Broadway and Broadway Actor News

Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin Talk “Mediocre” Theater and Why They Get On Stage

When LuPone was asked about the standard she holds other actors to, she says, “It’s always about the audience. I mean, I’m mad when I come out of a theater, and it’s mediocre, and I’ve spent over 300 bucks. I’m furious. It’s a higher-stake game now, and everybody has to be on top of their game. And you can’t have anybody go out there and dis the play, dis the playwright, dis the audience — you can’t. It’s unacceptable.”

After Being Away From Theatre for 8 Years, Clark Gregg Answers if An Actor Can “Lose It”

Clark Gregg might be most known as Agent Phil Coulson in the Marvel Movie Universe, but he’s had an extensive career in film and television and is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company.

Hugh Dancy on the 2 Character Broadway Play ‘Venus in Fur’: “It leaves me with nowhere to run”

Hugh Dancy is currently in rehearsal for the Broadway premiere of Venus in Fur as playwright/director, Thomas, alongside Nina Arianda. The show, which closed off-Broadway two years ago, features only 2 characters and “it leaves me with nowhere to run,” Dancy said.

Hugh Jackman: “There’s something magical about Broadway”

Though Jackman did a similar show at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco earlier this year, naturally the musical-loving Jackman prefers to do the show on The Great White Way.

Broadway Stars Recall Their Worst Audition Stories

Even Broadway stars can’t nail every audition — as many actors know, even the smallest, most insignificant thing could stop an actor from getting a part.

As the Typically Weak Broadway Fall Season Approaches, Several Shows Hope for the Best

Both Sister Act and Priscilla Queen of the Desert have been facing after both shows sold less than the expected number of tickets, as did even the once wildly successful Billy Elliot.

Daniel Radcliffe on Alcohol Abuse and Overcoming the “Child Actor” stigma

“If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity, then that puts to bed the ‘child actors’ argument… If I can do it, in the biggest film franchise of all time, no other child actor who comes after will ever have to answer those same bloody questions.”

Denzel Washington’s inspirational Commencement speech: “Do you have the guts to fail?” (video)

“No one ever tells a graduating class, ‘You’re going to fail.’ But it was very important for everyone to hear that.”

Get weekly reports on “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” from the co-book writer

After a serious reworking Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark returns to Broadway this week, eager to receive kinder and less critical reviews.

“Law & Order: Criminal Intent” tackles “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark”

While no one will come right out and say the episode is inspired by the Broadway show, CI’s musical Icarus has a high maintenance director over seeing the extravagent production who has recently fallen off the wagon , and a rock-star composer named “Arno”.

Bobby Cannavale discusses Broadway, Chris Rock and memorizing huge chunks of dialogue

“I don’t think it’s a secret that if we didn’t have a star as big as Chris, this play might not be on Broadway.”

“Spider Man” leads rehearsing, while understudies go on with the show

“The whole second act has been rewritten and there are new songs.”

John Leguizamo defends his reputation as “difficult”: “There’s a lot of conflict because I’m my own man and I’m a writer and I think I’m a thinker”

“I’m not an entertainer, that’s not my label. I think of myself as a playwright.”

“Spider-Man” Director Julie Taymor has left (fired?) the show

“Everybody loves a train wreck, I think that’s part of the appeal,” said one theater-goer.

Broadway Bound Chris Rock: “Stand-up is fun, but you have to travel”

“Now I’ll be able to take my kids to school, eat with them some days, even take them to an activity.”

Emmy Winner Jim Parsons to make his Broadway debut in “The Normal Heart”

“The Normal Heart” tells the story of a group of friends who attempt to prevent doctors, politicians and the media from concealing the AIDS epidemic.

Daniel Radcliffe on why he chose ‘How To Succeed’ as his ‘Harry Potter’ follow up: “To prove that a child actor can go on to have a career with longevity”

“If I can actually do it, having been in one of the biggest franchises ever, then that can end the debate. It is possible. That’s what’s my mission is,” Radcliffe says.