Episodes

  • Daniel Dae Kim Wants to Make You Laugh

    Daniel Dae Kim Wants to Make You Laugh
    Sep 17 2024
    The "Lost" and "Hawaii Five-0" actor takes listeners behind the scenes of his return to Broadway, portraying a flawed, fictionalized version of the playwright David Henry Hwang in Hwang's comedy of mistaken racial identities, "Yellow Face." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • How a Theatermaker Makes Opera

    How a Theatermaker Makes Opera
    Sep 3 2024
    Jeanine Tesori, the Tony winning composer of “Kimberly Akimbo” and “Fun Home,” talks about her upcoming Metropolitan Opera debut, “Grounded,” and what it’s like when a musical theater composer finds herself working with an 80-piece orchestra and 60-voice ensemble. Also discussed: the launch of the “Kimberly Akimbo” national tour, the revisions she and David Lindsay-Abaire made to “Shrek,” and why “Soft Power,” the musical she wrote with David Henry Hwang, is like the Renaissance Faire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • My Reading With the Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot

    My Reading With the Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot
    Aug 20 2024
    There's a new tarot deck that brings Broadway to the tarot through the work of legendary caricaturist Al Hirschfeld — and I got a taste of the deck in action with a reading from its creator, Emily McGill, in a conversation about the spirituality of theater, the "casting" of theatrical icons as specific tarot cards, and how theater fans might use the deck for insight and self-reflection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Sutton Foster Gets Unhinged

    Sutton Foster Gets Unhinged
    Aug 6 2024
    Talking with Tony-winning Broadway star, who says she’s playing “an unhinged version of myself” in the new Broadway revival of “Once Upon a Mattress.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • 'Cats' Meets Drag Ball Culture

    'Cats' Meets Drag Ball Culture
    Jul 23 2024
    Behind the scenes with three of the creators of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," the colorful, queer reimagining of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that's become a breakout hit of the summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • Tony Awards Telecast Producers Promise to Wow You

    Tony Awards Telecast Producers Promise to Wow You
    Jun 14 2024
    Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, the directing-producing duo behind the Tony Awards telecast, talk wowing the audience, innovating the staging, and why the Tonys always have the best acceptance speeches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Sarah Paulson Gets Real About Tony Season

    Sarah Paulson Gets Real About Tony Season
    Jun 4 2024
    The Tony-nominated star of "Appropriate," Sarah Paulson, and its nominated playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins share some real talk about Tony season, reveal how the extended run of "Appropriate" has changed things both for the actors on onstage and for the audiences in the house, and banter about why Paulson should maybe play Prince in "Purple Rain." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • Backstage With Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin

    Backstage With Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin
    May 28 2024
    The Tony-nominated stars of "Cabaret" take listeners backstage for a peek at the "synchronized chaos" behind the scenes, and talk rowdy crowds, critics, and Redmayne's fourth go-round in the role of the Emcee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins