![]() ![]() NEWSCASTER: -a day unlike any other in the long course of American history, a terrorist act of war against this country. NEWSCASTER: Something hit the Pentagon on the outside of the fifth floor. We have a very tragic alert for you right now. NEWSCASTER: We're trying to figure out exactly what happened, but clearly, something relatively devastating. NEWSCASTER: It looks almost like a mushroom cloud. NEWSCASTER: A plane has crashed into one of the towers. NEWSCASTER: Just a few moments ago, something, believed to be a plane, crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center. I'm Charles Gibson.ĭIANE SAWYER, ABC News: I'm Diane Sawyer, and it's Tuesday, September 11th, 2001. NARRATOR: Tonight on FRONTLINE, Top Secret America- 9/11 to the Boston Bombings.ĬHARLES GIBSON, ABC News: Good morning, America. NARRATOR: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dana Priest traces America's journey from 9/11 to the Boston Marathon bombing.ĪLLISON STANGER, Rohatyn Center for International Affairs: It's shrouded in secrecy. Director, DNI, 2007-08: What happens after 9/11 is this tremendous ramping up.ĭANA PRIEST, The Washington Post: The money just came out of Congress- it was flying out. ![]() NARRATOR: Since 9/11, the government has been building a huge anti-terror apparatus. NEWSCASTER: Two explosions near the finish line just a short while ago. ![]() NARRATOR: And new questions about whether Americans are safe. (Including the much-beloved Dos Equis "Most Interesting Man in the World" ads.NARRATOR: Tonight on FRONTLINE, another terrorist attack. Lyman has since narrated television documentaries for NOVA, National Geographic and the History Channel, as well as movie trailers and ad campaigns. “It was like a switch going off,” Lyman recalled. Then, in 1980, after leaving the city for an acting gig in Colorado, he returned to Boston with job offers pouring in. He says he "plotted" to one day become a leading narrator, taking on small radio bits here and there. This was at the time when the city was a national epicenter of radio and TV production. Lyman, who is originally from Vermont, landed in Boston to study acting at Boston University. He and his tubes are that good, his sense of pitch and instinct for the moment flawless.” As an authoritative off-camera voice, the man's a rocket, an audio auteur. “.no one quite ranks with Lyman as a narrator. After a few moments speaking with him, it becomes abundantly clear why Howard Rosenberg, the longtime television critic for the L.A. I’ve found that the more you follow the words, the more work is done for you.”Ĭertainly for an actor like Lyman, whose voice could lend the phonebook gravitas, relying on the text seems like a strong bet. “The idea is not to do something nobody has ever done before. “I’m not setting out to reinvent the wheel, or, God forbid, ‘put my stamp’ on the role,” he said. This is not to say Lyman is interested in radicalizing the part of Lear in any way. And, really, I’m not interested in forging any comparisons to actors of the past.” Referring to the audience preconceptions that come with such coveted roles, Lyman said, “There’s only pressure if I think of it. His work has earned him multiple Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England awards. The “leading man” epithet is no exaggeration given the roles he’s taken for CSC over the years: Brutus in “Julius Caesar,” Prospero in “The Tempest” and Claudius in “Hamlet.” Beyond CSC, Lyman has acted for New Repertory Theatre, Boston Playwrights' Theatre and the Huntington. Here in Boston, Lyman commands a presence on the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company stage. ‘Why am I doing this?’ ‘What am I trying to say?’” Leading man Will Lyman as King Lear (Courtesy)īut this is not the first time Lyman has had to take on roles with built-in expectations. So I’m constantly asking myself questions. “For me, the challenge has been taking this character out of iconography and into a more real place,” he said. Taking on a role so entrenched in theatrical history and lore has its challenges, according to Lyman. Starting next week, you will be able to see and hear him as King Lear in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s production, opening July 22. Lyman, who is based in Boston, is also an actor of both stage and screen. Since 1984 he has been the narrator of "Frontline" on PBS, and the voice of innumerable TV and radio ads. Lyman, 67, is a voice-over artist, and a prolific one at that. Instead, it will be hearing his voice that triggers the sense of recognition. Nor will his headshot, with all its clean-cut, leading-man handsomeness. Unless you’re fond of scrutinizing the latter parts of movie and television credits, Will Lyman’s name may not mean anything to you. Facebook Email Will Lyman, who will star as King Lear in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's production, accepting the Elliot Norton Award for Sustained Excellence in 2013. ![]()
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