If you happen into New York's Belasco Theatre in the next few weeks,
you might be on familiar ground: a family reunion, at full volume.
The play is Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Tony-nominated "Appropriate,"
and the human volcano on stage is Sarah Paulson.
The play is about siblings coming together after their father dies:
ecrets get revealed, feelings get hurt, and very little is left unsaid.
As the older sister, Toni, Paulson is in her element, creating a character who's both powerful and vulnerable (if a bit unlikeable).
Asked if she does not have a need to be liked, Paulson said,
"As a person I'm like, Please like me. Please! I'm begging you! I'm like a puppy dog that way.
I mean, of course I wanna be liked.
But as an actor, I feel like I don't think about it at all."