Ian McKellen Talks About Working with Maggie Smith
Ian McKellen, at an event for LA's Fine Arts Theatre, talks about working with Dame Maggie Smith...
Actor JOHN O'HURLEY Discusses Playing Captain Hook in Lythgoe Panto of PETER PAN at Pasadena Playhouse
Actor John O'Hurley will costar at the Pasadena Playhouse in the Lythgoe Family's Panto of Peter Pan and Tinker Bell A Pirates Christmas opening December 9. He chats with us about the show and his varied career on stage, film and TV....
Internationally Renown British Actor/ Playwright RAY COONEY Talks About son Michael Cooney's CASH ON DELIVERY at the El Portal
World renown British actor/playwright Ray Cooney will be performing the zany farce Cash on Delivery, written by his son Michael Cooney, on the mainstage of the El Portal in Noho December 3-20. Cooney performed Out of Order at the El Portal in 2001, and was a tremendous hit. In our conversation Co...
Emmy Winning Actress JOANNA MILES Discusses FRONT DOOR OPEN
Actress Joanna Miles, who won two Emmy Awards in 1973 for playing Laura in TV's The Glass Menagerie, will co-star with David Selby in a world premiere drama Front Door Open at the Greenway Court Theatre in LA opening November 13. In our talk, Miles discusses the play, her costar David Selby as well ...
Singer FRANK SINATRA JR. Talks Upcoming 100th BIRTHDAY SINATRA CONCERT
On December 12 singer Frank Sinatra Jr. will perform a 100th Birthday Celebration of his father Frank Sinatra's music at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills at 9 pm. In our talk he describes the concert in detail. He also talks about his mentors and what music he prefers to listen to nowadays.
Whe...
Sunny Thompson Discusses Channeling Marilyn Monroe in MARILYN: FOREVER BLONDE, Coming to Riverside's Fox Performing Arts Center
MARILYN: FOREVER BLONDE, a one-woman play with music, starring Sunny Thompson, is coming to the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside. The show will run for one performance at 8 pm, on Saturday, October 24, 2015, as part of the Broadway in Riverside series. Sunny Thompson stars as Marilyn Monroe. ...
Kyle Dean Massey Headlines The COPA Palm Springs with Songs He Never Gets to Sing
Pippin and Next To Normal's Kyle Dean Massey headlines The Copa Palm Springs for one very special performance, October 9, at 8 pm in an intimate Cabaret that features "songs he loves but he's never had the opportunity to sing". Massey first joined the North American touring production of Wicked in 2...
Trisha Rapier Brings FORBIDDEN BROADWAY from NYC to Costa Mesa
To kick off Segerstrom Center for the Arts' brand new 2015-2016 Spotlight Series, the O.C. theatrical institution will welcome cast members of the Tony Award-winning New York company of the hysterical FORBIDDEN BROADWAY for the show's latest touring incarnation entitled Alive and Kicking! for a limi...
BWW Review: Actress/Singer MEGAN HILTY Rocks VPAC
Broadway and TV actress/singer Megan Hilty performed a splashy show at Valley Performing Arts Center at CSUN, Northridge on Thursday, September 24 at 8 pm to a packed audience of her fans. Hilty is best remembered for playing Glinda in Wicked for four and a half years - she replaced Kristin Chen...
Director BRADY SCHWIND Talks About Changes in CARRIE THE MUSICAL
Producers Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman and The Transfer Group have announced that CARRIE THE MUSICAL will return to Los Angeles at the historic Los Angeles Theatre, the first theatrical musical at that venue. CARRIE THE MUSICAL begins previews on October 1, 2015 and officially opens on Oc...
Legend CAROLE COOK Talks About Her Upcoming Cabaret Act at the Gardenia
The inimitable Carole Cook is one of those theatrical greats that...the mere mention of her name makes faces light up. And immediate laughter abounds at the thought of the outrageous things she as said onstage. This fiery redhead legend - it's OK, she and Lucy were friends - is about to open her n...
From Green to Groovy, Nicole Parker Gets a '60s Makeover for THESE PAPER BULLETS!
Nicole Parker stars opposite Justin Kirk in the west coast premiere of THESE PAPER BULLETS! A Modish Ripoff of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing at Geffen Playhouse this month. Written by Rolin Jones (Weeds, Friday Night Lights, Boardwalk Empire) with songs by Green Day frontman Billie Jo...
