CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy

Sep 04 2024 98 ep. 33 mins 3
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CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy is a Chicago-based interview series featuring engaging and thoughtful discussion with authors and influential leaders in the arts, media and business.

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THE LEHMAN TRILOGY - Edward Gero - Guthrie Theater

Sep 04 2024 34 mins  
Edward Gero joins the CONVERSATION during a break in rehearsals for The Lehman Trilogy at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Gero’s performance is another highlight in a distinguished, award-winning career spanning forty-seven years with upwards to one hundred fifty roles and counting including The Originalist at Court Theatre in Chicago, Angels in America at Arena St

STEVE HAMILTON - AN HONORABLE ASSASSIN - A Nick Mason Novel

Aug 18 2024 32 mins  
Steve Hamilton, the two-time Edgar Award-winning and NY Times bestselling author of the Alex McKnight series, joined the CONVERSATION to talk about the release of An Honorable Assassin (Blackstone Publishing August 27, 2024), the third book in the popular Nick Mason series. Season 7 Episode 2 Originally posted August 15, 2024

MICHAEL GARFIELD LEVINE - Spinning My Wheels

Mar 22 2024 43 mins  
Michael Garfield Levine joins the Conversation to discuss his solo show “Spinning My Wheels” that chronicles the touching, disturbing and often humorous arc of Levine’s Vermont theatre experiences to the streets of New York and, ultimately, a path of acceptance and survival. Levine will perform his show on Thursday, April 11th at the Royall Tyler Theatre on the campus of the

Teatro ZinZanni Chicago - Kerry Sheehan

Oct 19 2023 29 mins  
Teatro ZinZanni Chicago returns with an exciting, new show created by Joe DePaul and offering one of the most unique entertainment experiences anywhere. General manager and producer, Kerry Sheehan, joins the CONVERVATION to tell us about the show that is set in the exquisite 100-year-old Belgian Spiegeltent ZaZou on the 14th floor of the Cambria Hotel in Chicago's Loop. Season 6 Ep

Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon - Matthew C. Yee - Lookingglass Theatre

Jun 02 2023 38 mins  
Matthew C. Yee, the creator, writer and composer of the new musical "Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon" at Lookingglass Theatre joins the CONVERSATION to discuss the show and the collaborative process to bring it to the stage. Aurora Adachi-Winter and Yee star as Lucy and Charlie, two first generation Asian Americans who meet, fall in love and then decide to start a life of crime togeth

CABARET ZAZOU - Frank Ferrante and James Harkness

Jun 01 2023 25 mins  
On the eve of Cabaret ZaZou's 200th performance in the Speigeltent on the 14th floor of Chicago's Cambria Hotel, we caught up with two of the shows stars, comic emcee Frank Ferrante and singer James Harkness, for a Conversation about the extraordinary cast and how the show continues to evolve over the course of a long run. Season 6 Episode 3 Originally posted June 1, 2023

MotherFreakingHood! - Sara Stotts

May 23 2023 25 mins  
Co-writer/producer Sara Stotts joins the CONVERSATION to discuss the new musical MotherFreakingHood! during the Chicago Premiere at the Mercury Theater Chicago. Season 6 Episode 1 Originally posted May 23, 2023

FRANK FERRANTE: Hello I Must Be Going!

Aug 20 2022 20 mins  
Entertaining audiences for decades with his terrific one-man show about Groucho Marx, Frank Ferrante joins the conversation to talk about his return to Chicago in September for LUMINAIRE at Cabaret ZaZou in the shimmering Spiegeltent on the 14th floor of the Cambria Hotel and a tour stop for Groucho coming up in South Haven. One of our great improvisational actors, comedians and en

André De Shields with Ed Tracy - HADESTOWN Returns to Broadway - Sarah Siddons Award Interview

Aug 19 2022 35 mins  
Tony Award winner and multi-Tony nominee André De Shields discusses the opening moments of the return of HADESTOWN to Broadway on September 2, 2021 with CONVERSATIONS host Ed Tracy. This is an excerpt of the interview during the 2021 Sarah Siddons Society Actor of the Year Award benefit held in Chicago in October 2021. To view the entire interview, visit: https://bit.ly/3z61qkG

SPECIAL FEATURE: Elaine Dame plays "The High Road Theme"

Mar 27 2020
Chicago jazz vocalist and flutist Elaine Dame plays the theme song of CONVERSATIONS ("The High Road Theme") during a segment of the podcast "Conversations with Ed Tracy." To purchase Elaine's album "You're My Thrill" visit: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/elainedame3. Listen to our 2017 podcast at the CONVERSATIONS website: https://www.conversationswithedtracy.com/de-usuris/2017/4/5/e