'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.
Linked From observer.com 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'…
Linked From observer.com 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!'
Linked From observer.com at 08:30AM'A particularly violent episode—and a particularly profane one,' inspired the musical.
Linked From observer.com 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.
Linked From observer.com 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…
Linked From observer.com 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.
Linked From observer.com 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…
Linked From observer.com 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.'
Linked From observer.com 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.'
Linked From observer.com at 01:50PM“I still watch the TV show periodically, but I no longer study it," said Slater of his research process.
Linked From observer.com 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.
Linked From observer.com 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.
Linked From observer.com 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.
Linked From observer.com 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"
Linked From observer.com at 07:00AMThe New Group's 'Downtown Race Riot' returns actor-turned-it-girl Chloë Sevigny to the location that made her a star: Washington Square Park.
Linked From observer.com at 12:15PMEmily Mann's new Broadway show, '20th Century Blues,' tells the story of four friends whose lives have been captured in a series of yearly photographs.
Linked From observer.com at 02:00PMNo one cared about creating a record of theater history, until Betty Corwin came along.
Linked From observer.com at 03:50PMKatrina Lenk is another 15-years-in-the-making 'overnight star.' She returns to Broadway after a career-making role in 'Indecent' on November 9 in 'The Band’s Visit' at the Barrymore.
Linked From observer.com at 02:15PMThe tale of 1980s bankers is more complicated than good vs evil.
Linked From observer.com at 07:00AMMarilyn Maye will be singing her way through classic American tunes this weekend—October 27 and 28—in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s gorgeous Appel Room.
Linked From observer.com at 09:50AMActors Arnie Burton and Matt McGrath recall New York of the 1980s during the AIDS crisis, which they return to nightly in the Broadway revival of 'Lonely Planet'.
Linked From observer.com at 09:00AMAfter 25 years, Elizabeth McGovern crosses the pond to star on Broadway as a Downton-esque affluent British matriarch.
Linked From observer.com at 09:15AMDeanna Dunagan makes a specialty—and a rather good living—out of playing the hard-to-love matriarch.
Linked From observer.com at 11:20AM“After doing TV and film, the thing you really start to appreciate about being on stage is you get to tell a story in order from beginning to end."
Linked From observer.com at 12:00PMWriter-director Kenneth Lonergan was the first to spot the white-knight potential of the talented and handsome C.J. Wilson.
Linked From observer.com at 12:00PMSarah Ruhl's new play opens in a hospital room where five quibbling siblings are doing a deathbed vigil for their dad.
Linked From observer.com at 10:00AMKnock knock. You’ll never guess who’s there. Then, again—given it’s 'A Doll’s House, Part 2'—you will.
Linked From observer.com at 11:30AMThey aren’t. Johanna Day and Michelle Wilson play best friends and line workers on the floor since high school, caught up in an old socioeconomic squeeze play brought on by hard-nosed, cos…
Linked From observer.com at 06:30AMWhen someone asks you where you were the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, not only do you know precisely where you were, you also know what you were doing and how you somehow made it through the r…
Linked From observer.com at 11:59AMThe Franco-Prussian War almost started this week. That was the original title of the Joshua Harmon play that just bowed at the Booth, but the author chickened out. “I love that title,” h…
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