Chris Evans Takes The Stage

The Marvel star is trading Captain America’s shield for a policeman’s badge in Lobby Hero (running through May 13), but don’t expect his character to be any kind of savior.

- Devan Coggan

YOU MAY KNOW CHRIS EVANS as a star-spangled Avenger who in real life smacks down white supremacists on Twitter, but in his latest role he’s playing a decidedly not-so-good guy. The 36-year-old actor makes his Broadway debut in Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero, as selfish NYPD police officer Bill. The play, which first premiered Off Broadway in 2001, tells the story of an apartment-building security guard (Michael Cera, Evans’ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World costar) who gets swept up in a murder investigation involving his rigid boss (Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry) and a rookie cop (Bel Powley). All three tangle with the pompous Bill, who has no qualms about using his privilege and power to manipulate everyone around him.