After winning the Oscar for Oppenheimer and being nominated for a Primetime Emmy for his work on The Sympathizer, Robert Downey Jr. is all set to conquer another performance avenue with his Broadway debut McNeal. The AI-themed play debuted at the Lincoln Center on September 30 and has been attended by Matt Damon, Steven Spielberg, and more.
After an eleven-year stint with the MCU as Iron Man, Downey Jr. left the franchise after Avengers: Endgame, with his character arc coming to an end. He has explored multiple facets of his talent with his Academy Award-winning performance in Oppenheimer and now McNeal. He will return to the MCU as Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday.
Robert Downey Jr.’s Broadway Debut Sees Many Stars In Attendance Robert Downey Jr. in McNeal | Credits: YouTube/LincolnCenterTheater
Ever since Robert Downey Jr. departed from his role as Iron Man in the MCU, he has been on...
After an eleven-year stint with the MCU as Iron Man, Downey Jr. left the franchise after Avengers: Endgame, with his character arc coming to an end. He has explored multiple facets of his talent with his Academy Award-winning performance in Oppenheimer and now McNeal. He will return to the MCU as Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday.
Robert Downey Jr.’s Broadway Debut Sees Many Stars In Attendance Robert Downey Jr. in McNeal | Credits: YouTube/LincolnCenterTheater
Ever since Robert Downey Jr. departed from his role as Iron Man in the MCU, he has been on...
- 10/9/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Robert Downey Jr. is officially on Broadway and a lot of his celeb friends showed up to support him on opening night!
The Oscar-winning actor was joined by wife Susan Downey on the red carpet at the McNeal opening night performance on Monday (September 30) at Lincoln Center Theater in New York City.
Jason Bateman, Justin Theroux, Will Arnett, Paul Rudd, and Matt Damon posed for photos together while stepping out for the performance.
Also in attendance were Steven Spielberg and wife Kate Capshaw, Oscar Isaac and wife Elvira Lind, Matthew Rhys, and F. Murray Abraham, as well as Justin‘s fiancee Nicole Brydon Bloom.
Robert was joined on the carpet by his co-stars: Tony winners Andrea Martin and Ruthie Ann Miles, as well as Melora Hardin, Rafi Gavron, Brittany Bellizeare, and Saisha Talwar.
Here’s a synopsis: “Jacob McNeal (Downey Jr.) is a great writer, one of our greatest, a...
The Oscar-winning actor was joined by wife Susan Downey on the red carpet at the McNeal opening night performance on Monday (September 30) at Lincoln Center Theater in New York City.
Jason Bateman, Justin Theroux, Will Arnett, Paul Rudd, and Matt Damon posed for photos together while stepping out for the performance.
Also in attendance were Steven Spielberg and wife Kate Capshaw, Oscar Isaac and wife Elvira Lind, Matthew Rhys, and F. Murray Abraham, as well as Justin‘s fiancee Nicole Brydon Bloom.
Robert was joined on the carpet by his co-stars: Tony winners Andrea Martin and Ruthie Ann Miles, as well as Melora Hardin, Rafi Gavron, Brittany Bellizeare, and Saisha Talwar.
Here’s a synopsis: “Jacob McNeal (Downey Jr.) is a great writer, one of our greatest, a...
- 10/1/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
In the new play from Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr. makes his Broadway debut as Jacob McNeal, a celebrated novelist drinking himself toward liver failure as he desperately awaits the Nobel Prize in Literature he so cherishes. But after he actually wins the prize, rendering his initial moping about not having won the prize irrelevant, Jacob inexplicably abandons his work ethic, devotes his creative energies to running a bunch of classic texts through a chatbot, and slaps his name on an A.I.-generated novel.
Jacob’s also finishing up edits on another tome, this one with a story overly borrowed not from robots but from the women in his life, including his wife whose suicide haunts him. In such moments, Akhtar attempts to interrogate whether plagiarism via chatbot is any worse than regular plagiarism or just lifting stories from real people’s lives, but...
Jacob’s also finishing up edits on another tome, this one with a story overly borrowed not from robots but from the women in his life, including his wife whose suicide haunts him. In such moments, Akhtar attempts to interrogate whether plagiarism via chatbot is any worse than regular plagiarism or just lifting stories from real people’s lives, but...
- 10/1/2024
- by Dan Rubins
- Slant Magazine
Robert Downey Jr. is officially a Broadway star and we have the first photos from his new play McNeal!
The Oscar-winning actor is making his Broadway debut in the brand new play, which is being produced by Lincoln Center Theater in assocation with Team Downey.
Here’s a synopsis: “Jacob McNeal (Downey Jr.) is a great writer, one of our greatest, a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. But McNeal also has an estranged son, a new novel, old axes to grind and an unhealthy fascination with Artificial Intelligence.”
Also starring in the play are Tony winners Andrea Martin and Ruthie Ann Miles, as well as Melora Hardin, Rafi Gavron, Brittany Bellizeare, and Saisha Talwar.
McNeal was written by Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar and features direction by Bartlett Sher. The limited engagement is running through November 24 at Lincoln Center Theater. Get tickets now, while you still can!
