Monday, October 22, 2018
The new musical, Renascence, is about Edna St. Vincent Millay and is the first musical by Carmel Dean. We speak to Carmel about her love of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poetry, what it was l…
Linked From The Interval at 09:25AMTuesday, October 16, 2018
In Charise Castro Smith’s new play El Huracán, hurricanes both literal and figurative bear down on four generations of women as they confront their history, what they’ve lost, and what …
Linked From The Interval at 09:28AMThursday, October 11, 2018
Jenny Koons is not interested in playing by the rules of traditional theatre. Her productions are rooted in activism and community, like her A Midsummer Night’s Dream for The Public Theate…
Linked From The Interval at 09:24AMTuesday, October 9, 2018
A life in the theatre has unique challenges for people dealing with mental health conditions including instability, rejection, lack of financial resources, intense emotion, and more. We gath…
Linked From The Interval at 09:07AMTuesday, October 2, 2018
Director Leigh Silverman put together Broadway's first all-female design team. Photographer Tess Mayer spent two afternoons with them at tech documenting these individuals in a room together…
Linked From The Interval at 08:34AMThursday, September 27, 2018
We now have a monthly Letter from the Editor! This month's is about the need to view women as individuals who do not need to justify their existence in creative fields.
Linked From The Interval at 07:39AMTuesday, September 25, 2018
For the last few years, there has been increasing interest around director Lila Neugebauer, with many theatre-watchers wondering when she’d make her Broadway debut. Well, now she is, with …
Linked From The Interval at 09:47AMMonday, September 24, 2018
Adam Guettel told the theatre community who he is. It is long past time for the theatre community to look at what type of community it truly is and for individuals with a platform to speak u…
Linked From The Interval at 08:29AMTuesday, September 18, 2018
We showcase seven more women who shaped the theatre landscape as we know it today. Some overcame gender or race discrimination but persevered at a time when the field was not welcoming. Som…
Linked From The Interval at 09:42AMTuesday, September 11, 2018
The Constitution—which is very in or very out right now depending on how you look at it—is the subject of What the Constitution Means to Me a new play written and starring Heidi Schreck.…
Linked From The Interval at 09:14AMTuesday, September 4, 2018
Geraldine Inoa and Gracie Gardner have a lot in common. Both are young writers who are relatively self-trained (neither chose to pursue an MFA) and who go back and forth between the worlds o…
Linked From The Interval at 08:57AMTuesday, August 21, 2018
In Head over Heels, Bonnie Milligan does not portray a typical princess. Her character, Princess Pamela, is hilarious, strong-willed to the point of throwing a tantrum onstage, and unabashed…
Linked From The Interval at 09:26AMTuesday, August 14, 2018
Straight White Men, which marks Young Jean Lee's Broadway debut, as well as the first time a play by an Asian woman has been produced on Broadway. Young Jean has been a staple of the downtow…
Linked From The Interval at 08:36AMFriday, August 10, 2018
In recent years, there have been some quieter initiatives to address the lack of diversity among people working behind the scenes in theatre. One such initiative is the Broadway League’s D…
Linked From The Interval at 08:45AMTuesday, August 7, 2018
Ten years ago, Heidi Blickenstaff was part of the beloved musical [title of show]. Now, Heidi now finds herself in another rare position: after doing the stage musical of Disney’s Freaky F…
Linked From The Interval at 08:32AMThursday, August 2, 2018
Throughout the month of August, we’re asking a variety of artists to tell us about some of the books in their lives. First up, Jenn Colella tells us about some of her book-ish thoughts!
Linked From The Interval at 08:16AMWednesday, August 1, 2018
Charlotte Moore, co-founded of Irish Repertory Theatre, and Melissa Errico discuss their production of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, and their experiences working together as “two st…
Linked From The Interval at 08:21AMTuesday, July 31, 2018
One of the New York City Ballet’s most lauded principal dancers, Tiler Peck might be the woman to help change the classical dance-- and theatre-- world. She’s stepping into new leadersh…
Linked From The Interval at 09:32AMFriday, July 27, 2018
It’s once again time for the New York Musical Festival. NYMF’s goal is to support the development of new and diverse works of musical theatre. We asked a mix of artists involved—from p…
Linked From The Interval at 09:14AMTuesday, July 24, 2018
The past nine months have been full of firsts for choreographer Camille A. Brown. She made her Broadway debut as the choreographer for Once On This Island and then, a few months later, she m…
Linked From The Interval at 08:36AMMonday, July 23, 2018
Between Broadway seasons in New York City, the theatre world is not nearly as quiet as you might imagine. The summer months have become increasingly packed with theatre festivals. We talked …
Linked From The Interval at 07:56AMTuesday, July 17, 2018
The House That Will Not Stand provides a glimpse into a brief moment in 19th century American history, when wealthy women of color had land and power of their own. We speak with director Lil…
Linked From The Interval at 09:31AMWednesday, July 11, 2018
This summer, Rinne Groff’s latest play, Fire in Dreamland, directed by Marissa Wolf, is making its New York debut at The Public Theater. Set in the days immediately following Hurricane San…
Linked From The Interval at 07:56AMTuesday, July 10, 2018
Southern Vermont is currently experiencing a theatrical renaissance, helmed by Dorset Theatre Festival’s Dina Janis. Since becoming Dorset’s Artistic Director eight years ago, Dina has r…
Linked From The Interval at 08:20AMMonday, June 25, 2018
Lena Hall has optimized her rocker brand and built up a large fan base on social media. The 2014 Tony winner is in the midst of rolling out her monthly Obsessed series, a year-long compilati…
Linked From The Interval at 08:43AMTuesday, June 19, 2018
Julia Coffey and Liz Wisan are no strangers to Shakespeare. They are currently at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, where Julia is playing the title role in a gender-bending production of …
Linked From The Interval at 08:48AMThursday, June 14, 2018
In Pass Over, a new play by Antoinette Nwandu now playing at LCT3 at Lincoln Center, two black men stand on a corner waiting to get out and move on. Inspired by Waiting for Godot and Exodus,…
Linked From The Interval at 08:44AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
In the new musical Songbird, loosely based on Chekhov’s The Seagull, a once well-known country music star returns home to help her son launch his own career, and some major emotional compl…
Linked From The Interval at 08:41AMTuesday, June 5, 2018
We speak to multiple Academy Award-winner and former UK parliamentarian Glenda Jackson, who is currently Tony-nominated for her performance in the revival of "Three Tall Women", about the sh…
Linked From The Interval at 09:10AMThursday, May 31, 2018
Set designer Christine Jones has been nominated for a 2018 Tony Award for her imaginative, elegant set, full of secrets and illusions, upon which the play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"…
Linked From The Interval at 07:57AMWednesday, May 30, 2018
Claudia Weill's 1978 film "Girlfriends" was one of the 82 films by women to compete at Cannes. By the mid-80s, Claudia had moved into directing television and theatre. Currently, she is di…
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