Claim OwnershipStagecraft with Gordon Cox
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Behind the scenes with the biggest stars on Broadway, Off Broadway and beyond. Hosted by Gordon Cox.
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Now kicking off her first season as artistic director of New York's influential Lincoln Center Theater with a revival of "Ragtime," Lear deBessonet talks spectacle, sacred space, community, the value of theater, her season line-up, and what she sees when she looks ahead to the future of LCT.
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In a panel discussion recorded outdoors as part of the Backyard at Hudson Yards series, four actors who have starred in "Hamilton" over the years — Thayne Jasperson, Miguel Cervantes, Hannah Cruz, and Edred Utomi — celebrate the show's 10th birthday by sharing their experience of the show's legacy, telling backstage tales from their time in the show, and revealing their most embarrassing on-stage screw-ups.
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The recording artist and "American Idol" alum discusses
his upcoming appearance as Judas opposite Cynthia Erivo in "Jesus Christ
Superstar" at the Hollywood Bowl, and shares stories of his early years as
a musical theater kid before "American Idol" made him a rock star.
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Felix Barrett, the artistic director of Punchdrunk and the creator
of “Sleep No More,” takes listeners behind the scenes of “Viola’s Room,” the
company’s latest genre-defying piece, and explains why the future of immersive theater might look a lot like videogames.
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Mike Isaacson, the artistic director of the Muny in St. Louis, on
celebrating the 107-year-old institution's Tony win, how to survive St. Louis
summer heat, and what shocked Heather Headley the last time she was there.
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Three Tony-nominated actors from the cast of the
Pulitzer Prize-winning best play nominee "Purpose" — LaTanya
Richardson Jackson, Glenn Davis, and Jon Michael Hill — share the story of the
show's development and reveal the challenges and joys of working with a
playwright who can't help but rewrite up to very, very last minute.
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The Emmy-winning actor and writer ("Better Call Saul")
discusses his Tony-nominated Broadway debut in "Glengarry Glen Ross"
— and shares his 30-year-old pitch to playwright David Mamet to do the play
with a cast full of comedians.
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Huerta, one half of the Grammy winning band Jesse & Joy, and
her co-songwriter Benjamin Velez discussing bringing the new musical "Real
Women Have Curves" to Broadway — and share the surprising details of how
the two of them wrote songs together, while apart, during lockdown.
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The Tony-winning Broadway favorite takes listeners on a tour of
her dressing room, reveals her favorite part of her new musical “Redwood,” and
reflects on “Rent,” “Wicked,” and what she’s most proud of.
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Two of the creators of "Stranger Things: The First
Shadow," writer Kate Trefry and co-director Justin Martin, talk through
the complicated puzzle of making theater scary — and making good TV that’s also
good theater.
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Breakout newcomer Jasmine Amy Rogers and Tony-winning favorite Faith Prince talk Broadway nerves, the enduring legacy of Betty Boop, and how their new musical 'Boop' brings the iconic character to life in three dimensions and full color.
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Kandi Burruss, the former Real Housewife of Atlanta, is now a regular
Broadway producer of shows including “The Piano Lesson” and the current
“Othello” starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal. Here’s how she hopes
her work is helping to make a new Broadway for everyone.
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Get to know the complete cast of the West End hit "Operation
Mincemeat" — David
Cumming, Claire-Marie
Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone, and Zoë
Roberts — all now on Broadway in the New York transfer of the award-winning
musical comedy.
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With Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy "English" now on Broadway, the playwright and her lead actor, Neshat, talk translation, Trump, representation, the power of comedy, and the one audience reaction that makes Toossi really, really mad.
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Join the playwright, screenwriter and director for a wide-ranging conversation about her Broadway debut “Cult of Love,” the “gift” of her Seven Deadly Plays cycle, her thoughts on character vs. genre, her Star Wars series “The Acolyte,” the fans’ reaction to it, the seismic upheaval of motherhood, and more.
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Woods, a rising star of the New York stage, never thought much about "Gypsy" because she never thought there'd be a role for her in the landmark 1959 musical. Now she's appearing opposite Audra McDonald in the new Broadway revival — and finding ways to make the role of Louise her own.
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The Shed, a relatively new multidisciplinary arts institution in Manhattan, has already made a habit of presenting buzzy theater productions — including the current, sold-run of "King Lear" starring Kenneth Branagh. Artistic director Alex Poots talks about how that show grew out of a years-along rapport with Branagh, and how the Shed's theater work fits into the broader landscape of Broadway and New York theater.
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The Tony-winning actor James Monroe Iglehart on how he nails the legendary voice of Louis Armstrong in the new Broadway bio-musical “A Wonderful World” – and why he hopes his involvement as co-director of the show leads to more directing gigs in the future.
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The stars of the new Broadway musical adaptation of "Death Becomes Her" talk comic timing, macabre special effects, and why Hilty always knew "Death Becomes Her" would make a great musical.
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Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen, the stars of the new Broadway musical "Maybe Happy Ending," on cross-cultural storytelling, navigating their show's technologically complex set, and why robots are uniquely suited to telling a very human story.
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