Theater Interviews
A.R. Gurney and His Buffalo Gal
A.R. Gurney—whose latest offering, the Primary Stages production of Buffalo Gal, runs at 59 E 59 Stages through September 13—Gurney discussed Buffalo Gal, Buffalo, and President Bush in a telephone conversation from his Connecticut home...
Welcome Home, Randy!
After a sojourn in L.A., Tony Award winner Randy Graff is back in her hometown of NYC. In this exclusive TimesSquare.com interview, Michael Portantiere catches up with his fellow Wagner College alum, who is now playing grasswidow Meg Boyd in the City Center Encores! “Summer Stars” production of the classic 1950s musical Damn Yankees...
Seth's Big Fat Broadway
Broadway maven Seth Rudetsky talks with TimeSquare.com about his many endeavors -- including his Sirius radio program, his weekly “Chatterbox” at Don't Tell Mama, his Broadway 101 shows, and the fabulous entertainment he's putting together for the upcoming R Family Vacations cruise to Canada and New England...
The Wearing of the Green
Come winter, Brian d'Arcy James will be starring on Broadway as the big, green, title ogre in Shrek the Musical. But right now he's wearing a different kind of green, playing a troubled Irishman in the Atlantic Theater Company production of Conor McPherson's Port Authority...
GAYFEST NYC
In its second year, GAYFEST NYC continues to showcase the work of playwrights who are the voices of the LGBT community. TimesSquare.com talks with Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman, the festival's co-producers...
In the Heights With Mandy Gonzalez
Mandy Gonzalez is no stranger to Broadway, having appeared in Aida, Lennon, and Dance of the Vampires since she moved to New York from California. But her sweet, sympathetic performance as Nina in the hit musical In the Heights has unquestionably raised her profile...
Day Player
One of the New York theater’s most versatile actresses, Johanna Day has now joined the cast of Almost an Evening -- a trio of black-humored one-acts by Ethan Coen, who is herewith making his debut as a playwright after having created such Oscar-winning films as Fargo and No Country for Old Men with his brother Joel...
Woman Times Three
Rising star de’Adre Aziza is making her Broadway debut at the Belasco Theater in Passing Strange, a rock musical far afield from the usual Broadway product. She memorably plays a trio of attractive women in the life of Youth, who grows up to become Passing Strange creator-singer-songwriter Stew...
Lorinda Lisitza Returns As A Triumphant Baby
Lorinda Lisitza does the concert version of her show to the benefit of those who appreciate seeing a burgeoning star in the making...
Orville Mendoza Says Hello To Audiences
The Fringe Festival offers a great opportunity for actors like Orville Mendoza--who established himself with his role in "Adrift In Macao"--to debut his latest starring project, "Bye Bye Big Guy" ...
MITF Producers Concoct Massive Midtown Fest
With over 40 fresh new productions being staged at the Midtown International Theatre Festival, covering the spectrum of theatre genres, we needed help wading through the MITF's expansive schedule. For that, we turned to festival founder John Chatterton and managing producer Emileena Pedigo. Their advice: See EVERYTHING! ...
Irene Molloy Goes "10 Million Miles" at the Atlantic
Irene Molloy, the female lead of the folk-rock musical "10 Million Miles" at the Atlantic Theater, from the songs by the legendary Patty Griffin, talks with Kevin Filipski about developing a road trip persona and being named after "Hello Dolly"...
Choreographer Mark Morris Goes To The Opera
Mark Morris, founder of the Mark Morris Dance Group, finds himself in privileged company as the Metropolitan Opera's first choreographer to stage an opera since George Balanchine, with "Orfeo ed Euridice" by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Kevin Filipski talks to this master of the stage about the journey to the Met ...
Opera Maven Barbara Frittoli Talks "Il Trittico"
Soprano Barbara Frittoli stars in "Suor Angelica" as Angelica, a nun with a painful secret to hide, in the Met's dazzling new production of Puccini's tryptich opera "Il Trittico." Kevin Filipski reviews the show and talks to Fritolli about her devotion to her work—and not being treated like a pop star....
All About Joe Stein
Joe Stein is 93 and has never stopped wowing Broadway: The esteemed librettist of "Fiddler on the Roof" has now adapted Thorton Wilder's play "The Skin of Our Teeth" into a new musical, "All About Us," starring Eartha Kitt at the Westport Playhouse...
David E. Talbert and Morris Chestnut: A Double Love For Theater
Recently, playwright/director David E. Talbert has been ratcheting up the form of light, uplifting African American theater--culminating in his new play "Love In The Nick of Tyme"...
Theatrical Talk With Director Marc Weitz
"Broken Hands" director Marc Weitz sits down for a conversation about the difficulties and successes of staging his acclaimed new play at the 2006 Fringe Festival...
Richard Thomas Returns to New York
Richard Thomas made his Broadway debut at the age of seven, and he doesn't plan to bow out anytime soon. "I haven't retired and never intend to," says the 54 year-old actor. We caught up with him during his starring stint in "A Naked Girl on the Appian Way"...
Meital Dohan Comes Clean
Dubbed "A sexy, multi-media, action-packed deconstruction of the American Dream," the multi-media oriented comedic "Bath Party" celebrated Israeli actress Meital Dohan's efforts to establish an American base and get Yankee-fied...
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