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Zach Braff’s Theater Debut

The sitcom star Zach Braff works hard not to be thought of as a sitcom star.

He became famous—and made his money—as the pleasantly goofy medical student at the center of the hospital dramedy Scrubs, which debuted on NBC in 2001. But in his spare time he also wrote and directed the well-received 2004 indie Read More

Woody, Is That You? Zach Braff Gets His Woody Allen on In Trust

It’s worth noting that Zach Braff began his career playing Woody Allen’s son.

That was in 1993′s Manhattan Murder Mystery, his first role, before his hit run on Scrubs, before his writer-director turn with Garden State. Armed with those financial and artistic successes, Mr. Braff has returned to the stage-he’s done a few small parts Read More

Zach Braff to Leave Scrubs

Zach Braff’s career as J.D. on Scrubs will come to a flat-line at the end of the show’s upcoming season, after what will have been eight vibrant years as its main character and narrator.

Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence declined to say specifically whether the show would follow Braff into the sunset, but offered a Read More

Zach Braff Looks to Buy Tom O’Horgan’s Village Loft

Last week, Observer intern Vince Levy was sitting by chance near Tom O’Horgan, the octogenarian stage director idolized for directing 70’s-era shows like Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar, when chummy 32-year-old actor Zach Braff approached.

“I’m a tremendous fan of your work,” he told the Hawaiian-shirted auteur, and he repeated his Read More

The Pisher Kings

Shia LaBeouf is the next Tom Hanks. Or so it hath been officially decreed by the frothing, groaning, don’t-stop-us-now-we’re-on-a-roll Hollywood hype machine that’s been building buzz for the 21-year-old actor over the past few months. The surprise box office topper Disturbia, the Saturday Night Live hosting gig, the big-ass Michael Bay blockbuster, the Steven Spielberg Read More