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Miles is back in New York, doing a play about…Philly! (It’s about so much more than Philly.)

At dream theatre company Soho Rep, this is the US premiere of Nia Akilah Robinson’s The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a collar) directed by Evren Odcikin.

1832: a mother and daughter stand vigil behind the African Baptist Church in Philadelphia at the grave of a recently deceased loved one. Today, on the same grounds: another strangely familiar mother and daughter work as counselors at what is now a sleepaway camp. Timelines collide, horrors are buried and revealed, but love never lacks. The Great Privation is a darkly comic play about our nation’s long practice of harming Black bodies in the name of scientific progress, our responsibility to time, and the role joy plays in living with a history we cannot change.

The cast includes Crystal Lucas-Perry (Tony nominee for Ain’t No Mo’), Clarissa Vickerie, and Holiday. Everyone, including Miles, plays two characters — one past and one present. Maybe you can see where this is going but…just literally come see where this is going.

Previews for The Great Privation begin 2/26. Opening is 3/9. Closing is 3/23.

Show times and ticket prices can be found here. Soho Rep in residence at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons (416 W. 42nd St., NY, NY).

#NotAChristmasCarol

Yes, Miles is playing Fred, Bob Cratchit, and Scrooge. No, he’s not doing A Christmas Carol (so stop asking).

This fall, a new holiday classic is born: Your Local Theater Presents: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Again. Written by Anna Ouyang Moench (Severance, Beef) and directed by Les Waters (Dana H., The Christians), YLTP… is having its world-premiere at La Jolla Playhouse.

The devastating comedy follows Eddie, a young actor fresh out of Juilliard, ready to make his mark on The American Theatre. His dreams are within reach…sort of. First he’s just going to do this regional production of A Christmas Carol. As the years pass, Eddie finds himself back at the same local theater, over and over and over again. Much remains the same: the play, the stage manager, the green room — though Eddie finds himself in different costumes as he ages through the male roles over the course of his career. (Once he’s Scrooge it gets very meta, etc.)

Miles is confronting his greatest fears and anxieties by playing…Eddie! Acting as therapy? Spooky! (But in all seriousness, this is a gorgeous new play, and you should come.)

Previews for YLTP… begin 11/19. Opening is 11/24. Closing is 12/15.

Show times and ticket prices can be found here. Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre at La Jolla Playhouse (2910 La Jolla Village Dr., La Jolla, CA).

Bah, humbug <3



Same man, new film.

Welp, it’s been about six months since Miles’s last A24 film. Time for another.

A Different Man, written and directed by Aaron Schimberg, is about as dark as dark comedy gets. And it’s delicious.

The film follows an aspiring actor who undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost.

While not the aspiring actor in question, Miles plays a fellow aspiring actor, opposite hero and fellow Jersey boy Sebastian Stan. The film also stars Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World) and Adam Pearson (Chained For Life).

A Different Man hits theaters in New York and LA on September 20th, nationwide on October 4th. See you there.

This ain't Texas.

This is Kansas!

Miles is thrilled to be bringing Majkin Holmquist’s Stargazers to the stage this spring after workshopping it last winter. Produced by Page 73 and directed by Collette Robert, Stargazers centers around a grieving mother who contemplates selling her Kansas farm—guided, she says, by the ghost of her daughter. While her ex-husband and neighbors fight to keep the land, an East Coast developer hopes to build a progressive utopia that would alter the landscape forever. It’s a gorgeous, spooky script and funnier than you would think.

The rockstar cast includes Kelly McAndrew (The Thin Place), Andrew Garman (The Holdovers), Lizzy Brooks (Macbeth), Baize Buzan (To Kill a Mockingbird), Fernando Gonzalez (Skinnamarink), and Keren Lugo (Privacy). Miles plays Casey, a soulful farmer, and Jim, a coastal pioneer (everyone’s boyfriends).

Previews for Stargazers begin 4/8. Opening is 4/20 (blaze it). Closing is 5/10.

Show times and ticket prices can be found here. Connelly Theater (220 E. 4th St., NY, NY).



We've got a problem...

…ista!