Creator and Stars of WELCOME TO MY WORLD Discuss Its Uniqueness
Welcome to My World, starring Sami Staitman, is the first ever one-girl musical written for and about a fourteen-year-old. The musical will have its world premiere September 10 and continue through September 27, 2015 at the Grove Theatre in Burbank, CA. The Disney Channel's Corey Fogelmanis ("...
American Idol Finalist David Hernandez Kicks Off The Copa Palm Springs Starry Cabaret Season
American Idol Breakout Sensation David Hernandez brings his affable personality and dynamic vocal abilities to The Copa Palm Springs for one very special performance, September 12 at 8:00 pm. In addition to American Idol, David has showcased his talents on The Ellen Show, The Today Show, MTV's TRL...
Idina Menzel Talks WORLD TOUR, IF/THEN, Online Backlash, and More!
Idina Menzel will perform in Toronto this Wednesday at the Sony Centre as part of her 2015 world tour. Menzel is of course best known for her work in WICKED and FROZEN, and also recently concluded a Broadway run in her star vehicle IF/THEN, which she will take on tour this fall....
Music Director and Broadway Producer Michael J. Moritz Jr. Talks Career, US Coaching Tour, and Music
Music director, Broadway producer, and skilled musician Michael J. Moritz Jr. will be spending this fall traveling the United States with one purpose in mind: teaching. To get the inside scoop on his US coaching tour, I sat down with Michael J. Moritz Jr., and we discussed his multifaceted career, t...
BWW Interviews: Director DAN FISHBACH and Actor/Producer ZACHARY LUTSKY Discuss ASSASSINS
On August 21 Red Blanket Productions will present a rare revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Assassins at the Pico Playhouse in West LA. Director Dan Fishbach and actor Zachary Lutsky, who plays assassin John Hinckley, recently took time out of their busy schedules to talk about the show. It is pa...
BWW Interviews: Bent's MARTIN SHERMAN Talks About The Play and the Taper's Production
Playwright Martin Sherman, most famous for his Pulitzer and Tony-nominated play Bent is in town for the Mark Taper Forum's revival of the classic directed by Moises Kaufman. We sat down at Vespaio at the after party Sunday July 26 and chatted briefly about the play and this production.
What res...
BWW Interviews: GREGG T. DANIEL Talks About Directing LOMBARDI at Group rep
Director Gregg T. Daniel returns to The Group Rep to direct Eric Simonson's critically acclaimed play LOMBARDI based on the book When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss. In our conversation, Gregg talks about the play, his fascination...
BWW Interviews: Ryan J-W Smith and his Fringe Favorite, LOVE LABOURS WON
Shakespeare was a clear favorite this year at the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Among the award-winning productions was Ryan J. Smith's LOVE LABOURS WON, which received two fringe awards: The International Award and an Encore Producers' Award. Back by popular demand, the show has extended through ...
BWW Interviews: STACY ANN RAPOSA
Stacy Ann Raposa has, for several years, worked with actors to explore the depths of their minds and souls. In doing so, the actors create solo pieces that are performed in public at the end of a four month process. Rather than just moving from one solo piece to another, all actors are on stage ...
BWW Interviews: Rebecca Taichman's Ever-Evolving Relationship with TWELFTH NIGHT
When the subject is Shakespeare's bittersweet comedy TWELFTH NIGHT, the metaphors and analogies come easily to director Rebecca Taichman, who uses words like 'epic,' 'complex,' 'Mozartian' and 'perfect.'
'It's truly bottomless,' she says. 'I thought I knew everything about the play, and I just k...
BWW Interviews: Actress AMY MADIGAN Talks About Directing Off the King's Road
Actress Amy Madigan will direct Neil Koenigsberg's play Off the King's Road later this month at the Odyssey. A production of the play in New York last season was critically acclaimed, including a New York Times critic's pick. In our conversation Madigan talks about the play, her cast and her associa...
BWW Interviews: Actress PATTY McCORMACK is Miserable with an Ocean View
The Bad Seed, she has worked on stage, in film and on television to great acclaim for over 60 years. Now she is onstage once more in a hilarious world premiere dark comedy Miserable with an Ocean View playing Saturdays only at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks. She recently sat down to chat abou...
BWW Interviews: KAY COLE Directs Love Again at Group Rep
production of A Chorus Line, which garnered the Tony, Pulitzer Prize, Drama Desk, and Theatre World awards -among others. Other credits include: director/choreographer: 22%, Love Songs, Spelling Bee, Rose Bowl Queens, Bark! No Strings, Desperate Writers (Off-B'way/LA), Flunky, The Dining Room, N...
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