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Streisand, Chenoweth and Midler Concert Director Shares All Aug. 20 at 7 AM and Aug. 21 at 9 PM
By Blake Ross
16 Aug 2014
Sirius XM‘s On Broadway channel debuts a new interview Aug. 16 as part of the “Broadway Names With Julie James“ series – featuring Richard Jay-Alexander, longtime concert director to Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand and Lea Salonga, among many others.
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Jay-Alexander sits down with James for a no-holds-barred interview about his career, including working with iconic divas and being on the ground floor with some of Broadway’s longest-running hits.
During the 75-minute chat, the pair talk about all aspects of the entertainment industry as well as Jay-Alexander’s roots in Syracuse, his decade-long tenure as executive director of the New York office of Cameron Mackintosh, where he helped develop musicals like Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, his years-long partnership creating stage shows and albums with Bernadette Peters and Barbra Streisand, and more.
The “Broadway Names With Julie James” sit-down with Jay-Alexander premieres Aug. 16 at 8 PM, with repeat airings Aug. 17 at 12 PM, Aug. 20 at 7 AM and Aug. 21 at 9 PM.
