Monday, November 12th, 2007
Judy Kuhn
From Les Misérables.
Judy Kuhn reflects on returning to the cast of Les Misérables 20 years after appearing in the original Broadway cast and how her perspective has changed now that she’s playing Fantine, the mother of her original character Cosette; recounts her Broadway debut in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, including living through every [...]
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
For those who spend the majority of their theatregoing time in Broadway venues, its extraordinarily refreshing to see work in a rawer, less production-heavy style. The current production of Black Watch at St. Ann’s Warehouse, an impressionistic drama about a Scottish regiment in Iraq offers exactly such perspective. While video is employed and [...]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
The Next Generation
Four of Broadway’s newest and brightest stars - Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins), Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening), Alison Pill (Mauritius) and John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys) - discuss their road to the Broadway stage, the mentors who helped them, where their drive to perform comes from, their earliest roles, how they handle the audition [...]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
I regret that The Wall Street Journal doesn’t allow me to link you to the full text of Peggy Noonan’s Saturday “Declarations” column, because it has a number of provocative comments about the source of today’s creative arts. While jumping off from a brief dissection of a likely fictitious piece of war reportage from The [...]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Kevin Chamberlin
From The Ritz.
Kevin Chamberlin talks about his role in the Roundabout Theatre revival of Terrence McNally’s The Ritz, including whether his “midwestern” looks match up to his character of Gaetano Proclo; how his seasons in the acting company at the McCarter Theatre led to his first New York gig Off-Broadway in Smoke on the [...]
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