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Tom Pecinka is a 2024 Tony Award nominee for his performance in "Stereophonic," now playing in New York. via Associated Press As the ruthlessly ambitious Peter in Broadway’s “ Stereophonic ,” Tom Pecinka gets to live out a 1970s rock star fantasy — replete with the sex, drugs and retro fashion — onstage. Though the actor describes his Tony-nominated performance as a full-throttle, emotional purge, he’s grateful to leave that experience behind after curtain call.

Advertisement “There are things I get to do as Peter that I don’t get to do in my life,” Pecinka, who is making his Broadway debut, told HuffPost. “Peter allows himself to blow up, and I’d be lying if I said getting to scream at someone wasn’t cathartic. But I like to keep him at the theater.



I do a ritual every night where I take off the necklace I wear and say goodbye to him, because he’s not the most fun person to live with.” Now playing at New York’s Golden Theatre, “Stereophonic” has been nominated for 13 Tony Awards — the most ever for a Broadway play. On Tuesday, the show’s run was extended through Jan.

5 after originally being slated to close next month. Written by David Adjmi and directed by Daniel Aukin , the drama follows a Laurel Canyon-era rock band in the throes of recording an album. Peter is the band’s hot-headed guitarist and is involved in a tempestuous, on-and-off relationship with singer-songwriter Diana ( Sarah Pidgeon ).

Tom Pecinka, Will Brill and Sarah Pi.

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