Postcards From The Lava Pit with Renee O’Connor
“When I finally stopped protecting Gabrielle, it was great to play. It’s so hard for me sometimes to relate to Gabrielle because most of the things that happen to her are so fantastic that they don’t happen in my own life.”
The Bitter Suite: Xena in Wonderland
Steven L. Sears and Chris Manheim discuss The Bitter Suite.
The Inside Story: The Bitter Suite
This month, Xena's first musical, The Bitter Suite, comes under the spotlight as we go behind the scenes on season three's memorable musical comedy...
As Bad As It Gets
In The Last of the Centaurs, Marton Csokas returns to the Xenaverse to play Xena's former lover and nemesis Borias, as well as a new character, Borias' son Belach.
Armageddon Now
Set reporter Kate Barker took time out to attend Auckland's comics pulp expo, Armageddon, where she found a few familiar faces...
Just Walk Away, Renee
Here, Gabrielle's alter ego looks back over six successful years and ponders on a future away from the Known World…
Field of Dreams
Fascinated by how the hours of footage shot for an episode of Xena: Warrior Princess are whittled down to a 45-minute episode? Xena editor Robert Field reveals all to Ian Rentoul.
Melody Maker
Joseph LoDuca, the man responsible for the music in Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, reveals his scoring secrets to Joe Nazzaro.
Ephiny of Amazons
Along the way [Ephiny] has also become one of the best loved figures in Xena’s mythic world, a development that gratifies and amazes the New Zealand actress who plays her, Danielle Cormack.
Ares Speaks!
Just when you think you’ve got this character pinned down, he dissolves in a pillar of fire and reemerges the following week with a new facet of his personality.
Bitter Suite: The Making of a Musical
Certainly the most ambitious and anticipated Xena episode, “The Bitter Suite,” was broadcast the week of February 2, 1998, earning impressive ratings and wide-spread critical acclaim.
Xena’s Destiny: Warrior at the Crossroads
Expect some startling new directions for the Warrior Princess and her maturing sidekick as Year Three unfolds.
From “Grease” To China: On the Road with Lucy Lawless
Do I dare confess that I started this phone interview with the words, “Rise and Shine! Rise and Shine!” What possessed me? Thank God Lucy has a terrific sense of humor and it functions at eight o’clock in the morning.
Conversing with Renee O’Connor
Talking to Renee O’Connor on the phone is like talking to Gabrielle - the voice is the same. There is a difference, though. And I realize it is the voice of Gabrielle from “The Deliverer,” “Gabrielle’s Hope” and “The Debt.”