John Benjamin Hickey has been a favorite actor (and customer) of ours for decades. As he was gearing up to make his Broadway directing debut with a much anticipated revival of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite” starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, COVID struck. This week, we enjoyed a delightful round of “cocktails” with John, addressing the challenges of the past year and our hopes for the months ahead. We covered the wonderful ambience that tinkly glass and crowd noises can add a podcast, how great acting can make “The Crucible” surprisingly sexy, and how learning a person’s favorite songs can be the ultimate icebreaker.
John Benjamin Hickey made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning play "Love! Valour! Compassion!," a role he later recreated in the feature film adaptation. Other Broadway credits include: "The Inheritance," “Cabaret,” “The Crucible,” “Mary Stuart.” “Six Degrees of Separation,” and the 2011 revival of Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” for which he received the Tony Award for best supporting actor. His extensive television and film credits include the WGN America series “Manhattan,” "Law & Order," Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers," “The Good Wife,” the HBO series "In Treatment," “Modern Family,” and the Showtime series "The Big C," which earned him an 2013 Emmy nomination.
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