CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy

Chicago jazz vocalist Elaine Dame sings "They Say It's Wonderful." To purchase the 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/elaine-dame-

Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. David Bellavia joins program host Ed Tracy for a special CONVERSATIONS podcast with the Norwich University Corps of Cadets, recorded live on September 25, 2019 in historic Plumley Armory on the Norwich campus located in Northfield, Vermont.

Season 5 Episode 2 - Originally posted March 25, 2020

Sandy Duncan joins the CONVERSATION to discuss Dan Clancy's "MIDDLETOWN The Ride of Your Life!" during the run of the show at the Apollo Theater Chicago.

Season 5 Episode 1 Originally posted March 11, 2020

Cage Sebastian Pierre, one of Chicago's top young actors and fight choreographers, joins the CONVERSATION to talk about fight choreography in Barbara Gaines new production of Romeo and Juliet at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Season 4 - Episode 14 Originally posted October 31, 2019

Heidi Kettenring, the accomplished Jeff Award-winning actor/vocalist joins the CONVERSATION to talk about balancing busy careers with her actor/husband David Girolmo and her upcoming concert appearances at the Auditorium Theatre in 'Chicago Celebrates Sondheim!' with the Chicago Philharmonic and the Artists Lounge Live Karen Carpenter holiday show at Mercury's Venus Cabaret.

Season 4 - Episode 13 Originally posted October 29, 2019

Charles Newell, the long-serving Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director of Court Theatre, joins the conversation to discuss his career and Court's next major project: The Oedipus Trilogy, which begins November 7, 2019 with Oedipus Rex, followed in May 2020 with The Gospel at Colonus and Antigone next season.

Season 4 - Episode 12 Originally posted October 28, 2019

Actor Bri Sudia joins the CONVERSATION to discuss sign language interpretation for the theater and her upcoming role as Mona Juul in the highly-anticipated TimeLine Theatre Company|Broadway in Chicago production of "OSLO" directed by Nick Bowling.

Season 4 - Episode 11 Originally posted September 16, 2019

Singer/Actor/Voiceover Artist Julie Garnyé, currently appearing in cast of the North American tour of "Come From Away," joins the CONVERSATION to discuss her performance career that includes Grizabella in National Tour of the musical CATS and a long run in the original cast of Disney's FROZEN: Live at the Hyperion Theatre.

Season 4 - Episode 10 Originally posted August 14, 2019

Dann Gire, the award-winning journalist and film critic for the Daily Herald for over four decades, joins the CONVERSATION to discuss the responsibilities of critics in the understanding of the arts and the development and impact of the Chicago Film Critics Association.

Season 4 - Episode 9 Originally posted July 25, 2019

Roche Schulfer, the long-serving Executive Director of Chicago's Goodman Theatre, joins the CONVERSATION following the opening of Mary Zimmerman's revival of "The Music Man"—the Tony Award winning director's 16th Goodman show in a 25-year association.

Season 4 Episode 8 Originally posted July 15, 2019