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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

BWW Interview: Veanne Cox Soars in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS by Naomi Serviss

Inspired by the acclaimed 1951 movie starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, this iteration plumbs emotional depths through music and romance in the City of Light.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12PM
Thursday, May 7, 2015

BWW Interview: Mary Louise Wilson Boards THE 20TH CENTURY by Naomi Serviss

Wilson plays a straight-laced goofball with a supposedly flush checkbook in Scott Ellis's revival of the screwball comedy.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10PM
Friday, April 17, 2015

BWW Interview: Sarah Stiles Is the Voice of Reason in HAND TO GOD by Naomi Serviss

Two teenagers may be emotionally blocked, but their puppets are unhinged, and their X-rated, blasphemous outbursts, sort of a mash-up of AVENUE Q and THE BOOK OF MORMON, are outrageously fun…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00PM
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

BWW Interview: Dee Roscioli is LOVE/SICK by Naomi Serviss

The follow-up to John Cariani's ALMOST MAINE delves deep into love and loss, as experienced by a motley bunch of lovers, old flames and strangers.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AM
Sunday, February 1, 2015

BWW Interview: Richard Thomas Ignites in Broadway's YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU by Naomi Serviss

The veteran actor joins the kooky Sycamore family and reunites with James Earl Jones in the play that's made audiences howl since the 1930s .

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AM
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

BWW Interview: Anthony Heald's Double Duty in THE ELEPHANT MAN by Naomi Serviss

A pair of 'juicy parts' opposite Bradley Cooper's John Merrick keep Heald fully engaged.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10AM
Monday, November 24, 2014

BWW Interview: THE ILLUSIONISTS' Kevin James Will Fool You Now by Naomi Serviss

Seven bewitching illusionists will go way beyond rabbit-out-of-a-hat magic when THE ILLUSIONISTS - WITNESS THE IMPOSSIBLE hits Broadway.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:22PM
Thursday, November 20, 2014

BWW Interview: Martha Plimpton's Balancing Act by Naomi Serviss

Plimpton, though weaned on Edward Albee plays, never had that kind of intimate thing with it, but now she's immersed as Julia in A DELICATE BALANCE.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
Monday, November 3, 2014

BWW Interview: Enid Graham Talks THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Naomi Serviss

Graham plays the mother of an autisitc 15-year-old in a riveting play that shines a klieg light on the boy's perceptions of the near-unbearable reality around him.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AM
Friday, October 3, 2014

BWW Interview: Ryan Molloy Is a Natural Jersey Boy by Naomi Serviss

Molloy grew up a rock 'n' roll fan in northern England, and only when he began portraying Frankie Valli did he realize how many Four Seasons songs he knew.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PM
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

BWW Interview: Crystal Dickinson Brings It to YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU by Naomi Serviss

Timing's the thing in this timeless, uproarious comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PM
Friday, August 15, 2014

BWW Interview: James Wirt Hits the Road to PHOENIX by Naomi Serviss

Wirt co-stars with Julia Stiles in a dark and romantic contemporary tale with rat-a-tat dialogue whose themes zigzag around existence, time travel, parenthood and imperfect relationships.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AM
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

BWW Interview: Guy Van Swearingen Squares Off With THE OPPONENT by Naomi Serviss

As an aging but formidable gym owner and trainer, Van Swearingen trades barbs and punches with a wannabe contender while they try to hold on to a fragile trust.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PM
Saturday, July 26, 2014

BWW Interview: Danny Burstein's CABARET Love Story by Naomi Serviss

Danny Burstein plays Herr Schultz, a Jewish shopkeeper in denial of Berlin's encroaching reign of terror.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PM
Monday, June 30, 2014

BWW Interview: Hunter Foster Narrates PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES by Naomi Serviss

The celebration of a simpler way of life, originally seen on Broadway in 1982, is back for new audiences.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PM
Friday, June 6, 2014

BWW Interview: Patrick Neil Doyle Battles in MACBETH by Naomi Serviss

Doyle is part of an ensemble led by Sir Kenneth Branagh that will stage that Scottish play in the vast drill hall of the Park Avenue Armory.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PM
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

BWW Interview: Andrea Martin, Times 3, in ACT ONE by Naomi Serviss

Martin portrays three characters in is James Lapine's adaptation of the autobiography of the theater legend Moss Hart.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AM
Thursday, April 17, 2014

BWW Interview: Ray Mercer's Circle of Dance by Naomi Serviss

When he's not performing eight shows a week in The LION KING, Mercer is choreographing commissions nationwide.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AM
Thursday, March 20, 2014

BWW Interview: Frederick Weller's Extended Family Bonds by Naomi Serviss

Weller stars in MOTHERS AND SONS, Terrence McNally's latest drama, about the lives that continued 20 years after a death from AIDS.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PM
Thursday, February 27, 2014

BWW Interview: ALL THE WAY'S Brandon J. Dirden Takes MLK the Distance by Naomi Serviss

In playing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Dirden is merely stepping into the shoes of the most towering figure in the American civil rights movement.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AM
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

BWW Interview: BEAUTIFUL's Jarrod Spector Is Not a Hypochondriac (He Only Plays One) by Naomi Serviss

Spector portrays the renowned songwriter Barry Mann in BEAUTIFUL The Carole King Musical.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PM

BWW Interview: Inside Mullingar With Peter Maloney by Naomi Serviss

A veteran actor is touched by 'the tenderness in the writing' of John Patrick Shanley's OUTSIDE MULLINGAR, which has been called an Irish MOONSTRUCK.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AM
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

BWW Interview: Shuler Hensley, Big Man on Broadway by Naomi Serviss

Dual roles in classic plays with an acclaimed cast are keeping Shuler Hensley fully engaged on Broadway.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
Monday, December 2, 2013

BWW Interview: Michael Stahl-David's Holiday in Pensacola by Naomi Serviss

In the Commons of Pensacola, Stahl-David goes south for a Thanksgiving Madoff-style.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PM
Friday, November 1, 2013

BWW Interview: Evan Jonigkeit Takes Flight in THE SNOW GEESE by Naomi Serviss

Jonigkeit plays the optimist in a family on the edge of a slide down the social ladder on the eve of America's entry into World War I.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AM
Monday, October 28, 2013

BWW Interview: A Night With De'Adre Aziza (and Janis Joplin) by Naomi Serviss

Backing up a blues-rock icon and impersonating some legendary women of the blues.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:05PM
Monday, October 21, 2013

BWW Interview: Bobby Steggert Talks BIG FISH's Father-Son Themes by Naomi Serviss

Bobby Steggert plays a young man whose feet are firmly on the ground while his father spins tales far larger than life.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PM
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

BWW Interview: No Place Like FUN HOME For Judy Kuhn by Naomi Serviss

Judy Kuhn, Tony nominee and award-winning singer and actress, plays the wife of a closeted gay man in a production based on Alison Bechdel's gripping graphic novel about her unconventional f…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PM
Monday, September 16, 2013

BWW Interview: Brian J. Smith Answers the Call of THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Naomi Serviss

Smith portrays The Gentleman Caller in a stunning new production, that is a new take on this heart-breaking story of a desperate family weaned on impossible dreams.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PM
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

August Wilson's American Century Cycle, in Staged Readings by Naomi Serviss

The acclaimed playwright is being celebrated in staged readings through Sept. 28 at The Greene Performance Space in Lower Manhattan.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AM

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