Playing the unforgettable Peggy Bundy in the Fox comedy Married…with Children brought her Katey Sagal into the national spotlight but that was only the beginning for her. She voiced Leela in the cartoon Futurama then led the cast of 8 Simple Rules even after John Ritter’s death.
She has found new success playing Gemma Teller Morrow in the FX drama Sons of Anarchy in which she won a Golden Globe.
We talked to Sagal right before she hit the road on tour with the cast bringing her singing voice to the forefront.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Katey, great to finally talk to you on the phonee.
Katey Sagal: Great talking to you. Where are you?
JN: Chicago. You are out singing on this Sons of Anarchy tour. Many of the mainstream public may not know you sing.
KS: Right.
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Becca Tobin is shaking her pompoms this season on Fox’s hit television show Glee. Starring as Kitty Wilde she is showing how to be a mean girl with a high kick after replacing several characters graduating from McKinley. Using this break out role to speak to teens about bullying through a company called Bullyville she has begun to change people’s minds and take a stance against this injustice.
We went behind the Cheerio to explore the story of the thespian that was bullied in school.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Becca. I know you are currently filming Glee out in LA but you are originally from Georgia. Was that a small town?
Becca Tobin: -ish. It was the suburbs outside of Atlanta.
JN: I read you were a theater kid.
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The pop band fun. burst onto the scene with only its second album Some Nights reaching platinum status. Boosted by the power of Glee after their song “We Are Young” was featured on the hit Fox television show, it went on to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The group became a trio made up of Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, and Jack Antonoff after coming together from their respective bands. The second title track “Some Nights” has a completely different sound and has done well, recently performed on Saturday Night Live as part of their set.
With a recent concert in Chicago fun. donated a dollar of every ticket sale to service gay rights and held a booth for The Ally Coalition in the lobby to encourage patrons to help with the cause.
Nunn on the Run went backstage to talk to band member Jack to find out about them fighting for our team and how they have so fun.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Jack, nice to meet you. Where are you from?
Jack Antonoff: I’m from Jersey and the New York area.
JN: How was the devastation with the hurricane?
JA: Not bad for me. I got pretty lucky.
JN: You began your career in a punk band?
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Oxygen breathed new life into Fox’s hit television show Glee bringing four new cast members onto the scene with the first season of The Glee Project. Contestants competed by singing, dancing and making music videos. The winners tied for a seven-episode arc with characters tailored made for them on Glee. Two runners up each won a two-episode stint as well.
Robert J. Ulrich is a big part of the show as casting director for The Project. He has been the mastermind behind such television hits as Drop Dead Diva and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Nunn on the Run sat down to have breakfast with Robert right after a huge two day open call in Chicago for season two of The Glee Project.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Robert. I heard after Chicago you are heading to do more open calls for the show in my hometown Nashville.
Robert Ulrich: I am and very excited.
JN: You get to hang with winner Alex Newell the winner from last season at the casting call.
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There’s a new Jenner on television this fall and we’re not talking about a member of the Kardashian family.
Blake Jenner came out on top as the winner on Oxygen’s Glee Project, a competition show where young hopefuls sing, dance, and act for a chance to be on Fox’s hit musical show. If you missed the emotional finale it was his heartfelt letter to the judges that ultimately won him the role.
Jenner makes his debut this week as Ryder Lynn when the New Directions are casting for their production of Grease.
After winning The Glee Project competition 19-year old Jenner spoke about his rise to the top.
Jerry Nunn: Hey, Blake. What made you audition for The Glee Project in the first place?
Blake Jenner: I was auditioning a lot here in Los Angeles but nothing was happening. It just wasn’t my time and I was just eating Ramen noodles and fighting to survive. When The Glee Project auditions came around, I thought it was so lucky, like a great thing because, I’d have to go in this audition and give it a short. What really made we want to audition was I had the biggest passion for acting. I love acting and it’s been my one true love since I was a kid. The second that I watched Glee with my brother, right when it came out years ago, I loved it. I saw myself there. I just loved every character, so it was definitely my love for Glee and my passion for acting drove me to audition for The Glee Project for sure.
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Kristin Chenoweth fell into our hearts when she hit the Broadway stage in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown in the role of Sally Brown where she won a Tony Award. She worked magic as Glinda in Wicked then entered the world of television on The West Wing. She won an Emmy for Pushing Daisy and after that played April Rhodes on Glee where she sang several unforgettable duets.
ABC’s very popular Good Christian Bitches or GCB only lasted one season but garnered Chenoweth even more gay fans.
The Oklahoma native heads to Chicago this week on tour bringing songs from her latest album Some Lessons Learned as well as Chenoweth classics to the Cadillac Palace Theatre.
Nunn caught up with her on at her gig in Nashville in the South before she heads north.
JN: (Jerry Nunn) Hi, Kristin. Where in the world are you?
KC: (Kristin Chenoweth) I just arrived in Nashville. It is really hot down here!
JN: Well, it’s going to be hot when you get to Chicago, too. I grew up in Nashville but was born in Oklahoma like you.
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Remembered for her Broadway roles from Rent to Wicked, Idina Menzel has gained a legion of fans though the years. After winning the Tony Award in 2004 for playing Elphaba she went on to appear in several movies such as Enchanted and perform her solo work at Lilith Fair. Her turn as Shelby Corcoran, Rachel Berry’s biological mother on Fox’s Glee, was a match made in heaven and broadened her appeal. She recently made a DVD and album of her tour called Live: Barefoot at the Symphony. Idina brings a similar tour to Ravinia for an outdoor concert with wine and cheese and I tracked her down on the road to talk about it.
Jerry Nunn: Hi, Idina. Last time I saw you was at your show in Indianapolis.
Idina Menzel: Did we hang out after?
JN: We did.
IM: I’m sorry I am trying to put it all together.
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