Gosh, I meant to share this while the production was running, but that train schedule kept me mighty busy. Still, if you want to know more about my lifelong love of Hercule Poirot and about this stunning production, here’s a link. We currently have two producers interested in a possible tour. Stay tuned and keep …
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“And so the case was over at last, and the passengers went their separate ways….” It’s hard to believe our incredible train ride has already come to an end. After our initial four-week run, we were extended two more weeks due to demand for a total of six weeks, and we sold out every performance …
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Catching up here; been busy onstage! Somehow we are already halfway through the run of this amazing production and this is my first post. I am so honored and grateful that Peter Amster once again asked me to be his Hercule Poirot in this absolutely stunning production. And I am grateful to Artistic Director Barry …
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This is a gratitude post, and a chance to share some more images from the truly spectacular production of Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery Murder on the Orient Express at the beautiful Maltz Jupiter Theatre last fall. As a teen, I read ALL the Hercule Poirot novels. In some ways, I felt …
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Wow, 2023 was a remarkable year career-wise. Around the lengthy SAG-AFTRA strike (I spent a lot of time on the picket lines when not working!), I was flat-out offered four truly wonderful projects that brought me a lot of exciting challenges and rewards as an actor, and the joy of meeting a lot of wonderful …
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As someone who devoured Agatha Christie’s novels when I was a teen, I’m still pinching myself that at last I have stepped into the stylish shoes of her legendary Belgian detective Hercule Poirot to star in Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of Dame Christie’s masterpiece Murder on the Orient Express at the gloriously expanded Maltz Jupiter Theatre. It’s …
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I’ve been so busy that it’s been hard to find time to update my website. Please do follow my Instagram/Facebook/Twitter account for more regular updates—thanks! The Curtain’s production of Romeo and Juliet in Jersey City, directed by Artistic Director Sean Hagerty, won wild praise from critics and audiences alike. We had an absolutely fantastic company—every single …
Back in March of 2020, I was two weeks away from starting rehearsals as Friar Laurence in a new cutting of Romeo and Juliet by director/producer Sean Hagerty of Shakespeare@ (the same company for whom I played Polonius in Hamlet in 2019) in Jersey City, NJ. Then covid stopped the world. Flash forward to today, August …
Somehow, despite the fact that I’ve been acting since I was 14, I had never actually done summer stock. Until now. Director Clayton Phillips and Artistic Director Sarah Rozene invited me to venerable Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth, NH to play the plum role of Dr. Einstein in their production of the classic dark comedy, Arsenic …
Wow. The last Broadway show we saw before lockdown was The Minutes (with the original cast). That was March of 2020. Between the pandemic (and two cases of covid myself) and my being out of town a lot in 2022 performing, my husband and I had not taken the plunge and returned to seeing Broadway shows. …