And his name is Alejandro. And he is played by Julio Torres, genius comedian space prince, who has also written and directed this stunning debut feature film, Problemista, produced by A24. A longtime fan of both Julio and A24, working on this was several dreams come true for Miles. That the cast also features Tilda Swinton, Isabella Rossellini, Laith Nakli, Greta Lee, RZA, and former play castmate Larry Owens? More dreams.

The film follows Alejandro, an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, as he struggles to bring his unusual ideas to life in the Big Apple. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast (Tilda, surprise!) becomes his only hope to stay in the country.

Miles plays Brian, an executive at Hasbro…you do the math.

Problemista hits theaters in New York and LA on March 1st, nationwide on March 22nd. See you there.

Dear AMPTP:

Pay The Writer. (And the actor!)

It’s hot strike summer, and Miles is heading from the picket line to the stage (and is very grateful to be able to do so, #UnionStrong, etc.). After a workshop last year, Pay The Writer by Tawni O’Dell (NYT Bestselling Author) is getting a full off-Broadway run at Signature this fall.

The dramedy follows the friendship of a legendary literary agent and his most successful client. It is directed by Karen Carpenter (Love, Loss, and What I Wore) and led by real-life legends Bryan Batt (Mad Men), Ron Canada (The Shield), and the iconic Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives). Miles is back playing the younger version of Bryan’s character and a very…special…TV exec.

Previews for Pay The Writer begin 8/13. Opening is 8/21. Closing is 9/30.

Show times and ticket prices can be found here. Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater at the Pershing Square Signature Center (480 W. 42nd St., NY, NY).

Miles Chases Dreams.

In the concrete jungle where dreams are made of, a chased one has finally come true: Miles is on the new season of The Other Two on HBO Max. After years of living in the shadows of their younger pop-star brother and talk-show host mom, will Brooke and Cary’s respective stars finally ascend? TBD! From former SNL head writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, the critical industry darling returns with all of your favs: Drew Tarver, Heléna York, Molly Shannon, Wanda Sykes, and more. This season also features guest spots from Simu Liu, Fin Argus, Ann Dowd, Edie Falco, Ben Platt, Dylan O’Brien, Lukas Gage and Kiernan Shipka.

Miles guest stars with Dana Delany (Desperate Housewives) in the fourth episode and it’s…a wild ride. Stay tuned, especially if you’d like to learn how to act! (Sneak a peek in the trailer below.)

Season 3 of The Other Two premieres 5/4 on HBO Max. Miles’s episode is out 5/18.

Oh, Debra.

Gute nacht.

It’s been a long three years for a number of reasons. Pandemic? Sure. Nazis? Still! The wait for the second and final season of Jordan Peele’s Hunters? Suffer no more.

Picking up three years later, we discover Miles’s character Danny Rohr has made a slight career change, hoping to put his Nazi-hunting days behind him and cash out. But, in fact and in fiction, there’s unfinished business to attend to. The titular Hunters are going after the crown jewel, hidden in South America — Adolf himself. (We love a conspiracy theory!)

Jennifer Jason Leigh joins the original cast of Al Pacino, Logan Lerman, Jerrika Hinton, Josh Radnor, Carol Kane, and more rockstars.

Hunters season 2 premieres Friday 1/12 on Amazon Prime.

Gute nacht to Hitler, and to this insane, cathartic, and deeply Jewish series that has meant so much.

Let’s get him.

...One Brother.

The time has come for Miles to fulfill his moody, broody destiny — an off-Broadway Chekhov production. In this new adaptation of Three Sisters by director Will Pomerantz, he is Andrei Prozorov, brother to the titular sisters. Hopes, dreams, debts, and disappointments abound!

The production is in repertory with About Love, an adaptation of Ivan Turgenev’s First Love, also written and directed by Will Pomerantz. Both productions feature original music by Nancy Harrow played by a live string trio.

Previews for Three Sisters begin 5/11. Opening is 5/19. Closing is 6/4.

Show times and ticket prices can be found here. Sheen Center (18 Bleeker St., NY, NY).

(Vodka encouraged!)

Biscuits over Broadway.

A year and a half after the shutdown, Miles is gleefully back in a theater. We went from off-Broadway debut to Broadway debut, and from White Husband to white boyfriend (understudy). Miles is covering the legendary Michael Urie (Ugly Betty) in the role of Logan (a neurotic Jewish actor, if you can believe) in Chicken & Biscuits!

