Playing the man who invented the vibrator might sound like the set-up for a comedy routine, but Michael Cerveris is seriously excited to be starring in the Broadway premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play. And, really, why should anyone be surprised that Cerveris would accept the rather daring role of a Victorian doctor ...

He became a TV star as Laverne and Shirley’s pal Lenny and rocked the big screen as Spinal Tap’s lead singer David St. Hubbins, but for the past five years, Michael McKean’s heart has belonged to Broadway. From musical leading man (Hairspray) and featured player (The Pajama Game) to supporting actor in plays (The Homecoming, off-Broadway’s ...

Kate Baldwin is the consummate working actress. From regional productions to concerts to the New York stage, the redhead with the clear-as-a-bell voice has been gainfully employed for the last decade. Her credits include small roles on Broadway in The Full Monty and Wonderful Town as well as an understudy part in Thoroughly Modern Millie, a handful of off-Broadway plays ...

As Milky White in the 2002 Broadway revival of Into the Woods, Chad Kimball made about the biggest splash imaginable for an actor trapped inside a cow suit. Happily, he proved to be just as likable out of that memorable costume, even if he got hooked into a couple of short-lived Broadway songbook flops like Good Vibrations and Lennon. With ...

Blonde, tall and poised, Julia Stiles is the epitome of cool elegance. You wouldn’t think of the Oleanna star as someone with her face screwed up into a mask of crimson rage. Yet in her spare dressing room at the Golden Theatre, the actress who is known for such wide-ranging screen work as 10 Things I Hate About You ...

It’s not that Carrie Fisher doesn’t enjoy her privacy. It’s just that, for her, drug addiction, cheating parents, failed romances, mental illness and a gay husband don’t fall into the category of “private.” You can trace some of that back to an overexposed childhood—the daughter of Singin’ in the Rain icon Debbie Reynolds and “Oh ...

Jude Law is not just a pretty face. The two-time Oscar nominee (he garnered nods for his work in both The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain) is an accomplished stage actor, who received a Tony nomination for his Broadway debut in Indiscretions in 1995. After establishing himself as a star on the silver screen, Law made the bold move ...