Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire, actor Tony nominee Rob McClure is no stranger to the movies-turning-into-musicals trend. Having previously appeared in stage versions of Beetlejuice and Honeymoon in Vegas, the New Jersey–born, Philadelphia-based actor is about to tackle the title role in a musical version of the blockbuster More

Jocelyn Bioh, Nollywood Dreams, playwright Born and raised in Washington Heights, actress Jocelyn Bioh, now based in Harlem, found great success as a playwright with School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, a comedy about girls at a boarding school in Ghana competing for entrance to a beauty pageant. Bioh ... More

Keenan Scott II, Thoughts of a Colored Man, playwright Keenan Scott II got his start in performing as a slam poet. “Ever since the moment I first felt the captivating energy of a live audience, I knew it had me forever,” he says. “Live theater can transport ... More

The hit Broadway musical, Dear Evan Hansen, which won Olivier, Tony and Grammy awards, comes to the big screen, courtesy of a Universal Pictures adaptation, on September 24. The film stars the musical’s original star, Tony winner Ben Platt, in the title role as high school senior Evan Hansen ... More

Adrianna Hicks as Catherine of Aragon How she’s getting ready to get back to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre for SIX the musical: “I’m making myself a beautiful sanctuary at home to come back to every night after the show. What we do onstage is a challenge eight ... More

Molly Shannon is probably best known from her six years on Saturday Night Live playing such iconic and hilarious characters as Mary Katherine Gallagher. Since that time, the actress, now 56, moved to Los Angeles with her two, now teenage, children and her husband, the artist Fritz Chesnut. If this ... More

The thread that connects the fantastical aspects of HBO’s new series The Nevers with the realities of modern life is woven delicately through and knotted tightly by Irish actress Laura Donnelly’s character Amalia True. The show centers around a group of Victorian-era ... More

The ascension of Cynthia Erivo could one day make for its own riveting biopic. A pivotal scene would come just over five years ago, when her debut in the revival of The Color Purple, a musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel produced by Oprah Winfrey, struck Broadway like a lightning ... More

Lily Rabe is perhaps best known for her multiple roles on the anthology horror series American Horror Story but she’s been acting regularly on stage and screen for the past twenty years. She was even nominated for a 2011 Tony Award for her role as Shylock opposite Al Pacino ... More

It’s been a slow year for actors. with film productions shut down and Broadway stages dark, there have been limited opportunities for many performers to work. And while Zachary Quinto has spent recent months lying low between his homes in New York City and Los Angeles, for all of us ... More