Virtual Conversation: Suzanne Lloyd

April 21, 2021

April 20, 2021: New York  Marking the birthday of silent film star Harold Lloyd, who became a Lamb in 1925, his granddaughter Suzanne talks about his career and life. Suzanne Lloyd, the granddaughter of Harold and Mildred Lloyd, was raised at their Beverly Hills estate, Greenacres. Harold Lloyd, the master… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: George Chakiris

April 7, 2021

4-6-21:   A graduate of the American School of Dance, George Chakiris recalls the early days of passing the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, “where the worlds most glamorous people were seen,” never thinking that one day he would be attending his own premiere for West Side Story (for which he received a Golden… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Piper Laurie

March 31, 2021

March 30, 2021: Piper Laurie is one of the America’s greatest actresses, best known for her roles in the films The Hustler, Carrie and Children of a Lesser God, all of which brought her Academy Award nominations. She made her film debut playing Ronald Reagan’s daughter in Louisa (1950), and is still working today. Her many television credits… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Lee Grant

March 24, 2021

March 23, 2021 – Lee Grant, is a four-time Oscar nominated actress, appearing in classic films  In the Heat of the Night, Valley of the Dolls, The Landlord, Plaza Suite, Portnoy’s Complaint, and Shampoo, for which she won the Academy Award. She was also in the 1960s cult classic television series Peyton Place, winning her first Emmy. She… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Comley & Lane

March 17, 2021

March 16, 2021 – Broadway  producers Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane, the Tony Award-winning husband-and-wife producing team behind 18 Broadway shows such as Sunset Boulevard, On Your Feet!, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder and Sunday in the Park With George. Together they launched BroadwayHD, a subscription-based streaming service for stage performances… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Stefanie Powers

March 11, 2021

Stefanie Powers began her career as a teenager dancing for the Michele Paniaff Ballet Company and Jerome Robbins. At 16 she was put under contract to Columbia Pictures in the twilight of the Hollywood Studio System where she made 15 motion pictures and was loaned to United Artists for the John Wayne production of McLintock! (1963). … Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Marilyn Michaels

March 3, 2021

March 2, 2021.  Marilyn Michaels is a singer, comedienne, composer, author and fine artist.  She was chosen by Jule Styne to play the role of Fanny Brice in the national company of Funny Girl, after which she starred in ABC’s Emmy winning series, The Kopycats.  She is the recipient of an Outer Critics Circle… Continue reading →

Vaudevile & Little People Talk

February 26, 2021

Feb 25, 2021 — Trav S.D. has written for the Times, the Village Voice, and numerous show business publications. He has been on the vanguard of New York’s vaudeville and burlesque scenes since 1995 when he launched his company Mountebanks, which has presented hundreds of top variety acts. He has… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: France Nguyen

February 16, 2021

Feb 15, 2021 France Nuyen, born in Marseille, France,  became a motion picture actress with her first role, where she played Liat, daughter of Bloody Mary (played by Juanita Hall) in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. Later that year, she was cast in the lead role of the Broadway adaptation of the novel The World… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: NY Theatre Barn

February 11, 2021

New York: February 9, 2021:  Under the direction of Joe Barros (Artistic Director) and Jen Sandler (Associate Artistic Director), New York Theatre Barn (NYTB) is an anti-racist, non-profit theatre company that has served as a home for original culture shifting musicals during incubation since 2007. Through the evolution of their core programs… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Hal Linden

February 3, 2021

2 February, 2021: Hal Linden began his career as a big band musician and singer in the 1950’s. After a stint in the US Army, he began an acting career where he first worked in summer stock and off-Broadway productions. Linden found success on Broadway when he replaced Sydney Chaplin… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Melissa Newman

January 29, 2021

January 28, 2021:   Melissa Newman is an artist who works primarily porcelain and stoneware. She has shown work around the Northeast, with pieces included in the 2012 Hamptons Show House. She also performs frequently with her jazz trio. Melissa has spent almost 20 years volunteering and working with the inspiring women at… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Michael Riedel

