Category: Acting
Why Christina Bianco Is Raising Her Many Voices in Support of TDF
By RAVEN SNOOK
The singer, actor and impressionist on why her upcoming Concert for a Cause is so close to her heart
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Christina Bianco began performing at age 7, and she started taking advantage of TDF pretty soon after. "I went to this wonderful school as a kid run by a fabulous performer, Diane Coupé—she was in a million Broadway shows," recalls...
5 Broadway Stars Whose Social Media Posts Will Make You Feel Better
By RAVEN SNOOK
In this strange new world of social distancing, social media has become a lifeline for all of us as we connect with our friends, family and the famous people we love on Twitter and Instagram. Traditionally, Broadway stars have used these platforms to promote their projects. But ever since the shutdown, many have been spreading joy through their feeds...
A Year Ago, She Was Leaving the Business. Now She's Starring in 'Six' on Broadway
By CAREY PURCELL
How the role of Anne Boleyn changed Andrea Macasaet's life
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An impromptu trip to an open call landed Andrea Macasaet in the cast of Six, a feminist pop musical about King Henry VIII's ill-fated wives. But even after snagging the role of Anne Boleyn for the 2019 Chicago production, Macasaet had no idea she would end up traveling with the show to...
Why Mare Winningham Breaks Your Heart in 'Girl from the North Country'
By SANDY MACDONALD
The Tony nominee croons Bob Dylan tunes in her first Broadway musical
Although Mare Winnigham made her name in movies (a virgin crushing on a bad boy in St. Elmo's Fire, her Oscar-nominated performance as a folk singer in Georgia) and TV (recent credits include recurring roles on The Outsider, The Affair and American Horror Story), over the past decade...
This 'Urinetown' Tony Winner's New Musical Comedy Is About the End of the World
By GREG KOTIS & AYUN HALLIDAY
Writer-composer Greg Kotis and his wife Ayun Halliday gab about their latest irreverent theatrical collaboration
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Greg Kotis (who won a pair of Tony Awards for writing the book and lyrics of Urinetown) and Ayun Halliday (experimental dramatist and performer, indie comic icon and best-selling memoirist) have collaborated on a lot of projects over...
As Two Families Fight, He Makes Funny Remarks on the Sidelines
By RAVEN SNOOK
Veteran character actor Patrick Breen on starring in The Perplexed at Manhattan Theatre Club
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Patrick Breen sets the darkly humorous tone for Manhattan Theatre Club's The Perplexed, Richard Greenberg's world-premiere play about two warring Jewish families reunited at the drama-filled wedding of their children. As James Arlen, a once-promising novelist...
Lip-Syncing Someone Else's Life
By RAVEN SNOOK
Obie winner Deirdre O'Connell tackles her greatest acting challenge yet in Dana H at the Vineyard Theatre
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When Lucas Hnath first approached Deirdre O'Connell about portraying his mother in his one-woman play Dana H, she was wary. It's not that she was scared of playing the playwright's mom—she'd actually done it before, in a workshop of...
You've Never Seen Beth Malone—or Molly Brown—Like This
By JEN GUSHUE
The Tony nominee talks about starring in the revisal of The Unsinkable Molly Brown
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Having been raised in the Rocky Mountain State, Beth Malone grew up on the legend of Molly Brown: the "unsinkable" Titanic survivor who used her Colorado gold-rush fortune to help the poor, spearhead the juvenile court system and run for office before women even...