Journalism

Patti LuPone: Exclusive East End Interview With The Legendary Chanteuse

by Bridget LeRoy
June 24, 2024

I’ll admit it, interviewing Patti LuPone, Broadway legend, was an intimidating prospect. She is blissfully unaware that she has been part of my theater-baby orbit since she originated the role of “Evita” on Broadway in 1979 — all of us Strasberg Studio/Williamstown Theater Festival girls were hoping for “just a little touch of star quality” like LuPone’s.

The Biography Of A Chocolate Cake

by Bridget LeRoy
July 31, 2023

Would you travel to the end of the world for the best chocolate cake ever? You may have to.

The Tavern on the Green chocolate truffle cake, which spent decades on the menu at the world-famous restaurant in Central Park, was gobbled by celebrities and royals alike, and praised in food columns around the globe. I thought it had disappeared off the map when the eatery changed hands, until I recently found out that it’s being served at one notable spot — Bennett Shellfish on South Debusy Road in Montauk.

Buena Vida Organic Coffee: The Bean-to-Brew Movement Is Here

by Bridget LeRoy
February 12, 2023

First, there was farm to table, then there was dock to dish, both known for supporting the small producers who grow and farm and fish sustainably.

Now, there’s bean to brew.

Globally, about 1.4 billion cups of coffee are being consumed daily. Because of the high demand, coffee is one of the most pesticide-sprayed crops in the world. And coffee is big business, baby.

Get In My (Gold)Belly! Sagaponack Residents Joe And Vanessa Ariel Talk About The Business Of Food And Nostalgia

by Bridget LeRoy
July 21, 2022

You’re crazy for cake, but only if it’s from Kaminsky’s in Charleston, South Carolina. Problem is, you’re in Charleston, West Virginia.

From Wonderland To Shondaland, Kate Burton Stays Center Stage

by Bridget LeRoy
April 11, 2022

There’s only been one other time in four decades of writing where I’ve inserted myself into the narrative of an article (even writing “myself” makes every journalistic bone in my—“my!”—body shudder). But to not describe my lifelong friendship with actress Kate Burton would be disingenuous.

Susan Stroman: A Life In The Theater

by Bridget LeRoy
August 4, 2021

They call her “Stro.” It stands, of course, for Stroman (as in Susan) because that’s her name. But it also could stand for strode, as in “she strode across the stage to…

Julie Andrews: The Family Jools

Dame Julie Andrews — “Jools” to her family and friends — lives in a world that encompasses her past, present and future all at once.

First of all, with her daughter, Bay Street co-founder and author Emma Walton Hamilton, she is hard at work on her third autobiographical tome, tentatively titled “Home Stretch,” following the success of “Home” and “Home Work.”

Bridget LeRoy on Aug 15, 2022

Interview With Jane Fonda: Actress, Activist, Octogenarian

With Jane Fonda, there are no in-betweens. Her life has been lived in the public eye and, popular or unpopular, she has always gone full steam ahead, whether sinking her teeth into...

Bridget LeRoy on September 18, 2018

Sean Ono Lennon: Bringing The Beauty

Some stories are more personal than others. It would be disingenuous to start this article without full disclosure — the Lennons were our neighbors at the Dakota in New York City. John...

Bridget LeRoy on May 21, 2019

Angels, Devil Are In The Details

You know it. He knows it. “Angels in America” is going to be Tony Kushner’s epitaph. Within moments of its 1991 premiere, everyone who saw it knew it was an utterly original...

Bridget LeRoy on July 2, 2019

Linda Ronstadt: Simple Dreams

Hers was the voice that launched a thousand ships. What girl in the 1970s and ’80s didn’t sing along with Linda Ronstadt, or wish that they had a voice like that voice?...

Bridget LeRoy on November 25, 2019