Broadway.com posted a fun story about some of True Blood’s talented cast and their stage careers. The 10 cast members featured are Anna Paquin, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Carrie Preston, Nelsan Ellis, Chris Bauer, Denis O’Hare, J. Smith-Cameron, Zeljko Ivanek, and James Frain. Before you ask why there’s no mention of Stephen Moyer’s stage career it’s because he’s never performed on the ol’ Broadway.
Here’s a sample of what’s in store when you visit Broadway.com:
Anna Paquin
You know that True Blood’s fearless heroine Sookie Stackhouse was one of the youngest Oscar winners ever in real life (for 1993’s The Piano). But Anna Paquin is also a skilled stage actress, as she proved in a Drama Desk Award-nominated off-Broadway debut as a baby-faced serial killer in 2001’s “The Glory of Living” (pictured above, with Jeffrey Donovan). She went on to co-star in Neil LaBute’s “The Distance from Here” and was terrific opposite former flame Kieran Culkin in “After Ashley.”
Denis O’Hare
O’Hare takes on a syrupy southern accent as Russell Edgington, the wily vampire King of Mississippi, but theatergoers have seen this versatile star play everything from baseball fan Mason Marzac in “Take Me Out” (a Tony-winning performance, pictured above), Christina Applegate’s shy lover Oscar Lindquist in “Sweet Charity,” President Garfield’s killer Charles Guiteau in a Tony-nominated turn in “Assassins,” Nazi sympathizer Ernst Ludwig in “Cabaret” and the title role in off-Broadway’s “Uncle Vanya.”
So interesting!!
Though I am very used to the blonde, I miss Anna’s dark hair. She looks so babyish in that picture above… but then again I guess she was only 20 or 21 at the time.
Very interesting article. I did not realize that so many of the actors had done stage work as well.
This was a very cool article NH. I especially like to see Chris Bauer featured. There’s just not enough articles about that guy IMO.
Go Team Bellefleur!
stephen never on broadway? that must change (if he wants, hee-hee). i’d be front row nightly
Yep, I might actually take the Acela to NYC to see Stephen in a play.