David Alan Grier scored his third Tony nomination this year as Catfish Row’s drug dealing pimp, Sporting Life, in the acclaimed revival of Porgy and Bess. Grier, who became a breakout star in the 1990s sketch comedy show In Living Color, grew up in Detroit in the 1960s and graduated from Yale School of Drama. He made his Broadway ...

Age & Hometown: 31; Channing, TX

Current Role: A Tony-nominated performance as violin-playing, man-eating Czech immigrant Reza in the Dublin-set love story Once.

Jill of All Trades: In many ways, Elizabeth A. Davis has been preparing for her multi-faceted role in Once her whole life. Growing up in the Texas panhandle town of Channing (“I think the population sign now says ...

From One Life to Live and Who’s the Boss to Ugly Betty and Law & Order: SVU, Judith Light has been a TV favorite for 35 years, but the effervescent actress is getting used to a new label: two-time Tony-nominated Broadway star. A year ago, her riveting performance as matriarch Marie in Lombardi earned her first Tony nod, as well ...

Age & Hometown: 33; Guildford, England

Current role: A side-splitting, Tony-nominated comic turn as pacemaker-fueled octogenarian and trainee waiter Alfie in One Man, Two Guvnors.

Great Expectations: If Tom Edden wasn’t an actor, he’d probably be a cartoonist. “My two big passions were theater and drawing,” he remembers of his school days. His love for drama was honed through ...

Between his starring role as composer Tom Levitt in NBC's Broadway-centric Smash and his scene-stealing, Tony-nominated performance as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher, Christian Borle is having one heck of a year. And now the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner is ready to answer questions from fans! Borle is headed to our studio sofa to address ...

One of Broadway's most dependable and versatile musical theater actors, Norm Lewis is celebrating his first Tony nomination for his starring role as the cripple Porgy in Porgy and Bess. Paired with Audra McDonald, Lewis undergoes a startling physical transformation and delivers a heart-wrenching performance in this new adaptation of the classic Gershwin opera. His distinct baritone voice has ...

Age & Hometown: 32; Wallingford, PA

Current Role: A Tony-nominated performance as conflicted betrayer Judas Iscariot in Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Teenage Nightmare: Now that he’s a bona fide leading man, it's hard to imagine Josh Young as a character actor. But in youth programs like Upper Darby Summer Stage, that’s exactly what he was. “I ...

One of New York's most acclaimed actresses, Linda Emond has tackled tough roles in Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul and The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide, received a Tony nomination for her featured role in Life (x) 3 and won two Jefferson awards for her work in Chicago productions of Pygmalion and The Winter’s Tale. Now, at age 52 ...

Age & Hometown: 25; Philadelphia, PA

Current Role: An over-the-top, Tony-nominated Broadway debut as reluctant psychic Oda Mae Brown in Ghost.

R&B Roots: The vivacious Randolph originally pictured herself becoming an R&B singer. “At home, it was always Motown and that late '80s/early '90s R&B like Jodeci pumping through the speakers,” she remembers. But her focus started ...

One of Broadway’s fastest rising stars, Jeremy Jordan, is bypassing Santa Fe and heading straight to Broadway.com’s Ask a Star couch. This first-time Tony nominee, who has starred in Bonnie & Clyde, West Side Story and now Newsies, has graciously agreed to take time to answer questions from you: the fans! Find out how he feels about starring ...