Danny and Sylvia: from DC to NYC
July 1, 2009 by Joel Markowitz
Filed under Features, Theatre Schmooze
Danny Kaye once said it only took him 10 years to become an overnight sensation, but it took Danny and Sylvia, the bio-musical about Danny Kaye and his wife Sylvia Fine, only 8 years to move from its sensational American Century Theater opening in DC to its Off-Broadway open run.
The Producers’ Ben Dibble
June 29, 2009 by Joel Markowitz
Filed under Features, Our Podcasts
June 19, 2009 - With less than an hour before curtain for Mel Brooks’ musical The Producers, actor Ben Dibble sat down with Joel Markowitz backstage at Walnut Street Theatre.
Forbidden Broadway’s Jennie Eisenhower
June 23, 2009 by Joel Markowitz
Filed under Features, Our Podcasts
June 19 — My Philadelphia trip began with this hysterical interview with the bubbly and outrageous Jennie Eisenhower, just before the evening curtain for Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits.
The Tapioca Miracle hits the Big Apple
June 18, 2009 by Joel Markowitz
Filed under Features, Theatre Schmooze
To help us understand what it takes to get a new musical from the page to the Broadway stage, the creators of the new musical in development The Tapioca Miracle are allowing Joel Markowitz exclusive access to the show’s development process and performances.
Toxic Avenger’s John Rando
June 11, 2009 by Joel Markowitz
Filed under Features, Theatre Schmooze
It’s a brand new day for New Jersey, thanks to Broadway director John Rando’s latest hit The Toxic Avenger. John Rando will always be remembered for his Tony winning staging of one of my favorite musicals - Urinetown.
New York season highs and lows and Tony hopes
June 4, 2009 by Joel Markowitz
Filed under Our Podcasts
DC Theatre Scene columnists Richard Seff and Joel Markowitz discuss the New York Theatre season and their Tony Awards hopes, performances that were left off out of the Tony nominations, and their predictions for the major categories.
Valerie Harper on Looped
June 3, 2009 by Joel Markowitz
Filed under Features, Our Podcasts
She may be best known for playing her Emmy Award winning role of Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, but the stage is Valerie Harper’s first love
Tony nominee, 9 to 5’s Marc Kudisch
May 31, 2009 by Joel Markowitz
Filed under Features, Our Podcasts
He’s the guy audiences love to hate, and this year, he’s earned a Tony Award nomination as the lying, sexist, bigot Franklin Hart, Jr. in 9 to 5: The Musical. Marc Kudisch is any producer’s go-to guy for seductive bad guys;
Rent’s Trisha Jeffrey
May 27, 2009 by Joel Markowitz
Filed under Theatre Schmooze
On the road as a swing and understudy in Rent: The Broadway Tour
She wowed DC audiences with her powerful singing and Helen Hayes Award nominated performance as the rebellious and feisty daughter, Emmie
Rent’s Telly Leung and young people do Rent
May 20, 2009 by Joel Markowitz
Filed under Features, Theatre Schmooze
The Broadway National Tour of Rent, making its brief stop at the Warner Theatre May 26 - 31, includes three original cast members, and the remarkable Telly Leung.
