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Cathy Rigby Flies Back to Neverland

Posted on November 14th, by Nick in Entertainment. No Comments
Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan (© Craig Schwartz)

Olympic gymnast and Tony Award nominee Cathy Rigby is currently on a two-year national tour of Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan, which includes a holiday season stop at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, December 14-30. TheaterMania chatted with Rigby about playing the boy who won’t grow up and her journey with this production.

THEATERMANIA: Why did you want to play Peter Pan again?
CATHY RIGBY: I missed it and I love it. The main reason is because I work with a charity called Discovery Arts and I was doing events with them — signing autographs, taking pictures, giving fairy dust to children, and I began listening to stories that people were telling me about the show.Read the rest

Gideon Glick Goes Wild

Posted on November 1st, by Nick in Theater. No Comments

Gideon Glick (© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Gideon Glick made his Broadway debut as Ernst in Spring Awakening in 2006, after which he went on to perform in Roundabout Underground’s production of Stephen Karam’s Speech and Debate and Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, until his role was cut during the musical’s lengthy preview period.

Now, Glick returns to the stage as Jacob in MCC Theater’s world premiere of Thomas Higgins’ Wild Animals You Should Know, co-starring Tony Award winner Alice Ripley, which begins previews on November 3 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. TheaterMania spoke with Glick in between rehearsals about his career.

THEATERMANIA: How does it feel to be back on stage?
GIDEON GLICK: It’s lovely. Spider-Man was a great experience.Read the rest