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The latest interviews with theater stars, creatives & more from Los Angeles

BWW Interviews: Ernest Figueroa Talks Group Rep

by Don Grigware — March 15, 2010
Artistic director Ernest Figueroa has been steadily making changes at Group Rep @ Lonny Chapman since he began the position September, 2009. 'Ernest's intent is to keep Lonny's legacy alive while moving the membership of the theater forward with new and innovative ideas,' said Janet Wood, newly elec...

BWW Interviews: Director David Lee Talks FORUM and Reprise Theatre

by Don Grigware — March 3, 2010
Director David Lee has won 9 Emmy Awards for producing, directing and writing such TV megahits as Frasier, Cheers, Wings and The Jeffersons. He has also directed award-winning productions on stage here and in New York, such as Can Can @ the Pasadena Playhouse. In our interview, he talks about the Re...

BWW Interviews: Heather Lee Talks BACKWARDS IN HIGH HEELS

by Don Grigware — February 16, 2010
Actress, singer, dancer Heather Lee has been nominated for an LADCC award for her outstanding performances as all the ladies in No Way to Treat a Lady at the Colony Theatre in 2009. She is currently preparing to play Ginger Rogers' mother in Backwards in High Heels at ICT in Long Beach....
BWW Interviews: Andrew Keenan-Bolger Talks MARY POPPINS Tour

BWW Interviews: Andrew Keenan-Bolger Talks MARY POPPINS Tour

by Michael L. Quintos — February 5, 2010
Before the hit stage musical MARY POPPINS' three-month-long tour stop at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre comes to an end on February 7, BroadwayWorld's Michael Lawrence Quintos sat down with Bolger for a nice, long chat about his year on tour, his stay in Los Angeles, his video blog stardom, and his f...

BWW Interviews: Actor Chad Borden Talks About Havok Theatre's New Season

by Don Grigware — January 12, 2010
Actor/producing director of Havok Theatre Company Chad Borden has been treading the boards in LA theatre for many years, this year being Ovation nominated for his portrayal of Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman, which won Production of a Musical in an Intimate Space at the Ovations last night. Borde...

BWW Interviews: 'Squigs' Opens Up About His Lines

by Don Grigware — January 11, 2010
Actor Justin 'Squigs' Robertson is an popular caricaturist of theatrical celebrities. Born in Corvallis, Oregon and raised in Lebanon, Oregon, he moved to Los Angeles in 1990 to attend college. Recently, he sat down with BroadwayWorld to discuss all things art and theater....
BWW INTERVIEWS: Elizabeth Stanley Skates Into XANADU, launches at OCPAC, 12/15 - 12/2

BWW INTERVIEWS: Elizabeth Stanley Skates Into XANADU, launches at OCPAC, 12/15 - 12/27

by Michael L. Quintos — December 14, 2009
Before the official launch of the national tour of XANADU arrives at the Orange County Performing Arts Center for a two week run from December 15 through 27, ELIZABETH STANLEY, who stars as Kira (yes, the role Olivia Newton-John played in the movie), sits down with BroadwayWorld correspondent Michae...

BWW Interviews: Alan Cumming on Theatre

by Don Grigware — December 1, 2009
Actor/singer Alan Cumming, Tony Award Winner for his role of Emcee in the smash revival of Cabaret (1998) is a singular performer and humanitarian. He reopens his brilliant cabaret solo show I Bought A Blue Car Today for one week only December 13-18 on the second stage of the Geffen Playhouse, where...

Mitzi Gaynor Talks About Celebrating South Pacific's 50th Anniversary

by Don Grigware — October 12, 2009
What can one do but stand in awe of the legendary accomplishments of Mitzi Gaynor! Motion picture star of over 17 films, including her Golden Globe nominated performance as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 blockbuster musical South Pacific, TV star of 9 spectacular musical specials that garnered 17 Emmy n...

The Met's CABARET Emcee Eduardo Enrikez Says Wilkommen...

by Don Grigware — July 27, 2009
Eduardo Enrikez is a talented actor and producer whose company Canary Productions is currently producing Cabaret @ The Met. Enrikez is playing The Emcee, following an acclaimed performance last fall in Blood Brothers @ the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks. With British musical theatre training unde...

