9
Apr
Stage Rush TV: Episode 8
Talking points:
- Interviewing Chicago ensemble members Melissa Rae Mahon and James T. Lane on the stage of the Ambassador Theatre
- Loss #2 at the American Idiot ticket lottery
- Broadway grosses
Please leave your thoughts, questions, suggestions in the comments!
2
Apr
Stage Rush TV: Episode 7
Talking points:
- Interviewing Chad Kimball’s understudy, Bryan Fenkart, from Memphis
- Loss #1 at the American Idiot ticket lottery
- Million Dollar Quartet rocks out at a private jam session
- Broadway grosses
Have you seen Bryan Fenkart go on for Huey in Memphis? Have you won the American Idiot ticket lotto yet? Do you plan on trying your luck at it? Do you think Hunter Foster should not have taken a non-singing role in a Broadway musical? Please leave any questions or suggestions for topics in the comments!
26
Mar
Stage Rush TV: Episode 6
Talking points:
- Interviewing Broadway music director Lynne Shankel, juggler extraordinaire.
- Seeing All About Me
- The short-lived Henry Miller’s Theatre is renamed after Stephen Sondheim
- Broadway grosses
What did you find most surprising about my interview with Lynne Shankel? Have you seen All About Me? Did you think Michael Feinstein held his own, or was he just one of Dame Edna’s props? Please leave any questions or suggestions for topics in the comments!
20
Mar
Stage Rush TV: Episode 5
Duncan Sheik introduces this week’s episode!
Talking points:
- Duncan Sheik spills details on Spring Awakening movie
- Sheik in concert in South Orange, NJ
- Broadway double-header: rushing A Little Night Music and The Miracle Worker
- Broadway grosses
What do you think of the Spring Awakening movie news? Are you disappointed that Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff won’t reprise their roles in the film? Are you still terrified of the prospect of McG taking the wheel, or do you think it will be his ticket to respected filmmaker-dom? Were you as disappointed with The Miracle Worker as I was? Did you fall in love with A Little Night Music? Please tell me in the comments!