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He’s not a down-and-out theater producer, he just plays
one: Brad Oscar (CFA’86), who replaced Nathan Lane as
Max Bialystock in the Broadway blockbuster The Producers, gave an informal
talk about
his life in the theater to CFA students in the school of theater arts
on September 10. Oscar was in Boston performing in the touring production
of The Producers, at the Colonial Theatre from June 17 through September
13. As a kid growing up in Rockville, Md., Oscar participated in a
summer theater program. He fell in love with the stage, and during
his summer breaks at CFA would do dinner theater. Oscar played Santa
Claus in a touring production of Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas
Show, then was cast as a swing in The Producers. He took over the role
of Franz Liebkind as well as served as Lane’s understudy before
playing opposite Matthew Broderick, and then Steve Weber, as Bialystock.
Photo by Fred Sway
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September 2003
Boston University
Office of University Relations