The first time I interviewed Tom Kitt was for "High Fidelity," a show that lasted just 10 days in 2006. We then spoke a few times for "Ne...

Ellen Burstyn is a tricky interview. She's hard to get to see or talk to. And when you get her, she keeps you on your toes, challenging y...

It's impossible to forget the punch-in-the-gut way we all felt in the weeks and months after 9/11. This story, which I wrote back then, t...

As part of my coverage of "Wicked," I spoke with Stephen Schwartz, who had brought "Godspell" and "Pippin" into the Broadway canon, about...

I didn't know much about Maria Friedman before I got the call to interview her, but she's one of Stephen Sondheim's favorite voices. When...

Sometimes, I chat with Broadway stars when they're on Broadway. Sometimes we chat when they're doing a local concert. In 2010, when I tal...

For the record, when I spoke with Idina Menzel in 2004, a few months after "Wicked" opened, I had had the experience I write about in the...

I was petrified to interview writer Joan Didion in 2007. Figured she'd see through every question, expose me as an imposter, dismiss me. ...

"Moonstruck" is one of my favorite movies, so I leapt at the chance to sit down with Olympia Dukakis in 2005, when she was trying out a n...

I've spoken with Broadway star Sutton Foster a few times. She's incredibly generous with her time and so easygoing. She was all that and ...

In 2003, I did what I had dreamed of doing my whole life: getting on the phone with Bob Newhart, the man who made a career out of one-sid...

In June 2007, I spoke with Eric Idle of "Monty Python" fame about setting "The Life of Brian" in an oratorio, akin to Handel's "Messiah."...