WHO IN THE CAST
JACK O'BRIEN
(the older one)
Born and raised in Saginaw, Michigan, Jack O’Brien began his artistic career as a performer, writer, and lyricist before transitioning to directing. He directed his first Broadway production in 1969 and has collected three Tonys since then (Henry IV, Hairspray and The Coast of Utopia). He’s done operas(Il Trittico, Great Scott, Porgy and Bess, etc.), musicals (The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Carousel, etc.), television (“American Playhouse,” “Great Performances,” etc.), ran the Old Globe Theater for 25 years, written two books published by Farrar Straus & Giroux (Jack Be Nimble and Jack in the Box), and two nightclub performances at 54 Below. He recently received a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, but apparently he’s still working…
ALAN FOX
(the younger one)
Born and raised in Oak Ridge, North Carolina, Alan Fox was an all-state basketball player, set to play in college (UNC-Greensboro), before an injury led him into a life as a fashion model (Abercrombie Fitch, Adidas, Men’s Health), turned recording artist (now defunct Cartel Records), turned actor (Taylor Swift’s music video Fifteen, The English Teacher, and his one person show Expectations which premiered at the Cherry Lane Theater), turned graduate of Hunter College (Magna Cum Laude, 2016), turned playwright (SAFE SPACE, directed by Jack O’Brien, 2019), turned screenwriter (HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, directed by Spike Lee, starting Denzel Washington, 2025). Everyone tells him that he’s finally doing what he was always meant to be doing, and he tells them that men lie, women lie, but patterns don’t…
