Which is why, for the play, lead actor Shanon Weaver will be wearing ... Melissa Livingston-Weaver. We're glad to know that The Whale is, from all reports, a strong piece of theatre – regardless ...

Hunter's play The Whale. Why? That's a fine question ... At the time, to my knowledge, I was only the third actor to play the role, after Shuler Hensley in the 2012 off-Broadway premiere at ...

The following contains spoilers from the movie “The Whale,” now playing ... of its source material, which actors and directors who’ve staged the popular play consider to be a release that ...

a veteran local actor well known to Richmond theater audiences. But to play the role of Charlie, the dissolute, despairing 600-pound man at the center of Samuel D. Hunter’s “The Whale ...

"The Whale," is a movie that tells the story of a 600-pound man estranged from his teenage daughter. The filmmakers have been criticized for not casting an obese actor in the role. There's already ...

Actors' Theatre's ... this is not a play about body shaming, but rather a work about overcoming the failure and pain within. Central to "The Whale's" success are a script that is full of surprises ...

Hunter, who wrote the original play and screenplay adaptation for The Whale. He suggested that all actors should find the ...

Brendan Fraser has won the best-actor ... Whale" in the video player above.Any earlier in his career and Fraser has said he wouldn't have had the life experience or heartache to authentically play ...

Hunter’s play of the same name. “The Whale” emerged from the fall festival ... ovation at the Venice Film Festival that reduced the actor to tears. Screenings at the Toronto International ...

The following contains spoilers from the movie "The Whale," now playing ... of its source material, which actors and directors who’ve staged the popular play consider to be a release that ...

Hunter's semi-autobiographical play. The “Whale” star won Best Actor at the 2023 Academy Awards for his turn as a reclusive English professor grappling with his obesity and will to live.