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Article: Atkins takes on new role in Public Theater's production of 'Misbegotten'
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- April 15, 2009
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For actor Tom Atkins, his returning to "A Moon for the
Misbegotten" is somewhat like stepping into an entirely different
play.
Seventeen years ago, Atkins, a former Broadway actor and a Peters
Township resident, played James Tyrone Jr., the young, eligible
landowner in the Pittsburgh Public Theater's first production of the
play.
Tonight, Atkins begins previews in his second production of
Eugene O'Neill's classic drama. This time, he's playing the
conniving tenant farmer Phil Hogan, who hopes to save his farm by
luring Tyrone, who owns the land, into a marriage with his daughter,
Josie Hogan.
"The last time, I was a drunken wastrel of a gentleman caller,"
Atkins says. "This time, I'm a ...