Silverstone Wanted to Recreate Her Character When Bringing TIME STANDS STILL to Broadway

During a recent interview, Broadway star Alicia Silverstone discussed the challenges of bringing the role from LA to Broadway. Notably, Silverstone said she attempted to wipe the slate clean for the role, as if she had never performed the role before.

Silverstone said, "I came to New York really wanting to do it as if I'd never done the play before. I forgot everything and didn't know any of my lines. And I really decided I wanted to change the girl. I was working with different actors; I didn't want to miss anything that they were going to show me."

Silverstone was also faced with the challenges of working with an entirely new cast. When asked how she felt about being the only actor to make the transfer to Broadway, she said, " David Harbour (who did the show at Geffen Playhouse) and I are friendly so it's a tricky thing. It wasn't my decision and there wasn't anything I could do about it, so I had to go with what was being proposed, do you know what I mean? David was so supportive of me and was so nice when he came to see the play."

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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 most recently starred in The Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Time Stands Still, which featured 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).

 

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