Libby Slate, Freelance Journalist, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Figure Skating, Theme Parks, More

Libby Slate’s writing career has taken her from Fargo to France, Japan to Jersey. She has sat down to chat with hundreds of showbiz luminaries, from Moses (Charlton Heston) to Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews); skated with Brian Boitano; appeared on Broadway – okay, so it was after the show and the theater was empty, but Broadway nevertheless – and has been inspired by the courage and fortitude of people who are battling life-threatening conditions, learning to read for the first time at age 30 or working to make the world better for others.

Below are selected clips that are equally wide-ranging. Please enjoy some of Libby’s photography as you peruse her portfolio.

TELEVISION

Profiles: Dancing with the Stars hairstylist Mary Guerrero, 24 and Medium composer Sean Callery,
Pushing Daisies editor Stuart Bass, A.C.E.
Emmy Magazine, Issue #3, 2008

Profile: Actress and doula Amy Pietz
Emmy Magazine, Issue #3, 2008

Profile: Survivor champ Yul Kwon now works for the FCC
Emmy Magazine, Issue #1, 2010

Profile: So You Think You Can Dance costume designer Soyon An
Emmy Magazine, Issue #6, 2009

Profile: Liza Minnelli
Emmy Magazine, Issue #4, 2010

Profiles: The Big Bang Theory stars Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar
Emmy Magazine, Issue #3, 2010

Brits Matthew Rhys, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Lennie James play Americans on TV
Emmy Magazine, Issue #1, 2007

Visual effects, sound effects, editing, stunts for Lost, Battlestar Galactica, other sci-fi/fantasy shows
Emmy Magazine, Issue #2, 2006

Glee comes to the Television Academy
Emmy Magazine, Issue #3, 2010

Calling the shots: Directing the 2006 Winter Olympics (excerpt)
Calling the shots: Directing the 2006 Winter Olympics (full article)
DGA Quarterly, Spring 2006

MUSICALS AND CABARET

 

A Chorus Line still kicks high
Orange County Performing Arts Center (OCPAC) program, June, 2008

Annie: The return of a classic
OCPAC Revue, January, 2007

Flying high in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
OCPAC Revue, July/August 2009

Scaling the Heights: In the Heights
OCPAC program, June, 2010

Profile: Director-choreographers Rob Marshall and Kathleen Marshall
Performing Arts, August, 2001

Profile: Megan Mullally: Making music
OCPAC Revue, January, 2006

Profile: Opera star Rod Gilfry sings cabaret
OCPAC program, January, 2004

Curtain calls
Performances, February, 2007

Lighting design
Performances, April, 2007
 
Makeup design
Performances, November, 2009
 
Stage managers
Performances, July, 2007
 
Audience response
Performances, June, 2009
 
Season programming
Performances, January, 2010

 

Sandy Cohen: Breast cancer recovery
Los Angeles Times, August 30, 1995

Heart of Los Angeles helps at-risk youth
Los Angeles Times, January 23, 1995

TV industry members: Giving back
Emmy Magazine, Issue #6, 2007