I haven't been to the theater for about a month and am starting to experience withdrawal. In an effort to stave off physical symptoms, I searched the arts section of The New York Times for interesting theater articles. I came across this one by theater critic Charles Isherwood. Without rehashing the entire article, it's basically Isherwood observing that while actors used to go from Broadway to Hollywood, it's now more common to go from Hollywood to Broadway. He highlights Claire Danes as an example of the new trend and Amy Ryan as an anomalous exception.

Three guesses which model I prefer.

I had actually been thinking about these two actresses prior to reading the article, so I found it particularly interesting. I've been following the coverage of Claire Danes in Pygmalion — because I like her and I because I feared it was poor casting.

And less than an hour before I read the article, an actor friend had been raving about Amy Ryan's performance in Gone Baby Gone. … continue reading

I've been looking forward to Evening for months now. How can you really go wrong with a cast that includes Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Toni Collette, Natasha Richardson and Claire Danes? I mean, why don't you just rifle through my memories and pull out every actress who has ever turned my head or moved me to tears?