John Lithgow’s Broadway career spans almost 40 years, bookended by a Tony Award for his 1973 debut performance as a British rugby player in The Changing Room and a 2012 Tony nomination for his dynamic star turn as closeted 1960s political journalist Joseph Alsop in The Columnist. In between, Lithgow has won a second Tony (for Sweet Smell of ...

Given her blonde beauty and soaring soprano, Kelli O’Hara could have built a solid career in “sweetheart” roles, but this Broadway headliner is too smart and versatile to be pigeonholed. She conquered the challenging role of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, showed off her sexy side as Babe in The Pajama Game and is now practicing her pratfalls (and ...

With a resume packed with Tony-caliber work (three nominations; one win) in a list of distinctive musicals and classic plays, Michael Cerveris has a hard time singling out six roles to spotlight for Broadway.com. Should he mention Kurt Weill in LoveMusik? What about King Lear, in which he stole the show as Kent? And let’s not forget his ...

Bebe Neuwirth ranks as one of the greatest dancers in Broadway history, but that’s only one of the reasons she has worked steadily for three decades. Neuwirth is also a stylish singer and an expert comic actress with a little-known penchant for Shakespeare. Thirteen years after collecting rave reviews as Kate in The Taming of the Shrew in Williamstown ...

With a Broadway resume that includes Elphaba in Wicked and Irish chieftain Grace O’Malley in The Pirate Queen, it’s no wonder Stephanie J. Block laughingly declares, “People are used to seeing me standing center stage, belting my guts out.” These days, Block is giving angst a rest and embracing her saucy side as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes ...

In our youth-obsessed culture, the stage career of Kathleen Chalfant offers an important lesson: Great talent attracts great roles, at every age. Chalfant was almost 50 when she had her official Broadway debut in Angels in America, receiving a 1993 Tony nomination for Millennium Approaches as Ethel Rosenberg, Hannah Pitt, Rabbi Chemelwitz and other roles. At 53, she triumphed in ...

When your first professional job becomes a career-defining smash hit, where do you go from there? In the case of Adam Pascal, who created the role of Roger in Rent at age 25, the answer has been an adventurous mix of musicals that take advantage of his distinctive bluesy voice and magnetic stage presence. Now giving an utterly charming star ...

Tonya Pinkins is always on the lookout for big career challenges. “I have this incredible curiosity and I get bored easily, so I want to do something different,” says the Tony-winning actress, who is currently headlining Katori Hall’s Hurt Village at the new Signature Theatre Center. In the second installment of Broadway.com’s Role Call, Pinkins looks back ...

To borrow a lyric from Barnum, the colors of Jim Dale’s theatrical life are bountiful and bold—which makes the Tony-winning star, now celebrating his 55th year in show business, the perfect actor to inaugurate Broadway.com’s newest feature, Role Call. Dale is currently giving a lovely performance as South African clergyman Marius Byleveld in Roundabout Theatre Company ...