{"id":109244,"date":"2024-10-01T20:37:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109244"},"modified":"2024-10-01T20:37:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:37:57","slug":"stars-show-up-in-force-for-robert-downey-jr-s-broadway-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109244","title":{"rendered":"Stars Show Up in Force for Robert Downey Jr.\u2019s Broadway Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It was the theatrical event of the fall at the Lincoln Center Theater last night as <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/robert-downey-jr\">Robert Downey Jr.<\/a> starred in his first Broadway production as Jacob McNeal, the lead role in <em><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/broadway-review-in-mcneal-the-future-belongs-to-robert-downey-jr\">McNeal<\/a><\/em>, a new play by the Pulitzer-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar.<\/p>\n<p>There were as many stars in the audience as there were on stage as Hollywood turned up to support Downey Jr., who plays an alcoholic author and whose own demons with alcohol have been well chronicled. The actor has been sober since 2003 and won an Oscar this year for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in <em>Oppenheimer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating his Broadway debut were many of the actors\u2019 friends who had made the trip from Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was fantastic, said Jason Bateman, who was huddled with Paul Rudd, and his fellow <em>Smartless<\/em> podcast stars Will Arnett and Sean Hayes.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:180px\">\n<figure class=\"PictureWrapper Ag9VL InlineImage InlineImage--with-caption InlineImage--with-credit\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 703px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_4032,w_3024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_655\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/IMG_8849_hojwlw\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1031px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_4032,w_3024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_770\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/IMG_8849_hojwlw\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1032px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_4032,w_3024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_690\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/IMG_8849_hojwlw\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Downey Jr with his lawyer Tom Hanson. \u201cI could tell you many stories about Robert,\u201d Hanson joked, \u201cbut I am not I going to\u2026\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_4032,w_3024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_690\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/IMG_8849_hojwlw\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__title-and-caption\"><figcaption class=\"Caption__caption\">\n<div class=\"Mobiledoc\">\n<p>Robert Downey Jr. with his lawyer, Tom Hanson. \u201cI could tell you many stories about Robert,\u201d Hanson joked, \u201cbut I am not I going to.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><svg class=\"Caption__camera-icon\" style=\"height:13px;width:13px\"><use xlink:href=\"#camera\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"Caption__credit-text\">Joanna Coles<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Justin Theroux, who wrote <em>Tropic Thunder<\/em>\u2014for which Downey nabbed an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Kirk Lazarus\u2014was in the audience to support him, as was the director Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw, Matt Damon, Oscar Isaac, and Blythe Danner, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>Bradley Cooper has been twice while Jeremy Strong, Jessica Chastain, Sting and Trudy Styler, Dustin Hoffman, and Bette Midler have also been spotted at previews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a stunning piece of writing,\u201d Downey Jr. said of the play, which follows the meltdown of an author who has just won the Nobel Prize for literature. \u201cIt\u2019s been a wonderful time, full of healing and joy.\u201d <\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:180px\">\n<figure class=\"PictureWrapper Ag9VL InlineImage InlineImage--with-caption InlineImage--with-credit\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 703px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_4032,w_3024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_655\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/IMG_8850_pocq99\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1031px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_4032,w_3024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_770\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/IMG_8850_pocq99\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1032px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_4032,w_3024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_690\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/IMG_8850_pocq99\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Melora Hardin plays Francine Blake, a New York Times editor, in \u201cMcNeal.\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_4032,w_3024,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_690\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/IMG_8850_pocq99\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__title-and-caption\"><figcaption class=\"Caption__caption\">\n<div class=\"Mobiledoc\">\n<p>Melora Hardin plays Francine Blake, a New York Times editor, in \u201cMcNeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><svg class=\"Caption__camera-icon\" style=\"height:13px;width:13px\"><use xlink:href=\"#camera\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"Caption__credit-text\">Joanna Coles<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Broadway veteran and star of <em>The Office, Transparent<\/em> and <em>The Bold Type<\/em>, Melora Hardin, who plays opposite him, said: \u201cHe\u2019s a wonderful actor and a wonderful person and he knows how to play and how you find some deeper thing even outside the text. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s generous and warm and he\u2019s done a lot of work on himself and you can tell. 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He\u2019s faced the darkness and he\u2019s disciplined about maintaining a very healthy life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Downey Jr.\u2019s limited run continues through the end of November,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/stars-show-up-in-force-for-robert-downey-jrs-broadway-debut\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was the theatrical event of the fall at the Lincoln Center Theater last night as Robert Downey Jr. starred in his first Broadway production as Jacob McNeal, the lead &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109244\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}