Interview: CLAYBOURNE ELDER at Segerstrom Center For The Arts
BroadwayWorld talks with 'The Gilded Age' and 'Sunday in the Park with George' actor Claybourne Elder about his nonprofit, City of Strangers, which gives away Broadway tickets to people who can’t afford them....
Interview: Playwright Larissa FastHorse on FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT
Center Theatre Group is presenting the world premiere of Fake It Until You Make It, a farce by LA based Larissa FastHorse (pictured), the first Native American playwright to be featured at the Mark Taper Forum through March 9. I decided to speak with her about her life in the Sicangu Lakota Nati...
Interview: Casey Stangl on Directing ALABASTER at Fountain Theatre
Here’s my interview with director Casey Stangl on her vision for Alabaster, a darkly comic Southern drama by Audrey Cefaly about two women dealing with physical and emotional scars that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, opening at the Fountain Theater on February 16....
Interview: Michael Fabisch of DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Cerritos Center For The Performing Arts
Michael Fabisch, 23, talks to BroadwayWorld about how he got started in theater, what it's like to take on Evan's emotional turmoil night after night—and how his biggest challenge may actually be tying his tie on stage every show. ...
Interview: Beth Leavel of OLD FRIENDS at Center Theatre Group
Even for a seasoned performer, approaching Sondheim’s repertoire can be daunting. “It’s intimidating as a performer because you want to please him, to do something perfect.”...
Interview: Mwenya Kabwe of THE GREAT YES, THE GREAT NO at The Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts
'A dramaturg generally works as a kind of advisor to a playwright,” muses Mwenya Kabwe, a theatre-maker currently based in Cape Town, South Africa. How, then, does a dramaturg engage with a process in which there is no playwright in the strictest sense of the term?...
Interview: Sarah Lynn Marion of KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Segerstrom Center For The Arts
Orange County native Sarah Lynn Marion talks with BroadwayWorld about her Broadway debut—and what it’s like to be an understudy for two roles in the show. ...
Interview: Sandra Tsing Loh on I’LL BURN THAT BRIDGE WHEN I COME TO IT
Sandra Tsing Loh is an American writer, actress, radio personality, and former professor of art at the University of California, Irvine, who was raised in Malibu and went on to take the comedy world by storm, is returning to the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. with a...
Interview: Kelli O'Hara On Her Upcoming Performance with the LA Opera Orchestra
Oklahoma native Kelli O'Hara won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of The King and I. She then went on to win accolades for reprising the role in London and Tokyo. A frequent performer on PBS's live telecasts...
Interview: The Crew of BACK TO THE FUTURE on Tour Talks Special Effects, Time Travel
BroadwayWorld talks with the touring crew of BACK TO THE FUTURE to get the scoop on how the high-tech show makes it on the road....
Interview: Kaat Dumarey of KOOZA at the Santa Monica Pier
Cirque du Soleil has two weeks left at its temporary home under the Big Top at the Santa Monica Pier. Before it heads out of town, we got the behind-the-scenes scoop about one of the show's biggest acts....
Interview: Hugh Panaro’s Happy to Be A MAN WITHOUT A MASK
Broadway leading man Hugh Panaro celebrates the release of his new CD Man Without a Mask with a one-nighter December 5, 2024, at the Catalina Bar & Grill. Songs from the CD recorded over two nights at 54 Below will be featured amongst some other favorites of Hugh....
Interview: Adrian Kohler’s Continually Bringing Life to the LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K
Read our interview with Adrian Kohler of the LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K from The Tony Award-winning Handspring Puppet Company and the Baxter Theatre Centre....
Interview: Adam Sank Revels in His BAD DATES: A ONE-MAN SHOW ABOUT MANY MEN
Comedian Adam Sank Los Angeles premieres his acclaimed one-man show, Bad Dates: A One Man Show About Many Men, at the Broadwater Main Stage for one-night-only on December 6, 2024. Adam actually came out of retirement to share his bad, but hilarious dating experiences....
Interview: Emma Andres on LITTLE WOMEN BALLET
Emma Andres is a professional ballet dancer and contemporary/classical ballet choreographer who also has experience working in the techniques of jazz, contemporary, and modern. In 2023, she established Little Women Ballet, creating a series of dance works leading up to the company’s full-length ba...
