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Good Golly, Miss Mollys

By JONATHAN MANDELL

Thursday, June 13, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Thu Jun 13, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

In honor of Bloomsday, the annual celebration of James Joyce, two actresses take on his most iconic female character --- Irish-born actresses Aedín Moloney and Eilin O'Dea separately stumbled upon James Joyce's novel Ulysses when they were young, and they both reacted to it similarly: They were aghast. But they were also intrigued by the last...

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Not Your Ordinary Jo

By MARISA COHEN

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 • Acting • 1 comment Share This

Wed May 29, 2019 • Acting • 1 comment Share This

How Kristolyn Lloyd creates a radically new yet completely authentic Jo in Little Women In one of the most famous moments in Louisa May Alcott's beloved 19th-century novel Little Women, feisty Josephine March chops off and sells her long locks in order to send her destitute mother to Washington to visit the family's ailing patriarch, an officer in...

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Finding Her Character -- and Herself -- in a Solo Show

By DIEP TRAN

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Wed May 22, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

How starring in Proof of Love has changed Brenda Pressley's life --- Brenda Pressley had never done a solo show when playwright Chisa Hutchinson asked her to star in Proof of Love, a one-person-play about a woman navigating multiple calamities. Although Pressley was blown away by the script -- "I read the first couple of pages and my mouth dropped...

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He's a Big Reason Why Audiences Exit Laughing

By BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON

Monday, May 20, 2019 • Acting • 2 comments Share This

Mon May 20, 2019 • Acting • 2 comments Share This

Veteran character actor David Schramm talks about his showstopping role in Enter Laughing: The Musical --- When The York Theatre Company decided to revive one of its most popular productions, Enter Laughing: The Musical, for its 50th anniversary, the first call made was to director Stuart Ross. After all, he was the one who reworked Joseph Stein and...

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What Happens When Mean Girls Do Macbeth?

By SANDY MACDONALD

Thursday, May 16, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Thu May 16, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Erica Schmidt directs a radical reinvention of Shakespeare's tragedy featuring seven young actresses, including movie star AnnaSophia Robb --- Jesse Berger, the founder and artistic director of Red Bull Theater, has never balked at the sight of blood. That sangfroid comes in handy for the company's current reimagining of Macbeth at the Lucille Lortel...

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Why Alice Ripley Is Preaching LGBTQ Acceptance in a Church

By J. KEITH VAN STRAATEN

Friday, May 10, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Fri May 10, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

The Tony winner stars in a site-specific solo show about a conservative women's moral awakening --- Alice Ripley can't remember the last time she was on stage and didn't sing. "Oh my gosh… I want to say Wild Animals You Should Know?" guesses the 55-year-old actress, who's best known for starring in Broadway musicals, notably her Tony-winning...

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Why She Loves Playing a Hateful Character in 'The Ferryman'

By ALLISON CONSIDINE

Friday, May 03, 2019 • Acting • 1 comment Share This

Fri May 3, 2019 • Acting • 1 comment Share This

Ann McDonough returns to Broadway after a 16-year absence as staunch Irish republican Aunt Pat --- When Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman opened on Broadway last fall, Ann McDonough's friends immediately started calling her. "They bullied me, saying, 'You have to call your agent!'" the actress recalls. They insisted she would be amazing as Aunt Patricia...

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