UK / WEST END INTERVIEWS

I recently sat down to chat with Jane Lapotaire in her dressing room at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre as she prepared for a matinee performance of Richard II. As we talked, Lapotaire chortled over a greeting card (sent by a long time actor friend) that featured a spotted pig wearing a crown. Lapotai...

The Canadian production of Les Miserables begins previews at the end of the week, boasting an incredibly talented cast from across the country, and a 'borrowed' West End star in the role of Javert. Earl Carpenter hails from the U.K., where he has been wowing musical theatre audiences for over fiftee...

We talk to the singer/actor about his recording career - and why he has no immediate West End plans......

London-based stage actress Joanna Ampil seems to have all the luck having "Miss Saigon" (Kim), "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Mary Magdalene), "Les Miserables" (Fantine), and "Avenue Q" (Christmas Eve), among others under her belt. However, luck does not have anything to do with her success in musical t...

Mercury Musical Developments (MMD) is an organisation dedicated to the development and presentation of new musical theatre writing, and on Sunday 14 October, the Novello Theatre will play host to MMD's 20th Anniversary Gala. We caught up with Madalena Alberto, Dougal Irvine and Grant Olding to find ...

A genuine superstar of musical theatre, Elaine Paige is much loved on both sides of the Atlantic and here across the Pacific. As she prepares for a concert tour of Australia and New Zealand later this month, she took time out to share a little of her (legendary!) brain on musical theatre....

For 25 years this pint-sized triple threat has been one of the brightest lights of musical theatre, playing some of the great female leads of our time. This is Ruthie Henshall's brain on Musical Theatre ......

Madhav Sharma talks about the fulfilment of a life's ambition, and why he hates the term 'all-Indian production'...

Gary Naylor talks to Emma Williams, who will appear alongside Gareth Gates, Daniel Boys and other stars of stage and screen for one night only at New Wimbledon Theatre on Thursday July 19....

We find out about Sister Mary Robert's involvement with a new musical!...

Welcome to BroadwayWorld's exclusive talk show, BACKSTAGE WITH RICHARD RIDGE. Follow Richard as he visits the theater's best and brightest in their dressing rooms, on their stages and favorite hang outs to talk about their lives, careers and all of the things you don't know, but want to know. Thi...

Last week BWW reported that Ramin Karimloo would launch his first ever North American tour later this year in support of his debut album 'Ramin'. Now, in an exclusive interview with Kelly Cameron, Ramin discloses his plans for a homecoming concert in Toronto. The West End star has never performed ...

Ramin Karimloo has had a very busy few years, portraying the role of The Phantom in both the UK productions of Love Never Dies and the 25th Anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera. Now he's tackling the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, and eager to return home to a Toronto stage. BWW is thr...

If only for originating the title role in the longest-running and most successful musical in world history - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - which is merely one of the many impossibly impressive moments in a fifty-year career that truly defies description - Michael Crawford is known and loved the world o...

We catch up with the lovely Gemma Sutton, currently playing Enid Hoops in Legally Blonde, to chat about her time in the show so far....

Today we are featuring the luminescent and golden-voiced Melissa Errico and talking to her all about her sumptuous new album LEGRAND AFFAIR - featuring the music of famed Broadway and Hollywood composer Michel Legrand - and how the labor of love five years in the making has finally come to light wit...

Today we are talking to the leading lady of the new PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 25th Anniversary At The Albert Hall - airing live in Fathom movie theaters around the world this Sunday - Christine Daae herself - Sierra Boggess! In this extensive discussion about all things PHANTOM we dissect the starring ro...

You know her best from Avenue Q and Wicked, but what do you really know about CJ?...

Supremely gifted. Stupendously stunning. Stupefying in her ability to hold magnetic sway over an audience. Kerry Ellis simply has it all and, now, following the worldwide success of her truly awesome collaboration with Queen's Brian May on their epic rock album ANTHEMS, May and Ellis are hitting the...

Today, I am sharing with you Part I of my exclusive InDepth InterView with legendary Broadway star Donna McKechnie who is perhaps best known as the genius director- choreographer Michael Bennett's muse and primary interpreter as well as the originator and inspiration for the character of Cassie in A...

Today, in honor of the American premiere of ELAINE PAIGE: CELEBRATING FORTY YEARS ONSTAGE being broadcast on PBS this week is a sneak peek of an upcoming InDepth InterView with legendary star of Broadway and the West End, Elaine Paige. In this portion of the interview we discuss the writing of CHESS...

Caroline Sheen, who played Mary Poppins in the original UK tour of the hit show, is currently reprising her role as the pitch-perfect nanny. She is starring in the show's North American tour, which opened to rave reviews in Denver, CO. Original London and Broadway star, Gavin Lee, is reprising his r...

As Caroline prepares to launch her Debut album Raise the Curtain and join the North American tour of Mary Poppins, BWW catches up with the busy lady....

Sharon McKendrick talks to the lady who's played Kate Monster and Carlotta the diva......

As Annalene releases her debut album Close Your Eyes, Sharon McKendrick catches up with her to find out about the album and her career so far....