Theater Is (Not) Doomed

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

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Theater Is (Not) Doomed

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In the trenches with three theater leaders from organizations around the US and in the UK as they battle the economic crisis facing theaters everywhere.

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From Real Housewife to Broadway Producer 35:14

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Kandi Burruss, the former Real Housewife of Atlanta, is now a regular Broadway producer of shows including “The Piano Lesson” and the current “Othello” starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal. Here’s how she hopes her work is helping to make a new Broadway for everyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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This Olivier-Winning Musical is Stranger Than Fiction 38:54

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Get to know the complete cast of the West End hit "Operation Mincemeat" — David Cumming , Claire-Marie Hall , Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone , and Zoë Roberts — all now on Broadway in the New York transfer of the award-winning musical comedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Speaking 'English' With Sanaz Toossi and Marjan Neshat 31:43

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With Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy "English" now on Broadway, the playwright and her lead actor, Neshat, talk translation, Trump, representation, the power of comedy, and the one audience reaction that makes Toossi really, really mad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Sins and Star Wars with Leslye Headland 44:35

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Join the playwright, screenwriter and director for a wide-ranging conversation about her Broadway debut “Cult of Love,” the “gift” of her Seven Deadly Plays cycle, her thoughts on character vs. genre, her Star Wars series “The Acolyte,” the fans’ reaction to it, the seismic upheaval of motherhood, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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How Joy Woods Became a "Gypsy" Superfan 35:03

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Woods, a rising star of the New York stage, never thought much about "Gypsy" because she never thought there'd be a role for her in the landmark 1959 musical. Now she's appearing opposite Audra McDonald in the new Broadway revival — and finding ways to make the role of Louise her own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Branagh, Sondheim and Fiennes, All Under One Roof 38:10

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The Shed, a relatively new multidisciplinary arts institution in Manhattan, has already made a habit of presenting buzzy theater productions — including the current, sold-run of "King Lear" starring Kenneth Branagh. Artistic director Alex Poots talks about how that show grew out of a years-along rapport with Branagh, and how the Shed's theater work fits into the broader landscape of Broadway and New York theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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How to Sing Like Louis Armstrong 41:15

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The Tony-winning actor James Monroe Iglehart on how he nails the legendary voice of Louis Armstrong in the new Broadway bio-musical “A Wonderful World” – and why he hopes his involvement as co-director of the show leads to more directing gigs in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Megan Hilty & Jennifer Simard: Death Becomes Them 31:43

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The stars of the new Broadway musical adaptation of "Death Becomes Her" talk comic timing, macabre special effects, and why Hilty always knew "Death Becomes Her" would make a great musical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Playing Robots, Being Human 39:56

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Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen, the stars of the new Broadway musical "Maybe Happy Ending," on cross-cultural storytelling, navigating their show's technologically complex set, and why robots are uniquely suited to telling a very human story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Nicole Scherzinger, Jim Parsons and More From the Business of Broadway 2024 1:18:54

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In this supersized episode of Stagecraft, we bring you three conversations from Variety's Business of Broadway breakfast, featuring the stars, creators and producers behind some of the biggest shows on Broadway this fall. In our first conversation, Erik Piecuch of City National Bank moderates a discussion with the producers Hunter Arnold ("Maybe Happy Ending," "Othello"), Caroline Kaplan ("Redwood"), Mara Isaacs ("Gypsy," "Hadestown"), and Sammy Lopez ("How to Dance in Ohio," "JOB"). In our second talk, Variety's Rebecca Rubin talks with four of the stars of the new Broadway revival of "Our Town": Zoey Deutch, Jim Parsons, Ephraim Sykes and Michelle Wilson. And in our final interview, Variety's Brent Lang talks to two of the creative forces behind the buzzy new revival of "Sunset Boulevard," star Nicole Scherzinger and director Jamie Lloyd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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How a Theatermaker Makes Opera 34:52

