Tuesday, 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…
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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"
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:00PMFriday, November 17, 2017
No one cared about creating a record of theater history, until Betty Corwin came along.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:15PMThursday, November 2, 2017
Friday, 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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'.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:15AMFriday, September 29, 2017
Deanna Dunagan makes a specialty—and a rather good living—out of playing the hard-to-love matriarch.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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."
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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.
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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…
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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…
SOURCE: The New York Observer 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…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:59AMFriday, March 3, 2017
Friday, February 24, 2017
t’s good to report that Jake Gyllenhaal, who just made his Broadway musical debut in Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George, was spared this special terror even hardcore career singer…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:56PMWednesday, February 22, 2017
Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theater, former home of The Humans and Bad Jews, is now housing a potent blend of both in Steven Levenson’s play, If I Forget, bowing February 22.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:44PMFriday, February 17, 2017
Terrence McNally recently stumbled into the perfect compliment for Santino Fontana. “I don’t think of you as a singer,” he told him. “Are you singing a lot now?”
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:11AMThursday, February 9, 2017
“Glenn,” Lloyd Webber still insists, “is the best Norma Desmond that I’ve ever seen.”
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:20AMWednesday, February 1, 2017
“I notice this eagerness to attach the word provocateur to me," says Jacob-Jenkins. "My feeling is: you can really only provoke once. After that, you’re attracting people who want to be …
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:29PMWednesday, January 25, 2017
One doesn’t, of course, set out to become a character actor. That’s just something that happens over the long haul of an evolving career—through age or theatrical seasoning or maybe ev…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:42PM 
