BROADWAY MAGAZINE- Isn’t it rich. Check out this week’s Arts File on New York’s WQXR with Kerry Nolan. Included is a feature on Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music with our own Ellen Anthony Moore from Broadway Magazine and Broadway.tv . It’s sure to be a wonderful production, and always a pleasure to hear it discussed. Don’t you agree? You can hear it here…and follow us on Twitter for more.
Tonight we were on the red carpet for a special one night event. Broadway icon Bernadette Peters performed in a special concert benefiting a Broadway Barks (a charity Peters started with friend Mary Tyler Moore) and Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids.
Watch the video above to see what Hugh Jackman, Michael Urie, Joel Grey and others had to say about Bernadette Peters and what they most looked forward to out of attending tonight’s performance.
Watch the video below to see our interview with Peters at this past summer’s Broadway Barks.
B.D. Wong is a Tony award winning actor that currently stars on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit playing Dr. George Huang. Wong also plays Father Ray Mukada the HBO Oz series.
When it comes to Broadway, Wong debuted playing Song Liling in M. Butterfly opposite John Lithgow. When we caught up with Wong on A Steady Rain’s red carpet this week, he told us that he has a show that he really loves doing at the La Jolla Playhouse every summer called Herringbone.
This last summer Wong starred in Herringbone from August 1-August 30th. Herringbone is set during the Great Depression and profiles a young man who is a wonderful tap dancer. As the young man is taken under the wing of a mentor, he realizes that he posses the spirit of the mentor’s late partner. Watch the video above to see what Wong had to say about being in La Jolla Playhouse’s Herringbone.
The Broadway League reports that during the 2007-2008 Broadway season more than 66% of ticket buyers were women. The League also reports that the average theater goer is 41.5 years old.
Today we sat down with the Lesley Jane Seymour editor-in-chief of More Magazine to talk about women, reinvention and theater.
Seymour has a breadth of knowledge when it comes women living the their best life. More is recognized as being the leading magazine for women over 40. With a circulation of 1.3 million MORE has been honored as the “Best Women’s Lifestyle Magazine” and has been in the top 10 of Newsstand Performers.
During our interview, Seymour talked about the Reinvention Convention where former First-Lady Laura Bush will deliver a speech, one of the few she has done since leaving the White House. The Reinvention Convention will be held next Monday October 5th at Chelsea Piers.
When it comes to theater Seymour said that women enjoy communication, especially live communication, she feels that is one reason women are the majority of ticket buyers. Seymour raved about the off-Broadway production of Love, Loss, And What I Wore starring Roise O’ Donnell and Nora Ephron that she saw this week. Love, Loss, And What I Wore touches on all aspects of what women and MORE magazine are all about. Ephron will be speaking at the Reinvention Convention next week.
Seymour says no matter if it is getting a new hair cut, working out or going out to see a new Broadway show, reinvention is key for women to live a full and happy life.
Click here to find out more information on the Reinvention Convention.
Gayle King many know as the editor-at-large of O Magazine, and also being media mogul Oprah Winfrey’s best friend. We were at the opening tonight of A Steady Rainand had the chance to chat with Gayle about the play starring Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig.
Watch the video and see why Gayle was so excited to see A Steady Rain and 2 movie stars in action!
Last week we had the chance to interview the Broadway revival cast of Finian’s Rainbow.
One thing that the entire cast said to us during the interviews is how timely Finian’s Rainbow is. The show deals with issues such as race, credit and immigration all issues that are being felt from New York to Sydney and Cairo to Tokyo.
This Broadway production of Finian’s Rainbow is after enthusiastic reviews from the Encore production. Click here or the image above to meet the cast and follow the magic of Finian’s Rainbow.
Kristin Chenoweth has been making a great name for herself since leaving Broadway’s Wicked. During her Emmy acceptance speech Chenoweth thanked her manager for believing that she could make the transition from Broadway to television.Chenoweth was recently (looking amazing) on the David Letterman Show on CBS. Watch the video above to see the interview.
On October 1st Superior Donuts will open on Broadway after a successful run in Chicago. Playwright Tracy Letts won the Pulitzer Prize for writing August Osage County, so there is great anticipation for Superior Donuts.
This comedy drama profiles who men in a run down donut shop in Chicago. Arthur Przybyszewski owns the shop and Franco Wicks, a black teenager who is his only employee, wants to change the shop for the better. This comedy-drama explores the challenges of embracing the past and the redemptive power of friendship.
Click here or the image above to see what the cast and producers had to stay about Superior Donuts coming to Broadway.
Exclusive With Idol Star, Now In The Toxic Avenger
Diana DeGarmo is back on the stage in the off-Broadway show The Toxic Avenger. In an exclusive interview, we asked DeGarmo how she became involved with The Toxic Avenger and how it felt to be back in New York City.
DeGarmo won the hearts of millions and came in as runner up on the third season of the hit FOX television series American Idol. DeGarmo says that she is actually happy that she lost as it has opened so many other doors for her. Click here to see what Degarmo had to say about her American Idol experience.
Click here or the image above to see our full interview with Degarmo.
In an exclusive interview this week, Diana DeGarmo runner up on the third season of American Idol, spoke to us about being on American Idol and her new role as Sarah in The Toxic Avenger.
At the age of only 16, DeGarmo captured the hearts of many on American Idol. Losing only by 2% of the vote, DeGarmo said to us that she is actually happy she lost as it opened many other doors for her. After American Idol DeGarmo has had great success. She was the first American Idol to go on a USO Tour - something that DeGarmos says was very humbling. Also, her first single, “Dreams” made it all the way to number one on the Billboard US Singles Charts.
It was not the limelight she was after, however, DeGarmo soon went back to finish highscool. Today DeGarmo says that she enjoys singing country music and making her living through theater. Stay tuned for our full video feature on DeGarmo.
Watch the video above for a sneak peak and hear what DeGarmo thinks about the departure of Paula Abdul from American Idol. Stay tuned for our full video feature on DeGarmo.
BROADWAY MAGAZINE- Isn’t it rich. Check out this week’s Arts File on New York’s WQXR with Kerry Nolan. Included is a feature on Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music with our own Ellen Anthony Moore from Broadway Magazine and Broadway.tv . It’s sure to be a wonderful production, and always a pleasure to hear it discussed. Don’t you agree? You can hear it here…and follow us on Twitter for more.
