Linda Lavin, theater and TV star, says making records, like her new album “Love Notes,” is “the most creative I know how to be without writing. I use what other people have written to explain how I feel or what I’ve been through or what I hope for.”
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Singer-actress Lucie Arnaz – daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (“I Love Lucy”) – looks back on a career in TV and cabaret and on Broadway.
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Singer Melissa Errico talks to WAG’s Gregg Shapiro about her passions for everything from the music of Michel Legrand to living in Bronxville with hubby Patrick McEnroe, their three girls and Yorky Pepper.
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WAG music columnist Gregg Shapiro talks poetry and songwriting with Patty Larkin, prior to her March 15 gig at The Ridgefield Playhouse.
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Roseanne Cash – a daughter of country music and inspiration to a new generation of female artists – brings her new album “She Remembers Everything” to Ridgefield Playhouse April 16.
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“If you have a first date for ‘A John Waters Christmas,’ you’re either going to get married or they’re never going to speak to you again. It’s hit or miss,” observes auteur John Waters. OK, so he’s not exactly Bing Crosby.
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Laurie Berkner stands at the top of “kindie rock” with songs that appeal to parents as well as their kids.
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Katonah native Ben Mandelker was a comedy writer driving for Uber. Then his podcast with fellow funnyman Ronnie Karam, “Watch What Crappens,” happened.
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An interview with Sebastian Grey, recent winner of “Project Runway.”
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Kevin acts, Michael composes, but they come together to write for and play in a band.
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It’s no exaggeration to say that award-winning actress, singer and mother Laura Benanti can do it all.
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WAG music critic Gregg Shapiro talks with George Winston about the seasons of his life and his role in the solo melodic piano movement.
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Amy Ray of Indigo Girls cultivates her music – and her garden.
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Singer/songwriter Erin McKeown took a break from “excavating” her life story to collaborate with playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes on the musical “Miss You Like Hell,” about the explosive but timely topic of immigration.
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The Great American Songbook, Michael Feinstein, André Previn, Caramoor, Ridgefield Playhouse, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, The Great American Songbook Foundation, Cheyenne Jackson, Jimmy Webb, Barbara Cook, Jerry Herman, George Shearing, “The Gershwins and Me,” “Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook,” Feinstein’s/54 Below, Feinstein’s at the Nikko,
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“A warhorse. A consummate performer.” This is how Christine Ebersole remembers Carol Channing. The same, however, could be said of Ebersole herself, who brings her cabaret act to Caramoor in Katonah on May 4.
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Megan Mullally and Stephanie Hunt have an eclectic band, Nancy And Beth. Just don’t forget to capitalize the “A.”
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In the realm of divas, few can compare to British crossover artist Sarah Brightman.
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An interview with “Bohemian Rhapsody” stars Rami Malek, Joseph Mazzello and Gwilym Lee.
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Jason Robert Brown’s new album, “How We React and How We Recover,” marks a return to this kind of studio work after an absence of 13 years during which he was writing Broadway shows.
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