Interview: Daisy Hernandez’s a Jill of All Trades for BOB BAKER’S NUTCRACKER
Bob Baker’s perennial holiday favorite Bob Baker’s Nutcracker opens November 30, 2024, at the Sierra Madre Playhouse. Bob Baker Marionette Theater’s production manager Daisy Hernandez managed to find some time out of her very busy puppet responsibilities to answer a few of my queries...
Interview: Aasif Mandvi’s Ready to Tackle His Character in WAITING FOR GODOT
Up next at The Geffen Playhouse Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot opening November 13, 2024 (with previews already begun). Judy Hegarty Lovett directs the cast of: Lincoln Bonilla, Conor Lovett, Aasif Mandvi, Jack McSherry, Adam Stein and Rainn Wilson. Got Aasif to whittle off...
Interview: The Ageless Gedde Watanabe Returns to PACIFIC OVERTURES After 48 Years
Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures has just opened at the East West Players. Former EWP Artistic director Tim Dang returns to direct the cast led by Jon Jon Briones and Gedde Watanabe with Scott Keiji Takeda, Brian Kim McCormick, Adam Kaokept, Kerry K. Carnahan, Ashley En-Fu Matthews, Ka...
Interview: Good Guy Cheyenne Jackson Gets to Kiss in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Next up at the Pasadena Playhouse, the Tony Award-winning musical La Cage Aux Folles opening November 17, 2024 (with previews beginning November 12th). Sam Pinkleton directs the cast headlined by Cheyenne Jackson and Kevin Cahoon as Georges and Albin with Ryan J. Haddad, Shannon Purser, George Sa...
Interview: Cartreze Tucker’s So Enthusiastic About Being in BACK TO THE FUTURE - THE MUSICAL
Back to the Future – The Musical makes its Los Angeles premiere at The Pantages Theatre November 6, 2024, and returns to southern California at Segerstrom Center for the Arts December 26th. John Rando directs the cast of: Don Stephenson as Doc Brown and Caden Brauch as Marty McFly with Burke Swans...
Interview: Michael Mullen’s Detecting & Costuming AGATHA CHRISTIE’S THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD
Next up for Theatre 40, the west coast premiere of Agatha Christie’s The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd opening November 14, 2024. Jules Aaron directs the cast of Michael Mullen (as Christie’s master detective Hercule Poirot), Matt Landig, Todd Andrew Ball, Michael Robb, Joe Clabby, David Hunt Staffor...
Interview: Jinkx Monsoon & BenDeLaCreme Always on the Same Team Uplifting Each Other in THE JINKX & DELA HOLIDAY SHOW & in Life
BenDeLaCreme & Jinkx Monsoon bring the 7th edition of their internationally acclaimed The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show to the Dolby Theatre December 16, 2024, as part of their 33-city U.S. and Canadian tour running from November 7th - December 29th in major theaters. Got to Zoom with both of these drag...
Interview: Mason McCulley's Homage to Mom & Carole in CAROLE COOK DIED FOR MY SINS
Mason McCulley world premieres his Carole Cook Died For My Sins October 24, 2024 at the Skylight Theatre (with previews beginning October 20th). Cameron Watson directs the three-week engagement of this one-man show....
Interview: Kimberley Rossi's A HUMAN 2.0 With CIRCA & Beyond
Next up for The Wallis October 18th and 19th, the Australian group Circa’s latest chapter of their Human project, the internationally acclaimed Humans 2.0. Circa’s creator Yaron Lifschitz directs and choreographs a group of ten multi-skilled circus artists/acrobats/dancers. I got the opportuni...
Interview: Landen Gonzales and Brady Fritz Portray the Two-Sides of an AMERICAN IDIOT
The Mark Taper Forum re-opened with Green Day’s rock opera American Idiot October 9, 2024 (with previews beginning October 2nd). CTG Artistic Director Snehal Desai will be making his CTG directorial debut working with Deaf West Artistic Director DJ Kurs directing an ensemble of both Deaf and hear...
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