Alicia Silverstone Says Converting to Veganism Helped Usher Her Into the Theatre

In a recent interview with the New York Times, Broadway star Alicia Silverstone says her conversion of veganism helped usher in her change from campy films such as Scooby Doo to making the move to the stage.

During a dinner at Candle 79, an Upper East Side restaurant specializing in vegan cuisine, the Times spoke with Silverstone regarding her transition to theatre. "Who knows what I was doing in ‘Scooby-Doo 2,'" Silverstone said during her dinner.

"I just didn't know my potential at the time. That's all part of my past." Silverstone's friend, Alexandra Keeling, a stylist who has worked with Silverstone in the past and who joined her for the dinner, added, "Before the change," referencing her transition to veganism, which began in 1998.

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Silverstone made her Broadway debut as Elaine in The Graduate in 2002. Other theater credits include the LA revival of Speed the Plow and the current broadway production of Time Stands Still. Silverstone is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Cher Horowitz in the 1995 film Clueless, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe award for her work on the television show, Miss Match. Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan (The Homecoming, Proof, Rabbit Hole) opened on January 28 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Silverstone is currently starring in The Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Time Stands Still, featuring acclaimed actor and playwright Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio, "Law & Order: CI"), Tony Award nominee Brian d'Arcy James (Shrek, Off-Broadway's Next to Normal), and Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Laura Linney ("John Adams," Sight Unseen on Broadway).

For more information and tickets, visit www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com.