Kevin Kline takes to the stage for American Basic, a brand new comedy collection on MGM+ a few Broadway actor returning to his hometown stage.
William Shakespeare as soon as stated, “All the world’s a stage,” however for Kevin Kline, the stage is a lifestyle, and his love for theater is huge. MGM+ introduced in the present day an eight-episode collection order for American Basic, a half-hour comedy collection from o-creators Michael Hoffman (Soapdish, Restoration, The Final Station) and Bob Martin (The Promenade, Slings and Arrows). American Basic stars Kevin Sline (A Fish Known as Wanda, Fierce Creatures, Bob’s Burgers) as Richard Bean and Jon Tenney (The Nearer, Scandal) as Jon Bean. Hoffman directs the collection, with manufacturing kicking into excessive gear later this yr in New Jersey.
Right here’s an official description of American Basic courtesy of MGM+:
“American Classic centers on Broadway star and notorious narcissist Richard Bean, played by Kline, who suffers a spectacular public meltdown and returns to his hometown and the family-run theater where he first became aware of his own brilliance. When he arrives, he is shocked to discover that his father, the former artistic director, has lost a step and that the once-respected theater, now run by his brother Jon, played by Tenney, and his wife (now the town’s mayor) has become, by necessity, a low-rent dinner theater serving roast beef and murder mysteries. He decides to save the town, the theater, and the world by presenting a great American classic on the dinner theater stage, directed by and starring, of course, Richard Bean.”
“MGM+ is television for movie lovers—classic Hollywood storytelling through a contemporary lens. American Classic, with its sophisticated wit, adult characters, and unique cast, is an exciting addition to that brand,” stated Michael Wright, head of MGM+. “In the capable hands of Michael Hoffman and Bob Martin, alongside stage and screen legend Kevin Kline, American Classic is a hilariously funny and deeply poignant comedy, and we can’t wait to share it with our MGM+ audience.”
“The two of us have been shaped from childhood by our love of the theater and those magical creatures that inhabit it: true actors,” stated Hoffman and Martin. “To get to tell a story with new friends and longtime collaborators, among them that grand man of the theater, Kevin Kline (who happens also to be one of the world’s supreme comic talents), and a story about art, community, and family… for us, that’s about as good as it gets.”
I’ve by no means been to a dinner theater earlier than, however I noticed the band Woods at Monkey City (now closed). The band performed on the heart of the room, surrounded by projection screens displaying psychedelic photographs. The workers introduced us fancy drinks, steak, and sauteed veggies whereas the band performed an unimaginable set. I’m wondering if Kevin Kline’s American Basic character has an identical setup in thoughts to convey his hometown theater again to kind.
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