PODCAST ON ET CANADA! THE MOVIE PODCAST MERCHANDISE NOW AVAILABLE! FOLLOW US Daniel on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Shahbaz on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Anthony on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on Twitter , Instagram , TikTok , Discord , and YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nathan Lane has been teaching Japanese in Victorian Government and Catholic secondary schools for over twenty years. Currently he is the Deputy Principal Teaching and Learning at St Mary MacKillop College. In this episode, Nathan shares his journey of commencing his Japanese language study in primary school and how he became a deputy principal of a school in regional Victoria. Background music: Podcast Background Music While Talking Interview - Free Music to use, No Copyright - TALK#1 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos bit.ly/31OjyRA