Monday, March 25, 2019
Kate Baldwin first gained major attention for Finian’s Rainbow, which earned her first Tony Award nomination. She then went on to originate roles in Giant, Big Fish, and Songbird, and rece…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:11AMThursday, March 21, 2019
Danya Taymor is a director on the brink of firmly establishing herself as no longer emerging, but a sought after interpreter of new work. For the last few years, she’s worked consistently …
SOURCE: The Interval at 07:46AMWednesday, March 20, 2019
Sara Mearns joined the company of the New York City Ballet in 2004, having already apprenticed and studied at the School of American Ballet, and by 2008 she became a principal dancer with th…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:40AMWednesday, March 13, 2019
Rehana Lew Mirza is a playwright, bookwriter, and filmmaker whose work often focuses on highlighting the South Asian experience. Her latest play Hatef**k, which was featured on the 2017 Kilr…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:51AMThursday, March 7, 2019
In the new play Nylon, written by Sofia Alvarez, Anna, a woman in her early thirties played by Sheila Vand, has to confront the choices she made in her twenties and how they reverberate into…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:44AMTuesday, March 5, 2019
Out of the 21 plays currently on Broadway or are upcoming this season, only three (a dismal 14%) are directed by women. However, Off-Broadway, there is a vibrant group of emerging new direct…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:48AMTuesday, February 26, 2019
Kamilah Forbes is currently making her Signature Theatre debut directing a revival of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. A theatre and television producer, as well as director, Kamilah is also in …
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:28AMTuesday, February 19, 2019
In Jackie Sibblies Drury’s new play Marys Seacole, currently receiving its premiere production at LCT3 at Lincoln Center, the concept of care—who gives it and what it means—is explored…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:24AMTuesday, February 12, 2019
When Lear deBessonet was ten years old, she made the decision to live for God. Now deBessonet is responsible for some of the largest and most inclusive theatre productions in NYC. On the hor…
SOURCE: The Interval at 07:56AMWhen Lear deBessonet was ten years old, she made the decision to live for God. Now deBessonet is responsible for some of the largest and most inclusive theatre productions in NYC. On the hor…
SOURCE: The Interval at 07:56AMTuesday, February 5, 2019
We speak with members of the cast and creative team of Hurricane Diane, the new play by Pulitzer finalist Madeleine George and directed by Leigh Silverman. With a nod to Greek drama, Hurrica…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:49AMTuesday, January 29, 2019
Continuing the exploration of women in the arts who also own businesses, we speak with four women with diverse backgrounds—some arts related, some not—who run Bohemia Realty Group, a rea…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:11AMContinuing the exploration of women in the arts who also own businesses, we speak with four women with diverse backgrounds—some arts related, some not—who run Bohemia Realty Group, a rea…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:11AMTuesday, January 22, 2019
Mies Julie, an adaptation of Miss Julie by Yaël Farber set in post-Apartheid South Africa, and The Dance of Death, adapted by Conor McPherson, are currently being presented at Classic Stage…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:03AMWednesday, January 16, 2019
Leah Nanako Winkler’s new play, God Said This, is just beginning performances at Primary Stages. We speak with her about her growth as a writer, what it was like to revisit the world of Ke…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:35AMTuesday, January 8, 2019
In the new musical The Prom, Tony winner Beth Leavel plays the character of a Tony winning Broadway actress. This is not the first time that Beth has portrayed a satirical theatre diva; her …
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:36AMMonday, December 17, 2018
The 2018/19 Broadway season has a record number of female music directors. However, jobs still tend to go to white men. Recently, there have been efforts made to change that. We speak to mus…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:27AMThe 2018/19 Broadway season has a record number of female music directors. However, jobs still tend to go to white men. Recently, there have been efforts made to change that. We speak to mus…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:27AMMonday, December 10, 2018
Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me is an extraordinary, singular work of genius. It's electrified the New York theatre, and speaks to the past, present, and future all at once…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:01AMTuesday, November 27, 2018
The new play Gloria: A Life depicts Gloria Steinem looking back on her remarkable life and all of the women who shaped it. The show is written by Emily Mann, directed by Diane Paulus, and pr…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:10AMMonday, November 19, 2018
In playwright Hansol Jung’s world of glorious magical realism, the Internet is portrayed by people singing in binary code and fathers turning into penguins who have lost their wings. Those…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:08AMTuesday, November 13, 2018
Usual Girls by Ming Peiffer and directed by Tyne Rafaeli centers around Kyeoung, a young Asian-American woman coming of age in the ‘90s and early 2000s, and the messy, sometimes dangerous,…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:30AMThursday, November 8, 2018
Lauren Gunderson is one of the most produced playwrights in America, but her plays have almost entirely been produced outside of NYC. Presented this fall at The Women’s Project, in a produ…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:28AMMonday, November 5, 2018
In the new musical, The Prom, Caitlin Kinnunen plays a teenager who just wants to take her girlfriend to the high school prom. It’s Caitlin's first lead role in a Broadway musical. She�…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:16AMFriday, November 2, 2018
Have you ever wondered why The Interval, a theatre site, has political content? Editor Victoria Myers explains why The Interval considers spotlighting the politics of the community part of a…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:44AMHave you ever wondered why The Interval, a theatre site, has political content? Editor Victoria Myers explains why The Interval considers spotlighting the politics of the community part of a…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:44AMThursday, November 1, 2018
Playwright Miranda Rose Hall and director Margot Bordelon to discuss their latest work, "Plot Points in Our Sexual Development" at LCT3. The show, which is described by LCT as “a contempor…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:00AMTuesday, October 30, 2018
With the midterm elections approaching, we wanted to do our part to help save democracy. We asked people we’ve interviewed to tell us about candidates, issues, and races that they care abo…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:01AMWith the midterm elections approaching, we wanted to do our part to help save democracy. We asked people we’ve interviewed to tell us about candidates, issues, and races that they care abo…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:01AMThursday, October 25, 2018
The Thanksgiving Play, currently in previews at Playwrights Horizons, marks the New York debut of Larissa FastHorse and is believed to be the first time a play by a Native American has been …
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:14AMMonday, 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…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:25AM 
