Broadway's new revival of Yasmina Reza's Art, currently in previews and headed for a September 16 opening night at the Music Box Theatre, has stars Bobby Cannavale, Neil Patrick Harris, and James Corden playing three friends whose relationship is threatened by one's controversial art purchase. At a recent press event with all three stars, we learned that they're achieving their characters' onstage friendship by channeling their real-life offstage relationship.
Well, kind of. All three had worked together on projects, but only briefly, so they've had to rekindle their relationships once beginning the rehearsal process for this production. "We all knew each other a little bit," Cannavale told us. "We all had great respect for each other. We all were very aware of each other’s, at least, theatre chops. You don’t want to get involved in a three-man play and have one person who’s a pop singer that’s never been on stage in a play before. We laugh, but it’s not that funny. It happens all the time...READ MORE