![]() ![]() TM: Do you think the play is particularly British, or will Americans get it? And I’m so grateful to be funny after being the go-to-bad guy on TV and film for the last few years. And there are so many things I love about this part he’s so opinionated, emotional, and scathing. ![]() JBH: Now that I’m 40, I knew I wasn’t going to pass for 25. TM: So, how do you feel about playing the “older man” in this relationship? My voice coaches from NYU are very prominent in my brain every night. There’s rarely any punctuation it’s a very rhythmic way of speaking. It’s sort of a Rubik’s cube for an actor. Being a true theater boy, I love this kind of writing. TM: What was your first reaction to the script? And while we never break the fourth wall, it’s voyeuristic. I like being this close to the audience, especially after doing Our Town at the Barrow Street Theatre. The space has been reconfigured to look like an arena - sort of a cockfight ring. And I have to say I love the spectator sport element of the production. JASON BUTLER HARNER: Mike says his original inspiration was seeing a cockfight in Mexico. THEATERMANIA: First things first, let’s talk about the title of the show, ok? Harner recently spoke to TheaterMania about the play. Now, he’s thrilling audiences again in Mike Bartlett’s provocatively titled Cock, at The Duke on 42nd Street, as “M,” whose relationship with his much younger boyfriend, John, gets thrown for a loop after John falls for a woman. Actor Jason Butler Harner has given many memorable performances in the theater, in such shows as Orange Flower Water, The Paris Letter, and The Gingerbread House. ![]()
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