Well, not exactly.

And theres a reason for that, beyond the marketing gimmick.

Which is that the play ends with the actors possible demise.

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Oristhat the ultimate marketing gimmick?

When the Broadway veteran (and current cast member onThe People v. O.J.

Like the 80s, Lane joked, gesturing towards the vial.

March 7, 2016: Nathan Lane launches “Red Rabbit White Rabbit” at The West Side Arts Theatre in New York City Mandatory Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas/VivacityPR

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas/VivacityPR.

I know what to do with that.

The audience all at once turned to look.

Now every woman in the back row is smiling, he said, his voice exuding gentleness.

And every one of them is beautiful.

A forlornNew York Timestheater critic was number 110.

And a very sad 110 you are, Lane quipped.

But Lanes hand was raised when he said that, and that was significant.

I dont care, he said at one point to an audience member.

Whatever gets us to the next fing page.

An actor drinking poison could never happen in the theater, could it?

Nathan Lane has passed on.

Per the rules of Soleimanpours game, he will never performWhite Rabbit Red Rabbitagain.

And each of them, on a beautiful molecular level, will never be the same again.

Nor 249 other people, either.A

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