John Benjamin Hickey has been a warm and humane presence onstage since his Broadway debut performance in 1995’s Love! Valour! Compassion! Since then, Hickey has appeared on Broadway in…
Age and hometown: 10, Westchester County, NY Current Role: Melting hearts as Jenny, precocious granddaughter of two-time Tony winner Donna Murphy as Bubbie in the new musical The People i…
Stage and screen darling Brooke Shields will soon be making a return to Broadway in The Addams Family, stepping into the inky, slinky wardrobe of matriarch Morticia Addams. No easy feat, con…
As screen icon Kathleen Turner made her way through three pre-Broadway productions of Matthew Lombardo's High, the buzz was fairly single-minded: Turner—she of Body Heat on screen,…
Going from baseball pitcher to Broadway player may not seem like the most obvious career path, but that’s exactly how Florida-bred Darren Ritchie began his journey to the Great White W…
With her wide smile and fiery red curls, Janet Dacal is becoming a recognizable Broadway figure. She made her debut in the short-lived Good Vibrations, but she is best known to Rialto regula…
Ever since Laura Osnes made her Broadway debut as Grease’s adorable Sandy—a role she landed after winning reality TV show Grease: You’re The One That I Want!—she&rsqu…
To musical theater lovers, the name Joel Grey immediately conjures up the slicked-back hair, white face and artificially pink cheeks of the original Emcee in Cabaret, a role for which Grey e…
In addition to being a noted playwright (The Fever, Aunt Dan and Lemon) and writer (2009’s Essays), Wallace Shawn is also one of the most recognizable character actors around, having c…
Tony winner Victoria Clark is remarkably philosophical about her impressive career. Ever the spiritualist, Clark finds the life lesson in every part she plays, including shrill Alice Beane i…
Broadway-bound comedienne Kathy Griffin rolled up her sleeves on March 8 and started shilling in front the Belasco Theatre, papering the street with “reviews” of her solo show Ka…
From the moment the all-male cast of That Championship Season sets foot on the stage of the Jacobs Theatre, one thing is very clear: These guys are a team. Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Noth, Jas…
In an acting career spanning nearly 50 years, Brian Cox has taken on everything from stage classics like King Lear to tiny independent films to blockbusters like Braveheart and The Bourne Id…
Age and hometown: "Late 40s", Brooklyn, NY Current role: Charming three generations of Beatles fans in a Broadway debut performance as Paul McCartney in Rain. No Place Like H…
Age and hometown: 34, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Current role: Flouncing into her Broadway debut as the fickle Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest. The Kindness of St…
There’s no doubt that Broadway stars are immensely talented people, but their confidence dips when it comes to one thing: bowling. “I’m not a good bowler, I’ve never …
On February 1, sunny Sacramento native Teal Wicks made her Broadway debut belting out some of the Great White Way's biggest notes as Wicked’s latest Elphaba. Wicks, who has played …
Age and Hometown: 27, Guilderland, NY. Current role: Making her Broadway debut as Shylock's lovestruck daughter Jessica in The Merchant of Venice. Double the Fun: While Lind was pr…
It’s been almost nine years since Kentucky-bred, Juilliard-trained Jennifer Carpenter made her Broadway debut in The Crucible alongside Liam Neeson and Laura Linney. She’s been i…
Olympia Dukakis may be best known for iconic film roles like Clairee in Steel Magnolias and her Oscar-winning turn as the sardonic Rose Castorini in Moonstruck, but she has certainly never g…
Age and Hometown: 23. Coral Springs, Florida. Current role: Making his Broadway dubut as the lovelorn Boq in Broadway’s Wicked. Movie Buff Fom Birth: Unlike many young Bro…
The lilting rhythms of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest may as well be Dana Ivey’s mother tongue. The indomitable actress is tackling her fourth production of the pl…
Natasha Lyonne's career path has been anything but straight and narrow. The indie film darling burst onto the scene in 1998’s Slums of Beverly Hills, paid her mainstream dues in Am…
Age and hometown: 29; Anchorage, Alaska. Current Role: Bringing a dollop of melodrama to the hit Broadway revival of The Merchant of Venice as Portia’s overenthusiatic suitor the Pr…
Before he joined the cast of The Merchant of Venice as Portia's love Bassanio, David Harbour hadn’t been seen on a New York stage in three years. Instead, the actor, known for role…