“I spent hundreds of hours with her, laughing, and I wanted to duplicate that,” Jesse Green says of the no-holds-barred Mary Rodgers memoir 'Shy.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:16PMAlison Fraser — who plays Big Mama in the new Off Broadway production of 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' — calls the production "renegade theater."
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:11PMIn 'The Orchard' Jessica Hecht performs Chekhov alongside Mikhail Baryshnikov—and a 12-foot-tall robotic arm.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:35PMJulie White says the new Broadway farce 'Potus' breaks the rules of playwriting: "Suzy Nakamura and I are getting to play the Nathan Lane/Matthew Broderick roles. It’s really fun to do the…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:10PMJennifer Simard talked to us about her Tony nomination for 'Company,' making Stephen Sondheim laugh, and stepping in for a Covid-stricken Patti LuPone.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:24PMDavid Threlfall shines as “the second most famous hangman in England” in the five-times Tony nominated Martin McDonagh play "Hangmen."
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:21PM“I walk off stage for intermission with a breast pump on, and I go straight to my dressing room where I pump underneath my fake breast pump.”
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:34PM“I’m sad to see how much of it has come true,” says actor and playwright Tracy Letts of his Broadway one-act about a small town city council.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:43PMThe former 'Suits' star put his fear (and his clothes) aside to make his Broadway debut.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:32PMAs she's honored with the Lucille Lortel Lifetime Achievement Award, Deirdre O'Connell talks about the joys developing new theater pieces Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:49PMThe director's modern 'Cyrano de Bergerac' trades the prosthetic for a metaphor. "If the nose is in the imagination, then everything else is in the imagination. It really puts the emphasis o…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:27PMIt's 'The Boys in the Band' with pool toys, as a group of gay friends converge on Palm Springs equipped with wigs, gossamer frocks, and freshly honed zingers.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:59PMThe conductor and music director looks back in a new memoir.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:21PMTheir musical biography of the Comedian Harmonists is now at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:28PMIn the revival of Sonheim's 'Company,' Doyle shines with his rendition of the complicated 'Getting Married Today.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:00PMAfter working on a best-selling at the behind-the-scenes stories of "Hamilton," the multi-hyphenate McCarter is back with a look at "In the Heights."
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:36PM'Frozen' star Caissie Levy puts it succinctly: 'It’s a dream role, an amazing show and a love story centered around my sister and not a man.' It's also breaking Broadway records.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00AMAfter a quarter-century of commendable entertainment, The Actors Company Theatre will call it a run on April 14. But before they go, the company presents a rousing rendition of Damon Runyon'…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:30PM'When somebody says Broadway, you just say yes,’ says Charlie Stemp, who has found himself in that very place, starring alongside Bernadette Peters and Victor Garber in 'Hello Dolly!'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:30AM'A particularly violent episode—and a particularly profane one,' inspired the musical.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:00PM'There’s a seediness that hangs on a lot of the roles I’ve played,' admits Paul Sparks. His character in Edward Albee's 'At Home at the Zoo' is no exception.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 06:00AMHe is the Tony-winning creation of Bob Martin, who also earned a Tony nomination for playing the character on Broadway in 2006 and 2007, and he's eager to tell you his opinions on musical th…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:00PMMcDonagh reports that his comedy about death by hanging is coming across 'much darker than in London' for it's New York debut.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:15PM'I kinda find it horrifying to watch myself [on TV], especially since the invention of high-definition,' says actor Becky Ann Baker, who opens up Second Stage's 'Cardinal' on Broadway this m…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:15AM'Parent Trap' actress Hayley Mills talks about why fans seem disappointed to see she's aged, the movies that got away and tackling the stage in 'Party Face.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:30AMThough already signed up to star in 'Mankind,' De Shields couldn't turn down the director gig for a new 'Ain't Misbehavin'' revival. He tells Observer, 'this has my name on it.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:50PM“I still watch the TV show periodically, but I no longer study it," said Slater of his research process.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:00AMJohn Lithgow's 'Stories by Heart' has three stories to tell: P.G. Wodehouse’s 'Uncle Fred Flits By,' Ring Lardner’s 'The Haircut' and a son's tribute to his father.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AM'I’ve been trying to cultivate work for myself that stretches my abilities,' said Fairchild on taking on the role of Frankenstein.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:30AM'This play is about confronting the older generation and saying, ‘Don’t give up,'' said Annis of Lucy Kirkwood's New Play, 'The Children,' in which she stars.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:40PMCrudup says that preparing to play an entire cast of characters, not to mention the titular alter ego of the mid-western protagonist, was "intimidating"
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