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Music Interview: CODY FRY (Appearing in Concert with The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at Disney Hall)
CAUGHT YOU AT A GOOD TIME [Editor’s Note, Jan 8, 2025: Due to the Los Angeles fires, the January 10 concert referenced in this interview has been postponed. It has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 19, 2025. Tickets for the January 10 concert will be valid for the new date.] When Cody Fry is asked…
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Theater Interview: CATHY MORIARTY (appearing in “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers” – The Bent in Palm Springs)
A RAGING CAREER — NO BULL Palm Springs’ The Bent is presenting John Logan’s one-woman play I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers starring Academy Award-nominee Cathy Moriarty as the ruthless Hollywood powerhouse talent agent Sue Mengers. Fans, theatregoers, entertainment industry peers, and critics alike will be treated to another of Moriarty’s stellar performances,…
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Theater Interview: SANDRA TSING LOH (“I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Come to It” Work-in-Progress at The Odyssey Theatre)
BURNING BRIDGES It takes a brave soul to speak out about getting back at those who got you cancelled, especially when the names that are blamed can theoretically destroy any chance of continuing in your chosen profession. But that is exactly what Sandra Tsing Loh is doing in her latest work-in-progress, I’ll Burn That Bridge…
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Theater Interview: MICHAEL ROTH (Music Director for Randy Newman’s “Faust” at The Soraya, September 28 & 29, 2024)
LIFE IN THE FAUST LANE There’s Gounod’s Faust (the opera), Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus (the novel), Christopher Marlowe’s Faust (the play), then there’s the classic Faust — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s massive tome, published in two parts in 1808 and 1832, that is both rhymed-verse poem and play, considered by some to be the greatest work of…
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Theater Interview: HERSHEY FELDER (Star and Writer of the World Premiere “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar: A New Musical Play”
For 26 years, pianist/actor/playwright/producer Hershey Felder has conjured the spirits of George Gershwin, Frederic Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Leonard Bernstein, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Irving Berlin on Los Angeles area stages, where his music-composer series was born, and around the world. Along the way, audiences have flocked to his astonishing musical tributes, from…
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Theater Interview: ROB MORROW (Now Appearing in “The Substance of Fire” at Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica)
THE SUBSTANCE OF ROB MORROW Actor Rob Morrow has come full circle. The Emmy-nominated Northern Exposure star, recognized for other notable TV shows (Billions, Numb3rs, The People vs. OJ Simpson) and films like Albert Brooks’ Mother, Quiz Show and Maze, returns to his stage roots in Jon Robin Baitz‘s The Substance of Fire at The Ruskin…
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Theater | Music Interview: DEBBY BOONE (Appearing in “Broadway & Beyond” for REAF at the Marines Memorial Theater)
DEBBY BOONE DOES INDEED LIGHT UP MY LIFE On Sunday July 14, the Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation (REAF) is celebrating 30 years of producing Cabaret Concerts to fundraise for HIV and AIDS with Broadway & Beyond at the Marines Memorial Theater in San Francisco. Among the talent expected to perform will be the cast from the…
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Interview: RICCARDO HERNíNDEZ (Scenic Designer for Broadway’s LEMPICKA [Tony Nomination] and SUFFS)
DESIGNING THE FUTURE Tony-nominated set designer for this season’s Lempicka, Riccardo Hernández also designed Suffs. Other Broadway productions have included The Thanksgiving Play, Jagged Little Pill, Indecent, Porgy and Bess, Caroline, or Change, Bring in ‘da Noise/Bring in ‘da Funk, and the original Parade. An international designer of operas, plays, and musicals, he’s also the co-chair…
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Theater Interview: ALEXI MELVIN (Producer of Broadway’s ILLINOISE & THE NOTEBOOK)
Alexi Melvin has found a new home in the New York theater scene, striving to champion innovative storytelling and artists within marginalized communities. In less than one year’s time, she has co-produced Here Lies Love, and the currently running productions of The Notebook and Illinoise. Born in Redwood City, California but primarily raised in Scottsdale, Arizona,…
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Theater Interview: JOEY MERLO (Playwright, Off-Off-Broadway’s “Midnight Coleslaw’s Tales from Beyond the Closet!!!”)
