Marshall Heyman
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Andrew Durand
The actor plays Elmer McCurdy, an American outlaw, in the new musical Dead Outlaw
For the second half of the new musical Dead Outlaw at the Longacre Theatre, Andrew Durand has to stand “dead” in a coffin for 45 minutes straight, staring right into the audience. That’s because Duran plays Elmer McCurdy, an outlaw killed in a shoot-out after robbing a ... More
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Jinkx Monsoon
The two-time winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race tackles Gilbert and Sullivan in the Roundabout Theatre’s new Pirates! The Penzance Musical
She broke box office records in Chicago and played Audrey opposite Corbin Bleu in Little Shop of Horrors. Now Jinkx Monsoon, a two-time winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, plans to conquer Gilbert and Sullivan in the Roundabout Theatre’s new Pirates! The Penzance Musical. She plays Ruth, ... More
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Gracie Lawrence
The musician and actress makes her debut in the new musical Just in Time opposite Jonathan Groff
“I love learning about women in music who paved the way,” says Gracie Lawrence, who stars on The Sex Lives of College Girls and leads the pop-soul band Lawrence with her brother Clyde. So, researching her role as Connie Francis in the new musical Just in Time ... More
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Gabrielle Nevaeh
The actress makes her debut on The Great White Way in Stranger Things: The First Shadow, hot off a successful London run
Prior to auditioning for a role in Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Gabrielle Nevaeh had watched the Netflix series multiple times. “Stranger Things is my favorite show,” says the 19-year-old actor, known for her role on Nickelodeon’s That Girl Lay Lay. So when she was offered the ... More
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Jasmine Amy Rogers
The singer and actress makes her Broadway debut in the joyful Boop! The Musical
Could there be a more fun way to make your Broadway debut than in the iconic role of Betty Boop in BOOP! The Musical? That’s what Jasmine Amy Rogers gets to do this spring, around the same time she turns 25. “At our core, we’re very similar ... More
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The Brightest Light Off Broadway: Anjana Vasan
The Indian-Singaporean actress is currently burning up the stage at the Harvey Theater in A Streetcar Named Desire
The 29-year-old Irish actor Paul Mescal may be the big draw as Stanley Kowalksi in Rebecca Frecknall’s electric production of A Streetcar Named Desire, playing for a few more weeks at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. But his two female co-stars certainly hold their dramatic weight. You ... More
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Ilana Glazer
The actress and comedian makes her Broadway debut alongside George Clooney in Good Night, And Good Luck
You know her as one half of the comic genius duo in Broad City. So what is Ilana Glazer doing in a Broadway production of Good Night, and Good Luck with George Clooney, based on the very serious black-and-white movie Clooney co-wrote and directed in 2005? “It’s ... More
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Kip Williams
The Australian director brings Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray to New York
After a smashing success in London, Australian director Kip Williams brings his much-heralded cine-theatrical adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray to Broadway. Williams has always used video in his storytelling, and in this production, Sarah Snook (Succession), with whom he crossed paths in drama school, plays ... More
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Molly Osborne
The actress makes her Broadway debut alongside Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in Shakespeare's Othello
How do you know you’re a really good actor? One way is to make your Broadway debut as Desdemona opposite Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in a new production of Othello. Molly Osborne, who moved to London at 18 to study musical theater at the Trinity Laban School of ... More
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Joanna Gleason
The Tony-winning actress returns to the New York stage in Manhattan Theatre Club’s We Had a World
For anyone who loves or has appeared in a production of Into the Woods, Joanna Gleason is iconic for her Tony-winning role as the Baker’s Wife in the original 1987 Broadway production, canonized in a filmed version by PBS. “My favorite memories are just how wonderful and loving and hilarious ... More
