Season 5: Episode 20 - Michelle Clunie Interview: Pen Pals Play Meets Queer As Folk TV Series

About this episode

In this episode, Adam Rothenberg interviews Michelle Clunie about her return to the stage and her experiences with the play Pen Pals and the series Queer As Folk.

This season on my podcast,  Baring It All with Call Me Adam , I am spotlighting  My Entertainment Idols . Today I am catching up with  Actress   Michelle Clunie , who you know for portraying Melanie Marcus on Showtime's hit Television Series  Queer As Folk . The last time Michelle Clunie was on the New York Stage was in 2012 when she starred in her Off Broadway play  US .  In this NEW interview, Michelle is  Baring It All with Call Me Adam  about: How  Pen Pals  made her want to return to the New York Stage What she hopes audiences come away with after seeing  Pen Pals What she would tell Melanie from  Queer As Folk  today Something she's never shared before So much more  Pen Pals   is the extraordinary story of two friends that unfolds over decades. With a rotating cast of renowned actors, no two performances will ever be the same. Bernie and Mags live in two different countries, they’ve never met, and yet they’re best friends. Because they’ve been pen pals for over fifty years. Since they were teenagers, they’ve shared every aspect of their…

People in this episode

Host: Adam Rothenberg

Guest: Michelle Clunie

Topics covered

• theater
• interview
• friendship
• personal stories
• return to stage
• Queer As Folk

Keywords

• Michelle Clunie
• Pen Pals
• Queer As Folk
• theater
• interview
• friendship
• New York Stage
• Daryl Roth DR2 Theater

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Showtime

Books & works: Queer As Folk, Pen Pals

Places: New Jersey, England, Daryl Roth DR2 Theater

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