Claire Danes
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Rex Reed | November 23, 2009 | 7:23 pm
Me and Orson WellesRunning time 114 minutes Written by Holly Gent Palmo Directed by Richard LinklaterStarring Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes Crowded into the cinematic sardine can of year-end releases, Me and Orson Welles is a modest but gigantically charming jewel that deserves rapt attention. Witty, wise, warm and unfailingly entertaining, it’s one of the year’s happiest surprises. And who knew Zac Efron could... READ MORE»
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Outside Alice Tully Hall on the evening of Tuesday, June 16, a large group of models was standing immobilized on a block of stairs. Inside, the Council of Fashion Designers of America were holding their annual... READ MORE»
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Claire Danes, whose "gamely impersonation" of Eliza Doolittle on the recent Broadway Pygmalion revival tanked among the critics, will join the cast of Me and Orson Welles, an adaptation of the period coming-of-age novel set in the late 1930s by Robert Kaplow. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Zac Efron (High School Musical's hearthrob for pre-teens) will play a high school student who stumbles upon the Mercury Theatre and gets discovered by its... READ MORE»
In all the discussion about the welcome if uneven revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, it seems to me that the genius of the play itself has been forgotten. Blame the musical.... READ MORE»
The New York Times' Ben Brantley shares his thoughts on Claire Danes' "game, conscientious" portrayal of Eliza Doolittle and Jefferson Mays' version of Henry Higgins as a "squalling, solipsistic infant trapped inside a worldly man's body" in the Roundabout Theater Company's Pygmalion. Perhaps the kindest way to think about David Grindley's misfired revival of ''Pygmalion,'' which opened last night at the American Airlines Theater, is that it was devised to soothe the restless... READ MORE»
“There was a thought before we went into rehearsals, I was thinking, ‘Hmm, I wonder how she’s going to be in front of 750 people, eight nights a week,’” said Tony-award-winning stage actor Jefferson Mays, who was discussing working with doe-eyed My So-Called Life alum Claire Danes in her Broadway debut in Pygmalion, the Roundabout Theatre Company production at the American Airlines Theatre. ... READ MORE»
THEATER: PYGMALION Who: Claire Danes, Jefferson Mays When: Oct. 18 – Dec. 16 Where: American Airlines Theatre How: Check for tickets here. Pygmalion, starring Claire Danes as the street urchin who will become a society lady thanks to the help of a professor, played by Jefferson Mays, will open at the American Airlines Theatre tonight. Tony nominee David Grindley will direct The Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of George Bernard Shaw’s play based on the Ovid tale. CONCERTS: Wise up to... READ MORE»
It’s a good time to be a theater queen—plenty of camp this fall! ... READ MORE»
Redgrave, Streep, Danes and Richardson navigate a choppy script co-written by Hours director Michael Cunningham.... READ MORE»
Claire Danes, Chloë Sevigny, Parker Posey—They Were ‘It,’ But Congratulate Them! They’ve Had It With Clubs ’n’ Columns. Once-Flickering Starlets Aren’t Has-Beens—They’re Grown-Ups!... READ MORE»
By | July 19, 2006 | 9:14 am
Just arrived on the Corcoran website is an $11 million listing that some might say is the 'most fantastic New York City HIDEAWAY you will ever see!'" We didn't say that, mind you. For anyone still sorting out their 90's teen angst, actress (and Soho native) Claire Danes resides just downstairs in this luxury condominium, which was formerly three 19th century cast-iron factory buildings. The 4,848-square-foot apartment includes three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths.... READ MORE»
Gidi Dar’s Ushpizin, from a screenplay by Shuli Rand, has emerged as the strangest yet still enter... READ MORE»
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Rex Reed | October 30, 2005 | 7:00 pm
In the sudden plethora of faceless film stars with more publicity than talent, Claire Danes is a shi... READ MORE»
