Cocktails at Table 7- Inside New York’s Joe Allen

Daryl Roth is a 12-time Tony award-winning producer and holds the singular distinction of producing 7 Pulitzer Prize-winning plays. Her Tony winning credits include: Kinky Boots, The Normal Heart, Indecent,, Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron’s international hit play Love, Loss, and What I Wore, and Gloria: A Life, a play about the iconic Gloria Steinem. Daryl is a Trustee of the Kennedy Center, and ser...

Judy Kaye first came to prominence playing Lily Garland in the original Broadway production of On The 20th Century opposite John Cullum and Imogene Coca. In a career spanning five decades, she has played theaters and concert halls across the globe, in roles as diverse as Lucy Van Pelt, Rizzo, Maria Von Trapp, Mrs. Lovett, and Grandma Kurnitz in Lost in Yonkers . Recent Broadway appearances include...

"How to Become a Broadway Legend with Marilu Henner" The Aurora Teagarden Series on Hallmark Marilu Henner is a five-time Golden Globe nominated actress, television personality, and New York Times best-selling author. Born in Chicago, she started dancing as a toddler and began teaching dance at her family’s Henner Dance School as a teenager. While attending the University of Chicago in 1971, she w...

In an award-winning career that has encompassed TV, film, stage and concert work around the globe, Betty Buckley is probably best known as the quintessential musical theatre actress.  Whether she’s breaking your heart with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Memory” in her Tony-winning turn as Grizabella the Glamour Cat in CATS, bringing down the house with “The Writing on the Wall” in a gender-bending perform...

In an award-winning career that has encompassed TV, film, stage and concert work around the globe, Betty Buckley is probably best known as the quintessential musical theatre actress.  Whether she’s breaking your heart with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Memory” in her Tony-winning turn as Grizabella the Glamour Cat in CATS , bringing down the house with “The Writing on the Wall” in a gender-bending perfor...

Jeffrey Whitty has written the books for several stage musicals including Tales From the City , Bring It On:The Musical, and the smash hit Avenue Q for which he won the 2004 Tony Award. He is also co-author of the screenplay for Can You Ever Forgive Me? , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. In addition to his writing, Jeffrey is an accomplished actor and appeared in the films Lisa Pic...

Kilty Reidy is currently in Melbourne performing in the Australian premiere of Come From Away after appearing in the U.S. National Tour of the Tony Award-winning hit. He was a member of the original casts of the Broadway musicals The Drowsy Chaperone and In My Life. Off- Broadway productions include Bye Bye Birdie at The City Center Encores!, South Pacific in Concert at Carnegie Hall with Reba McE...

John Glover has been a favorite of film and television audiences since the 1970’s. He gained even greater prominence portraying a series of loathsome but oddly endearing villains in the iconic 80’s classics Scrooged, John Frankenheimer’s 52 Pick-Up and Gremlins 2: The New Batch . More recently, he was Emmy nominated for his turn as Lionel Luthor on the long running television hit, Smallville . In...

F. Murray Abraham has amassed 125 film and television credits in his distinguished career and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Antonio Salieri, in Milos Forman’s film of Amadeus , written by Peter Shaffer.  He has appeared in feature films directed by The Coen Brothers, Sidney Lumet, Brian DePalma, Richard Lester, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Gus Van Sant and Wes Anderson, to name just...

You know what’s a lot of fun? Christmas podcasts that drop a week after Christmas! For our final episode of 2020, we spend a festive 47 minutes and 34 seconds sharing stories of celebrity goodwill and Joe Allen cheer with a very special lineup of Joe Allen all-stars. Dana even sings, for Christ’s sake! Featuring the fabulous Kimberly Huie (Orso), the splendid Nick Flatto (Joe Allen), the marvelous...

Chita Rivera is one of the most admired and beloved performers in Broadway history. Starting at the age of 11, she trained as a ballerina at the School of American Ballet and made her Broadway debut six years later in Irving Berlin’s Call Me Madam . In her incomparable seven-plus decade career, she originated roles in numerous Broadway classics including West Side Story , Bye Bye Birdie , Chicago...

Tom Kitt received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as two Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for the musical Next to Normal, which he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Brian Yorkey . He also wrote the scores for the Broadway musicals If/Then, High Fidelity and Bring it On, the Musical (with Lin Manuel Miranda.) As an arranger and orchestrator, his credits include 13 , S...

John Pankow has been a familiar face to television, film and theater audiences for almost four decades. Although he has been a frequent guest on dozens of hit television series, he is probably best known for his roles on two highly regarded, long running sitcoms- as the loveable Ira Buchman on the iconic Mad About You , and as the ruthless & clueless Merc Lapidus on the Showtime hit, Episodes . He...

John Pankow has been a familiar face to television, film and theater audiences for almost four decades. Although he has been a frequent guest on dozens of hit television series, he is probably best known for his roles on two highly regarded, long running sitcoms-as the loveable Ira Buchman on the iconic Mad About You , and as the ruthless & clueless Merc Lapidus on the Showtime hit, Episodes . He...

To watch Act 3 of "An Evening at Joe's" go to Joe Allen TV London on youtube.  Cocktails at Table 7- Inside New York’s Joe Allen is produced and hosted by Jason Woodruff, Dana Mierlak and Sean Kent, with music by James Rubio and logo and artwork design by Christina D’Angelo. The Producers would like to extend a special thank you to the owners of Joe Allen, Orso and Bar Centrale Restaurants.

Marsha Mason is a critically acclaimed actress who made her Broadway debut in Cactus Flower in 1966. She has appeared in over 30 feature films and is a four-time Academy Award nominee for her work in Cinderella Liberty , The Goodbye Girl , Chapter Two and Only When I Laugh . In addition to her film work, Marsha is a veteran of the stage and has been featured in numerous hit television series inclu...

Josephine Buchan began her career on television, hosting television programs for the  BBC, ITV and Sky. Her love of theater led to her embarking on a career as an independent producer/ director. In addition to her passion for first-class commercial theater, Josephine also seeks to develop the skills of young people, many of whom are struggling in the educational system, within the framework of per...

Tessa Zugmeyer was born in Colmar, France, to a French father and a mother who is a native Californian. Raised in the States, she moved to NYC after completing a BA in Theater at UCLA, and an MFA in Acting from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. A proud member of Actors' Equity, some of her favorite roles include Rosalind in “As You Like It”, the Greek Female Chorus in “How I Learned...

Jen Cody is a genuine triple threat who has been a familiar face on the New York stage for the past 25 years. Since 2018, she has been the Second Vice President of Actor’s Equity Association. She made her Broadway debut as Rumpleteazer in “Cats," and has gone on to originate roles in numerous hit musicals, including Andrew Lippa’s “The Wild Party” and the Tony Award winning “Urinetown." Additional...

Jim Caruso is a multi-talented singer, writer, producer, master of ceremonies and longtime staple of the New York Performing Arts community.  As a vocalist, he has performed his acclaimed revues (in collaboration with Billy Stritch, Jane Monheit and Klea Blackhurst) to packed houses around the country.  In addition to curating the “Broadway at Birdland” series at the venerable NYC jazz venue Birdl...

Richard Ridge is the lead correspondent for Broadway World, one of the most popular theatre websites in the world. Richard hosts “Backstage with Richard Ridge," a popular outlet for Broadway stars and legends to chat about their careers. His guests have included Chita Rivera, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Cherry Jones among numerous other Broadway luminaries. Prior to that, Richard was the host of the g...