Marc Kudisch in Terrence McNally’s Golden Age

Terrence McNally’s new play Golden Age, which just had its successful debut at Philadelphia Theatre Company, opens March 12th in the Kennedy Center’s Family Theatre with new rewrites and a new director (Walter Bobbie, [Read more...]

NEWSical The Musical’s Michael West

Joel sits down with funnyman Michael West in his dressing room at the 47th Street Theatre. Michael opens his trunk of many voices and out comes  Bill Clinton (“a southern Elmer Fudd”), Al Gore (“a gay kindergarten teacher”), Liza Minnelli, Carol Channing, Sammy Davis, Jr., Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein. With special guest: NEWSical director Mark Waldrop. [Read more...]

The Gift of the Magi

The Audible Group, the soundsmiths who bring you the Audience Choice Awards radioplay every year and last December’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales, has created another  all-star offering in this new audio interpretation of  “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry. [Read more...]

Fantasticks’ funny men, Laurence O’Dwyer and Jesse Terril

They don’t sing a single note in Arena Stage’s production of the Jones and Schmidt musical The Fantasticks and they don’t perform any of the eye-popping illusions, [Read more...]

Show Boat’s Harry Winter

showboatwinterSignature Theatre has adapted the mega-musical Show Boat for its Max Theatre using a cast of 25 actors (the original production had a cast of 70+ actors), and popular Washington character actor Harry Winter, who plays Cap’n Andy, talks about how they did it. [Read more...]

Hugh Panaro gets into Fagin makeup

He played the Artful Dodger when he was 15, and now actor Hugh Panaro is in his backstage dressing room, transforming himself into Fagin in the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Oliver as he schmoozes with Joel Markowitz. Listen as he applies his prosthetic nose, makeup, beard, warts and wig to create the face of the older, crochety mentor of Dickens’ den of thieves. [Read more...]

August: Osage County’s Estelle Parsons

parsonspodcastWhen Joel Markowitz schmoozed with Estelle Parsons at the Kennedy Center on Monday, November 30th, the legendary actress described August: Osage County like this: “I don’t call it a play. I call it a phenomenon.” [Read more...]

Sherri L. Edelen and Matthew Scott in Philly’s The Light in the Piazza

lightJoel Markowitz met with actors Sherri L. Edelen and Matthew Scott just before the Sunday, November 22nd matinee of The Light in the Piazza at Philadelphia Theatre Company. [Read more...]

Jim Brochu – the stories continue

brochutwoWhen Jim Brochu was here with his solo show about the great Zero Mostel, he and his director Piper Laurie talked with Joel about creating Zero Hour. [Read more...]

Ragtime Interviews: director Marcia Milgrom Dodge

We fittingly conclude our interviews from the press preview of Ragtime with director Marcia Milgrom Dodge. Just as producer Roy Furman told us that the Broadway production came into being only because of the Kennedy Center production, [Read more...]