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Jeanine Tesori, the Tony winning composer of “Kimberly Akimbo” and “Fun Home,” talks about her upcoming Metropolitan Opera debut, “Grounded,” and what it’s like when a musical theater composer finds herself working with an 80-piece orchestra and 60-voice ensemble. Also discussed: the launch of the “Kimberly Akimbo” national tour, the revisions she and David Lindsay-Abaire made to “Shrek,” and why “Soft Power,” the musical she wrote with David Henry Hwang, is like the Renaissance Faire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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My Reading With the Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot 38:11

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There's a new tarot deck that brings Broadway to the tarot through the work of legendary caricaturist Al Hirschfeld — and I got a taste of the deck in action with a reading from its creator, Emily McGill, in a conversation about the spirituality of theater, the "casting" of theatrical icons as specific tarot cards, and how theater fans might use the deck for insight and self-reflection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Sutton Foster Gets Unhinged 31:59

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Talking with Tony-winning Broadway star, who says she’s playing “an unhinged version of myself” in the new Broadway revival of “Once Upon a Mattress.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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'Cats' Meets Drag Ball Culture 40:15

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Tony Awards Telecast Producers Promise to Wow You 37:10

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Sarah Paulson Gets Real About Tony Season 43:01

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Backstage With Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin 36:54

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The Tony-nominated stars of "Cabaret" take listeners backstage for a peek at the "synchronized chaos" behind the scenes, and talk rowdy crowds, critics, and Redmayne's fourth go-round in the role of the Emcee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jessica Lange Feels 'Wild and Liberated' in 'Mother Play' 36:36

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Oscar, Emmy and Tony winning actress Lange, now on Broadway in a Tony-nominated performance in "Mother Play," discusses premiering a new play on Broadway, explains why she could do without Wednesday matinees, and reveals why her recent work has her feeling "wild and liberated." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Talking 'Lempicka' With Tony Nominees Eden Espinosa and Amber Iman 35:03

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In a conversation recorded before the announcement of the Tony nominations, actors Espinosa and Iman talk criticism discourse, the irresistible allure of Lempicka, and the Broadway community that’s rallied around their show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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For Grant Gustin, The Hard Parts Are His Favorite Parts 37:14

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Now starring on Broadway in the critically acclaimed "Water for Elephants," Gustin shares what's most challenging — and most rewarding — about his first return to musical theater after nine years as the star of the long-running CW series "The Flash." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Bernadette Peters Wants to Play Sweeney Todd 36:34

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Recorded live on the Broadway Cruise, musical theater icon Peters recalls the moment she fell in love with Sondheim's work, shares the biggest lessons she's learned in her career, and reveals the one Sondheim role she'd still love to play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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From 'Succession' to 'Stereophonic' With Juliana Canfield 40:38

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Soon to make her Broadway debut in the buzzy play “Stereophonic,” Canfield talks learning all those overlapping lines, telling an accidental lie on the way to winning her part in the show, the “Succession” diaspora on stage, and that one time the “Stereophonic” cast became a real band in Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Love, Loss, Time, and Lots of Onstage Rain 42:26

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How the creators of the new Broadway musical adaptation of "The Notebook," Ingrid Michaelson and Bekah Brunstetter, aim to both satisfy and surprise—and why the show's theatricality makes the popular story even more universal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How To Be A Theater Influencer 40:06

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Two theater influencers, Kristin Hopkins and Ashley Hufford, reveal the secrets of becoming a theater influencer. The first thing to know: There's not much money in it, but there's a lot of free theater. "If I wanted this to be my day job, I should have done beauty influencing," Hufford jokes. Kristin Hopkins: @kristin_bria on Instagram, @kristinbhopkins on TikTok Ashely Hufford: @ashley_hufford on Instagram, @ashleyhufford on TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

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How 'Ilinoise' Takes a Page From 'A Chorus Line' 35:22

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Director-choreographer Justin Peck and Pulitzer winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury talk about making a nontraditional dance musical based on Sufjan Stevens’ “genre-defying” album “Illinoise.” The show is now having its world premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and will run at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan in March. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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The ‘Reservation Dogs’ Creators Wrote a Play 30:12

