When stage director James Lapine reached out to the dancer and choreographer Michelle Dorrance to work on his latest project, Flying Over Sunset, “I was instantly drawn to his writing and the nature of the work itself,” says Dorrance. The musical, which just ended its ... More

This Harlem-based actress will likely turn out to be one of the MVPs of this year’s theater season. She more than held her own opposite more seasoned performers Uzo Aduba and Ron Cephas Jones in Second Stage Theater’s recently-closed production of Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage. Young ... More

Roe Hartrampf, Diana, actor During the pandemic, your content binging habits may have introduced you to the Atlanta-born Hartrampf, who, on Emily in Paris, played Emily’s American boyfriend who somehow hates Paris. “I’m trying to get myself back into a normal New York schedule after sleeping in every day during ... More

In 2012, not long after Jessica Chastain wrapped Zero Dark Thirty, a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller about the search for Osama Bin Laden that garnered the 44-year-old actress her second Academy Award nomination, she took a serious look at the Hollywood around her. “I immediately saw there weren’t a lot of options for ... More

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