BWW Interviews - Jake T. Austin Chats ABC Family's New Series THE FOSTERS

In a recent interview, Jake T. Austin spoke about his 'charming and hyperkinetic' character on The Fosters as well as what it was like to co-star with Selena Gomez on Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Randy Graff to Present Master Class in Toronto

Randy Graff, who originated the role of Fantine in Les Miserables on Broadway, is coming to Toronto to conduct an exciting master class this December. Known for her story-telling through song, Randy will focus on teaching that unique ability to her students. She sat down with BWW to talk about her career, the benefits of the master class and her Les Miserables experience. (more...)

BWW Interviews: ABC's Newest BACHELORETTE Desiree Hartsock

Now it's time for Desiree to call the shots when she gets her second chance to find love, starring in the ninth edition of ABC's hit romance reality series, “The Bachelorette,' premiering Monday, May 27. Desiree spoke by phone this week about the exciting upcoming season! (more...)

BWW Interviews: IONESCOPADE - On the Edge of Madness with Bill Castellino

Bill Castellino returns to the Odyssey Theatre this month to direct and choreograph IONESCOPADE, based on the work of playwright Eugene Ionesco (Rhinoceros, The Bald Soprano, Exit the King); a project that reunites him with his old pal, musical director Gerald Sternbach. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Sven Ortel, Master Projection Designer

It's not your imagination. There are more projections at the theatre. Are they just glorified PowerPoint slides? Not at all. Sven Ortel, the projection designer, explains it all to you. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Julie Andrews is Practically Perfect on Her First Trip to Australia

For so many of us, Julie Andrews loomed large in our childhoods, a constant presence through repeated viewings of those two iconic films, MARY POPPINS, and THE SOUND of MUSIC. In this way, it is hard to believe that it's the first time Julie Andrews has ever actually been on Australian soil. She is so familiar to us, so much a part of the collective childhood experience that one feels like she must have been here before. (more...)

BWW Interviews: JD Triolo of Bucks County Playhouse's MAME

MAME, starring Andrea McArdle as Mame and Lea DeLaria as Vera Charles, will begin May 23, 2013 at Bucks County Playhouse. We had a chance to sit down with JD Triolo who plays young Patrick in the show. (more...)

BWW Interview: OLD HATS' David Shiner Tickles Audiences

'We're just two guys being absolutely ridiculous and having a wonderful time doing it,' says David Shiner. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Film, Stage and TV Actor Sebastian La Cause

Several Broadway actors have expanded their talents by creating their own production companies. Sebastian La Cause is one of those with an award-winning web series under his belt. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Robert Klein Talks Career at the White Plains Performing Arts Center

Robert Klein has built a 40 plus year career on stage, film, and television and will perform in a benefit for the White Plains Performing Arts Center. BWW got a chance to talk to him about his incredible career. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Kingsley Leggs Talks Career and Touring SISTER ACT

While SISTER ACT's First National Tour was playing in Durham, North Carolina, I got a chance to talk with Kingsley Leggs, who plays Curtis Jackson, Deloris Van Cartier's gangster boyfriend and the show's villain. Kingsley Legs, who originated the role of Curtis Jackson on Broadway, spoke with me about his career, SISTER ACT's rehearsal process, preparing the First National Tour, SISTER ACT itself, and life on the road. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Tony Winner Betty Buckley Talks Upcoming OC Cabaret

Tony Award-winning stage and screen star Betty Buckley---who has been called 'The Voice of Broadway'---will be headlining a series of concerts as part of Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Cabaret Series from May 16 - 18 at the Samueli Theater. Called 'Ah, Men! The Boys of Broadway,' the show will feature the living legend giving her own inimitable spin on classic Broadway tunes that have traditionally been written for male characters (the show also has a companion CD with a similar title). Buckley will be accompanied on stage by Grammy and two-time Emmy winner John McDaniel. Before she took her male-centric cabaret concert to Orange County, the 2012 Theater Hall of Fame inductee fielded questions from BroadwayWorld's Michael Lawrence Quintos. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Hollywood Fringe Spotlight - Part 3: A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

Janet Miller is about to launch her new theatre company, aptly named the Good People Theater Company, with A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival. (more...)

BWW Interviews: BWW Australia Chats with Superstar Idina Menzel as She Heads for Oz

This (slightly over-whelmed!) BroadwayWorld writer from Melbourne catches up with TV, film and Broadway legend Idina Menzel as she prepares to fly into OZ for her Australian debut. (more...)

