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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

How 'The Lightning Thief' Hopes to Open Up Broadway by Variety

  The musical's creative team talks pushing boundaries and sea changes.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 02:18PM
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

The Impact of 'For Colored Girls,' Then and Now by Variety

  Actress Adrienne C. Moore on Ntozake Shange, "Wonder Woman" and life after "Orange is the New Black."

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 02:15PM
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

The 'Soft Power' of Musicals to Change Minds by Variety

  Composer Jeanine Tesori on how musicals can spur change, and how her latest changed her.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 03:54PM
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

How 'Jagged Little Pill' Will Rock Broadway by Variety

Meet the creators and producers bringing Alanis to Broadway. Recorded at Variety's Business of Broadway breakfast.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Kristin Chenoweth Wants to Write a Broadway Musical by Variety

  The Broadway favorite dishes on her new album, her worst flub, and the bucket-list musical she wants to write.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 07:00PM
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

The Broadway Controversies and Coups of Two Acting Greats by Variety

Eileen Atkins and Jonathan Pryce, now in “The Height of the Storm,” reveal favorite roles, Broadway memories and the “Phantom” casting that never was.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:20PM
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Why Tom Hiddleston Thinks Everyone Should Play Hamlet by Variety

Hiddleston and his co-stars in "Betrayal," Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox, talk Pinter, dick-swinging and superheroes. 

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Derren Brown Spills His Broadway 'Secret' by Variety

  The mentalist and illusionist on the magic of theater, the theatrics of magic, and why he's banned from casinos all across the U.K.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

How Joel Grey Made 'Fiddler' New Again by Variety

The actor, director and photographer talks directing in a language he doesn't know, memories of Hal Prince, and sexy flowers.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 05:41PM
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Jake Gyllenhaal is his 'Best Self' in the Theater by Variety

  Behind the scenes at Broadway's "Sea Wall/A Life,' with Gyllenhaal and director Carrie Cracknell.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

What Rita Rudner Learned From Broadway Greats by Variety

The comic, now starring in musical "Two's a Crowd," started out in some legendary Broadway shows.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Thursday, July 18, 2019

Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, ‘Sesame Street’ among 2019 Kennedy Center honorees by Variety

Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, “Sesame Street,” conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and R&B veterans Earth, Wind and Fire have been selected as the 2019 Kennedy Center Honorees. The kudos…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:48PM
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

The Special Sauce in Broadway's 'Moulin Rouge!' by Variety

Writer John Logan and director Alex Timbers bring elephants, windmills, Baz and Beyoncé to Broadway.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Plays for Your Ears by Variety

How Jeremy McCarter acts locally but thinks globally with podcast series Make-Believe.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

New List, New Leaders for The Kilroys by Variety

Playwrights Hilary Bettis and Carolyn V. McGraw on how the collective will expand its push for parity.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Audra McDonald Faces Her Fear in 'Frankie and Johnny' by Variety

The Tony-winning actress talks intimacy onstage, Broadway diversity and why she calls Michael Shannon "The Rev."

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

How Disney Taught a Generation to Love Musicals by Variety

From early Broadway days to Marvel and Star Wars, with Disney Theatrical president Thomas Schumacher.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Friday, June 7, 2019

Why Tony Rehearsals Make James Corden Cry by Variety

Get a backstage glimpse at the Tony Awards from this year's host.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Rosemary Harris' Tony Has a Typo by Variety

Tales from the actress’ storied career, including that time she got discovered walking a gay dog.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Bryan Cranston on the Exhausting Joys of Broadway by Variety

The award-winning actor spills backstage secrets behind his Tony-nominated turn in “Network.”

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Santino Fontana's 'Tootsie' For Our Time by Variety

The Tony-nominated actor on fighting the good fight, and why it’s “like a war movie” backstage.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Why Aaron Sorkin Cut His Favorite Scene From 'To Kill A Mockingbird' by Variety

The "West Wing" writer killed his darlings to make his Broadway "Mockingbird" work.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

John Cameron Mitchell Wrote a Sequel to 'Hedwig,' Sort Of by Variety

The writer-performer explains how his new musical podcast "Anthem: Homunculus" fits into the Mitchellverse.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Kelli O'Hara Brings #MeToo to 'Kiss Me, Kate' by Variety

The Broadway favorite talks vocal honesty and what her Tony win means to her.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

The 'Dumb Joke' Hidden in 'White Noise' by Variety

  Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and director Oskar Eustis talk race, art, slavery and... bowling?

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 01:41PM
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

'Beetlejuice' and the Biggest Taboo by Variety

The new musical's creators reveal how the show has changed since its DC tryout.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Kidding Around in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Variety

How not to act your age, with Broadway favorites Celia Keenan-Bolger and Gideon Glick. 

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

How Phoebe Waller-Bridge Shocked Herself by Variety

The "Fleabag" and "Killing Eve" creator revisits her breakout stage role.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Friday, March 22, 2019

How ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Star Danielle Brooks Became a Broadway Producer by Variety

Danielle Brooks earned a Tony nomination when she made her Broadway debut as Sofia in the 2015 revival of “The Color Purple,” but now the “Orange Is the New Black” star is working be…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM
Tuesday, March 19, 2019

The Balls-Out Theatricality of Sam Mendes by Variety

The Oscar winner on “The Ferryman” and how James Bond made him a writer.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Secrets of Sound Design by Variety

Sound designer Gareth Owen gives theatergoers a few pointers on understanding an esoteric art.

SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 04:00AM

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