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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Interview: “Orange is the New Black’s” Annie Golden on New Play “Underland” by Emily Gawlak

Annie Golden’s career had fairytale beginnings. Performing at the legendary venue CBGB with her punk band The Shirts, she was spotted by director Miloš Forman, who gave her a role in his …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:28PM

Monday, April 13, 2015

Gregory Charles: The Human Jukebox by Emily Gawlak

Gregory Charles was born to entertain. Before he turned ten, the pint-sized piano man was performing both at home in Canada and abroad; later, as a television and radio personality, he conti…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:59PM

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Adrienne Truscott is Doing the Impossible: Making Rape Jokes Funny by Emily Gawlak

Adrienne Truscott has a difficult time explaining to people what she does. She’s a dancer, a circus performer, a writer, and a teacher. She’s one half of the “neo-vaudevill…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:06PM

Thursday, February 19, 2015

An Octoroon’s New Leading Man Austin Smith on Melodrama, Performing in Whiteface, and Why Humor is Our Best Weapon Against Injustice by Emily Gawlak

For his theatrical debut in New York City, Austin Smith is hitting the ground running in a big way. His lead role in An Octoroon at Theatre for a New Audience encompasses not one but three …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:52PM

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Interview: Tom Dulack brings his Prescient Political Thriller ‘The Road to Damascus’ to 59E59 by Emily Gawlak

It’s no small thing for Tom Dulack to claim that putting on The Road to Damascus at 59E59 has been “the best theater experience of his] entire life.” A professor of English Literature …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:45PM

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Interview: Playwright Maggie Bofill on her Chaotic Family Comedy ‘Winners’ at Ensemble Studio Theatre by Emily Gawlak

Maggie Bofill, as she’ll tell you, is an actress first. Used to being in the spotlight, it wasn’t until recent years that she was pushed to pursue her talents off stage and scree…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:45PM

Friday, December 19, 2014

Interview: Kristine Haruna Lee on Feminism, Gertrude Stein, and “War Lesbian’s” Demonic Ellen DeGeneres by Emily Gawlak

Theater, I like to believe, is in essence an experimental art form. Outside of Hollywood’s bounds of studio guidelines and million dollar budgets, it is a completely free space to test…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:41PM

Thursday, December 18, 2014

The Creative Team Behind Immigrant Drama “About Face” on the KGB, Grandmothers, and How to Nail a Russian Accent by Emily Gawlak

On Wednesday night I had the pleasure of sitting down with a few of the women behind About Face, a new immigrant drama on stage at Williamsburg’s The Brick. I spoke with playwright Ess…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:24PM

Friday, October 24, 2014

Interview: Andi Cohen with The EstroGenius Festival by Emily Gawlak

Part of the thrill of interviewing people involved with the theater is getting an insider’s glimpse into the hectic day to day of life on and around the stage. I caught up with producer An…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:09PM

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Director’s Chair: Randy Sharp on her new musical “Solitary Light” by Emily Gawlak

When it comes to theatre in New York City, Randy Sharp has been around the block – or perhaps more accurately, one block, with her tenure as the Creative Director of Axis Theater spa…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:38PM

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