It might be lonely at the top, but it’s also anxiety-inducing. At least that’s what several of Broadway’s former and current leading ladies told author Eddie Shapiro. For his new book, “Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations With the Great Women of Musical Theater,” Shapiro conducted extensive interviews with Tony Award–winning performers ranging from Lillias White to Patti LuPone. “One of the great surprises to me in the book was the level of insecurity, even at the most accomplished levels—people like Audra McDonald, with five Tony Awards,” Shapiro told Backstage. “I think that’s inspiring because we always assume that people who are far along in their careers or are stars at this point have got nothing to be insecure about. They’ve made it. But Audra McDonald said she’s still waking up thinking, ‘Today’s the day they’re all going to figure out that I’m a fraud.
- 4/9/2014
- backstage.com
Nothing Like a Dame Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater, a new book by Eddie Shapiro featuring interviews with 20 female musical theatre stars, launched earlier this week at the headquarters of Oxford University Press at 198 Madison Avenue. Attendees got to meet some of the dames of Dames including Laura Benanti, Judy Kaye, Debra Monk, Donna McKechnie, Donna Murphy, Lillias White and Karen Ziemba. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with the ladies about their stories and you can check out what they had to say below...
- 1/29/2014
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Nothing Like a Dame Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater, a new book by Eddie Shapiro featuring interviews with 20 female musical theatre stars, launched last night at the headquarters of Oxford University Press at 198 Madison Avenue. Attendees got to meet some of the dames of Dames including Laura Benanti, Judy Kaye, Debra Monk, Donna McKechnie, Donna Murphy, Lillias White and Karen Ziemba. Check out photos from the special event below...
- 1/28/2014
- by Jennifer Broski
- BroadwayWorld.com
Glee's Dot-Marie Jones is a newlywed. The actress, best known for her role as Coach Shannon Beiste on the Fox series, wed her longtime girlfriend, Bridgett Casteen, on Saturday night at their Los Angeles home, their rep confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. The couple became engaged in October, after Jones proposed near Disneyland Resort's Sleeping Beauty Castle in Anaheim. They began dating three years ago. Photos: 'Glee' Season Five in Pictures Jones, 49, revealed the news of their engagement during a Q&A session with Eddie Shapiro, co-founder of Gay Days Anaheim, an annual event during the first
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- 12/23/2013
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This story first appeared in the Oct. 25 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Real estate agents Marisa Zanuck (wife of producer Dean Zanuck and sometime star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) and Ryan Serhant (Million Dollar Listing New York) are joining forces to open a Beverly Hills brokerage in November. Photos: The 'Ex-Real Housewives' Club Construction is almost complete on Nest Seekers/Zanuck on North Canon Drive, which pairs Zanuck with Nest Seekers International, one of New York's fastest-growing real estate companies, founded by Eddie Shapiro in 2002. The two-story offices are being designed by
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- 10/17/2013
- by Alexandria Abramian
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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