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Article: HEAD OF THE CLASS.(Julian Ovenden in Butley)
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- October 23, 2006
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Byline: Vanessa Lawrence
NEW YORK - Between the blustery, rainy afternoon and the mint herbal tea he orders to warm up, British actor Julian Ovenden must feel right at home while making his Broadway debut in "Butley," opening Wednesday at the Booth Theatre.
He has a little help from playwright Simon Gray, as "Butley" is a thoroughly English play, famously produced with Alan Bates as the lead in 1971. This time around, Nathan Lane assumes center stage, as Ben Butley, a cynical, cantankerous literature professor at a London university who turns away his eager students with the brusqueness of a matre d' at a four-star restaurant. Ovenden co-stars as Joey, ...
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