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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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."...