In April it was revealed that Zachary Quinto was set to make his Broadway debut in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. However for those of us who can’t get to New York’s Booth Theater before February 23rd, the New York Times has let us see a snippet of Quinto as Tom Wingfield for their In Performance video series.
Wingfield, the narrator and protagonist of the play, works hard to support his mother and sister. His mom, Amanda, is a faded southern belle, obsessed with her youth and with finding a suitable match for her daughter, Laura. However Laura is a quiet and timid woman who prefers looking after her collection of glass animals rather than the company of others. Things come to a head when Tom brings home a friend from work, who Amanda assumes is a potential suitor for her daughter.
The character of Tom is often considered a stand-in for tortured gay playwright Williams. The piece above shows Quinto in wistful mode delivering one of the play’s monologues.
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