STAGE17, Chairman David Stoller (Executive Chairman of Reach4Entertainment), and President and Executive Producer Ondine Landa Abramson are pleased to present the WORLD premiere of the original reality series Fan Fare which offers backstage scoop, from auditions to closing nights, as casts and creative teams from iconic Broadway shows reunite at the legendary Sardi's with Julie James, host of On Broadway from SiriusXM. STAGE17, a new digital entertainment destination for episodic fiction and reality programming, launched the original series on Sunday, April 6, 2014 and part two airs today, April 11, 2014.
In the premiere episode of Fan Fare, Julie James sits down with the acclaimed cast and creative from Jerome Robbins' Broadway as they reminisce about everything from auditions to the Tony Awards. The show stars Grover Dale (West Side Story, Billy), Debbie Gravitte (LES MISERABLES, Chicago), Robert LaFosse (Quiet City, West Side Story Suite), Mary Ann Lamb (Chicago, Curtains), and Faith Prince (Guys and Dolls, Bells Are Ringing).
JULIE JAMES (host) is an award-winning vocalist, theatre performer, voice over artist and radio personality. Her latest incarnation has her working at Sirius XM Radio for the past six years, is the Program Director for the On Broadway & Metropolitan Opera channels, and hosts & produces her own show Broadway Names with Julie James, which welcomes each week a different Broadway Star. DIANA BASMAJIAN (producer) is a producer and director for television and live theatrical shows. She was the Associate Producer for A&E/BIO's the uneXplained, a documentary series Executive Produced by Doug Liman and Russ Stratton. More recently, she worked with WORLD of Wonder on Big Freedia, Queen of Bounce for Fuse Network. Diana has also directed and/or developed shows with Tony-winners Shuler Hensley, Lea Salonga, Sheldon Harnick, Jonathan Tunick, and Austin Pendleton; Emmy-winners Paul Miller and Eileen Fulton; and her longtime collaborator and friend Tony-nominee Kate Baldwin, among others. Her work has been performed at Lincoln Center's The Allen Room, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Arena Stage, Feinstein's, Café Carlyle, Naked Angels, Rattlestick, Old Vic/New Voices, The Princeton Festival at Princeton University, and the NY International Fringe Festival. She coaches numerous actors in NYC and Chicago for both role preparation and auditioning and has taught musical theatre for various universities. Diana is a Leopold Schepp Fellow, received her M.F.A. in Directing from The New School for Drama, and is a proud graduate of Northwestern University. www.dianabasmajian.comVideos