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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Mona Mansour, Playwright by Maxamoo

Download fileAn interview with playwright Mona Mansour. Mona’s play The Way West is at Labyrinth Theater Company in New York City from February 25 to April 3, 2016. Subscribe to M…

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Month in Review: Hold On To Me Darling, Familiar, Southern Comfort, I’ll Never Love Again, The Wildness by Maxamoo

Download fileNew contributor Diep Tran, an associate editor at American Theatre magazine, joins Lindsay and Nicole for discussion of the latest shows at New York’s leading venues bey…

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Andrew Schneider, YOUARENOWHERE, Artist and Performer by Maxamoo

Download fileA chat with Andrew Schneider, the artist behind YOUARENOWHERE. The discussion is spoiler free so you can listen even if you haven’t seen the show. But you’ll want to…

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

March Preview: Many Plays, A Little Opera, & A New Black Fest Doubleheader by Maxamoo

Download fileA preview of what we’re looking forward to most at the theater in New York City in March:Boy by Anna Ziegler, Keen Company/ Ensemble Studio Theatre (video excerpt)Red Spe…

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Dan O’Brien, Playwright and Poet by Maxamoo

An interview with playwright and poet Dan O’Brien. Dan’s play The Body of an American is at the Cherry Lane Theater in New York City from February 10 to March 20, 2016. He has three pub…

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

What we saw this week by Maxamoo

Download fileWe report on five recent theater productions beyond Broadway in New York City: The Grand Paradise, Sojourners, Utility, Washer/Dryer, and Tarzana. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s Thea…

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Storytelling Shows by Maxamoo

Download fileA look at storytelling shows in New York City, including monthly groups shows ASS: Antagonist Storytelling Show, How I Learned, VHS Presents, and The Liar Show, as well solo sho…

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Skeleton Crew, Sanctuary, Exponential Festival & Commedia dell’Artichoke by Maxamoo

Download fileWe dive deep into Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew (2:00) at Atlantic Theater, examining its characters and politics in detail. It’s one of the more raucous con…

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Lauren Worsham, Interview by Maxamoo

Download file Lauren Worsham magnificently straddles the worlds of opera, theater, and rock n’ roll. We discuss the challenging role she just wrapped in Dog Days at PROTOTYPE Festival…

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Monday, January 18, 2016

Festival Finale, New York City Theater January 2016 by Maxamoo

Download file After two weeks of heavy theater going we reflect on the brilliance and the busts of this year’s January theater festival season. We revisit all nine of the shows we high…

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Mid-Festival Report: COIL & Under the Radar by Maxamoo

Download file We’re one week into New York’s January festival season. It’s been as thrilling as we’d hoped. We chat about what we’ve seen so far: The Art of Luv…

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

NYC Theater Festivals Preview January 2016 by Maxamoo

Download file Our preview of the wacky, wild, and wonderful theater gathering in New York City this month. Every January arts presenters and artists gather in New York City for a conference …

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

The best & worst of New York City theater 2015, Part 2 Listener Questions by Maxamoo

Download file For the second half of our annual year-end extravaganza we take listener questions. We talk comfy seats, shows and one particularly theatrical meal that made us cry, and perfor…

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

The best & worst of New York City theater 2015 by Maxamoo

Download file Our annual, year-end special with Maxamoo’s most frequent contributors. We discuss: Our favorite moments in theater, Our worst moments in theater, Our favorite non-tradit…

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

December NYC Theater Preview by Maxamoo

Download file Previewing what’s to come, we’re joined by Lindsay, David, and our newest contributor Shavanna Calder, the founder and editor of Arts in Color, a website celebrati…

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

All the Faces of Family: Hir, First Daughter Suite, Allegiance, and Trapper by Maxamoo

Download file The work we saw this week delves into some serious issues and welcome stage representations.  Hir looks at a mother who after a lifetime of abuse chooses to live her life b…

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Isaac Butler and Real Enemies by Maxamoo

Download file Isaac Butler is a friend and co-host on Maxamoo.  But in this episode he gets to share with us his project, Real Enemies, that is two years in the making.  Real Enemies is a…

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

A Broadway Thanksgiving by Maxamoo

Download file Robbie, Dave, and Nicole decided to celebrate Thanksgiving a little early this year.  We sit down to talk about all the things we are thankful for on Broadway.  We make a l…

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Notable November Preview by Maxamoo

Download file Aurin, Jack, and Nicole discuss their picks for theater in November.  We’ve got a bunch of shows for $25 and under.   We’ve got new writers from the US and beyond…

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

New York Comedy Festival and Fall Comedy Update by Maxamoo

With the New York Comedy Festival happening in November it seemed like a good time to make one of our semi-regular visits to the world of comedy and report on what we’ve seen and wha…

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Form and Context: Fulfillment, Match-Play, Hamlet in Bed, Barbecue and More by Maxamoo

Download file This week we saw theater in a dance space, performance art in a comedy club, Hamlet in bed with his mother, and Macbeth in a shipping container.  A variety of artists and com…

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Broadway Bound: A Fall Preview by Maxamoo

Download file Broadway kicks off the fall season with a wide array of musicals, plays, new work, and revivals.  Dave, Aileen, and Nicole make their picks for what they are most looking fo…

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Anticipating October Beyond Broadway by Maxamoo

Download file We were at maximum mispronunciation this week.  Please remember our love of theater but forgive us our inability to say anyone’s name correctly.  We may be stealing Jac…

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Faith, Family, and the Future: The Christians, Judy, Iphigenia in Aulis, and more by Maxamoo

Download file Aurin, Liz, and Nicole wrestle with new plays and new trends in playwriting.  We discuss Lucas “Timberlocks” Hnath’s new play The Christians and it’…

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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Fringe NYC Wrap-Up by Maxamoo

Download file David, Liz, and Jack finish out the month of August with a fringe binge at FringeNYC.  From the charming to the meditative and everything in between they share their thought…

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Fringe NYC and Annie Baker’s John by Maxamoo

Download file Lindsay, Jack, and Liz catch a few shows at New York’s International Fringe Festival and discuss Annie Baker’s John. Fringe NYC Loose Canon (5:06) Night of the Li…

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Summer Comedy Check-In by Maxamoo

Download file Elise teaches Nicole about what makes comedy criticism tick. Then Elise looks at Colin Quinn’s comedy-theater show The New York Story from the stand-up lens and Nicole r…

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Summer Experiments: Awake and Sing, Karaoke Bacchae, Hypnosis, and more by Maxamoo

Download file This week we saw an eclectic array of artists pushing at the boundaries of traditional theater and making new and unique spaces for themselves.   We were impressed by the…

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Friday, July 24, 2015

Interview with Playwright Fernanda Coppel by Maxamoo

Download file We discussed King Liz, Fernanda Coppel’s new play at Second Stage Uptown, this week on the podcast.  After that I had the great pleasure to sit down with Coppel and talk…

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Jewels of July: Hamilton, Guards at the Taj, Oklahoma!, King Liz and more by Maxamoo

Download file That Scrappy-Doo of a downtown show has moved uptown–Hamilton is back, baby and its on Broadway.  We can’t get enough of Hamilton and the creative geniuses associ…

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Singles, Cuddles, Qualms, and Gloria by Maxamoo

Liz and Nicole both saw a ton of Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway work this week.  With a vampire girl, a lady cross-dresser, a play within a play being tech’d, polyamorous entanglements…

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