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In new versions of “The Designated Mourner” and “Grasses of a Thousand Colors,” Wallace Shawn brings moral horror right to your ear.
Wallace Shawn is defending his decision to continue working with Woody Allen. On Wednesday, the actor wrote a guest blog for TheWrap.com where he described feeling "troubled" by those choosing not ...
Wallace Shawn: Well, it's been a little more than 15 minutes now, and I've got a friend who will be waiting to see me in about 20 minutes. Do you think that's enough time for your questions ...
Wallace Shawn: Why I’m Still Willing to Work With Woody Allen (Guest Blog) “I’ve been troubled by the speed with which some of my colleagues in the acting fraternity have distanced ...
Wallace Shawn might be best known for Louis Malle’s 1981 two-hander film “My Dinner With Andre,” which takes place almost entirely inside a restaurant during one meal between old friends. As ...
Wallace Shawn, Hollywood’s favorite comic villain, and the writer/star of the new movie, "A Master Builder," wrestles with the double life.
Wallace Shawn Says Woody Allen Sex Abuse Allegations as Shocking as if FDR or Desmond Tutu Were Accused The actor defends the director, with whom he's worked on multiple films, saying that based ...
Actor and playwright Wallace Shawn talks about he and Andre Gregory's Ibsen film adaptation "A Master Builder" and why others cast him in comedic roles.
Actor and playwright Wallace Shawn wants to turn off the music. He's sitting in a studio in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, near where he lives, with a melancholy song playing very quietly ...
Wallace Shawn writes one truly brilliant moment in his new play, “Evening at the Talk House,” which opened Thursday under the auspices of the New Group at the Pershing Square Signature Center ...
Wallace Shawn has called the latest chapter in the deadly Israeli-Palestinian conflict a “massacring” of innocent people. The Toy Story and The Princess Bride actor shared his stance on the ...