Twelve hours of Horton Foote. Two Shakespeare plays, performed in rep in Central Park. Seven hours of Angels in America. How on earth is Bill Heck still standing, after the artistic marathons he’s run in the past year? “The variety and quality of the material I’ve been blessed to be a part of is a little overwhelming,” Heck says in his charmingly old-fashioned way of speaking. To review: The 32-year-old actor charmed critics and audiences as leading man Horace Robedaux in Foote’s mammoth Orphans’ Home Cycle, then jumped to The Merchant of Venice (as Lorenzo) and The Winter’s Tale (as a Lord) before tackling the emotionally wrenching role of closeted Mormon husband Joe Pitt in both parts of Tony Kushner’s masterpiece at Signature Theatre Company. Heck is of the “do it, don’t talk about it” school of acting, but we managed to pry a few details about what 2010 has been like for him, including a (brief!) acknowledgment that he’s dating his Orphans co-star, the lovely and talented Maggie Lacey.
Can anyone fathom what you’ve been through this past year, jumping from Orphans to a pair of Shakespeares to the two Angels ...
Saturday, October 30, 2010
What's Up, Bill Heck? The Marathon Man Takes Flight in Angels in America
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