Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Shaw discusses the creation of The Shark Is Broken, his memories of the Jaws set, and more.
The post Interview: Ian Shaw on <em>The Shark Is Broken</em>, His Father, and Memories…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 11:56AMTuesday, May 30, 2023
Nair discusses the importance of bringing her most popular movie to the stage and more.
The post Interview: Mira Nair on the <em>Monsoon Wedding</em> Musical and Capturing the Sp…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 03:11PMMonday, May 8, 2023
Sher discusses how Camelot speaks to our current turbulent era of national politics.
The post Interview: Bartlett Sher on Making <em>Camelot</em> Sing Again and Being King Arthur…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 02:28PMThursday, February 23, 2023
The new play 'Elyria' is an immigrant story and a family affair
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As a veteran writing teacher and the cofounder of the new play incubator Rising Circle Theater Collective, Deepa Purohit h…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMMonday, October 31, 2022
Hare discusses his particular take on Robert Moses and the kind of theater he favors.
The post Interview: David Hare on <em>Straight Line Crazy</em> and the Irresistible New York…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 10:50AMWednesday, October 26, 2022
The impact of featuring an all-Asian cast in Edward Albee's classic play
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"It's exciting to play a character who is so smart and so articulate," says Mia Katigbak about portraying matriar…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMFriday, September 23, 2022
Actor Arty Froushan and director Patrick Marber on the personal nature of Leopoldstadt
A hand-drawn family tree is a potent recurring image in Leopoldstadt, Tom Stoppard's elegiac new play t…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMMonday, May 9, 2022
Paula Vogel discusses why she thinks her play has remained sadly pertinent over the past two and a half decades.
The post Interview: Paula Vogel on Revisiting Her Pulitzer-Winning <em>…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 05:12PMMonday, April 4, 2022
The Suits star talks about baring it all on stage, emotionally and otherwise, in Take Me Out
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Patrick J. Adams has wanted to perform on Broadway since he was 15 years old. A quarter centu…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMWednesday, January 26, 2022
Brandon J. Dirden on starring in Dominique Morisseau's potent drama
In Manhattan Theatre Club's powerful new production of Dominque Morisseau's Skeleton Crew, Brandon J. Dirden plays Reggie,…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMSunday, November 21, 2021
The indomitable cabaret duo discuss their upcoming show Kiki & Herb SLEIGH at BAM.
The post Interview: Justin Vivian Bond and Kenny Mellman on Resurrecting Kiki and Herb appeared first o…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 04:52PMFriday, July 23, 2021
The Public Theater’s associate artistic director discusses the genesis of his ebullient production of Shakespeare’s play.
The post Joy in the Park: A Conversation with Director Saheem Al…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 11:16AMTuesday, January 28, 2020
Busch discusses his latest comic tearjerker, an homage to a rather unknown spate of movies from the early 1930s.
The post Confessions of a Drag Legend: Charles Busch on <em>The Confess…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 03:10PMFriday, July 19, 2019
The actress discusses her connection to New York, working with director Daniel Sullivan, and more.
The post Interview: Kate Burton on <em>Coriolanus</em> in Central Park and Her …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 11:09AMFriday, May 17, 2019
The dramatist and his husband, producer Tom Kirdahy, discuss what makes Frankie and Johnny so enduring.
The post Interview: Terrence McNally on the Timeless <em>Frankie and Johnny in t…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:45AMTuesday, January 8, 2019
With Glenda Jackson, Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, John Lithgow, and Annette Bening among the names adorning marquees, the lights of Broadway will certainly be shining bright this spring. The…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:14AMTuesday, October 9, 2018
“I’m not done with playing Howard Beale,” says Emmy and Tony Award winner Bryan Cranston. He is speaking about why he is coming to Broadway with the National Theatre production of Netw…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:40AMFriday, September 14, 2018
Fake news! Alternate facts! You can’t avoid thinking about today’s buzzwords when you see The Lifespan of a Fact. In the new play, previewing from September 20 at Studio 54, Daniel Radcl…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 06:02AMTuesday, August 28, 2018
Summer is not over yet, but the new Broadway season is already in full swing. In the first half of the season, two female playwrights are represented with new plays, three productions are he…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:24AMMonday, August 20, 2018
Even before the lights go down, you are drawn into the vibrant world of Once on This Island. The immersive experience begins the moment you step inside the Circle in the Square Theatre on Br…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:43AMWednesday, July 11, 2018
It’s clear that at 70, the trail-blazing author of the seminal work Gender Outlaw is still a formidable force to be reckoned with.
The post Interview: Kate Bornstein on Their Broadway Debu…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 01:28PMMonday, July 9, 2018
We spoke to the Belgian-born titan of the theater about the experience of bringing new life to Visconti’s provocative The Damned.
The post Interview: Ivo van Hove on Adapting Visconti’s …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 04:20PMTuesday, April 24, 2018
Twist discuss his work, new and old, and the direction he’s going in as we approaches 50.
The post Revisiting the Past: An Interview with Master Puppeteer Basil Twist appeared first on Sla…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 12:12PMMonday, April 2, 2018
The Band’s Visit has all the makings of a Broadway hit. Having twice broken all-time box-office records at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, it is also widely considered a major contender for t…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:25AMWednesday, February 14, 2018
If there’s a constant in Jordan Harrison’s body of work, it’s his ability to surprise.
The post Interview: Playwright Jordan Harrison on <em>The Amateurs</em> and <em>…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 05:08PMWednesday, January 10, 2018
Shaw and Weaver discuss the production and why it remains so important for them to keep the spirit of the Split Britches alive.
The post Interview: Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver on <em>Un…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 05:00PMWednesday, January 3, 2018
You don’t need magical powers to predict that a snow queen and a wizard with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead will likely dominate the second half of the Broadway season. But there …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:57PMThursday, October 19, 2017
We talked to Urie about what it was like taking on the role originally made famous by the playwright Harvey Fierstein himself nearly four decades ago.
The post Interview: Michael Urie on Bri…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 03:48PMTuesday, October 10, 2017
In The Band’s Visit, a group of musicians travels from Egypt to Israel to give a concert, but arrives at the wrong destination. “You probably didn’t hear about it. It wasn’t very imp…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:15AMTuesday, July 11, 2017
DeBessonet sits down with us to discuss directing her first Shakespeare in the Park production.
The post Interview: Lear deBessonet on Directing <em>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</em&…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 05:43PMMonday, March 20, 2017
The acclaimed playwright sat down with us to discuss his funny and moving love story, which will premiere at the Public Theater.
The post Interview: Martin Sherman on <em>Gently Down t…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 04:34PM 
