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Roger Rees Does Double Duty

Posted on March 22nd, by Nick in Theater. No Comments

Roger Rees (© Tristan Fuge)

Roger Rees won the Tony Award for playing the title role in the The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and then became a household name when he portrayed Robin Colcord on the hit television series, Cheers. These days, Rees is busy on both side of the footlights: as co-director (with Alex Timbers) of the hit Off-Broadway play, Peter and the Starcatcher, at New York Theatre Workshop, and preparing to assume the role of Gomez Addams in The Addams Family on Broadway on March 22. TheaterMania spoke with Rees about both productions.

THEATERMANA: So, you are taking over the role of Gomez from Nathan Lane in The Addams Family.… Read the rest