Mandy Patinkin Talks New Role In THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH

A look inside rehearsals for the dynamic new performance piece!

Tony Award-winning stage and screen star Mandy Patinkin makes his return to the theatre in the new production THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH: AN APOCALYPTIC VAUDEVILLE co-starring Taylor Mac and tickets are now on sale for the A.R.T. run this May with some new insights provided by Patinkin himself as part of a new interview this week.

Patinkin shares of the show, "I wanted it to be about two people, and in the beginning one is terrified to listen to anything or to be open to anything, and the other is completely optimistic and hopeful and slowly you realize the optimistic one also has secrets and issues, and they begin to trust each other, and a beautiful relationship starts to form."

Furthermore, Patinkin says of Mac's costuming, "Some people would refer to him as a drag queen, but that's a complete misnomer. It's the furthest thing from what he is. To me, he's Lear's Fool, who is the smartest person in the room."

Additionally, Patinkin reveals, "As we kept working and evolving, we quickly realized it wasn't necessary... that we were two naked souls. All the gear had washed away and all that was left was these two human beings, struggling to be alive - and they have their canes and their bowler hats. And themselves."

Check out the original article on the matter here.

The official description of THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH: AN APOCALYPTIC VAUDEVILLE is as follows: "Starring Mandy Patinkin and Taylor Mac. Direction & Choreography by Susan Stroman. It's the end of the world as we know it. A flood of biblical proportions leaves us with only two people on Earth who discover their common language is song and dance. Together they chronicle the rise and fall and hopeful rise again of humankind through music that runs the gamut from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Sondheim, and R.E.M. to Queen. An Apocalyptic Vaudeville is presented in association with Staci Levine Groundswell Theatricals."

THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH: AN APOCALYPTIC VAUDEVILLE is set to run May 9 through May 31 at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

More information on THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH: AN APOCALYPTIC VAUDEVILLE is available at the official site here.

Photo Credit: Classic Stage Company & Paul Kolnik/A.R.T.