Posted by admin on December 21, 2007 under Interviews |
Leigh SIlverman is the director of the new play by David Henry Hwang which recently premiered at the Public Theatre. The play, “Yellow Face” is a look around the issues of color blind casting, and Leigh talked with Broadway Bullet about all these issues as well as how she broke into the directing field.
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Posted by admin on October 23, 2007 under Interviews |
ONE OF THE GREATEST musical theatre teams fo the modern theatre, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, have amassed a hug canon of songs and shows knownt he world over. They drop by to talk to us about their new show, The Glorious Ones, now playing at Lincoln Center at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. The team informs us of where they get their ideas, how they write, and the hardest hitting question: who comes first… Ahrens or Flaherty?
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Posted by admin on August 27, 2007 under Interviews |
In Legally Blonde, Sorority star Elle Woods doesn’t take “no” for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone “serious,” Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle
proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style. Legally Blonde: The Musical has been created by a dean’s list of top-of-their-class Broadway talent, including Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray); composer and lyricist Laurence O’Keefe (Batboy) and Nell Benjamin (Sarah, Plain and Tall); book writer Heather Hach (Freaky Friday); and scenic designer David Rockwell (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).
We talk to, and hear from actors, Kate Shindle and Richard H. Blake. From the Original Broadway Cast Recording, we hear the songs “Legally Blonde Remix,” and “Serious”.
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Posted by admin on August 20, 2007 under Interviews |
Broadway Bullet Interviews Stephanie Block!
We talk to, and hear from, the wonderful Stephanie Block! Most recently seen as Grace O’ Malley in The Pirate Queen, you might also remember her as Liza Minnelli from The Boy from Oz, with Hugh Jackman. Add to that a 2006 Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Actress for her performance as Elphaba in the First National Touring Company of Wicked, Stephanie is it — what we love about our leading ladies: ever graceful, humble, and sharp as a tack. Oh yes, and she can sing pretty well, too
We also play songs from two of her shows: “She Loves to Hear the Music” from The Boy from Oz, and “Woman” from Pirate Queen
Photos: Left, Stephanie Block and Hugh Jackman in The Boy from Oz; Top center, Stephanie Block headshot; Right, Stephanie Block and Hadley Fraser in Pirate Queen.
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Posted by admin on July 31, 2007 under Interviews |

My First Time, a new play in the style of The Vagina Monologues, features four actors, reciting hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences, written by real people — just like you.
A first sexual experiences is one of the few things that almost every single person on this planet has in common, whether one’s Paris Hilton or P. Diddy; George Clooney or George Washington, yet we rarely talk about them. Until now.
We meet with, and hear a monologue, from each of the four cast members: Bill Dawes, Josh Heine, Kathy Searle, and Cydnee Welburn.
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Posted by admin on June 30, 2007 under Interviews |
Julia Murney
This week we talk to the amazing Julia Murney, who is currently starring as Elphaba in the hit Broadway musical, Wicked. We also listen to two songs from her CD, I’m Not Waiting: The title track, “I’m Not Waiting” by Andrew Lippa, and “Perfect” by Tom Kitt.
Julia Murney previously appeared on Broadway in Lennon. She starred as "Queenie" in Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party at Manhattan Theatre Club. At MTC, she also appeared in Time and Again, and A Class Act. Other credits include The Vagina Monologues, Crimes of the Heart, and First Lady Suite. On TV, she’s appeared on all three “Law & Orders”, “Ed,” and she enjoyed some raw food on “Sex and the City.” Julia is also one of the most charitable people around, having lent her fabulous voice for many the benefit concert, including the Actors’ Fund benefit performance of Hair.
Her first CD, “I’m Not Waiting” is available from Sh-K-Boom or Amazon . 
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Posted by admin on June 19, 2007 under Interviews |
We talk to producer Adam Epstein about Hairspray, what went wrong with The Wedding Singer, and his upcoming projects: Cry-Baby, and Ever After.
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Posted by admin on June 7, 2007 under Interviews |
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We talk to Tony Nominee David Pittu, who is currently playing "Bertolt Brecht" in LoveMusik (Outer Critics Circle Award: Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical). |
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Posted by admin on June 6, 2007 under Interviews |
| We talk to Tony nominee for best lighting design: Kevin Adams of Spring Awakening. Kevin is a self-taught lighting designe, with a style and theory all his own, with many of his lighting designs often doubling as set "installations". Find out more in this candid interview. |
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Posted by admin on June 5, 2007 under Interviews |
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This week we talk to Tony nominee and one of the stars of Legally Blonde, Orfeh. Also, we play “Ireland” from the Legally Blonde Cast Recording, which will be released on July 17th.
Orfeh was the founder and lead singer of the pop group Or-N-More. On Broadway Orfeh originated the role of "Annettte" in Saturday Night Fever, played "Rusty" in Footloose, and was one of the stars of Fascinating Rhythm. Off Broadway, she played "Janis" in Love, Janis, and "Pippi" in The Great American Trailer Park Musical. And, yes, Orfeh is her real name. |
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