All About Eden! Espinosa Talks Shop Before Ford Amphitheatre Concert 7/ 24

by LA News Desk — July 23, 2009
Broadway and Wicked star Eden Espinosa who is set to debut at the Ford Amphitheatre in 'ME' this Friday, July 24 with special guest Grammy winner Paula Cole sits down with Broadway World to discuss her concert debut, all things Wicked, the plight Brooklyn and getting naked in RENT!...

THE APPLE TREE's Stephanie Fredricks

by Don Grigware — July 20, 2009
Crown City Theatre's Passionella from The Apple Tree - Stephanie Fredricks - talks about her passion: the theatre....
Monster Chat with 'Young Frankenstein's' Chris Fitzgerald

Monster Chat with 'Young Frankenstein's' Chris Fitzgerald

by James Sims — July 27, 2007
Sitting at a local Seattle coffee shop, Christopher Fitzgerald, along with his newborn baby, talked with BroadwayWorld's James Sims about his vaudeville like beginnings, leading to a role in the original Broadway cast of Wicked, and now as Igor in Young Frankenstein......
A Monster Chat with 'Young Frankenstein's' Fred Applegate

A Monster Chat with 'Young Frankenstein's' Fred Applegate

by James Sims — July 25, 2007
One of the Broadway's Young Frankenstein stars, Fred Applegate, who will play Inspector Kemp, recently spoke, in between rehearsals in Seattle, to BroadwayWorld's James Sims about the monster musical and his experiences working with Mel Brooks in The Producers......
Dishing with 'Hairspray' Film Cast:  Nikki Blonsky

Dishing with 'Hairspray' Film Cast: Nikki Blonsky

by James Sims — July 7, 2007
Nikki Blonsky sits down at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills to discuss her role in the upcoming musical film 'Hairspray.'...
Dishing with 'Hairspray' Film Cast:  Michelle Pfeiffer

Dishing with 'Hairspray' Film Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer

by James Sims — June 28, 2007
Michelle Pfeiffer sits down at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills to discuss her role in the upcoming musical film 'Hairspray.'...
Other Side of the Camera: Jill Eikenberry & Michael Tucker

Other Side of the Camera: Jill Eikenberry & Michael Tucker

by Eugene Lovendusky — June 5, 2007
Broadway performers and award-winning television stars, Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker, have opened a new chapter to their life by working on the other side of the camera. The couple have produced an acclaimed documentary about the extraordinary life of artist Emile Norman....

Seamlessly Costuming 'LoveMusik' with Dolan

by James Sims — May 2, 2007
The travails of designing a Broadway production often go unnoticed by many theatre-goers as their only exposure to a show is the finished product, yet the stories behind the magic often lead down interesting paths which can result in wonderful collaborations and sometimes an onslaught of accolades.....

Webber, Ian and Marshall Dish on Grease

by James Sims — February 19, 2007
After last week's taping of NBC's 'Grease: You're the One That I Want,' I had the opportunity to sit down with judges David Ian, Kathleen Marshall and Andrew Lloyd Webber to get the dish on the casting series and what the future holds for this Broadway-bound production......

Jimmi Simpson Tackles Sorkin's Farnsworth

by James Sims — January 25, 2007
Simpson took time out of rehearsals to talk about his working with McAnuff again, having been in the La Jolla Playhouse production of Tartuffe in 2002, along with his experiences with Sorkin and his upcoming films set for release later this year......

Valarie Pettiford on Fosse, McAnuff and More

by James Sims — December 8, 2006
Valarie Pettiford, who was last seen on stage at the La Jolla Playhouse performing in Des McNauff's The Wiz, recently spent the evening in the historic lobby of the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, singing a handful of showtunes and standards......

A Wicked Chat with Stephen Schwartz

by James Sims — October 23, 2006
Schwartz on Los Angeles theatre, his new opera and the future of Broadway....
A Conversation with Liza Minnelli and Sam Harris

A Conversation with Liza Minnelli and Sam Harris

by Robert Diamond — May 30, 2006
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...

Eddie Korbich: Like a Phoenix...

by Adrienne Onofri — December 17, 2005
...the oft-employed character actor has risen from the ashes of 'After the Night and the Music' to do three shows in a row, including the Broadway-bound 'Drowsy Chaperone.'...

A Revealing Interview with Max Von Essen

by Timothy Kuryak — November 18, 2004
When you sit down with Max Von Essen, you don't feel as though you are meeting a stranger - in fact it's just the opposite, you feel as though you are already his friend. ...
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