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Nathan Lane
Equally successful on stage, screen, and television, Nathan Lane appeared
in the 1999 film At First Sight (with Mira Sorvino and Val Kilmer) and
co-starred in the 1997 hit comedy Mousehunt (with Christopher Walken and
Lee Evans). Mr. Lane's portrayal of Albert in the 1996 Mike Nichols
blockbuster The Birdcage earned him both a Screen Actors Guild Award and a
Golden Globe nomination. He also won great acclaim as the voice of Timon
the meerkat in Disney's smash animated film The Lion King. Recently he
completed filming the lead role opposite Bette Midler in Isn't She Great,
the film biography of Jacqueline Susann, scheduled for release in the fall
of 1999. Broadway audiences have long embraced Nathan Lane as one of the
shining lights of the theater, and in 1996 his performance in A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum, directed by Jerry Zaks, earned him the
Tony, the Outer Critics Circle, and the Drama Desk awards. Among his other
Broadway credits are Buzz in Terrence McNally's Love! Valour! Compassion!
(Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Obie awards), Max Prince in Neil
Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls (Drama
Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards, Tony nomination), Present Laughter
(Drama Desk nomination), and On Borrowed Time with George C. Scott, as well
as Merlin, The Wind in the Willows, Some Americans Abroad, and the
national tour of Neil Simon's Broadway Bound. Off-Broadway credits include
Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart, The Lisbon Traviata (Drama
Desk and Lucille Lortel awards), and Bad Habits at Manhattan Theatre Club;
The Film Society and In a Pig's Valise at Second Stage; The Common Pursuit;
She Stoops to Conquer at the Roundabout; and Measure for Measure directed
by Joseph Papp at the NYSF. Recently he starred off Broadway in Jon Robin
Baitz's acclaimed Mizlansky/Zilinsky. Nathan Lane has also been recognized
with a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for
his work in Disney's "The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa." Mr. Lane's
additional film credits include Addams Family Values, Life with Mikey,
Frankie and Johnny, He Said, She Said, Ironweed, The Lemon Sisters, and
Jeffrey. On television, he has been seen in the NBC series "Encore!
Encore!" opposite Joan Plowright; in "Molly Dodd" and "Miami Vice"; "Alice
in Wonderland" and Terrence McNally's "The Last Mile," both for PBS's Great
Performances; and in the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of "The Boys
Next Door." Nathan Lane is appearing for the first time with Keith Lockhart
and the Boston Pops Orchestra.