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For years, Michael Cyril Creighton hoped one of his small TV parts would evolve into something more. With “Only Murders,” it finally happened. On a rainy morning in early August, [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski Alex Moffat, an actor and comedian best known for his work on 'Saturday Night Live,' rarely shouts at deer. But during a tense scene in the new [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski The actress Cailee Spaeny, the seventh of nine children born to committed Southern Baptists, left school in Missouri at 13. She had found work at a theme [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski In an interview, the actor discusses his new series, humble origins and the freedom age brings. 'That gives me a tremendous amount of energy to move forward,' [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski The acclaimed kitchen hit has allowed Elliott, a comic actor from a famously funny family, to embrace her dramatic side. Abby Elliott knows her way around a [...]

The Delacorte Theater is being renovated, so a musical version of “The Comedy of Errors” is touring some of the city’s outdoor spaces. On a small stage, three actors practiced [...]

The new Broadway play conjures a group as dazzling as peak Fleetwood Mac. This is how five actors with limited training (one never held a bass) became rock stars. About [...]

Good friends and ''Saturday Night Live'' alumnae, the actresses are each headlining an Apple TV+ comedy of wealth and status. Sometimes Maya Rudolph will watch a movie and marvel at [...]

Known for playing princes and their modern equivalents, this British actor hopes his steamy new drama, “Mary & George,” will change how Hollywood sees him. “I’ve often found that the [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski Currently in two series, 'The Regime' and 'Alice & Jack,' this versatile actress has played dozens of characters. What connects them? Not even she knows. 'I really [...]

Currently in two series, ''The Regime'' and ''Alice & Jack,'' this versatile actress has played dozens of characters. What connects them? Not even she knows. ''I really do wish sometimes [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski The British actor excels at playing reserve, and what roils beneath, on 'The Crown.' And now he brings that stoicism to 'The Hunt,' onstage in Brooklyn. On [...]

The British actor excels at playing reserve, and what roils beneath, on ''The Crown.'' And now he brings that stoicism to ''The Hunt,'' onstage in Brooklyn. On a morning in [...]

The actor and writer will star alongside Donald Glover in a series reboot of the 2005 action comedy that combines marital strife with espionage. “What would happen if James Bond [...]

Famous women play the famous women in Ryan Murphy’s new period drama. In a group interview, they discuss the series and the burdens of public life. The first season of [...]

The “Dead to Me” actress makes a rare public appearance to present the first Emmy, for supporting actress in a comedy series. Christina Applegate made a rare public appearance to [...]

Even as he struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, the ''Friends'' star Matthew Perry, who died at the age of 54, made it all look easy. A confession: When I [...]

La estrella de “Friends” ha muerto a los 54 años. Incluso mientras luchaba contra la adicción a las drogas y el alcohol, el actor hacía que todo pareciera fácil. Una [...]

Even as he struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, the “Friends” star Matthew Perry, who died at the age of 54, made it all look easy. A confession: When I [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski Twelve years after opening 'The Book of Mormon,' the two actors - and good friends - return with 'Gutenberg! The Musical!' Josh Gad still remembers the first [...]

The writer and actress visits Coney Island as the New York leg of ''Death, Let Me Do My Show'' arrives Off Broadway. ''My grandfather went on this one time,'' Rachel [...]

The longtime New York actor explains why his character in Eboni Booth’s play about a lonely bookstore worker is closer to him than any other he’s taken on. When https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/theater/primary-trust-review.html [...]

Strong reflected on Kendall Roy’s place in his life and in the culture. “Kendall is seen as a try-hard,” he said. “I guess that’s become something to judge or deride.” [...]

Back when the actress https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/magazine/lizzy-caplan-sex-ed-teacher-to-the-world.html was in her teens and early 20s, after she’d deferred college to star in a pilot that never went to series but before she began [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski The one-woman show, coming to Broadway, is the 'Killing Eve' star's first stage role. She dared herself to do it. Until last year, the actress Jodie Comer [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski On a recent afternoon, the actor Greg Tannahill sat perched atop a London rooftop, one leg extended, one arm outthrust. A pair of carpenters would then whisk [...]

Billy Crudup's father, Thomas Henry Crudup III, was a gambler, a hustler, an occasional loan shark and a bookie of questionable gift. Sometimes on the way to his son's weekend [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski The actor described the Netflix comedy as an alternate vision of his life: 'I got to live this other version of, what if I was single in [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski The actress (don't call her an actor, please) reflects on her seven-decade career, predatory Hollywood and why sometimes it's better not to relive the past. LOS ANGELES [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski Even at a time when naked men have become more commonplace on TV, a scene in the pilot of this HBO Max comedy stands out for its [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski A few years ago, Nicola Coughlan was working in an optician's office in Ireland. Now, with 'Bridgerton' and 'Derry Girls,' she's starring in two of the most [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski The actor originally signed on for only one season as Jack McCoy but became synonymous with the series, which returns Feb. 24. 'It's nice to come back [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski Best known for playing troubled (and troubling) young women onscreen, the actor has found acclaim and a gift for comedy in this warmhearted soccer sitcom. When Juno [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski Williamstown Theater Festival's summer season is now a winter experiment, all on audio. That includes 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' recorded in actor's closets. A little over a [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski With the new Netflix series 'Julie and the Phantoms,' the man behind 'High School Musical' hopes to create another generation of young stars. How does he do [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski When TV production stopped in the spring, a few showrunners began working on pandemic-themed series that could be shot mostly from afar. But will viewers even want [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski Immersive theater, timed and ticketed, has arrived in virtual reality. Is this a brave new pixelated world for live performance? Or just another app? In mid May, [...]

Byline: Alexis Soloski HBO needed an actor to portray pulp fiction's most successful criminal defense attorney. Rhys, an Emmy-winner for 'The Americans,' took the case. When Matthew Rhys learned of [...]

Two theater critics suggest some of their favorite books about the theater, giving us portals to a world that is now forbidden. Theater, at its simplest, requires an actor and [...]

A critic disguised as an actress who is also a suspect in the death of the Great Merlini. Her team didn't use ''Cats'' to break the case, though. Earlier this [...]

He is perhaps best known as Jean-Ralphio, that rich kid in 'Parks and Recreation.' Ben Schwartz, the actor and comedian, dunked the ball without looking at the joystick. ''This is [...]

Our guide to plays and musicals coming to New York stages and a few last-chance picks of shows that are about to close. Our reviews of open shows are at [...]

How does the actor keep from bringing home all the weird energy of playing a serial killer dad? Well, who said he did? This interview contains spoilers for the Season [...]

The character actress shops for meatless treats at a vegan bodega on the Lower East Side. Jennifer Coolidge, a blowsy rose of a character actress known for playing Stifler's mother [...]

Television is in love with musical shows, with ''Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'' and ''Katy Keene'' joining the growing chorus this winter. But they're not easy to pull off. At a Queens [...]

Best known for playing Jason Mendoza, a ''hot life-size action figure,'' Mr. Jacinto is ready for the big screen. Manny Jacinto, a star of the metaphysical sitcom ''The Good Place,'' [...]

A success in Britain, ''Back to Life,'' about a female ex-con, is coming to Showtime. ''Fleabag'' connections abound, but the series and its creator resist easy comparison. Before the English [...]

''As a fat person, rolling around on the ground, I think that's really cool, too,'' Ms. Ditto said. Beth Ditto sprawled on her back and kicked her legs like a [...]

The former ''S.N.L.'' comedian is a volunteer spokeswoman for women's rights. Sasheer Zamata, the actress, stand-up comedian and former ''Saturday Night Live'' player, doesn't think of herself as a political [...]