Wednesday, April 18, 2018
'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 07:00AMFriday, March 23, 2018
After 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 01:30PMTuesday, March 13, 2018
'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 08:30AMThursday, February 22, 2018
'A particularly violent episode—and a particularly profane one,' inspired the musical.
Linked From observer.com at 02:00PMThursday, February 15, 2018
'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 06:00AMWednesday, February 7, 2018
He 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 01:00PMTuesday, January 30, 2018
McDonagh 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 02:15PMTuesday, January 23, 2018
'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 08:15AMMonday, January 15, 2018
'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 08:30AMWednesday, January 10, 2018
Though 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 01:50PMMonday, December 25, 2017
“I still watch the TV show periodically, but I no longer study it," said Slater of his research process.
Linked From observer.com at 11:00AMThursday, December 21, 2017
John 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 08:00AMMonday, December 18, 2017
'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 11:30AMWednesday, December 13, 2017
'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 01:40PMThursday, December 7, 2017
Crudup 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 07:00AMWednesday, November 29, 2017
The 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 12:15PMThursday, November 23, 2017
Emily 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 02:00PMFriday, November 17, 2017
No one cared about creating a record of theater history, until Betty Corwin came along.
Linked From observer.com at 03:50PMTuesday, November 7, 2017
Katrina 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 02:15PMThursday, November 2, 2017
The tale of 1980s bankers is more complicated than good vs evil.
Linked From observer.com at 07:00AMFriday, October 27, 2017
Marilyn 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 09:50AMFriday, October 20, 2017
Actors 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 09:00AMMonday, October 9, 2017
After 25 years, Elizabeth McGovern crosses the pond to star on Broadway as a Downton-esque affluent British matriarch.
Linked From observer.com at 09:15AMFriday, September 29, 2017
Deanna Dunagan makes a specialty—and a rather good living—out of playing the hard-to-love matriarch.
Linked From observer.com at 11:20AMMonday, September 25, 2017
“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 12:00PMThursday, September 14, 2017
Writer-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 12:00PMFriday, September 8, 2017
Sarah 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 10:00AMThursday, August 31, 2017
Knock 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 11:30AMWednesday, March 15, 2017
They 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 06:30AMWednesday, March 8, 2017
When 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 11:59AMMonday, March 6, 2017
The 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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