Bernadette Peters on Returning to Broadway and Why She is Still Trying to Improve Her Craft
“You have to do your best to fulfill the role, not fulfill yourself” – Bernadette Peters
Jonathan Groff on Playing King George III in ‘Hamilton’: “I rehearsed for about a day, and then went into the show”
Can you even imagine stepping into the role of King George in Hamilton with barely any time to prepare?
Rachel Bay Jones: “Everything we’re trying to do on stage as actors is tell the truth”
Jones revealed the various anxieties she had about her career and how she learned that it was important to be herself.
Rachel Bay Jones on Finding Her ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Character
“We always try to find the recognizable thread. The thing that we relate to is always the strongest point to start from.” – Rachel Bay Jones
Laura Linney: “The thing that makes the theater different from any other art form: it’s time”
Linney cast’s some light on why revivals in theater are looked at differently than their television and film counterparts.
Corey Hawkins: “I grew up a theater nerd”
“The fun of it and the challenge of it is to take the play — to take the text — and make it your own, to find it your own way” – Corey Hawkins on Theater
Sally Field on Performing on Broadway: “You’re so totally and utterly and completely alive”
Field reveals how the lack of intermission helps her maintain her energy and why she decided to return to Broadway after a nearly 15-year break.
Ben Platt on How He Found Himself Starring in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
“Every day is a different sort of vibe and feeling. It can be impacted by anything from like, “Is it raining outside?” to “Are there a lot of old people?”” – Ben Platt
Tony Nominee Corey Hawkins on His Nearly-Disastrous Juilliard Audition
“I remember thinking, ‘I want to go to Juilliard, I want that structure and I want that rigor and that classical foundation.’” – Corey Hawkins
Danny DeVito Demonstrates How He Eats a Hard Boiled Egg on Stage in Broadway’s ‘The Price’
DeVito reveals his onstage egg-eating technique and talks about performing for a Broadway audience.
Bobby Cannavale on the Physical Challenge of ‘The Hairy Ape’ and the Advice Bruce Springsteen Gave Him
“I get to the theater two hours early and run the play in my head, because it’s a lot of words and it takes me there.” – Bobby Cannavale
Allison Janney, Cate Blanchett & More Lead Star-Powered Broadway Casts This Season
From screen stars to stage favorites, a number of great talents and recognizable faces will grace the Broadway stage this Spring.
Mark Ruffalo on his Return to Broadway: “All I wanted to do was get on a stage with a group of people I trust and love and do a great play”
In the current Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s The Price, Mark Ruffalo returns to Broadway for the first time in over a decade (he last appeared in 2006’s Awake and Sing!)
Sally Field Living a Dream in ‘The Glass Menagerie’
Landing the role in The Glass Menagerie has been a highly coveted goal for Sally Field.
Sutton Foster on the Importance of Being Prepared
“A lot of people say, ‘What’s more important: acting, singing or dancing?’ And I say, always acting.” – Sutton Foster
Interview: Michael Park Talks ‘Dear Evan Hansen’, Audition Nerves and Why He Considers Himself “Fortunate”
“I’m always a little bit nervous but those nerves help inform characters sometimes.” – Michael Park on Auditioning
Disney Will Share Broadway’s ‘Frozen’ Profits with Developmental Lab Cast Members
The cast of the sure-to-be-blockbuster Frozen, the adaptation of Disney’s billion-dollar animated film, will receive profit participation.
Amy Ryan: “I knew I was going to be a character actor when I started. I knew that would mean longevity.”
Actress Amy Ryan: “I’m more of an observer. I like watching the people at the party. It’s the plague of being an actor — you’re never really living life, just taking notes”
The Role That Got Away: Will Chase on Returning to ‘Something Rotten!’
“I know that I am a poor man’s fill-in-the-blank. And I know that there are poor man’s Will Chases out there. That’s just the nature of the business” – Will Chase
Mark Rylance: “I didn’t particularly aim to be a Shakespeare actor, but I suppose I had a certain gift for it”
Believe it or not, Rylance reveals that he didn’t intend to become known for performing Shakespeare.