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There was plenty of excitement at Montgomery College on Saturday, November 13th when I arrived to interview Harry Connick, Jr. before the press opening of The Happy Elf.
Harry Connick Jr. was very grateful that Adventure Theatre and Montgomery College were co-producing this first full production of his new children’s musical. [Read more...]
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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...]
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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...]
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Composer Ricky Ian Gordon on his roots and Sycamore Trees.
It takes a lot of persistence and courage to keep plugging on for 27 years to finish a work based on your own life and family. It also takes a lot of chutzpah to show all the ups and downs and to put it on a stage for the whole word to see. That is the story of Ricky Ian Gordon and his newest musical Sycamore Trees. [Read more...]
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Friends Playing Friends:
James Gardiner, Erin Driscoll, Sam Ludwig, Jenna Sokolowski, and Gabriel Mangiante
on starring in Signature Theatre’s [title of show]. [Read more...]
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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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Joel Markowitz interviews actresses Hollis Resnik and Margaret Anne Florence, now starring as Margaret and Clara in Arena Stage’s The Light in the Piazza. They talk about the relationship they have built for these mother and daughter characters, and the advice Molly Smith gave them. [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...]
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