Frank Langella sensitive portrayal of an elderly novelist in "Starting Out in the Evening". He was cast as Richard Nixon in Peter Morgan's "Frost/Nixon", which received enthusiastic reviews during a run at the Donmar Warehouse and Gielgud Theatre in London before moving to New York's Bernard B. Jacobs Theater in April 2007, culminating in Langella's third Tony Award. He reprised the role of Nixon in the 2008 Oscar nominated Best Picture film "Frost/Nixon", directed by Ron Howard. He received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and BAFTA nominations for Best Actor for his performance. He was also nominated for an Academy Award in
Michael Sheen Oscar Wilde. In early 1998 Sheen formed a production company, The Foundry, with Helen McCrory and Robert Delamere to promote the work of emerging playwrights, and produced "A Little World of Our Own" at the Donmar Warehouse, which gave Colin Farrell his West End debut. From 1998 to 1999, Sheen starred as Mozart in a successful revival of "Amadeus". The Peter Hall-directed production was staged at the Old Vic, London and later transferred to the Music Box on Broadway. Ben Brantley, chief theatre critic for "The New York Times", was particularly vocal in his praise. He noted that "Mr. Sheen