Hollywood Fringe Spotlight - Part 2: THE POKEMUSICAL and [title of show]

Hollywood Fringe coverage continues with a look at a musical satire based on the world of pocket monsters and a popular musical about four friends writing a new musical. And in big news, the brand new Hollywood Fringe Festival App is now available for free download. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Behind the Scenes with the Director & Cast of SDMT's THE SOUND OF MUSIC

It's not every day that we get the 'inside take' on the personal journeys of Equity performers and Directors in a professional regional stage production. Here are some intimate, insightful tidbits about favorite scenes, songs, motivations, thoughts, special moments and/or difficulties they shared with me about San Diego Musical Theatre's current production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'The Sound of Music', (May 10th through May 26th) at the Birch North Park Theatre. (more...)

Hollywood Fringe Spotlight - Part I: EXORCISTIC: THE ROCK MUSICAL PARODY EXPERIMENT and THE ROAD TO HIGH STREET

The third annual Hollywood Fringe Festival, Hollywood's fearless celebration of the emerging arts is back June 13 - 30, 2013, and over the next couple of weeks I'll be featuring some of the musical productions hoping to entice audiences to see their latest work. First up are Michael Shaw Fisher and Exorcistic: The Rock Musical Parody Experiment, and Andrew Potter's The Road to High Street. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Jillian Mueller of FLASHDANCE National Tour Answers Our Silly Query

After spending time on Broadway and on tour, triple-threat actress Jillian Mueller can now be seen dancing up a (ha ha) storm in the National Tour production of FLASHDANCE, in which she plays leading lady Alex Owens---yes, the sexy steel mill worker who moonlights as a maniac, maniac, on the floor. The stage incarnation of the hit movie of the same name continues performances through May 19 at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. While settling into her final week of shows here in Orange County, Ms. Mueller agreed to some of our silly questions. Thankfully, she played along! (more...)

BWW Interviews: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE's Cat Deeley

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE host Cat Deeley spent time with reporters last week to talk about what's on tap for the exciting 10th Season of the FOX dance competition! (more...)

BWW Interviews: Lea DeLaria Discusses MAME and Her Love of the Stage

The Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania will begin their season with MAME starting May 23, 2013. The show will star Andrea McArdle in the role of Mame and Lea DeLaria as Vera Charles. DeLaria is a multi-talented performer, she is known as a comedian, jazz musician, actress and author. On stage, DeLaria is best known for her role as Hildy Esterhazy in ON THE TOWN in which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, and won a Theatre World Award. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Jessica Humphrey of Dutch Apple's CATS

She's a singer, a ballet dancer, and though only recently out of college she's been everything from a spirit in the Temple of Wisdom to a dame at sea. Jessica Humphrey talks about opera, CATS, and the current state of arts education. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Jeffrey Eckstein Discusses Conducting Ballet Austin's GISELLE

This Mother's Day weekend, Ballet Austin will present Giselle, the classic and beloved ballet of love, heartbreak and madness. Giselle is among ballet's great classics, with a lead role so challenging it has been known to make and break careers. Theophile Gautier-the influential French poet, author, critic and champion of the Romantic ballet-conceived Giselle in honor of ballerina Carlotta Grisi. With love, betrayal, heartbreak and forgiveness, Giselle brings a romantic close to the season. Giselle features choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, Music by Adolphe Adam. The score will be performed live by the Austin Symphony Orchestra. BroadwayWorld had a chance to discuss the ballet with Maestro Jeffrey Eckstein who will be conducting the Austin Symphony Orchestra. (more...)

BWW Interviews: F.I.T.R. PRODUCTIONS' Priyank Rastogi & Laura Moss

Northern New Jersey's newest theater company presents The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh. BWW talks to the Managing Director and the director of the production. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Ramin Karimloo Hosts Master Class at University of Texas Austin

On Monday, April 29, Ramin Karimloo visited the University of Texas Austin Campus and spent time with some students doing a Master Class. Ramin and I got a chance to catch up and find out what his plans for this tour are and what the future holds for him. (more...)

BWW Interviews: Broadway First-Timer Alex Finke Finds First National Tour is De-Lovely

A year ago, Alex FInke was a college girl at the University of Michigan. While many of her contemporaries are likely still looking for a job or working their way up from the lower rungs of the corporate ladder, Finke is sailing through a career on the fast track, and she feels incredibly fortunate to be there. Tonight, she appears on the Ordway stage as debutante Hope Harcourt in the national tour of ANYTHING GOES, playing on the Saint Paul stage through May 12, 2013. (more...)