Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.

The following year Natasha Richardson returned to Broadway in Closer for which Natasha Richardson was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play and in 2005 Natasha Richardson appeared again with the Roundabout this time as Blanche DuBois in their revival of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire opposite John C. Her first marriage to filmmaker Robert Fox ended in divorce in 1992. The following day a private wake was held at the American Irish Historical Society in Manhattan.

The couple had two sons Micheál and Daniel. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Sally Bowles in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret.