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Monday, October 22, 2012

Sister Act Standout & Former Broadway.com Vlogger Sarah Bolt Gets Married by Kathy Henderson

Sister Act alum and former Broadway.com video blogger Sarah Bolt married technology lawyer David John Crowell on October 20 in St. Louis. Appropriately enough, the former Sister Mary Patrick…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PM
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Watch Susan Boyle & Donny Osmond Belt Jekyll & Hyde’s ‘This Is the Moment’ on Dancing With the Stars by Kathy Henderson

Mega-selling British singing sensation Susan Boyle is set to release her latest album, Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage, on November 13, featuring a duet with original Pha…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:25AM
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The Heiress’ Judith Ivey on Getting Naked in Steaming, Finding Laughs in The Glass Menagerie & More by Kathy Henderson

For almost four decades, Judith Ivey has morphed into good-time gals, matriarchs, monsters and saints, showing off her range in comedy, tragedy and everything in between. No wonder this two-…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:56PM
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Everything's Relative! Meet Five Talented Families Who Share NYC Stages This Fall by Kathy Henderson

It’s not unusual for real-life couples to co-star on stage and screen, but this fall, family togetherness has become an epidemic on and off Broadway. Four current or forthcoming produc…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:31PM

TV Cameo Queen Lauren Cohn on Making Her Broadway Dreams Come True in Mamma Mia! by Kathy Henderson

Age and Hometown: “Whatever the role requires”; St. Louis, MO Current Role: A Broadway debut as Rosie, the sweet and outgoing Dynamo who joins her gal pals in belting “D…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PM
Monday, October 1, 2012

Why Kinky Boots Composer Cyndi Lauper Is Like a Drag Queen and More Juicy Tidbits From Her New Memoir by Kathy Henderson

The jeans-clad brunette on the cover of Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir bears little resemblance to the 80s superstar who sang “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” while skipping down the street…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:27AM
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Chicago Star Amy Spanger on the Show That Changed Her Life, Plus Rent, Kate & More by Kathy Henderson

There’s a lot more to Amy Spanger than the shrewd, sassy girls she has played in Broadway musicals. “I’m not from ‘the other side of the tracks,’ but for some r…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:10PM
Monday, September 17, 2012

Boyd Gaines on Playing a Broadway Enemy and What His Four Tonys Whisper to Him by Kathy Henderson

Since winning a Tony Award—his fourth!—as the best Herbie ever in Gypsy, Boyd Gaines has embraced his Atlanta roots as Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy on Broadway and in London and …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:51AM
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Hugh Panaro on His Amazing Run in Phantom, a Double Dose of Les Miz and More by Kathy Henderson

When it comes to classic roles in musical theater, nobody does it better than Hugh Panaro. Although he insists that he thinks of himself as a character actor, Panaro possesses the rich tenor…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:58PM
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

54 Below Headliner Marin Mazzie on Ragtime, Passion and the Show That 'Scared the Hell' Out of Her by Kathy Henderson

Marin Mazzie’a musical star turns have run the gamut from screwball comedy in Kiss Me, Kate and Spamalot to the riveting dysfunctional moms she played in Next to Normal and Carrie. &ld…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:41AM

54 Below Headliner Marin Mazzie on Ragtime, Passion and the Show That 'Scared the Hell' Out of Her by Kathy Henderson

Marin Mazzie’s musical star turns have run the gamut from screwball comedy in Kiss Me, Kate and Spamalot to the riveting dysfunctional moms she played in Next to Normal and Carrie. &ld…

SOURCE: austin.broadway.com at 11:41AM
Monday, August 27, 2012

Robert Cuccioli on Jekyll & Hyde, His New Solo CD and Going Green in Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark by Kathy Henderson

Robert Cuccioli understands the demands of a dual role, having achieved Broadway stardom in 1997 with a Tony-nominated performance in Frank Wildhorn's good vs. evil musical Jekyll & …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:43PM
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Spider-Man's Robert Cuccioli on Constantine Maroulis in Jekyll & Hyde: 'He's Going to Be Terrific' by Kathy Henderson

Nobody know more about Jekyll & Hyde than Robert Cuccioli: Not only did he nab a 1997 Best Actor Tony nomination for playing the dual roles, he has since directed multiple productions of…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:56PM

Heartless Star Lois Smith on Working With Tennessee Williams, Horton Foote, Sam Shepard & More by Kathy Henderson

Decades before vampire fans fell in love with Lois Smith as “Gran” Adele Stackhouse on True Blood, this great American stage actress was starring in plays by Williams, O’Ne…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:35PM
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Lillias White on the 'Blessing' of Creating the Title Role in Big Maybelle: Soul of the Blues by Kathy Henderson

Lillias White deserves to be on Broadway every season, and if all goes well, the Tony-winning star of The Life and Fela! will make her Main Stem return in 2013 in Big Maybelle: Soul of the B…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:38AM
Monday, August 6, 2012

John Davidson on His Five-Decade History With The Fantasticks and His Dream of Playing Ted Kennedy by Kathy Henderson