HOLY QUEER HORROR! IT’S JOEY MERLO Joey Merlo may be best known (so far) for his On Set with Theda Bara, a “haunting and refreshingly funny fever dream” (Vulture), a one-man play starring David Greenspan — who also stars in the third play of the trilogy Midnight Coleslaw’s Tales from Beyond the Closet!!! Currently the…
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Theater Interview: DANNY GARDNER (Now Appearing Off-Off-Broadway in The Opposite of Love)
AVANT-GARDNER NewYorkRep is currently presenting the world premiere of The Opposite of Love by Ashley Griffin, which runs through June 15, 2024 at the Royal Family Performing Arts Space at Church of St. Mary the Virgin, the second Episcopal Church on West 46th Street to house and support a dedicated space for live theater —…
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Theater Interview: ETHAN JOSEPH (Now appearing at the Metropolitan Opera in “Fire Shut up in My Bones”)
A CHAMPION RETURNS In my first interview with Ethan Joseph a year ago, I wondered how a 12-year old boy would be able to top performing at the Met in Terence Blanchard’s Champion. On one of the biggest stages in New York and with the largest pit orchestra, onstage chorus, and production budgets, as well…
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Theater Interview: TERRY RAY (Writer Appearing in “The Lincoln Debate” by The Bent at Palm Springs Cultural Center)
A RAY OF LIGHT ON THE RAIL SPLITTER The Lincoln Debate, the hit show by Terry Ray that launched The Bent theatre company in 2022, is having an encore run at Palm Springs Cultural Center from April 26 through May 12, 2024. The world premiere was the first production of Bent’s inaugural season. It garnered…
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Theater Interview: BRENT BARRETT (Now Appearing with The Four Phantoms in Concert)
An extravagant celebration of the iconic music of Broadway and more, The Four Phantoms in Concert brings together — you guessed it — four actors who have played the lead role in The Phantom of the Opera. Making a stop at The McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert on April 6, The Four Phantoms are Brent…
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Interview: ANN HEARN TOBOLOWSKY (Director of MERCURY at Road Theatre Company)
ANN HEARN TOBOLOWSKY RAISES THE TEMPERATURE ON LOS ANGELES THEATER I have been following the work of extraordinary director Ann Hearn Tobolowsky at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills for quite some time, including The Half Light, Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Â Silent Sky, Good People, As Good As Gold, Bus Stop, Holy Days, Â Driving Miss…
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Interview: GREG MULLAVEY (Now Playing King Lear in Frog + Peach’s Production Off-Broadway)
KING LEAR, KING LEAR Gregory Mullavey stars in the Frog + Peach Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s King Lear through Feb. 18, 2024. Mr. Mullavey performs the iconic tragic character who, nearing the end of his reign, challenges his three daughters in a most unusual way to determine who will reign over his kingdom. Mr….
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Interviews: STEVE YOUNG & WAYNE BRYAN (Creator and Director of INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH BROADWAY; World Premiere at The McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert)
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED WHEN BROADWAY WAS HIRED BY A TOILET COMPANY A few years back I discovered a fascinating theatrical vehicle referred to as the “industrial musical.” These were musicals commissioned by corporations (IBM, American-Standard, Detroit Diesel Engine, General Motors) to inspire, educate, develop teams, train employees, and more. Typically, they were developed to…
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Theater Interview: CHELSEA SUTTON (Rogue Artists Ensemble Associate Artistic Director on “Carousel of Fools” at Santa Monica Pier on January 25, 2024)
Playwright, fiction writer, director, and immersive experience creator for weird, fantastical artistic ventures Chelsea Sutton has always had a very unique sense of humor. Hearing of her involvement presenting Rogue Artists Ensemble’s upcoming benefit at the Santa Monica Carousel and Pier, Stage and Cinema‘s Shari Barrett decided to speak with her about her vision for the…
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Recommended Event: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY PROGRAM (Interviews with NYC Show Creators at NY Public Library for the Performing Arts)
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27 from 1:30 to 3:30, National Jewish Theater Foundation President Arnold Mittelman will interview creators of current NYC shows Harmony, Our Class and Here There Are Blueberries. — several of this season’s plays & musicals that combat hate and antisemitism. The free public program takes place from 1:30-3:00 pm and illuminates how theater…
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Interview: JELANI REMY (currently performing in Broadway’s Back to the Future: The Musical)
REMY OH MY Hill Valley has been recreated at the Winter Garden Theatre, where Back to the Future: The Musical opened in September. Speeding up to 88 miles per hour, Marty McFly (Casey Likes) is transported back to 1955 in a time machine, built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown (Roger Bart). The course of history…
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