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Thursday, October 1, 2015

Wicked's Jonah Platt on Show Tunes in the Car, Advice from His Pitch Perfect Brother & Loving Fiyero by Kathy Henderson

Age: 28 Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Current Role: A Broadway debut in the megahit musical Wicked as Fiyero, the carefree prince who is transformed by his relationship with Elphaba. Stage an…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:26PM
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Les Miserables Newbie Alex Finke on How Alfie Boe Makes Her Feel & the Challenges of Playing Cosette by Kathy Henderson

Age: 25 Hometown: Centerville, OH Current Role: A Broadway debut as Cosette, loyal adoptive daughter of Jean Valjean (Alfie Boe) and object of Marius’ affection, in Les Miserables. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PM
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Jasmine Cephas Jones on Learning from Philip Seymour Hoffman & Strutting Her Stuff in Hamilton by Kathy Henderson

Age: 26 Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Current Role(s): A dual Broadway debut in Hamilton as Peggy, the youngest of the beguiling Schuyler sisters, and Maria Reynolds, whose affair with the title …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:57PM
Thursday, August 13, 2015

Catherine Walker on Her Soprano Idols, Crappy Jobs & Multi-Tasking in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder by Kathy Henderson

Age: "Young at heart." Hometown: Lancaster, PA Current Role: Phoebe D’Ysquith, the ladylike heiress who vies for the affection of murderous Monty Navarro in the Tony-w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:46PM
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Daveed Diggs on His Hebrew School Roots, Meeting Crazy Celebrities & Getting His Shot on Broadway in Hamilton by Kathy Henderson

Age: 33 Hometown: Oakland, CA Current Roles: A dynamic Broadway debut as French general Lafayette, “the Lancelot of the Revolutionary set,” and future U.S. president Thomas (&l…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:20PM
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Gloria Star Ryan Spahn on the Strangeness of Offices & Why He's Not Marrying Michael Urie by Kathy Henderson

Age: 34 Hometown: Troy, MI Current Roles: An off-Broadway debut in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ dark comedy Gloria as Dean, an editorial assistant at a prominent magazine, whose ambitions…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:09PM
Thursday, June 11, 2015

An Act of God's Tim Kazurinsky on His Best Friend John Belushi & Why Jim Parsons Is Nicer Than the Lord by Kathy Henderson

Age: 65. “The fact that my crusty old kisser is considered a ‘fresh face’ is a minor miracle.” Hometown: Chicago, IL Current Role: A Broadway debut as Gabriel, the …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PM
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Tony-Nominated The Audience Star Richard McCabe on Amusing Helen Mirren & Embracing His Evil Side by Kathy Henderson

Age: 54 Hometown: Born in Glasgow, Scotland; raised in London Current Role: A Tony-nominated Broadway debut in The Audience as British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who enjoys bantering wi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM
Monday, May 25, 2015

A Small Fire's Celia Keenan-Bolger on Saying 'I Do' in Real Life and Onstage by Kathy Henderson

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; his f…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Other Desert Cities Star Stacy Keach Previews New FX Series Lights Out by Kathy Henderson

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…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

What's Up, Stacy Keach? The Other Desert Cities Star on Highlights of His 50-Year Career by Kathy Henderson

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 underground …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Other Desert Cities Star Stockard Channing on Why She's the 'Worst Celebrity Ever' by Kathy Henderson

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 Tony-w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Alan Menken on His 19th Oscar Nomination: 'I Never Take It for Granted' by Kathy Henderson

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 …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Maggie Gyllenhaal on Having an Affair With Her Real-Life Husband in Three Sisters by Kathy Henderson

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) or a pe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

What's Up, David Lindsay-Abaire? The Good People Scribe on Nicole Kidman, South Boston's Mystique & More by Kathy Henderson

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 Rabbit Hole, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Wilson Jermaine Heredia on Rent Memories and Why He's Willing to Don Heels Again in La Cage aux Folles by Kathy Henderson

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 beautiful smile…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Hard-Working Glee Cast 'Inspiring' to Good People Star Tate Donovan by Kathy Henderson

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 year dire…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

What's Up, Remy Zaken? From Spring Awakening to Freckleface Strawberry, Plus, Columbia U! by Kathy Henderson

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 later, Zaken…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Tate Donovan on Strong Women, TV Stardom & Good People by Kathy Henderson

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's shady dad) or…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Behind the 'Absolute Madness' of War Horse's Amazing Life-Size Puppets by Kathy Henderson

When director Marianne Elliott was pitched the idea of creating a theater piece based on a children's book about cavalry horses in World War I, she responded, "It sounds like absolute madnes…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Rose Hemingway on Her 'Strong Chemistry' With How to Succeed Co-Star Daniel Radcliffe by Kathy Henderson

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 Really Trying laughingl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Tony Winner Douglas Hodge on His Cafe Carlyle Debut and Why He Wasn't Kelsey Grammer's Best Man by Kathy Henderson

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 most sophisticated arrange…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Jenni Barber on the Fun of Playing a '60s Free Spirit in Cactus Flower by Kathy Henderson

Age and Hometown: 27; Mansfield, OhioCurrent Role: Toni Simmons, a kooky record store clerk involved in a tangled relationship with a much older man (Maxwell Caulfield) in the off-Broadway r…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

John Larroquette on Succeeding on Broadway and Looking Down on Daniel Radcliffe by Kathy Henderson

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 womanizing bu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

What's Up, Hayley Podschun? The Freckleface Strawberry Star on the Joys of Playing a Seven-Year-Old by Kathy Henderson

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 …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Tony-Nominated Skylight Star Matthew Beard on the 'Mystical' Carey Mulligan & His NYC Insomnia by Kathy Henderson

Age: 26 Hometown: Sheffield, England Current Role: A Tony-nominated Broadway debut as 18-year-old Edward Sergeant, who begins and ends David Hare’s Skylight sharing scenes with Carey…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PM
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Trace the History of Fun Home, From Graphic Memoir to Moving Broadway Musical by Kathy Henderson

The storyline of Fun Home doesn’t scream (or even whisper) “Broadway musical,” but that’s exactly what makes the show is such a thrilling surprise. This coming-of-age…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

History Lesson! How The King and I Danced From Siam to the Big Screen, Broadway & Throughout the World by Kathy Henderson

The classic musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein feature feisty heroines and star-crossed couples, most of whom live happily ever after (see: Oklahoma, South Pacific, Cinderella, The Sound …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AM
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Jessica Keenan Wynn on Her Beautiful Debut, Golden Girls Cameo & Playing a 'Terrible Person' in Heathers by Kathy Henderson

Age: 28 Hometown: Valley Village, CA, “which is essentially Studio City. I am a Valley Girl.” Current Role: A Broadway debut in Beautiful as Cynthia Weil, the whip-smart, w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:52PM
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Peter Gallagher on His 'Astounding' Chemistry with Kristin Chenoweth in On the Twentieth Century & More by Kathy Henderson

Half of Peter Gallagher’s 10 Broadway credits over the past 30-plus years have been musicals, but he readily admits that Roundabout’s revival of On the Twentieth Century presents…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Jeff Kready on Raising a Broadway Baby with Wife Nikki Renee Daniels & Killing It in Gentleman's Guide by Kathy Henderson

Age: 32 Hometown: Topeka, KS Current Role: Deviously ambitious fortune hunter Monty Navarro, who sets out to knock off eight members of the aristocratic D’Ysquith family in the T…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:50PM

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