Chicago Interviews - Page 5

In anticipation of 'Next to Normal's' upcoming Chicago stint (as well as her Chicago concert debut!), Tony Award winner Alice Ripley is taking YOUR questions, BroadwayWorld.com readers....

Liz Callaway and I chatted about her career, Chicago, da Bears, barking technology, & a love for all things Stephen Sondheim and William Finn....

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When Sir Frederick Ashton's 'Cinderella,' with music by Sergei Prokofiev, is revived this month by the Joffrey Ballet at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, the roles of the two stepsisters will be portrayed at select performances by two dancers at very nearly the opposite ends of the ca...

In tribute to a dear friend who passed away on February 13th, we're rebroadcasting a podcast interview with Lou DeGrado conducted in February of 2006 as he was about to receive his star on the Palm Springs Walk Of Fame....

Actor/playwright Tony Fiorentino who has burst onto the Chicago theatre scene with his witty and well received romantic comedies, shares the details of his newest, 'My Dinner With Amy' which is garnering great pre-opening buzz....

Christopher Cazenove and Walter Charles who play Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering in the U.S. Tour of the hit London revival of 'My Fair Lady' discuss this new production, their amazing careers and the legend of this historic show. ...

Jerry Herman pulls the stops out in this in-depth and heartfelt conversation about his incredible career. You have seen the PBS documentary, now hear Jerry in his own words enlighten us on his remarkable life and music....

Radio personality Sharon K. McGhee is on a mission to educate African American women about their most precious of treasures through 'The PocketBook Monologues'. Ms. McGhee's passion for her project is contagious in this sensational conversation. ...

The multi talented Heidi Kettenring, who is currently garnering rave reviews for her performance as Jo March in 'Little Women, The Musical' talks about her career in this intimate conversation. ...

The talented cast and director of Rubicon's 'Dog Sees God' discusses making the classic Peanuts characters relevant in 2007 and how the issues and growing pains each of them face can be pulled off the front page of any of todays newspapers....

Producer and now first time film director Daniel Karslake sits down for a candid interview at the Chicago premier of his mutli- award winning film 'For The Bible Tells Me So'....

House Theatre's Artistic Director Nathan Allen discusses the three carnations of 'The Sparrow' and the history of the House Theatre. Underscored throughout the interview is the original music from 'The Sparrow'...

Actor Francis Guinan does a Q & A with Michael J. Roberts regarding how the IATSE strike is effecting August: Osage County....

The long anticipated film version of Naked Boys Singing is now in theatres and Co-Creator and Director Robert Schrock details the history and the difficulties of making a movie of the stage musical....

The cast and director of the new hit production of The Rocky Horror Show have a rocking good time in this hilarious interview direct from the Mercury Theatre....

Phantom, with Book by Arthur Kopit and Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston is the latest undertaking of Porchlight Music Theatre. Based on the novel 'The Phantom of the Opera' by Gaston Leroux, Phantom's lead actor's Lara Filip and Peter Oyloe with Director L. Walter Stearns speak to Michael Roberts abo...

There was 'no way out' of the hilarious interview with the cast of Marriott Lincolnshire's The Producers. Ross Lehman (Max), Guy Adkins (Leo), Angela Feeney (Ulla), Bernie Yvon (Roger) and Michael Aaron Lindner (Franz) are all on board this wild ride of an interview. Even the janitors of the theat...

Chicago's Elaine Rivkin and Dorothy Tristan play Mother and Daughter in this brilliant adaptation of Marsha Norman's classic....

This month Christine Ebersole, two-time Tony Award-winning actress (42nd Street, Grey Gardens) will release a CD of 'Live at the Metropolitan Room' from her sold-out tour dates with Billy Stritch. Also, a re-mastered edition of her 'Live at the Cinegrill' CD will be released this October. On Novembe...

Legendary theatrical impresario Bill Kenwright takes time out of his busy schedule to discuss his new US production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down The Wind which he has masterfully directed as well as serving as the producer....

Tony award winner Maury Yeston speaks with Michael Roberts before the opening of Phantom by Porchlight Theatre at the Theatre Building Chicago. Yeston is also known for his incredible work on Titanic, Cloud 9, Grand Hotel and Nine....

Meet Eric Kunze (Jesus Christ Superstar) and Andrew Lloyd Webber's newest discovery Andrea Ross, who are starring in the U.S. tour of Whistle Down the Wind, which recently premiered at Theatre Under The Stars in Houston, Texas after a successful run in the UK....

Michael Roberts speaks with Petula Clark in an intimate conversation from Stage Door Chicago....

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The 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 a...