BWW TV: Backstage with Madeleine Martin

One of today's hottest young actresses transcending both stage and screen is Madeleine Martin who began her professional theater career at 7 years old when she appeared in the Broadway National Tour of The Sound of Music with Richard Chamberlain. She appeared on Broadway in the title role A Day In the Death of Joe Egg at the age of 10 to much acclaim and allowing her to become the youngest presenter in history at the 2003 Tony Awards. BroadwayWorld took its cameras backstage for a fast chat with this sweet and charming performer to ask her questions about her roles on Broadway and in SHOWTIME's "Californication" and being a child performer in the industry.

In 2003 she provided the voice for the main character JoJo in the cartoon TV series JoJo's Circus. And in 2007 she landed the role of Becca Moody, alongside David Duchovny in the Showtime dramedy Californication.

Madeleine has starred alongside Jeff Goldblum and Billy Crudup in The Pillowman and currently appears nightly as "Jean Fordham" in the Tony Award-winning play, "August: Osage County."

Directed by Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award Winner Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County is the explosively funny comedy-drama focusing on the Weston family following the disappearance of the family's patriarch.

Voted #1 play of the year by Time, The Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly, and TimeOut New York, Charles Isherwood of The New York Times has called August: Osage County "The most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years."

August: Osage County performs Tuesday-Friday at 7:30PM, Matinees on Wednesday and Saturdays at 2:00PM, Saturdays at 8:00PM and Sundays at 3:00PM. Tickets can be purchased at Telecharge.com, or by calling (212) 239-6200. Outside the NY Metro (800) 432-7250.