It's easy to see why Nathan Lane would be attracted to the title role of "Butley," Simon Gray's little-seen play that has not been revived on Broadway since its 1972 production starring the ...

British playwright Simon Gray, creator of Butley, that literature-loving, colleague-hating, disgruntled, underemployed academician whose motto might well have been “in vino veritas,” has never cared a ...

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It's easy to see why Nathan Lane would be attracted to the title role of "Butley," Simon Gray's little-seen play that has not been revived on Broadway since its 1972 ...

That the defeated, whiplash Butley is played by Nathan Lane—an actor who usually likes to be liked—only makes the performance more arresting. Mr. Lane has boldly put himself to the fire in the ...

British playwright, screenwriter and memoirist Simon Gray died Wednesday in London. He was 71 and had previously been diagnosed with cancer. Known for plays focused on the educated middle class, ...

Butley, written by Gray in 1971, centres on a rapier-tongued lecturer trying to cope with the strains of divorce and academia. The character was famously portrayed by Alan Bates when the play ...

Simon Gray, the celebrated British playwright and memoirist, died on August 7 at age 71. The author of more than 30 works for stage and television, including the plays Butley, Quartermaine's Terms and ...

Dana Ivey, Julian Ovenden and Pamela J. Gray will join Nathan Lane in the Broadway mounting of Simon Gray's Butley. Previews are scheduled to begin at the Booth Theatre on October 5.

Two-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane is back on Broadway in the title role of Butley, Simon Gray's 1972 dark comedy; the revival also stars four-time Tony nominee Dana Ivey. Butley, which officially ...

A previously tipped, The Wire star Dominic West will return to the West End stage in the title role of Simon Gray‘s Butley when it is revived at the Duchess Theatre from 6 June 2011 (previews from 1 ...