Jason Robards’s iconic turns in this role include in José Quintero’s Circle in the Square production, a success that helped create Eugene O’Neill’s modern reputation. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this charismatic salesman who tries to blow up the “pipe dreams” of drunks in The Iceman Cometh.
ANSWER: Hickey [or Theodore Hickman or Theodore Hickman; accept Teddy]
[10h] This Broadway critical darling played Hickey in an acclaimed 2012 revival of Iceman. This star of Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus won a Tony for playing Roy Cohn in a 2018 revival of Angels in America.
ANSWER: Nathan Lane [or Joseph Lane]
[10m] Lane frequently collaborated with Terrence McNally and played the role of Buzz in the original run of this play. This play about eight gay friends vacationing upstate ends with a drag performance of Swan Lake.
ANSWER: Love! Valour! Compassion!
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