The Oscar-winning actor is making his Broadway debut in the brand new play, which is being produced by Lincoln Center Theater in assocation with Team Downey.
Here’s a synopsis: “Jacob McNeal (Downey Jr.) is a great writer, one of our greatest, a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. But McNeal also has an estranged son, a new novel, old axes to grind and an unhealthy fascination with Artificial Intelligence.”
Also starring in the play are Tony winners Andrea Martin and Ruthie Ann Miles, as well as Melora Hardin, Rafi Gavron, Brittany Bellizeare, and Saisha Talwar.
McNeal was written by Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar and features direction by Bartlett Sher. The limited engagement is running through November 24 at Lincoln Center Theater. Get tickets now, while you still can!
- 9/28/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The Broadway debut of Robert Downey Jr. got off to an excellent start last week, with McNeal selling out all four previews at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater and grossing a whopping $746,230.
Ayad Akhtar’s play, directed by Bartlett Sher, staged its first preview last Thursday, September 5, and stars Downey as a revered but perpetual Pulitzer runner-up author who develops what the synopsis tells us is “an unhealthy fascination” with Artificial Intelligence. The production also stars Brittany Bellizeare, Rafi Gavron, Melora Hardin, Andrea Martin, Ruthie Ann Miles, and Saisha Talwar, and opens Monday, September 30.
The production’s strong box office last week – average ticket price was $170.37, an especially impressive number for the subscription-heavy Lincoln Center Theater – put the new play on the same turf as the week’s other sell-outs: The Roommate, starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone, at the Booth; Oh, Mary!, Cole Escola’s runaway...
Ayad Akhtar’s play, directed by Bartlett Sher, staged its first preview last Thursday, September 5, and stars Downey as a revered but perpetual Pulitzer runner-up author who develops what the synopsis tells us is “an unhealthy fascination” with Artificial Intelligence. The production also stars Brittany Bellizeare, Rafi Gavron, Melora Hardin, Andrea Martin, Ruthie Ann Miles, and Saisha Talwar, and opens Monday, September 30.
The production’s strong box office last week – average ticket price was $170.37, an especially impressive number for the subscription-heavy Lincoln Center Theater – put the new play on the same turf as the week’s other sell-outs: The Roommate, starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone, at the Booth; Oh, Mary!, Cole Escola’s runaway...
- 9/10/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
A new Broadway season has begun, and there are currently nine productions of plays set to open this fall. Could we see any of them contend at next year’s Tony Awards? Below, find the plot of each play as well as the awards histories of its author, cast and creative team, plus the opening and (where applicable) closing dates.
“The Roommate” (opens September 12; closes December 15)
In this new play by Jen Silverman, Sharon has never had a roommate before. But after her divorce she needs a housemate to pay the bills. That’s when Robyn arrives. The story follows an unexpected, life-changing friendship that’s both funny and deeply moving between two very different middle-aged women as they navigate the complexities of identity, morality and the dream of reinvention.
The production stars Golden Globe winner Mia Farrow and three-time Tony winner Patti LuPone. It is directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien.
“The Roommate” (opens September 12; closes December 15)
In this new play by Jen Silverman, Sharon has never had a roommate before. But after her divorce she needs a housemate to pay the bills. That’s when Robyn arrives. The story follows an unexpected, life-changing friendship that’s both funny and deeply moving between two very different middle-aged women as they navigate the complexities of identity, morality and the dream of reinvention.
The production stars Golden Globe winner Mia Farrow and three-time Tony winner Patti LuPone. It is directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien.
- 9/5/2024
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Andrea Martin, Melora Hardin and Ruthie Ann Miles have joined the Broadway cast of McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr.
On Monday, the production also announced that “a highly realistic Metahuman Digital Likeness” of Downey will be used within the production, appearing alongside Downey himself. The technology was developed by Agbo, Anthony and Joe Russo’s independent studio and Downey.
The play, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar and directed by Bartlett Sher, is scheduled to play the Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater starting Sept. 5, with an opening Sept. 30.
Additional cast members include Brittany Bellizeare (Flex), Rafi Gavron (A Star is Born) and Saisha Talwar.
The play sees Downey portraying a talented writer who grapples with a new novel, a broken family life and “an unhealthy fascination with artificial intelligence.”
Downey’s production company, Team Downey, is producing, in association with Lincoln Center Theater. The play will mark Downey’s Broadway debut.
On Monday, the production also announced that “a highly realistic Metahuman Digital Likeness” of Downey will be used within the production, appearing alongside Downey himself. The technology was developed by Agbo, Anthony and Joe Russo’s independent studio and Downey.
The play, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar and directed by Bartlett Sher, is scheduled to play the Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater starting Sept. 5, with an opening Sept. 30.
Additional cast members include Brittany Bellizeare (Flex), Rafi Gavron (A Star is Born) and Saisha Talwar.
The play sees Downey portraying a talented writer who grapples with a new novel, a broken family life and “an unhealthy fascination with artificial intelligence.”
Downey’s production company, Team Downey, is producing, in association with Lincoln Center Theater. The play will mark Downey’s Broadway debut.
- 7/29/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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