Wednesday, 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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 …
SOURCE: 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,…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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"…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:58AMThursday, May 24, 2018
2018 Tony Award nominee Susan Brown is a self-described “chameleon” who plays Ethel Rosenberg, Hannah Pitt, and others in the Broadway revival of "Angels in America." We speak with Susan…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:37AMTuesday, May 22, 2018
In the last few years, the actress Katrina Lenk has become a growing sensation in the theatre by playing women from other cultures, including in "The Band’s Visit," for which she received …
SOURCE: The Interval at 07:25AMTuesday, May 15, 2018
Ashley Park has been working non-stop since graduating college. This year, she's racking up a slew of award nominations and wins for her work in "KPOP" and "Mean Girls," including a recent T…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:42AMMonday, May 14, 2018
Kristolyn Lloyd is currently starring in In Dominique Morisseau’s "Paradise Blue." It marks a notable change from her last New York role as one of the teenagers in the Broadway hit "Dear E…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:44AMTuesday, May 8, 2018
How much agency does Eliza Dolittle have in "My Fair Lady"? How much does Joan of Arc have in "Saint Joan"? And where does that agency come from? We talk to Lauren Ambrose and Condola Rashad…
SOURCE: The Interval at 07:41AMWednesday, May 2, 2018
We speak with Tony nominee Lauren Ridloff, currently making her Broadway debut as Sarah in "Children of a Lesser God," about the ways in which Lauren relates to Sarah, how the play helps her…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:20AMTuesday, April 24, 2018
Leslye Headland is a playwright, screenwriter, director, and creator. We speak with her about her process for writing the play "Surfer Girl," taking an indirect path to directing, and what i…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:43AMTuesday, April 17, 2018
"Miss You Like Hell" is an ambitions and expansive musical about mothers and daughters. It has book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winner Quiara Alegría Hudes, music by singer-songwriter Erin…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:30AMWednesday, April 11, 2018
"Mean Girls"—the movie that quickly became part of the canon of high school films—is now a Broadway musical. Stepping into the role of Regina George, the chief mean girl of "Mean Girls,"…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:13AMMonday, April 9, 2018
Less than three years later after making her Off-Broadway debut, playwright Lindsey Ferrentino has two productions running Off-Broadway: "Amy and the Orphans" at the Roundabout and "This Fla…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:02AMThursday, April 5, 2018
Marisa Michelson is a composer and vocal philosopher who often adapts myths, folklore, or biblical stories into interdisciplinary, experimental musical works. Her latest piece is "One Thousa…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:02AMTuesday, April 3, 2018
For years, people told actress Sharon Washington that she should write about her childhood growing up in an apartment above the St. Agnes branch of the New York Public Library, where her fat…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:40AMTuesday, March 27, 2018
When the movie "Mean Girls" was released in 2004, it quickly became a cultural touchstone. Now, over ten years later, it’s a highly anticipated Broadway musical. Barrett Wilbert Weed plays…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:34AMTuesday, March 20, 2018
In theatre, issues of appearance affect women both on and off-stage, and on both sides of the curtain. We spoke to Tala Ashe, Laura Benanti, Sierra Boggess, Halley Feiffer, Anne Kauffman, N…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:58AMWednesday, March 14, 2018
Kenita Miller is currently playing Mama Euralie in "Once on this Island." We spoke with Kenita about how her own mom’s missionary work in hurricane-ravaged Haiti inspired her current portr…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:45AMFriday, March 9, 2018
On March 15th, a group of women will gather at 54 Below to present Broadway Baby Mamas, two concerts—one at 9:30pm and one at 11:30pm—featuring working mothers of theatre. The concert st…
SOURCE: The Interval at 10:24AMOn March 15th, a group of women will gather at 54 Below to present Broadway Baby Mamas, two concerts—one at 9:30pm and one at 11:30pm—featuring working mothers of theatre. The concert st…
SOURCE: The Interval at 10:24AMThursday, March 8, 2018
The new play "Is God Is" has become an early hit of the spring Off-Broadway season, earning rave reviews and multiple extensions. We talk to playwright Aleshea Harris about her inspiration a…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:59AMTuesday, March 6, 2018
We speak to the women of the "Folk Wandering" creative team: Pipeline Artistic Director Ari Schrier, Pipeline Producing Director Natalie Gershtein, Jaclyn Backhaus , and songwriters Jo Lampe…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:33AMThursday, March 1, 2018
In the new play "queens," written by Martyna Majok and directed by Danya Taymor, a group of female immigrants find their paths crossing in a small apartment in Queens. We talk to Martyna an…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:40AMTuesday, 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…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:45AMBernadette 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…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:45AM 