This family comedy about a funeral written by Douglas Lyons and directed by Zhailon Levingston (the youngest Black director ever on Broadway!) is truly one of the most joyous audience experiences this town has seen. Also in the cast are icon(s) Norm Lewis (Porgy and Bess), Cleo King (Mike & Molly), Ebony Marshall-Oliver (Ain’t No Mo’), NaTasha Yvette Williams (Waitress), Devere Rogers (The Robber Bridegroom), Alana Raquel Bowers (What to Send Up When It Goes Down), and Aigner Mizzelle (a shining rising star).

Previews began 9/23. Opening was 10/10. Closing is 1/2.

Show times and ticket prices can be found here. Circle In The Square Theatre (1633 Broadway, NY, NY).

Come celebrate life, and stay tuned on social media for when Miles goes on.

¡Dame más de la vacuna!

Almost a whole year since his first in round 7, Miles is back for another Viral Monologue in the 24th of them from The 24 Hour Plays. They have kept the theatre community booked and busy from home during an insane time, creating time-limited theatre and fundraising for all kinds of charities.

So again, last night, Miles sent a brief introduction video into the abyss that included one prop, one costume piece, and a list of shooting locations. A brilliant writer (Tony Meneses) who Miles had never met received said video, wrote through the night, and sent back “The Landlady” the next morning. Miles then rehearsed and shot this for it to be posted a full 24 hours after the start of the whole endeavor.

Que disfruten.


Something pretty inflammatory.

As one national emergency (hopefully) comes to a close, another draws near: Thanksgiving. Between the pandemic and the polarization, this is going to be an extra colorful year for families in person (boo!) or over Zoom (meh).

And so, as part of Faul Line Theatre’s [...] in the Time of Corona series, here is the debut of YOUR SISTER’S VERY UPSET. Written by the inimitable Justin Kuritzkes (who Miles played in Endlings), this is one side of a phone conversation between a very concerned Jewish father (Miles, duh) and his righteous, liberal son Peter.

Truly hope you can’t relate, but either way: enjoy. It’s a short, short life.

Libraland.

Yesterday was Miles’s birthday, today he gets his gift: all episodes of Monsterland are out now on Hulu. Based on the short story collection North American Lake Monsters: Stories by Nathan Ballingrud, this horror anthology series created by Mary Laws (Succession) is the perfect way to kick off spooky season and distract you from the monsters…in…our land.

Miles shows up in episode 4, “New York, NY” (classic) as the loving partner waiting at home for the hero (also classic).

Check out the trailer below:

And click here to see Miles in action. (But watch the whole show for full spooky effect!)

Unprecedented time.

It was the strangest of times, it was the scariest of times.

But theatre has found a way.

The 24 Hour Plays has made time-limited theatre to fundraise for charities for decades, on and off Broadway and around the world. Now, they’re doing it virtually with Viral Monologues. Today was round seven.

Last night, Miles sent in a short introduction video listing locations he could film in, prop and costume options, and some thoughts on what kind of performance he’s always wanted to give but has never been given the chance to give. A writer (the brilliant Aniello Fontano) received that at 6pm, wrote all night, and sent in a monologue that Miles received at 10am this morning. Miles had to learn and shoot that by 5pm today.

Presenting, “a start.” by Aniello Fontano, starring Miles, featuring Theodore the dog.

Check out more at @24hourplays on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. This round included the likes of Minnie Driver and David Lindsay-Abaire, so check them all out!


Not over yet.

It hasn’t even been a full year, but the wait has felt like ten. The 2019 A.R.T. production of Celine Song’s Endlings is rising again — this time Off-Broadway (where it belongs), at New York Theatre Workshop.

Still directed by the incredible Sammi Cannold, fresh off of her stunning production of Evita at New York City Center. Still starring Wai Ching Ho (Marvel TV Universe), Emily Kuroda (Gilmore Girls), and Jo Yang (The Affair) as sea-farming Korean mermaids who dive live before your eyes. Still a gorgeous tribute to where you’ve come from and a brilliant indictment of where you are.

