No Parrots and Patches for This Pirate Queen!September 7, 2006In a press conference that only public relations guru Margie Korshak could pull off, the principle cast and creative team of the sure-to-be hit The Pirate Queen moored into the Cadillac Palace Theatre to give a glimpse of the newest musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, creators of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon
An Interview with Patti LuPoneMay 9, 2006From her dressing room at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre where she is currently playing the role of Mrs. Lovett in the hit production of Sweeney Todd, the incomparable Patti LuPone talks to Michael J. Roberts about her newly released CD 'The Lady with the Torch', her upcoming May 22, 2006 concert to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS, and her return this summer to the Ravinia Festival where she will be portraying Mamma Rose in GYPSY.
Interview with Gwen Hollander from Little Women-The Broadway Musical.February 4, 2006The following is an interview I conducted in Chicago, Illinois, with the beautiful and multi talented Gwen Hollander who is currently on tour playing Amy March in the National Touring Company of Little Women-The Broadway Musical. Gwen's character, Amy, is described as the baby of the March family and is popular, artistic and loves material possessions, which creates the conflict in the musical as she is the polar opposite of her sister Jo on their views on how a woman should live their life.