The roles listed in Adam Godley’s Anything Goes program bio may read a bit like the opening to a joke—“a dog, a comedian, a Jewish neighbor, a Catholic saint, an eldest son, a youngest son, an only son”—but this wacky list is a good illustration of the actor’s versatililty. For Godley, theater roles both classical and contemporary, comedic and dramatic share resume space with the likes of guest appearances on Mad Men and film roles in Love, Actually and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He made his Broadway debut in Noel Coward’s Private Lives, and is currently making his Broadway musical debut as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, the overeager fiancé of Hope Harcourt (played by Laura Osnes) in Anything Goes. The charming British transplant chatted with Broadway.com about his ever-increasing love of Americana, his recent Tony nomination and how leading lady Sutton Foster helped him find his musical theater legs.
You’re not known as a song and dance man; how did you end up in Anything Goes?
Not at all, the first and last time I did a musical was the original Sam Mendes production of Cabaret at the Donmar Warehouse in London, playing ...
Sunday, May 22, 2011
What?s Up, Adam Godley? The Anything Goes Star Uncorks His Inner Gypsy (With Some Help from Sutton Foster)
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