Variety announces “Actors On Actors: Broadway” — Page 2

And what I am telling you is that unfortunately and as clearly evident I am incapable of doing that. So that leaves you with three choices 1. Ignore me, 2. Block me or 3. Get me banned. Perhaps I have a problem myself? I don’t know why, I do find it hard to move on. So I am genuine when I tell you that the best way to stop me posting about this is just ignore me. Don’t feed the troll!


Even reading the idea here that Patti should have ‘said nothing’ I find highly infuriating. This is a woman who was vilified unfairly for commenting on the objective sound levels of a show and as a consequence accused of the worst kind of slander (literally the worst - there is almost no greater social crime right now). She will not be bullied into keeping silent. I am incapable of staying silent watching these bullies. While we’re here - Is anyone going to hold Cynthia Erivo accountable for her DESPICABLE behaviour that caused a show closing and many POC to lose work?? I don’t mean taking work from her because she is incredibly talented and I don’t believe in cancellation. But it’s amazing how incredibly dangerous and immoral some people in this community behave and have behaved over the years and we are meant to just smile and say ‘Yass girl?’. No girl. None of this is ok. Cynthia, if you or your agent is reading this and wants to do a 2 hour podcast on this where I confront you about the Great Comet fiasco please PM me. I guarantee you every person on this forum will be tuning in along with every person in the New York Broadway community. THIS would be the event of the season!!

For far too long we have had modern day witch hunters trying to burn innocent people at the stake and it's not ok.

Updated On: 4/23/25 at 03:01 AM

The Audra x Jake interview was incredibly charming.

BrodyFosse123 said: "Just started watching the Clooney/LuPone pairing and after his beyond beautiful complimenting rant to Patti he totally lost that credibility when he confessed he attended a matinee of EVITA because they were cheaper and he was broke in 1980. LuPone never performed the matinees, her alternate Terri Klausner did. EVITA was the first to have alternates at matinees. Kudos to LuPone for not correcting him though I know it was tough having to sit there biting her tongue instead of correcting him. The Playbill didn’t have an alternate one for the matinee Eva Peron so I think he assumed he saw Patti, based on his Playbill, and has been holding that for decades when all along he saw Terri as EVITA."



Does he specifically say that he saw LuPone and say that she was wonderful? Or just that he saw the show at a matinee? Big difference there.

Kieran Culkin & Sarah Snook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQmsgIO7RY

Really enjoyed much of the Clooney/LuPone conversation, veered into politics a lot (understandable given the subject matter of Clooney's play) but very interesting.

LOVED Gyllenhaal/McDonald's. Both effortlessly charming, very intelligent and thoughtful, and were able to connect over the overlaps in their careers like performing Sondheim and working with Kenny Leon, but able to dig in and learn more about how they tackle their art.

Culkin/Snook's was overall benign. I understand the pairing, they have a cute rapport and both are very charismatic. But they know each other too well, never felt like they were really learning something new about each other. Also rather disappointing to have this series of conversations supposedly celebrating stars on Broadway and both of them say, "Yeah I'm having fun, I won't do Broadway again for at least 10 years."

Culkin and Snook both have young kids. I'm not surprised they won't commit to Broadway agaim for some time and am grateful we have them performing right now.

MezzA101 said: "Nicole Scherzinger and Jonathan Groff Bond Over NSFW Banter, Performing Sick on Broadway and ‘Patti F—ing LuPone’



https://variety.com/2025/legit/news/nicole-scherzinger-jonathan-groff-sunset-blvd-just-in-time-1236375642"

https://youtu.be/W0cOJSIwkvQ?feature=shared

Jonathan Groff could have chemistry with a box of hair. One of the most charismatic, charming, and present people I've seen in any of these conversations.

I found Nicole a bit mannered at the start, clearly pushing through the media training. But once she broke through, the conversation livened up. Unfortunate she hasn't gotten to see Just In Time so she seemed a bit at sea at what to ask him, but Jonathan led the conversation very well with a fun level of diva worship.

Nicole looked to be very politely waiting for him to take a breath so she could actually get a word in here or there.

i hope there's more of these...

NOWaWarning said: "The Audra/Jake conversation has been my favorite so far. It seemed relaxed and effortlessly charming and they actually got into some interesting stuff about their respective crafts and experiences.

And I also clutched my pearls when Clooney said he saw Patti in a matinee of Evita. But maybe he’s just remembering it wrong."

Same, and SAME.

Watched the Cole-Darren interview last night. Poor Darren, he barely was able to talk about Maybe Happy Ending.



I hope there's more of these as Variety does a lot of them. I'd love to see a Megan Hilty and Robyn Hurder interview. David Hyde Pierce interviewing Bebe Neuwirth? Lin Manuel interesting Wayne Brady?