Sheldon squared! Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons poses with Iain Armitage as the Young Sheldon actor catches his NYC play
He started off by gushing about his love for the Big Apple during the fall season: ‘And here is the whole reason I went to NYC! It’s one of my favorite places to go in the autumn, so I’m always looking for an excuse to get there.’
Behind them in the vacant theatre were rows of empty purple seats.
Jim was dressed in a gray-on-gray patterned shirt and blazer combination, and the strap of a backpack was visible over one of his shoulders.
To those reading his thoughtful caption, Iain insisted, ‘You’ve never seen Jim Parsons in a role like this.’
‘I feel so lucky and happy that i got to go!’ he wrote before adding one final line – ‘Also, I was so happy to see Jim again!!!’
Armitage has played the younger version of Sheldon Cooper in the Big Bang Theory spinoff since 2017, with Parsons narrating.
The sixth season of the series, which is based in the late 80s, premiered on CBS September 29.
Back in 2021 it was renewed by the network through to a seventh season.
After graduating, Euan began performing in plays and musicals around the U.K., like Into the Woods. But his first big break came in 2002 when he starred as Boy George in the West End biopic musical Taboo. During its run in London, Rosie O’Donnell came to watch the show and loved it so much that she decided to personally finance and produce Taboo on Broadway.
“You know, the show in London,” O’Donnell told Katie Couric in 2003, “I saw it eight or nine times. It got a standing ovation every night.” O’Donnell ended up spending $10 million to bring Taboo to Broadway, per The New York Times.
Euan retained his leading role as Boy George, and the show made its Broadway debut in November 2003. Though it opened to mixed reviews, Taboo ended up being nominated for a handful of Tony Awards, including best actor for Euan.
Since Taboo, Euan has continued starring in major plays and musicals like Parade, Sondheim on Sondheim and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Most recently, Euan took over the role of King George III in the smash hit Hamilton.
In a 2017 taped interview with Broadway.com, Euan joked about how fortunate he was to take over the role of one of Hamilton’s most beloved characters. “I walked into a role that gets entry applause even if you’re a capuchin monkey,” the actor said with a laugh. “If you stuck a monkey in the role and it came out dressed like the king, people would go wild! So yes, it’s a great feeling.”
Iain told Northern Virginia magazine in 2022 that his mom was initially hesitant of him becoming an actor, saying, “You hear all those horror stories about all the terrible things that happened in Hollywood with children who had gone crazy from being there.”
But eventually, she gave in and now supports him on his acting journey. “Mom is just so cool and so kind and always so grounding,” Iain told the magazine.
Lee also talked about her initial reservations to 9 News in Australia, but admitted she eventually realized that acting was Iain’s passion. ”He was so excited about it,” she told the outlet. “So we made a pact that as long as he likes doing it – and as long as we see it’s not negatively affecting him – he can do it. If it doesn’t work for our family, we’ll talk.”
In an interview with Broadway.com, Euan talked about how impressed he is with Iain’s career after landing an impressive part in Big Little Lies and the starring role in Young Sheldon. “He’s huge,” Euan said, “and I think it couldn’t happen to a nicer child, and I would say that even if he wasn’t my son, genuinely.”
Euan also joked about how much work Iain gets as an actor. “I say that I’m one of the few absent fathers who’s absent because his child is at work.”
At the end of the interview, he also said that Iain supports his work as an actor too, stating, “He loves me and he’s very supportive of what I do too and that’s important to me that he is.”
