Burdie – Catbeard and Nathan Lane (most likely his role in The Birdcage but don’t quote anyone on that)
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Burdie
https://www.pirate101central.com/wiki/NPC:Catbeard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Lane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birdcage
Thank you Ashley D. and Fallon S. for finding this one, and thank you to Mike S. for the additional information.
Burdie is the Encampment Designer in Caravan, Mirage. He is the first to greet wizards upon their arrival to Mirage. Burdie is your guide and source of information during your wizard’s initial forays into the world of Mirage.
Catbeard is a Privateer from Marleybone. His various exploits have made him something of a legend in Skull Island and Marleybone, but they haven’t made him rich. He’s always on the lookout for the next big scheme. A formidable Swashbuckler who specializes in hit and run tactics, Catbeard has a soft spot for luxury, pickled herring, and the latest vicious rumors across the Spiral’s skyways. He becomes a member of the Pirate’s crew after the quest “The Verdict”.
Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor. Since 1975, he has been seen on stage and screen in both comedic and dramatic roles. Lane has received numerous awards, including three Tony Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards, two Obie Awards, the Olivier Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Lane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2010, The New York Times hailed Lane as “the greatest stage entertainer of the decade”.
Lane made his professional theatre debut in 1978 in an off-Broadway production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. During this time he also briefly appeared as one half of the comedy team of Stack and Lane, until he was cast in the 1982 Broadway revival of Noël Coward’s Present Laughter directed by and starring George C. Scott. This led to an extensive career onstage, where he had a long friendship and fruitful collaboration with the playwright Terrence McNally which started in 1989 with the Manhattan Theater Club production of The Lisbon Traviata.
The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film produced and directed by Mike Nichols. Elaine May’s screenplay adapted the 1978 French film La Cage aux Folles, itself an adaptation of a 1973 play. It stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple whose son (Dan Futterman) is set to marry the daughter (Calista Flockhart) of a conservative senator (Gene Hackman) and his wife (Dianne Wiest). Hank Azaria and Christine Baranski appear in supporting roles. The film marked the first screen collaboration of Nichols and May, who had been a comedy duo in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Birdcage was released on March 8, 1996, to positive reviews and significant commercial success. It debuted at the top of the North American box office and stayed there for the following three weeks, grossing $185.3 million on a $31 million budget. It is seen as groundbreaking because it was one of few films from a major studio to feature LGBT characters at its center. The cast received notable praise and was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast. The Birdcage also received a nomination for Best Art Direction at the 69th Academy Awards.
The current list of all the (known) Mirage references can be found here.
Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
Burdie image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment
Catbeard image is from Pirate101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment
Nathan Lane image is borrowed from Wikipedia. It is copyright Btvway and is shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons License
The Birdcage movie poster is borrowed from the IMP Awards. It is copyright MGM.
Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.
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