Premiering Sunday 3/15/26
Over the past few weeks, we’ve begun sharing a new series here in the Living Strong Community called Voices of Starlight—conversations with artists who helped bring the extraordinary musical Starlight Express to life on stages around the world.
This Sunday, we’ll release the next conversation in the series, featuring Reva Rice. Many members of the Starlight community will remember Reva from her remarkable performances as Pearl in the Broadway production of Starlight Express and on the U.S. National Tour. Today, her journey with the show continues in a beautiful way as she performs the role of Mama in the legendary Bochum production in Germany.
During our conversation, Reva shared the story of how her Starlight journey first began. We talked about:
• how she first discovered the Starlight Express audition
• what the audition process was like
• her memories of stepping into the role of Pearl on Broadway
• the challenges and lessons that came from performing in such a demanding and unique show
• the moment Starlight returned to her life when she was invited to play Mama in Bochum
• and what the Starlight community and experience have meant to her over the years.
As with the other interviews in this series, the conversation is presented in a very natural way with minimal editing so that the humanity of the conversation—memories, reflections, and stories—can be experienced as authentically as possible.
The interview will premiere here in the community this Sunday.
I’m deeply grateful to our Living Strong Community members, and especially our Premier members, whose support helps make projects like this possible.
If you’ve already seen the first two interviews in the series with Kelly Holmes and Janeen & George Livings, I’d love to hear what stood out to you.
And when the conversation with Reva is released on Sunday, I hope you’ll join us and share your reflections as well.
Living Strong.