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Just as the acclaimed FX series "Reservation Dogs" was being developed, five of the writers involved in the show were premiering their first play. "Reservation Dogs" co-creator Sterlin Harjo and series writer Bobby Wilson, both members of the sketch comedy troupe The 1491s, reveal the backstory of their play "Between Two Knees" as the show makes its New York premiere in Feb. 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

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The 21 Year Backstory of 'Days of Wine and Roses' 41:18

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Stars Kelli O'Hara and Brian D'Arcy James on the joyous challenges of Adam Guettel's new Broadway musical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Stephen Schwartz is a Busy Guy 31:44

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The storied Broadway composer shares his latest updates on the "Wicked" movie, the VOD release of "The Prince of Egypt," and the songs he's writing for Kristin Chenoweth in "Queen of Versailles." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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'Waitress' Changed How Sara Bareilles Writes Songs 30:56

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With a filmed version of the Broadway production of "Waitress" hitting theatres, the singer-songwriter-actor reveals all the ways that her involvement in the musical changed her work — and her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The 'Spamalot' Cast Can't Keep a Straight Face 39:18

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39:18

Actors James Monroe Iglehart, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer and Michael Urie detail the onstage (and backstage!) shenanigans in "Spamalot." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

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Sierra Boggess and Warren Carlyle Make 'Harmony' 33:43

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33:43

The actress and the director-choreographer talk working with Barry Manilow, the cast addition that changed the whole show, and how rare it is to hear a duet for a soprano and a belter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How Patrick Page Summons Shakespeare's Devils 37:20

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The "Hadestown" Tony nominee on his new solo show "All the Devils Are Here," working with hearing loss, and when he grew into that deep, deep voice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Stars Come Out for Variety's Business of Broadway 59:31

hace 1 year59:31

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Presenting two lively discussions from Variety's 2023 Business of Broadway breakfast: In the keynote conversation, Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez reveal the reasons they work so well together in the buzzy revival of "Merrily We Roll Along"—and give each other a healthy dose of ribbing along the way. Before that, five producers behind some of this season's biggest shows share timely insights into the state of business. Sponsored by City National Bank, Variety's 2023 Business of Broadway breakfast was held Oct. 2 at the Pool in midtown Manhattan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

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Leslie Odom, Jr. is the Happiest He's Ever Been 38:59

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Generous comedy, divine inspiration and life lessons with the "Hamilton" Tony winner who is now the star and producer of "Purlie Victorious." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

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Rachel Bloom's Death-Defying Act 33:56

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Bloom talks trunk songs, cut jokes, demo derbies and wrestling with mortality in "Death, Let Me Do My Show." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Hidden Art and Craft of Broadway Video Design 41:43

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41:43

Finn Ross and Nina Dunn, two designers responsible for the most striking video work now on Broadway, take us behind the scenes -- and behind the screens -- of "Back to the Future" and "The Shark is Broken." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This Musical is a Videogame 47:05

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And now for something completely different: I talk with three of the creators behind Stray Gods , the new videogame that describes itself as a "Roleplaying Musical." Taking us behind the scenes (behind the code?) of this unusual genre mashup are Summerfall Studios creative director David Gaider , composer Austin Wintory and actor Anjali Bhimani . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

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Theater Is (Not) Doomed 45:36

hace 2 years45:36

45:36

In the trenches with three theater leaders from organizations around the US and in the UK as they battle the economic crisis facing theaters everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

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Jason Alexander Has So Much Theater in the Works 44:34

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Alexander, the “Seinfeld” star who directed the new Broadway comedy “The Cottage,” talks the choreography of comedy and spills details on all the theater projects he’s developing for Broadway and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How Theater Kids Improvised an Entire Movie 34:08

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"Theater Camp" co-creator and star Molly Gordon talks kissing gay boys at camp, improv comedy with kids, and crushing on Ben Platt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Conrad Ricamora Hates to Break Up the Party 32:39

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The "Here Lies Love" actor on queer characters, Filipino pride and the cognitive dissonance of singing about the Marcos regime in a karaoke dance party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Busy in Theater, On Strike in TV 38:48

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