January 13, 2021

Michael Riedel has been the theater columnist for the New York Post since 1998. New York magazine has called his column a “must-read” for the theater world. Michael began his radio career as regular on the Imus in the Morning show in 2011. In 2017 WOR, New York’s oldest and… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Maria Cooper Janis

November 18, 2020

November 17, 2020 – New York [Video below] Maria Cooper Janis was born in Los Angeles, California and lived there with her parents, the actor Gary Cooper and his wife Veronica Cooper. She followed a painting career in New York and in 1966 married the world renowned concert pianist, Byron… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Soaps

November 5, 2020

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020:  Hillary Smith and Crystal talk about their careers working on Daytime Dramas, aka Soap Operas, joined by Gary Donatelli and Ilene Kristen.  [Video Below] Left: Hillary (L) and Crystal (R) Hillary Smith  is best known for her roles in the daytime soap operas. She made her soap… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Mitchell Bloom

October 22, 2020

Oct 20, 2020:  Mitchell Bloom has worked as an associate costume designer on Broadway (including Tony Award–winning designs for Grand Hotel, The Will Rogers Follies, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses). In addition to his long collaboration with Santo Loquasto, he has been the associate to Anthony Powell, Ann Roth, Willa Kim,… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Jeffrey Jones

October 14, 2020

October 13, 2020:  Jeffrey Jones, best known for his film roles in Amadeus, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (photo rt.), Beetlejuice, The Devil’s Advocate, Deadwood, Without a Clue, Valmont, Hunt for Red October, Ed Wood, and Dr. Doolittle 2. On television Jeffrey has appeared on Fresno, Amazing Stories, Tales from the… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Deniece Williams

October 9, 2020

10-8-2020:  Iconic four-time Grammy Award winner and 12-time nominee, Deniece Williams is a  legendary songbird ,with a spectacular, four-octave range voice as heard in her multi-platinum hit songs, “Let’s Hear It for The Boy,” “It’s Gonna Take a Miracle,” “Free,” “Black Butterfly” “I’ve Got The Next Dance,” “I Surrender All,” “They Say,” I Believe In… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Juliet Mills

October 2, 2020

Oct. 1, 2020  Juliet Mills made her stage debut in London at age 16 in Peter Shaffer’s Five Finger Exercises, directed by Sir John Gielgud. After a long run at the Comedy Theater it transferred to Broadway when she was nominated for a Tony Award. Returning to London, she performed… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: James Barbour

October 1, 2020

September 30, 2020. The Lambs Virtual Conversation with James Barbour may be seen below. JAMES BARBOUR spent nearly 3 years starring as‘ The Phantom” in Broadway’s longest running smash hit musical The Phantom Of The Opera. An award winning Broadway star, international concert artist and speaker, James won the LA… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Jim Head talks Christy

September 28, 2020

September 28, 2020 James Head, author of 3 books on famed artist Howard Chandler Christy, talks about the artist’s life.  iJim is an expert on artist Howard Chandler Christy, one of the many iconic talents featured in The Lambs Foundation collection. Jim is the author of “An Affair with Beauty–The… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Amanda Vaill; Jerome Robbins

September 15, 2020

Amanda Vaill is a former book publisher and a New York Times bestselling and award-winning biographer, the author of Everybody Was So Young — a biography of the Lost Generation icons Sara and Gerald Murphy; Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins; Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War; and most recently the compilation Jerome… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Catherine Russell

September 10, 2020

Vocalist Catherine Russell is a native New Yorker, born into musical royalty. Her father, the late Luis Russell, was a legendary pianist-composer-bandleader, and Louis Armstrong’s long-time musical director. Her mother, the late Carline Ray, was a pioneering vocalist-guitarist-bassist who performed with the all-female swing orchestra, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm;… Continue reading →

Virtual Conversation: Constance Towers

August 27, 2020

Constance Towers is a woman of many gifts. She is a star of Broadway, motion pictures, and television who is particularly remembered for her starring role opposite Yul Brynner in the Broadway production of The King and I. She appears often on many television shows including Cold Case, Criminal Minds, LA Law, Frasier, Caroline in the… Continue reading →