AMERICAN THEATRE: It was a head-turning, and possibly head-scratching, casting announcement: that Calista Flockhart and Zachary Quinto would play George and Martha in the Geffen Playhouse’s new production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. But it wasn’t until I was chatting with Quinto recently that it dawned on me why this casting felt different: It wasn’t just the idea of Ally McBeal and Spock, icons in their own right, taking on another pair of American icons. It was that this is the first major Virginia Woolf I know of with Gen-Xers in both senior roles, and that makes a lot of people—including myself, a Replacements-loving dad squarely in that benighted demographic—feel as old as Sesame Street or the moon landing.
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I am a huge Zachary Quinto fan! My favorite role of his is definitely as Leatherface/Oliver Thredson. He is great at conveying very complex, dark characters but can also be extremely funny. I also really enjoy Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, it was one of the very first plays we read in high school that I remember really liking and responding to. It is interesting that the article says he is on the young side for George since his age is so close to the character’s actual age, but I guess they are comparing to previous actors; it makes sense as people has mostly seen George as an older man. Quinto has great word choice in his answers, he makes every sentence interesting somehow. It is exciting that this is his first play in 4 years, as I am sure he has changed at least somewhat in his acting style.
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