Miles is so grateful to still be playing White Husband opposite actor/playwright Jiehae Park (peerless).

Previews begin 2/19. Opening is 3/9. Closing is currently 3/29, with a possible extension through April.

Show times and ticket prices can be found here. New York Theatre Workshop (79 East 4th Street, NY, NY).

Let me just exist.

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This is not murder. This is mitzvah.

It shouldn’t feel radical to be anti-Nazi in 2020, but alas, here we are. It’s a nightmare.

But in the midst of this madness, Miles has joined the cast of his dream show: a 1970s New York drama about Nazi hunters (!), executive produced by Jordan Peele and starring Al Pacino (casual) in his episodic television debut.

Inspired by true events (look it up), Hunters follows a diverse band of Nazi hunters in 1977 New York City who discover that hundreds of escaped Nazis are living in America. Miles starts showing up a few episodes in as Danny Rohr, a disgraced Jewish journalist for the New York Times who knows more than he’d like to.

The cast also includes Logan Lerman, Jerrika Hinton, Josh Radnor, Carol Kane, and many more faves. It’s insane.

Hunters premieres Friday 2/21 (Shabbat shalom) on Amazon Prime.

Happy hunting.


Best date ever.

Happy Valentine’s, folks.

At long last, In Reality has a release date. You can catch Miles with costars Ann Lupo (who also wrote/directed/edited) and Kimiko Glenn (Orange is the New Black) on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and Google Play in this romantic dramedy on April 2nd! Woo!

The feature will also be out in LA theaters on March 29th, so look for more updates here.

In lieu of flowers, the team would like you to have the new trailer below. Enjoy.

It's all haenyeover.

This winter, Miles is making his American Repertory Theater debut in what is easily the coolest production he’s ever been a part of: Endlings by Celine Song. With brilliant direction from Sammi Cannold (Violet), Endlings centers around the last three haenyeos, or “sea women”, on the Korean island of Man-Jae. These badass diving sea-farmers are played by Wai Ching Ho (Marvel TV Universe), Emily Kuroda (Gilmore Girls), and Jo Yang (The Affair).

The show takes a turn (just come,) and back on the island of Manhattan, Miles has the privilege (get it) of playing White Husband opposite actor/playwright Jiehae Park (peerless). It’s 2019, and it’s time for white tokenism! And bodies of water onstage!

Previews begin 2/26. Opening is 3/1. Closing is 3/17.

Show times and ticket prices can be found here. Loeb Drama Center (64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA).

Fuck real estate :)

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Too real.

After literal years, this film fever dream is finally a reality.

Last week was the LA premiere of In Reality, a feature film written and directed by (and starring) Miles’s long-time collaborator, Ann Lupo. Part doc, part magical realism narrative, Ann’s true story of unrequited love comes to life with Miles (shocker) as the object of her affections, John. With beautiful cinematography from another film family member, Nadine Martinez, In Reality takes you into the whirling mind of a woman in love.

The film also stars Kimiko Glenn, Jill Eikenberry, Olivia Washington, Lauren E. Banks, and Esteban Pedraza.

The LA Film Festival awarded In Reality the Special Jury Award for US Fiction. Stay tuned for updates here. New trailer below.

You got to bring Jim, James, Paul, and Tyrone.

(Jim Henson, James & Paul the Apostles, and...we'll get to Tyrone.) #baduizm

After years of fanboydom, Miles is finally getting his hands (and other parts) on Robert Askin's Hand to God at TheaterWorks Hartford. Directed by Tracy Brigden (2017 Connecticut Critics Circle nominee), this insanely dark comedy turns a Texan Christian puppet ministry upside-fuckin-down.

When Margery loses her husband to Whoppers, she turns to the church to guide her and her loner son Jason. When Jason's puppet, Tyrone (!), takes on a life of its own, all hell literally breaks loose.

Tormenting Jason and lusting after his mother through all of this is — you guessed it! Miles will be gracing the stage as Timmy, an emo teenage hick fuckboy with a heart of gold. Blood and clothing will be shed.

Previews begin 7/20. Opening is 7/27. Closing is 8/26.

Show times and ticket prices can be found here. TheaterWorks (233 Pearl St., Hartford, CT).

#bless

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