DC Theatre Scene

An interview with members of the Avenue Q national tour: Kerri Bracken, Julianna Lee and Jacqueline Grabois

It was an hour before their call for the evening performance of  Avenue Q when cast members Jacqueline Grabois (Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut), Kerri Bracken (Mrs. T. and one of the two Bad Idea Bears), and ensemble member Julianna Lee, who performed the role of Christmas Eve when I saw the show on opening night, sat down with me in their dressing room. [Read more...]

 Joel interviews 3 cast members of the Avenue Q national tour [18:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (173)

They are making Studio Theatre audience howl with delight as they dig their claws into each other at Legends!. The actors responsible for the hilarity, John Epperson and James Lecesne, sit down with Joel Markowitz to schmooze about the show, talk about playing Leatrice Monsee and Sylvia Glenn, how John rewrote the original script by James Kirkwood, how James got involved in this production, and what’s next for the show. [Read more...]

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Richard Seff and Joel Markowitz on the NYC Theatre Season and the Tony Awards

In what has become an annual tradition on DC Theatre Scene, DCTS columnists Richard Seff and Joel Markowitz met in Richard’s penthouse on the Upper East Side of NYC to share their thoughts with you on the current NYC theatre season. [Read more...]

 Richard Seff and Joel Markowitz talk about the 2010 Tony Awards [38:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (380)

Surely, Hugh Leonard writing his autobiographical play Da in the early 70’s could have hoped for no one better to portray his da than the well known Irish actor Des Keogh, now playing the role in Olney Theatre’s revival of its 1973 world premiere. [Read more...]

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I was delighted when Linda Murray, Artistic Director of Solas Nua, agreed to interview Irish playwright Conor McPherson and actor Ciarán Hinds on their new film “The Eclipse” from Magnolia Pictures. [Read more...]

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Joshing with Kornbluth, Warhol, Golda, George, Sarah and Other Jews on the Wall.

When you sit and interview Josh Kornbluth, you can’t help but relax quickly and start kibbitzing almost instantly with this very funny, always-reflecting monologist. [Read more...]