Discover why certain iconic Broadway roles consistently earn Tony nominations, and how actors uniquely reinterpret classics ...

Take the revival of “Glengarry Glen Ross”: While Odenkirk followed Robert Prosky and Alan Alda in grabbing a Tony nomination for playing the down-on-his-luck salesman Shelley Levene ...

Then, as the rehearsal process goes on, I try and make it my own.” Last month, Burstein followed in their footsteps and earned a nomination for featured actor in a musical. When Audra McDonald ...

Odenkirk received a Tony nomination for his portrayal of once-powerful peddler Shelly Levene (portrayed by Robert Prosky in the original Broadway production and Jack Lemmon in the 1992 movie).

Odenkirk received a Tony nomination for his portrayal of once-powerful peddler Shelly Levene (portrayed by Robert Prosky in the original Broadway production and Jack Lemmon in the 1992 movie).

He takes on one massive final job from a high-profile gangster (Robert Prosky) to escape his life of crime for good and settle into a quiet life with a wife and kids. Thief is a standout of Mann ...

How about stateside, in Mamet’s native Chicago and then on Broadway in 1984? Robert Prosky (born Robert Joseph Porzuczek) played Levene. Prosky doesn’t seem to have been Jewish, but Peter Falk ...

I caught the memorable original run on Broadway in 1984, with Joe Mantegna as top office salesman Ricky Roma and Robert Prosky as Shelly “The Machine” Levene, the once unstoppable veteran ...