BroadwayWorld Interviews - Page 56

Tony winner Anthony Crivello talks about playing the title role in Phantom--The Las Vegas Spectacular...

Brent Barrett, known for his romantic presence and ravishing tenor has played many roles--but never before has he brought down the world's most famous chandelier...

Ann Harada, who originated the role of Christmas Eve in Avenue Q on Broadway, is currently reprising her role in the London production of the Tony award winning musical, the only actress from the original company to recreate her performance in London. ...

Stephanie J. Block, the talented performer who will soon be appearing in concert at Birdland, dishes on her soon-to-be reign as The Pirate Queen, on her turn as Wicked's Elphaba, and on other favorite roles...

This year's Broadway Bares is being held on Sunday June 18th and is promising to be one of the best yet - celebrating New York's 'colorful characters and interesting places.' Of course, we can also expect a lot of heat! I checked in with director Denis Jones and one of the choreographers, Dontee Kie...

In 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs introduced the character of Tarzan to the world in his imaginative tale, 'Tarzan of the Apes.' And in no time, his career was off and running. Tarzan has since been featured in 26 authorized novels and 44 motion pictures....

TJ Fitzgerald checks in with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' Gregory Jbara, a true talent and one of the nicest guys on Broadway...

A double-nominee for Best Director, and Best Choreographer for The Pajama Game, Kathleen chats about the show, awards and more......

Red Light Winter, written and directed by Adam Rapp, played a sold-out extended run at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, and is now being presented in New York....

Best Lead Actress in a musical LaChanze talks about The Color Purple, Oprah, the show's impact and more......

Nominated for Best Leading Actress in a play for The Rabbit Hole, Cynthia Nixon looks back at that production and more......

Tony nominated for Best Original Score (alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber), David Zippel gives us the scoop on what's next for The Woman in White and his other projects....

...

Nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Manoel Felciano gives us the scoop on Sweeney Todd. ...

Playwright Marsha Norman is nominated for Best Book for The Color Purple, and tells us about the challenges of bringing that show to the stage and more......

John Doyle is nominated for Best Director of a Musical for his work on Sweeney Todd. He tells BroadwayWorld about that show, Company, and his next dream Sondheim show to work on. ...

Best Leading Actress in a Musical nominee Sutton Foster tells us about The Drowsy Chaperone's path to Broadway and more!...

On Sunday night, June 11th, Broadway puts on its biggest show of the year...and theatre lovers on the West Coast will be flocking to the Skirball Center in L.A. for the Actors' Fund Tony Awards Party. The evening will be hosted by Sam Harris and will honor his longtime pal, Liza Minnelli, who will r...

Her first major role was that of Catherine Martin in 'The Silence of the Lambs,' and Brooke Smith has since accumulated dozens of film, television, and stage credits....

Fresh from her successful run at Feinstein's, Linda Eder will play three nights at the Mohegan Sun Cabaret Theater, June 2-4, 2006...

Betty Buckley chats about her upcoming New York jazz debut, May 30 - June 4 at the Blue Note New York. ...

He has sold more than 70 million solo albums and is best known as a drummer, songwriter and performer. Oscar-winning songwriter and seven-time Grammy Award winner Phil Collins can now add Broadway composer to his credits. He has written the music and lyrics, and has even expanded his songs for Dis...

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd, and you will find Michael Cerveris winning rapturuous applause every night for the title role. Now, he's nominated for a Tony for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. ...

John Lloyd Young is currently starring as Frankie Valli in Broadway's JERSEY BOYS. So far John Lloyd has received the 2006 Outer Critics Circle Award, a 2006 Theatre World Award, and nominations for the 2006 Drama League Award, and the 2006 Drama Desk Award. Now, he adds a 2006 Tony Award Nomination...

Between the 'Chorus Line' tour in 1980 and his six Broadway shows since '98, Ramón was an internationally known ballet dancer....

Debbie has been called 'one of the best voices on Broadway' by the Associated Press. With a new solo CD and a full concert schedule, this talented lady is working and loving it....

We've all heard that some actors really want to direct. But the multi-talented John Cariani--whose play cul-de-sac runs at the Transport Group through May 13th--belongs to a somewhat smaller group of thespians: those who have carved out successful second careers as playwrights....

From 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 ben...

Christiane Noll, currently starring in the York Theatre Company musical A Fine and Private Place, is a versatile performer who sees no reason to impose limits on herself--in theatre and in life...

Standing a little over six feet tall, born and raised in New York City, Jack Mulcahy's career in the entertainment business began as a musician. From there, he tried other things. His first film, 'Porky's,' proved successful, leading to the sequel, 'Porky's II: The Next Day.' Mulcahy played the l...

His interesting career begins by day as the writer of the monthly adventures of Spiderman and the Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics and then by night, he is a playwright. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is the author of such plays as The Muckle Man, The Mystery Plays, Rough Magic, and The Velvet Sky. His co...

We checked in with the star, who's currently in Los Angeles for her latest news, and the scoop on what it's like to make the transition from stage to the small screen....

Joe Drymala and Eric Svejcar aren't a songwriting team, but they have a few things in common besides the fact that they both write musicals. The songs of both men will be sung by performers such as Euan Morton, Robert Cuccioli, Tyler Maynard, Kate Wetherhead and Amanda Watkins on April 26th for thei...

An interview with THE PAJAMA GAME's scene-stealing Gladys and offstage mom of three. ...

Pati checks in with the always popular Sam Harris who has been entertaining audiences throughout the country from Star Search, to today. ...

A Conversation With One Of the Stars of Karoline Leach's TRYST...

As an actress, Isabel Rose starred both off-Broadway and regionally in Beau Jest and played the role of Tess Kittridge in the national tour of Six Degrees of Separation with Marlo Thomas. In addition, she co-wrote and starred in the successful 2003 film 'Anything But Love,' opposite Andrew McCarthy...

These days the West End is booming, with one of the busiest slates of shows to open in recent memory. To shed some light on what's hot right now in London, as well as on the business side of the ticket broker industry - on both sides of the pond - I sat to chat with Tracy Schiller, the Managing Dire...

Best remembered for his starring role on the television series 'Friends,' for which he earned an Emmy nomination, David Schwimmer is getting ready to make his Broadway debut in a revival of Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. He will be playing military lawyer Lt. Barney Greenwald. I had...

Talking with Joanna Gleason at DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS...