Lions in the Limelight
August 5, 2015 at 2:30 pm Ryan Jones 1 comment
We’re in the final week (or so) of production on our Sept./Oct. issue, and among the stories we’re putting finishing touches on is a feature package on alums working in New York and national theatre. As it happens, a couple of the Penn Staters featured in the piece—musical theatre grads Caroline Bowman ’10 and Natalie Weiss ’07—have popped up in the news in the past few days.
Bowman currently stars as Elphaba, the misunderstood green witch, in the Broadway smash Wicked. She and co-star Kara Lindsay were featured last week in a behind-the-scenes segment on New York’s WPIX-TV. (Among other things, you get a sense of just how much time she spends every week covering herself in green paint.) Weiss, meanwhile, recently wrapped a headlining concert at New York’s Highline Ballroom, which is featured in a new post at Playbill.com. Among the highlights: A very funny, pop-inflected six-minute version of Les Miserables. There are more videos at the Playbill link, but you can see that one below:
For much more on Bowman, Weiss, and a slew of similarly talented Penn Staters, keep an eye out for our Sept./Oct. issue in a few weeks.
Ryan Jones, senior editor
Entry filed under: The Penn Stater Magazine. Tags: Broadway, Caroline Bowman, Natalie Weiss.
1. Jo Lantz Prostko '75 | August 6, 2015 at 8:52 am
Penn State has a long and illustrious list of alumni in the limelight. I am keeping my fingers crossed that Samuel D. Rudy ’75 might be mentioned in the upcoming issue. He’s the press agent for the smash hit musical Hamilton (among other professional accomplishments) and a lifelong friend of mine.