Who is Oscar Levant? On myriad levels, this is the question both we and Doug Wright’s play, coming to London after a Tony ...

Will and Grace’s Sean Hayes stars as trouble pianist Oscar Levant in a fast-paced, zinger-packed play which has an ...

Read our review of Doug Wright’s Tony-winning play *Good Night, Oscar*, now in performances at the Barbican to 21 September.

Sean Hayes is the stand-out star of Goodnight, Oscar - a show which earned huge acclaim on Broadway. It tells the story of once-famous comedian and pianist Oscar Levant, who we meet at a troubled time ...

File Goodnight, Oscar next to a litany of West End hits including Network at the National Theatre and Best of Enemies with ...

Oscar Levant was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor, author, radio game show panelist, television talk show host, comedian, and actor. He was known for his performances in the films ...

Oscar Levant in a photograph from his guest appearance on the 1949 television program “Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet.” The program had relocated temporarily from New York to LA.

There’s Even More to Oscar Levant Than Seen in the Excellent ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Perhaps the aspect of Levant that was most difficult to imagine was the sheer diversity of his talents: a classical ...

Oscar Levant (Sean Hayes, right) is haunted by the memory of George Gershwin (John Zdrojeski) in Doug Wright’s play “Good Night, Oscar,” running through April 24 at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.

Oscar Levant (Sean Hayes, right) is haunted by the memory of George Gershwin (John Zdrojeski) in Doug Wright's play "Good Night, Oscar," running through April 24 at Chicago's Goodman Theatre.

Oscar Levant in the 1940s. That sentiment applies to the boxed set, as well, for it takes Levant outside the confines of Gershwin’s repertoire and larger-than-life persona.

The first time playwright Doug Wright encountered Oscar Levant was around 2009, while working on a screenplay for a proposed but never made Steven Spielberg film about George Gershwin.