Jim Parsons

FRESH OFF HIS TONY NOMINATION FOR MOTHER PLAY, JIM PARSONS IS BACK on Broadway in Our Town. So, does he not like taking a break? "Until [Big Bang Theory] wrapped in 2019, I did not really know what it was to take a break that was not only extended, but also uncertain."

- H. Alan Scott

The reason for back-to-back shows-besides theater being "more alive for me now as it...ever has been"-is that "within days of agreeing to one, another came," and, "I felt very strongly that I wanted to do both." Parsons plays the stage manager in Our Town, guiding the audience through "one of the better-known plays in the entire canon of theater, and with a cast of 28." "I said it to Kenny [Leon], the director, in rehearsal the other day, 'This is the first time in a long time that I've worked on something and I thought I could see not really getting tired of." Parsons knows many will always see Big Bang Theory's Sheldon in his performances, and he's fine with th