Broadway’s Alex Wyse on Sean Hayes’ diet, smiling at older women & ‘Summoning Sylvia’
Summoning Sylvia, which he co-wrote and -directed, opened on March 31. Less than a month later was the opening night of Goodnight, Oscar, in which Wyse plays an over-enthusiastic production assistant opposite Sean Hayes as famous pianist and Hollywood personality Oscar Levant.
Wyse had been shooting an episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel when he got word Goodnight, Oscar would be transferring to Broadway.
It took several months of auditions for him to book the gig, but he was unswayed. “Being an artist, I’m told ‘No’ often. It’s helped me trust that when I’m told ‘No’ it’s for a reason — because there’s another trail of breadcrumbs for me to follow,” Wyse told The Plain Dealer. “That a ‘No’ is leading me toward the ‘Yes’ that’s supposed to happen.”As we kick off Pride month, Queerty caught up with Wyse amid another eight-show week to get the inside scoop on working with Sean Hayes and celebrate all he loves about being gay.I play an enthusiastic (but somewhat inept) production assistant in Good Night, Oscar.
Art imitates life — the one job nobody should ever hire me for is …An actual Production Assistant. I was a PA on a short film once and was fired two hours into the first day.
