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True West Star Ethan Hawke on Headlining the Play He's Had in His Back Pocket Since the Age of 14 by Beth Stevens

When Ethan Hawke was 14, his mother let him stay up late to watch the American Playhouse presentation of Sam Shepard's True West, a filmed performance of original stars John Malkovich and Gary Sinise as brothers locked in a psychological battle. "It really lit a fire inside me," Hawke says. "Over the years, I got a copy of that tape and watched it over and over again. It was like listening to wolves howling outside y…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:16PM on February 26, 2019

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