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The Roundtable

Ben Rappaport as Jack Paar in "Good Night, Oscar" on Broadway

By Joe Donahue

Published May 8, 2023 at 11:15 AM EDT

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Ben Rappaport and Sean Hayes in "Good Night, Oscar" on Broadway

Three-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Sean Hayes is back on Broadway, starring as Oscar Levant in Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright’s new play "Good Night, Oscar" at the Belasco Theatre.

Ben Rappaport, the actor playing famed Tonight Show host and Levant sparring partner Jack Paar, joins us.

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