Cynthia Nixon In 'Wit' (PREVIEW)

Cynthia Nixon has been back in the news lately for her controversial gay statements, which she made while promoting her new play, which brings us here today! Nixon's role in the stage reprisal of "Wit" has the former "Sex and the City" star doing what all actresses who want to show their chops do -- shaving her head, and taking on a emotionally and verbally challenging role. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Margaret Edson play follows a poetry professor's final hours fighting terminal cancer. The role was formerly held by another TV star, "Who's the Boss?"'s Judith Light, while trusty Brit Emma Thompson brought the role to a different crowd in the TV movie version. While we're on the subject of TV, Nixon's fellow "Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall recently graced the Great White Way in Noel Coward's "Private Lives," a show that was forced to close early due to dwindling ticket sales. All eyes on you, Nixon.

Watch:

Comments

[GetoffMylawn]

05:36 PM on 01/28/2012

I can't wait for the musical version of the movie remake.

[myngbl]

03:51 PM on 01/28/2012

a terminally ill poetry professor last dying days - WOW what a way to entertain myself! I guess I can figure out how the movie ends. A sick woman, no a dying woman trying to be witty and 'strong' - enough to gag. Everyone dies. Stop the morbid, sticky drama. Snnnoooorrrrreeeeeezzzzzzz

[LXIX WITHU]

03:22 PM on 01/28/2012

I think that there is something just so incredibly sexy about a woman with a shaved head!

[myngbl]

03:52 PM on 01/28/2012

just not hers.

[carsjet]

05:26 PM on 01/28/2012

even with aids really?

[DocTonyNYC]

06:51 AM on 01/31/2012

Yeah, apparently you assume AIDS because the word "gay" is mentioned in the story. Aside from the fact that that is an irrational connection, the story is clear that the character has terminal cancer.

I guess reading is hard?

[T-Bow]

02:30 PM on 01/28/2012

From a famous line from the movie... Sting...it's just not enough!

[algonquin j calhoun]

10:45 AM on 01/28/2012

oughta get a brazilian wax to go with it and complete the ensemble

[FlipMode]

09:53 AM on 01/28/2012

LOVED the film version. Trying to go see this version on stage in the next few weeks...

[Mr Me]

09:25 AM on 01/28/2012

She certainly has a long neck. Looks like a bobblehead. Freaky.

[kidjudas]

07:32 AM on 01/28/2012

Whoa. That neck. She looks like a ventriloquist doll.

[alanocu]

09:02 PM on 01/27/2012

Bald and bisexual And she says being gay is a choice, ok?

She walked into an activist minefield.

Girl you better run!

[itsjules]

10:23 PM on 01/27/2012

Only bald for the role, actually.

And she only said that it was a choice for HER, for her own self. Still got in trouble, though.

I didn't think it mattered if she thought it was a choice or not but I got yelled at a bit. Someone did post a relevant reply to me, however: that regardless of whether she identifies as bi or not, there had to have been something intrinsicly bisexual inside her, or she'd never have fallen in love with a woman. I do think she pissed a lot of people off by not identifying as bisexual and by saying she "chose" to be gay, but hey, she's a good actress. :-)

[pshel47254]

10:49 AM on 01/28/2012

yeah but you gotta love her for speaking HER truth... i'm sure the 'intolerant' gay world will make sure they punish her for her comments instead of embracing her... sometimes people apparently like to experiment with the unknown and she liked it! You go girl.

[DocTonyNYC]

11:36 AM on 01/31/2012

Be careful, your own intolerance is showing.