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 Arts, Theater, Conversation, Interviews, News & Other Interesting Stuff!

Jay Binder - Broadway Musical Casting Director - Binder Casting
JAY BINDER, C.S.A./Megan Larche, with Jack Bowdan C.S.A. and Mark Brandon, have cast more than 50 Broadway shows including the Broadway productions of A Chorus Line (revival), The Odd Couple, Butley, ...Virginia Woolf, Sweet Charity, Movin' Out, Urinetown, The Iceman Cometh, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Lion King, Chicago, Beauty and the Beast, Lost in Yonkers, Jerome Robbins' Broadway and Encores! Film: Dreamgirls, Chicago. Television: Once Upon a Mattress, The Music Man, Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures Television. Seven-time Artios Award winner.




 Jay Binder

Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater Company

 Leo Meyer and Dolly Curtis Host

Backstagebuzz's First Live On-Location Broadcast

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Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater Company


INTERVIEW GUESTS - KATIE SPARER & PETER BOWE


 Katie - is an active actor and voice teacher. She can be seen in many venues throughout Connecticut and off-Broadway.
 Peter - is a science teacher and wildlife sculptor who specializes in birds and marine mammals.



John Bonanni - Executive Director of the Warner
Theater in Torrington

John is the Executive Director of the Warner Theater in Torrington Connecticut. He has an extensive background in theater managment.

 

 

Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater Company

 



Leo Meyer and The Milford Players - Cemetery Club

Leo Meyer our host of Backstage Buzz is directing the "Cemetery Club" being performed in Milford by the Orange Players who are one of Connecticut’s longest running community theater groups. Members of the group will talk with Leo and Dolly about their show.

THE CEMETERY CLUB by Ivan Menchell - Directed By Leo Meyer
Jan 25 to Feb 02 (groundhogs Day)
High Plains Community Center
525 Orange Center Rd. ( RT. 152)
Orange, Ct.
Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater Company


Pat Addiss - Producer of Broadway Shows
Pat Addiss has produced many plays both on and off Broadway: Little Women, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, Bridge & Tunnel, Spring Awakening, The 39 Steps, Passing Strange, and Promises, Promises, Housewives of Mannheim. She is currently running the musical version of the iconic movie A Christmas Story . Pat is a member of the Broadway League and League of Professional Theatre Women, is on the Boards of NJ Rep, ESPAC and Premieres. She is a Judge on the monthly Monlogue Slam, is involved in education of young people utilizing theater. Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater Company

Michael Foley - Director of Communications of HarborYard Sports & Entertainment
Michael talks with Leo and Dolly about Harbor Yard Sports & Entertainment and his responsibilities booking events and being the Director of Communications. Harbor yard is the premium sports, music and events venue in southern Connecticut. Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater Company


Manny Kladitis - Producer of Broadway Shows
Manny Kladitis talks about his career as a producer of Broadway Shows. He has worked on over 50 Broadway Productions. Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater Company

BRETT RAPHAEL
Brett Raphael b Backstage Buzz
BRETT RAPHAEL is the CEO & Artistic Director of Connectiut Ballet. Their 31st season opens with a ballet production of ALICE IN WONDERLAND.Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater Company

Mark Lamos
Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater CompanyMark has an long and distinguished career at work in the theater as an actor and director. He is the Artistic Director of the Westport Country Playhouse.

Jacques Lamarre - Director of Communications for The Mark Twain House & Museum
Jacqueline Hubbard Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater CompanyJacques Lamarre is a playwright and has written for Hartford Magazine, Northend Agents and Connecticut Theatre Magazine.


Jackie Hubbard - Jackie is the Executive Director of the Ivoryton Playhouse.
The Playhouse has been an important part of Connecticut’s cultural landscape for 100 years. It was one of America’s leading summer showplaces, presenting a parade of stars such as Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Tallulah Bankhead, Betty Grable, Mae West and many, many more.Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater Company

Mark Graham - Producer and Director for many local Theaters
Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater CompanyGraham is directing the Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Company” at the Westport Community Theater. He talks about the show and his interesting career in the theater and media.

David + June Walker Rogers
Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater CompanyDavid Rogers is an actor and writer of six Broadway shows. June is an author,singer and actress. On TV, she was featured on the Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen and Jackie Gleason shows and appeared in nightclubs as an opening act for Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. She also has performed at the White House.

THE BRIDGEPORT THEATER COMPANY
  Backstage Buzz - The Brodgeport Theater CompanyMembers of the Bridgeport Theater Company talk with Leo and Dolly about their new show - "Lend Me a Tenor" that is currently running at the Downtown Cabaret.


KATE KATCHER
  Kate KatcherKate has multiple talents as an actress, director, writer and teacher. Her current projects include being the Artistic Director of StrayKats Theatre Company and in the cast of the Flagpole Radio Cafe.

The Albert Family - Singing at the Metropolitan Opera
 

Four members of the Albert Family have sung in the Children's Chorus at the Metropolitan Opera.The Albert Family

Backstage Buzz Host's Dolly Curtis and Joseph Kochiss talk with the Albert Family about their experiences performing in the Opera.

John and Jane Albert are in this video clip (left) of "The Cunning Little Vixen" performed at the Met from Avery Fisher Hall in June 2011.


Joel  Vig on BackstagebuzzLeo and Dolly talk with Steve Gaynes & Dr. Martha S. LoMonaco curator of the Fairfield Museum and History Center Exibition "Bravo! A Century of Theatre in Fairfield County". The program is on view at the The Fairfield Museum and History Center September 25 – March 18, 2012


Lucie Arnaz- Emmy award winning stage and TV star

Joel  Vig on BackstagebuzzMs Arnaz has received numerous awards and honors for her work since appearing in a recurring role on the hit TV program "The Lucy Show". On our program she will discuss her cabaret shows and update the radio audience on her busy schedule.




Joel Vig - Actor, Director and Musician

Working in the theater as a director, actor, writer and musician Joel created six roles in the award winning Broadway show Hairspray.

Joel is also the manager and creative director of screen siren Sinthea Starr.
Joel  Vig on Backstagebuzz



Gary Alan Wood - Executive Director of the Quick Center for the Arts


Gary Alan Wood

Executive Director of the
Quick Center for the Arts
at Fairfield University

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Backstage Buzz Debut - September 2007



This is our very first program!

It's Basic Backstage Buzz 101 as you learn about our fabulous hosts, Dolly Curtis and Leo Meyer!


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  OUR NEXT PROGRAM AIRS

 Sunday May 19 @ 10 PM

Dolly and Leo's guest:

Jay Binder of Binder Casting

Professional casting director
for stage and screen.

Jay Binder


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