When asked by Mr. Fierstein and the play’s director, Moisés Kaufman, to consider the role, Mr. Urie felt the same way. But there was something about this part that Mr. Urie said he found daunting. Mr. Urie said he was so angry, “I went out and had a beer and a huge hamburger. “What was so funny is that he would always walk in the room when I would be questioning something about the role,” Mr. Urie explained. But Mr. Urie is convinced that this production has firmly reestablished the play’s theatrical importance and the power of its message.

Source: New York Times November 05, 2017 15:56 UTC