Laura Heywood Appreciation Thread

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Laura Heywood Appreciation Thread#1

Posted: 7/9/18 at 8:31pm

After watching a few of the AOL Build Series interviews with Laura Heywood interviewing a few Broadway actors, I have to say she is such an excellent interviewer. Her questions never seem dumb, you can tell she actually watched the show or at least thoroughly researched her subjects before the interview, and has a very warm, affable personality that puts most of her subjects at ease. She's also pretty articulate as well. I know those things should be standard with anybody conducting interviews for a living (or speaking on television/Internet), but I think Heywood is a cut above most.

[Marianne2]

Laura Heywood Appreciation Thread#2

Posted: 7/9/18 at 9:23pm

You can follow her on Twitter at BroadwayGirlNYC, if you aren't already. Yes, she is extremely enthusiastic about all things theater. Not that It's a bad thing. But, I think that certainly helps with her interviewing since she really cares about what they're talking about. She also has been part of programming at Broadwaycon.

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[Tiann Nerng Chong]

Laura Heywood Appreciation Thread#3

Posted: 7/9/18 at 9:35pm

I absolutely loved her AOL build interview with Javier Munoz.

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Laura Heywood Appreciation Thread#4

Posted: 7/9/18 at 9:49pm

I just think I've grown so used to watching bad or so-so interviews that when I first saw Heywood's interviews, I was just so taken aback by her sheer competence. I love her work on Build and I hope she does it forever, but I think she also needs to look at other opportunities because she is extremely good at what she does.

[BroadwayRox3588]

Laura Heywood Appreciation Thread#5

Posted: 7/9/18 at 9:55pm

I absolutely love Laura. I've actually hung out with her a couple times, and in addition to being very good at what she does, she is also an incredibly kind person, and very good to talk to about pretty much anything.

Updated On: 7/9/18 at 09:55 PM

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Laura Heywood Appreciation Thread#6

Posted: 7/10/18 at 9:27am

I think I'll check her out.  She sounds like a fantastic interviewer.....unlike  Julie James (Sirius XM on Broadway) who works my last nerves with her over praising...and over-everything.  

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[LizzieCurry]

Laura Heywood Appreciation Thread#7

Posted: 7/10/18 at 10:31am

I've been to a few panels she was on (or moderated) at BroadwayCon and was at the most recent 54 Below Tonys trivia night. She's fantastic with a crowd and with some obnoxiously drunk guys at said trivia night who yelled when a question she had written was slightly inaccurate.

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