Just days after Broadway.com debuted the first photo of Scarlett Johansson as the sexy and ferocious Maggie in Rob Ashford’s upcoming Cat on a Hot Tin Roof revival, we caught up with stage legend Elizabeth Ashley, who received a Tony nomination for her portrayal of Maggie in the first Broadway revival in 1974. Ashley, who was attending the ...

On September 9, John Larroquette, John Stamos, James Earl Jones and the cast of Gore Vidal's The Best Man took their final Broadway bows at the Schoenfeld Theatre. Directed by Michael Wilson, the classic 1960 political drama tells the story of two candidates (Larroquette and Stamos) who are both fighting for their party’s nomination for president. After the ...

The Tony-nominated revival of The Best Man has recouped its initial Broadway investment during the week of August 26. Directed by Michael Wilson, the limited engagement is set to run through September 9 at the Schoenfeld Theatre. 

The drama currently stars John Larroquette, John Stamos, Kristin Davis, Cybill Shepherd, Elizabeth Ashley, Mark Blum and James Earl Jones, who earned a ...

Elizabeth Ashley is endlessly entertaining in conversation, but don’t let her self-deprecating chitchat fool you: After more than 50 years in the theater, this lady knows plenty about what works on stage and can explain exactly why her talent is suited to the plays of Tennessee Williams and, more recently, Horton Foote. Ashley has just returned to Broadway as ...

Broadway is welcoming four headliners to Gore Vidal's The Best Man, and we’ve got your first look at production photos of the new stars. In this onstage race for the presidency, John Stamos stars as Senator Joseph Cantwell, Kristin Davis plays his wife Mabel Cantwell, Cybill Shepherd stars as Alice Russell, and Elizabeth Ashley plays Mrs. Sue-Ellen Gamadge ...

Cybill Shepherd, Kristin Davis, John Stamos and Elizabeth Ashley have been tapped to star in the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man. Shepherd, Davis and Stamos will join the production July 10, while Ashley begins performances July 24. Shepherd will succeed Candice Bergen as Alice Russell, Davis will replace Kerry Butler as Mabel Cantwell and Stamos will ...

You don’t often see a family like the one depicted in Edward Albee’s Me, Myself & I: Mother can’t tell her 28-year-old twin sons apart and shares a bed with her psychiatrist; one twin (OTTO) claims that his brother (otto) doesn’t exist and declares that he’s planning to become Chinese; and the other twin (otto) frets ...

There’s never a dull patch when dining with Elizabeth Ashley. “I’ve already ordered two mojitos for myself,” she informs Jean-Claude Baker, the unflappable owner of Chez Josephine on Theater Row, “but do you have that cold asparagus soup?” Indeed he does, and soon our outdoor bistro table is covered with drinks and bowls of soup, pasta and homemade ...

The fall season will get an early and exciting start on August 24 when Playwrights Horizons begins previews of Edward Albee’s latest play, Me, Myself & I. Stage greats Elizabeth Ashley and Brian Murray are set to star in what sounds like a typically surreal Albee set-up: Mother (Ashley) can’t tell her adult identical twins apart, and chaos ensues ...

Elizabeth Ashley and Brian Murray will star in the New York premiere of Edward Albee’s Me, Myself & I, which will kick off the 40th anniversary season of Playwrights Horizons next summer. The play will begin performances in August 2010 at the company’s Mainstage Theater, directed by Emily Mann. Complete casting and details will be announced in the coming ...