If you’re over 40 (okay, 50), John Davidson needs no introduction. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the handsome, dimpled actor jumped from musicals and Disney movies to headlining in Las V…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AM
Wednesday, August 1, 2012

The Best Man's Elizabeth Ashley on Seducing Audiences in Barefoot in the Park, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof & More by Kathy Henderson

Elizabeth Ashley is endlessly entertaining in conversation, but don’t let her self-deprecating chitchat fool you: After more than 50 years in the theater, this lady knows plenty about …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:30AM
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Sister Act Star Carolee Carmello on Mamma Mia!, Parade and Her Broadway-Bound ‘Role of a Lifetime’ by Kathy Henderson

Carolee Carmello is a natural-born Broadway star who can shift with ease from comedy to drama and back—not to mention sing the hell out of any musical score! Currently finishing up a r…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:24AM
Monday, July 16, 2012

Matthew Saldivar on His Big Broadway Year, from Streetcar to Peter and the Starcatcher by Kathy Henderson

Broadway audiences have seen the funny side of Matthew Saldivar as Sammy in The Wedding Singer, Kenickie in Grease and now Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher, which he joined directly…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PM
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Broadway Vet Jason Fuchs on Making His Screenwriting Debut at Age 26 With Ice Age: Continental Drift by Kathy Henderson

“Precocious” doesn’t begin to describe Jason Fuchs: At age seven, he was appearing on Broadway with Sam Waterston in Abe Lincoln In Illinois, followed by three seasons in A…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AM
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Tammy Blanchard Previews Her ‘Painful, Exciting’ Role in Nancy Savoca’s New Movie Union Square by Kathy Henderson

Fans of Tammy Blanchard’s sexy, Tony-nominated performance as Hedy La Rue in the recent revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying will do a double take when they see …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:09AM
Thursday, July 5, 2012

Michael Rupert of 7th Monarch Looks Back on Falsettos, Sweet Charity and More by Kathy Henderson

Michael Rupert earned his place in musical theater history for creating the role of Marvin (father of bar mitzvah boy Jason) in William Finn’s fabulous Falsettos, which debuted way bac…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PM
Thursday, June 28, 2012

What's Up, John Gallagher Jr.? The Tony Winner on The Newsroom and Keeping Up With His Spring Awakening Co-Stars by Kathy Henderson

John Gallagher Jr. rose to Broadway fame playing troubled heroes in Spring Awakening (winning a Tony as suicidal Moritz) and American Idiot (as a druggie musician). These days, the talented …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:14PM
Monday, June 25, 2012

What's Up, Marissa Jaret Winokur? The Tony Winner on Making a Fresh Start in TV Land's Retired at 35 by Kathy Henderson

When the sitcom Retired at 35 returns to the TV Land network for its second season on June 26, Broadway fans can look forward to seeing Tony Award winner Marissa Jaret Winokur as the romance…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:52PM
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Broadway in The Newsroom! Sneak Preview of HBO's Hot New Drama by Kathy Henderson

HBO’s eagerly awaited drama The Newsroom is a feast for theater lovers, packed with stage vets who perform the complicated dialogue of playwright-turned-Emmy and Oscar winner Aaron Sor…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:46PM
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

4000 Miles Star Mary Louise Wilson on Grey Gardens, Gypsy and the Role That Changed Her Career by Kathy Henderson

“One of the great thing about being an actor is that you have several lives,” says Mary Louise Wilson—and she should know. Almost 50 years after her Broadway debut in the f…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AM
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Jan Maxwell Recalls Three Tony-Nominated Roles and the Show She Found 'Fascinating and Humbling' by Kathy Henderson

Jan Maxwell has built a stellar theatrical career her way, mixing high-profile Broadway plays and musicals with off-the-radar projects in New York and elsewhere. Since 2005, Maxwell’s …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PM
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Tony Nominee James Earl Jones on Four Decades of Great Performances, from Othello to The Best Man by Kathy Henderson

What could be better than hearing the great James Earl Jones ruminate on six of his favorite roles? At age 81, Jones just picked up his fourth Tony nomination for his sly performance as form…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:09PM

Jane Krakowski Previews Her 'Sexy Song and Dance' Show at NYC's Town Hall by Kathy Henderson

For the past six seasons, Jane Krakowski has delighted TV audiences as Jenna Maroney in 30 Rock, but the Tony-winning actress also keeps her musical skills sharp in cabaret and concerts arou…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:16PM
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Other Desert Cities Star Judith Light on Her Back-to-Back Tony Nods and Being Broadway's 'Oldest Newest Ingenue' by Kathy Henderson

From One Life to Live and Who’s the Boss to Ugly Betty and Law & Order: SVU, Judith Light has been a TV favorite for 35 years, but the effervescent actress is getting used to a new…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:13AM
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Columnist Star John Lithgow on 3rd Rock, Dexter and His Tony-Honored Fave Stage Roles by Kathy Henderson

John Lithgow’s Broadway career spans almost 40 years, bookended by a Tony Award for his 1973 debut performance as a British rugby player in The Changing Room and a 2012 Tony nomination…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:19PM

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