Matthew Broderick won one of his two Tony Awards in 1995 for his performance as ambitious junior executive J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Sixteen ye…
Hugh Jackman is in the final stages of prep for his solo concerts at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre, where he’s set to appear May 3-15. “I’ve been working on my one-m…
Age and Hometown: “Older than I look!”; New York, NY Current Role: A Broadway debut performance as Veronica, the drug-using true love of recovering alcoholic Jackie (Bobby Can…
Mike Birbiglia took a break from standup comedy two years ago to write and star in the hit off-Broadway solo show Sleepwalk With Me. This sweet-faced, self-described geek shared often harrow…
There’s a new pair of headliners at La Cage aux Folles, and the Broadway revival welcomed members of the press to see Harvey Fierstein and Christopher Sieber lead the cast at the March…
If you’ve watched television in the past three decades, you’re aware of the work of five-time Emmy Award winner John Larroquette. The New Orleans-born actor burst to stardom as w…
Age and Hometown: 27; Mansfield, Ohio Current Role: Toni Simmons, a kooky record store clerk involved in a tangled relationship with a much older man (Maxwell Caulfield) in the off-Broadw…
Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge is prepping for what he calls “a quintessentially New York experience,” his debut engagement at Cafe Carlyle March 15-26. “It’s the mo…
Actor couples tend to be happy when one person is working, but Steven Pasquale and his wife, Tony winner Laura Benanti, have a double reason to celebrate: They’ve both landed juicy lea…
Age and Hometown: 27; Philadelphia, PA Current Role: a Broadway debut performance as Rosemary Pilkington, the secretary who sets her sights on J. Pierrepont Finch (Daniel Radcliffe), in H…
When director Marianne Elliott was pitched the idea creating a theater piece based on a children’s book about cavalry horses in World War I, she responded, “It sounds like absolu…
Is Rose Hemingway the woman who’ll make a man out of Daniel Radcliffe on the Broadway stage? “I am that woman!” the leading lady of How to Succeed in Business Without Reall…
Depending on how old you are, you may be a fan of Tate Donovan’s work on TV shows such as Damages (as Glenn Close’s doomed law partner Tom Shayes), The O.C. (as Mischa Barton&rsq…
Remy Zaken was among the youngest original cast members of Spring Awakening, swooning that her hot schoolmate Melchior (played by Jonathan Groff) “is such a radical!” Five years …
Tate Donovan is currently going head to head with Frances McDormand in the Broadway premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People, but the popular actor has spent most of the past yea…
No musical in the 1990s was more acclaimed than Rent, and the cast member who received the most critical praise—and took home a Tony Award—was a soft-spoken newcomer with a beaut…
As David Lindsay-Abaire preps for the Broadway debut of his latest play, Good People, he’s also keeping track of this year’s movie awards. Nicole Kidman is an Oscar nominee for R…
Maggie Gyllenhaal is a grounding presence in movies, whether she’s playing a small-town reporter (an Oscar-nominated turn in Crazy Heart), a struggling addict and ex-con (SherryBaby) o…
Broadway-bound composer Alan Menken spent the morning of January 25 celebrating an amazing feat: his 19th Academy Award nomination. Along with lyricist Glenn Slater (his collaborator on the …
Stockard Channing is one of five theatrical all-stars assembled by director Joe Mantello for Lincoln Center Theater’s off-Broadway world premiere of Other Desert Cities. Certainly the …
Forty-five years after he directed a Chekhov workshop production in the newly constructed Mitzi Newhouse Theatre (then called the Forum), Stacy Keach is back in Lincoln Center’s underg…
The new boxing drama Lights Out, which premieres on January 11 on the FX network, features a slew of stage actors, including two who are currently appearing in off-Broadway plays: Stacy Keac…
Blessed with an irresistible grin and a bucketload of singing and dancing talent, Hayley Podschun is currently giving a winning star turn in Freckleface Strawberry, the off-Broadway musical …
It’s been a year of weddings for Celia Keenan-Bolger, including two on stage and her own in real life. In a union of Tony nominees (hers for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee;…
Age and Hometown: 32. Petersburg, VACurrently: Romancing Christine as Raoul, the title character’s handsome rival, in Broadway’s longest-running show, The Phantom of the Opera.I …