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1 December 2006
Have you been one of the lucky people who has seen The Vertical Hour with Bill Nighy and Julianne Moore? Let us know how it was! Write a few words about the play in the comments if you like. If you have written a review on your own website, you’re very welcome to leave a [...]
29 November 2006
Bill Nighy and Andrew Scott
Broadway.com has some beautiful images from The Vertical Hour. Bill Nighy looks fantastic, and so does the stage.
Check them out here.
27 November 2006
Lovely interview with Bill Nighy in the New York Theatre.
“Is this all right, or am I talking bollocks?” he asks. “I know when I go away I’m going to have post-interview trauma or something because I always think … Anyway, don’t worry, don’t panic. What was I saying?”
Go, go, go read it.
21 November 2006
Timeout NY has a nice article/interview with Bill Nighy about The Vertical Hour.
“Though Nighy admits to some disappointment that the American Beauty director doesn’t cover his actors in rose petals during rehearsals, he can’t laud the creative team enough. He admits it took him several weeks to get used to being in the same room [...]
19 November 2006
Another article about Bill Nighy and The Vertical Hour in the Daily Mail:
“The play has arrived at a time of momentous political and social change over here with regards to Iraq. It was fascinating for me to observe the (mainly) American audience having to confront what their President had got them into.
As Bill noted, Iraq [...]
17 November 2006
NY Post – an interview with David Hare
Playbill interview with David Hare
And according to contactmusic.com Bill seems to like New York in the fall:
The PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN star was skeptical when friends boasted of the delights of Manhattan, but since his arrival to star in DAVID HARE play THE VERTICAL HOUR, he’s convinced. Nighy [...]
12 November 2006
OK, the real title of this delicious article in the Observer is really Can David Hare take Manhattan?
It’s a mixed article with interviews with Sam Mendes, David Hare and Bill Nighy.
Downstairs, Nighy is holding sardonic court on his new carpet in a dressing room about four times the size of Scott’s. ‘Do you like the [...]
11 November 2006
“IMMACULATELY elegant, impeccably mannered and not a little groovy, Bill Nighy is one undeniably cool character.” Nice opening of an article in the New York times, about Bill Nighy and The Vertical Hour.
Here are some highlights:
David Hare about Bill:
“Once you have in him in your sights, it’s hard to forget him.”
“He’s the man who is [...]
3 October 2006
Billnighy.info has send some spies over to New York, in order to check if everything is going according to schedule. To check that the theatre is in tip-top shape, and that all is ready before the Englishman is entering the New York theatre scene. Here is a picture of the Music Box theatre.
Music Box Theatre, [...]
23 September 2006
If you want to see Bill Nighy making his debut on Broadway in the Vertical Hour, and why would you not, now is the time to take action.
Online ticketsales has started today.
You don’t want to miss this …
2 September 2006
Finally some more information about The Vertical Hour, starring Bill Nighy and Julianne Moore, and Andrew Scott. This play, written by David Hare, and directed by Sam Mendes will be performed on Broadway in New York from the end of November.
The Vertical Hour centers on Nadia Blye, a young American war correspondent turned academic [...]
27 June 2006
Darkhorizons.com has another excellent interview with Bill Nighy about his role in the Pirates of the Carribean – Dead Man’s Chest. He talks about the ships, and a lot of other interesting things in a very Nighy way.
“Question: Did you discover the inner pirate in you when you embarked on it?
Nighy: There is a touch [...]