An Interview With Dolly Curtis

By Brad Durrell, Reprinted from The Connecticut Post, Sunday, February 24, 2019

Dolly Curtis still remembers when actress Carol Channing sang her a song.

Curtis and the late Leo Meyer were co-hosting their weekly radio show “Backstage Buzz” on WPKN and talking to Channing by phone in California.

“She asked if she could sing ‘Hello, Dolly!’ to me, and then she did it on the air,” says Curtis, a longtime arts enthusiast from Easton.

Channing, who died in January at age 97, is one of many theater luminaries Curtis and Meyer interviewed on the show. Meyer knew Channing from his years as a prominent theater set designer.

Curtis is well known in the region’s arts community for her involvement and passion. In addition to the radio show, she hosted the cable-TV show “Dolly Curtis Interviews” for 28 years, has offered weekend entertainment suggestions on WICC-AM, and organizes Easton Public Library art exhibits to promote the work of emerging and established artists.

She’s also active with the Easton Arts Council and Connecticut Critics Circle, a statewide group for theater reviewers. Read more…

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