Profile for Broadway Bill

Just a little note to say adios! As of Oct. 10, I will no longer be program director of the On Broadway channel at XM Satellite Radio. I've signed a three-year contract to be the host of the nightly syndicated "Taboo Talk" radio program, coming soon to a city near you. To keep things simple, I'll be re-adopting my old air name of Bill Matthews. Best of luck to one and all, and thanks to Rob for giving me the space for the column ... which I understand four of you have actually read.

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What a crappy thing to say, Al Dente. A problem, perhaps, that you're not sharing with the rest of the class?

Everyone chill out! Sheesh!

Celebrity is as celebrity does. JG was a talented, tormented, flawed, REAL human being. Horrified by the tapes? Maybe. But I bet she'd be delighted to have such a talented songstress as Mary Birdsong portraying her.

Good God, with the legions of half-assed campy, scary, Judy Garland impersonators (with a chromosome that Judy NEVER had) plying their trade, let's be happy that she's being portrayed by a person -- a woman this time -- who loves and re

Interesting! I was just trying to find a copy of this for my "Broadway Time Capsule" sewgment on the show today. Guess I'll get this and play it later!

Barry White. Gregory Peck.

Thank you! I'm here all week. Tip the waitresses. Try the veal! And read my column, as it touches on this very subject.

Only when they all stop breathing at approximately the same time.

Not fer nuthin', but I'm "set" to play the role of Max Bialystock. I keep showing up at the St. James, but they keep telling me to either buy a ticket or go home.

I had a wonderful time! If you ever go to Niagra Falls, make sure you see it from the Canadian side.

How many of the folks calling it "A Kiddie Show" actually saw it? And, by virtue of the same analysis, isn't "The Lion King" a kiddie show? Beauty and the Beast? It was a delightful, small show that the kids and grownups who were there the night I was LOVED! And it will do VERY well on tour.

THE FIRST EVER LIVE, NATIONWIDE, TONY AWARDS PARTY!!! ON XM-28!!!

Sunday, June 8 -- 7pm ET

Join Yers Troolie and dozens of my closest friends as we soak in the hot tub at my "palatial Park Avenue Estate". Watch the Tony Awards on TV if you must, but turn down the sound and listen as the Jovial Impresario and his friends talk about who won, who lost, who had no business even BEING there, and what everyone was wearing. XM Satellite Radio's Bill Kates and Andy Propst from

And these are my final words on the subject -- save for the column I've just submitted.

It is NEVER wise for a performer to forget where he/she comes from. He/She may have to move back there someday.

And with that...

My elbows are exquisite, thank you.

Yes, I do have a twin brother in "Wet Elbow, Wisconsin" or something like that. And on a side note to the lovely HKK, would you do me a favor and check to see that Eldon disconnected from the Internet after his last post? These AOL charges will BANKRUPT me!

'Nuff Said!

That's probably what they's skeered of!

Don't know WHO her record label is these days. Maybe I'll ask her when she's here...

Oh wait...

I am not a "swing." I am an IMPRESARIO! Fix this please, Robert!

Got word this morning that Sarah Brightman will be doing an interview on one of our channels in June. But her PR person tells me she will not do an interview on the Broadway channel. I will write more about this in next week's column. Stay tuned!