The self-analyzing characters of playwright Tony Kushner are a perfect match for Stephen Spinella, who earned a spot in the Tony record book when he won consecutive awards for playing AIDS patient Prior Walter in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Best Featured Actor 1993) and Perestroika (Best Actor 1994). Now Kushner has given this smart, witty actor a doozy of a new role in The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures. Spinella plays a character known as “Pill,” whose reckless actions with a young hustler splinter his relationship with his longtime lover, suicidal father and equally troubled siblings. This complex (and often hilarious) family drama is currently in previews at the Public Theater, and Spinella chatted with Broadway.com about why he and Kushner make an unbeatable professional team.
Is it fair to call your character in Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide the most unsympathetic child in a dysfunctional family?
Oh, don’t say that to me! [Laughs.] Well, probably. He’s a troubled guy who does some pretty awful things. He’s a terrible mess, but I’m shocked to hear he’s the most unlikeable.
You love him.
I do! He ...
Friday, April 22, 2011
What's Up, Stephen Spinella? The Tony Winner Offers a Fascinating Guide to the Plays of Tony Kushner
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