Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Bernadette Peters turns 70 this week. Her name is synonymous with American musical theatre"and the moniker "young and cute forever." How did that happen? And has she ever really gotten the r…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 22, 2018
In Hammaad Chaudry's new play, "An Ordinary Muslim," the characters navigate their family, faith, and the complicated nature of assimilation. We sat down with director Jo Bonney along with …
SOURCE: The Interval at 10:01AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Maria Dizzia is making her professional directing debut with "The Loneliest Number" by Lizzie Vieh, which begins performances on February 22nd. We recently spoke with her about her directing…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:11AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 15, 2018
We talk to Chiara Atik, Sylvia Khoury, and Abby Rosebrock to discuss their plays, their experiences with Youngblood/EST, and the ways in which their offstage pursuits have impacted their dra…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:19AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 13, 2018
On February 16th, "The Rest I Make Up," a documentary about the playwright MarÃa Irene Fornés will have its premiere. It's the first documentary about Fornés, a playwright who was instr…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:38AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 6, 2018
In 2015, Dr. Indira Etwaroo became Executive Director of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and The Billie Holiday Theatre, which is part of the organization and was founded in 1…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 1, 2018
In 2015, playwright Dael Orlandersmith went to St. Louis to interview people about their thoughts on race and the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager killed by a police office…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:56AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 30, 2018
"SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical" has become one of the most well-reviewed and popular musicals of the 2017-18 Broadway season. It came from the mind of Tina Landau, who not only…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:39AM[SHARE]Monday, January 22, 2018
The new play "The Homecoming Queen" marks Ngozi Anyanwu's Off-Broadway playwriting debut. We spoke with her about her inspiration for the play and how current events changed it, her writing …
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 18, 2018
Founding artistic director Kelley Girod, director Candis Jones, and playwrights Sandra A. Daley-Sharif, Shelley Fort, Gethsemane Herron-Coward, Charly Evon Simpson, and Mona R. Washington…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:19AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 16, 2018
In the last century, women were at the forefront of lighting design's major changes, both technological and conceptual, and yet men have dominated its ranks. We look at the history of women …
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:58AM[SHARE]In the last century, women were at the forefront of lighting design's major changes, both technological and conceptual, and yet men have dominated its ranks. We look at the history of women …
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:58AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver founded Split Britches and the WOW Café in the East Village, which was a home for and central to the development of feminist and queer theatre. They're now presen…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 19, 2017
There's a group of women who have combined their artistic and business skills to create their own businesses in addition to their careers in the theatre. We talked to four of them"Jeanna De …
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:42AM[SHARE]There's a group of women who have combined their artistic and business skills to create their own businesses in addition to their careers in the theatre. We talked to four of them"Jeanna De …
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:42AM[SHARE]Monday, December 18, 2017
Anne Kauffman has had a big year. We recently sat down to talk to her about staging "Hundred Days," her feelings on her Broadway debut, her plans for Off-Center, and her thoughts about the …
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Kate Hamill and Amanda Dehnert are currently presenting a theatrical adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice." We talk with them about the importance of women-centered theatrical narratives and w…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:58AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 7, 2017
In "Today Is My Birthday," a woman returns home to Hawai'i to figure out her life. In an unusual twist of form, the play's over 50 scenes all happen over the phone, on the radio, or through…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 5, 2017
In "Describe the Night", the audience travels ninety years in Russian history"some events real and some fictional"and follows three different, interconnected plots. We talk with director Gi…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:49AM[SHARE]Monday, November 27, 2017
Judy Kuhn and Samantha Massell discuss the similarities and differences between the original Broadway production of "Rags" and the current production at Goodspeed, and how the show still …
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:11AM[SHARE]Judy Kuhn and Samantha Massell discuss the similarities and differences between the original Broadway production of "Rags" and the current production at Goodspeed, and how the show still …
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:11AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Krysta Rodriguez is currently starring in the play "What We're Up Against," which deals with sexism in the workplace. We talk to Krysta about what drew her the play, gender dynamics, roles f…
SOURCE: The Interval at 10:10AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Over the next nine weeks, we'll be speaking with the actresses who make up the team of "The Wolves" at Lincoln Center Theater. This week we talk to Brenna Coates. Check back every Wednesday …
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:07AM[SHARE]Over the next nine weeks, we'll be speaking with the actresses who make up the team of "The Wolves" at Lincoln Center Theater. This week we talk to Susannah Perkins. Check back every Wednesd…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:07AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 7, 2017
In Jocelyn Bioh's new play "School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play," a group of teenage girls at a boarding school in Ghana compete over who will be the school's entry for the Miss Gh…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 2, 2017
Judy Hegarty Lovett has become known as one of the premiere interpreters of Samuel Beckett's work. We speak to her about adapting Beckett's novels for the stage.
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Producer Daryl Roth, now nearing the end of her third decade of producing, has become a staple of Broadway and Off-Broadway. We speak with her about her outlook on producing, the story behin…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:21AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 26, 2017
We gathered a group of directors ranging from emerging to having directed on Broadway"Sash Bischoff, Kel Haney, Candis C. Jones, Rachel Klein, Kimberly Senior, Ilana Ransom Toeplitz, and Wh…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Cristin Milioti on her role in the new play "After the Blast" at Lincoln Center, the pressure of likability, frustrating casting notices for women, and more.
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:43AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 18, 2017
We talk to playwright Anna Ziegler and director Gaye Taylor Upchurch about the process for their new play "The Last Match."
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 12, 2017
We talk to Diana Oh about the evolution of "{my lingerie play}Â 2017: THE CONCERT AND CALL TO ARMS!!!!!!!!! The Final Installation" and what she hopes audiences will take away from it.
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