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Lonny Price
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Interview: With Lonny Price, Broadway Title Tunes Merrily Roll Along
Price discusses this star-studded virtual concert, which celebrates title songs from Broadway musicals.
Daphne Rubin-Vega (center) with Dascha Polanco and Stephanie Beatriz in <em>In the Heights</em>
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Interview: Daphne Rubin-Vega on Portraying Daniela and the Everlasting Impact of In the Heights
The Broadway star is here to change the film industry forever.
Quiara Alegría Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Interview: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes on How Time Has Deepened In the Heights
The two writers discuss rebuilding their theatrical baby for the big screen.
Vassilea Terzaki wears a mask by Zoe Batson in <em>Persou</em> at the Cell Theatre.
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Interview: Persou Offers a Sensual Vernal Experience as the World Emerges From Hibernation
Ellpetha Tsivicos and Camilo Quiroz-Vázquez discuss their new work, now running at the Cell, in New York's Chelsea.
Stephen Tyler Howell and Danny Lee Gomez in <em>Reykjavík</em>
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Interview: How a Trip to Iceland Inspired Steve Yockey's New Play, Reykjavík
The streaming dark comedy, from the executive producer of The Flight Attendant, is available now.
Heather Christian wrote and stars in <em>Animal Wisdom</em>, a new film of her stage show.
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Interview: Heather Christian on What Helped Her Navigate the Pandemic: Music and Faith
Christian discusses Animal Wisdom and the other projects that liberated her during the past year.
Jason Alexander
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Interview: In The Sisters Rosensweig, at Last, a Mr. Nice Guy for Jason Alexander
Alexander stars in this virtual production alongside Kathryn Hahn, Lisa Edelstein, and Tracee Chimo Pallero.
Midori Francis
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Interview: Midori Francis Iwama on the Universality of Thornton Wilder's Our Town
Iwama stars in NAATCO's upcoming reading of the play that TheaterMania will stream on May 19.
Peggy Gordon, Sonia Manzano, Joanne Jonas, Gilmer McCormick, and Robin Lamont in <em>Godspell</em>
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Godspell at 50: Looking Back With Stars Peggy Gordon, Robin Lamont, and Stephen Nathan
Learn about the creation of John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz's beloved musical.
Cheryl L. West
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Interview: Playwright Cheryl L. West on the Legacies of Fannie Lou Hamer and Sister Rosetta Tharpe
In two stage works, West explores the complex lives of these important figures from history.
The cast of <em>Breathe</em>
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Interview: Jodi Picoult and Tim McDonald on the Experiences That Led to Their New Musical
Breathe begins streaming on May 14 via Overture.
Ellen Burstyn
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Interview: Ellen Burstyn Keeps Watch
The 88-year-old legend stars in a virtual reading of Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine.
Ethan Hawke
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Interview: Ethan Hawke Showcases His Love of Theater in A Bright Ray of Darkness and Godot
Hawke discusses his new theater-themed novel, and the New Group's upcoming virtual production of the Beckett classic.
Micah Stock
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Interview: Tony Nominee Micah Stock on The Right Stuff, Bonding, and Remembering Terrence McNally
The Broadway vet discusses his screen projects and the initial launch of his stage career.
Swamp Motel's Ollie Jones and Clem Garrity
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Live Experience Company Swamp Motel Builds an Online World in Plymouth Point
Company co-founder Ollie Jones discusses the new venture, which is part theater experience, part interactive puzzle game.
Thomas Meehan, Mel Brooks, Nathan Lane, Susan Stroman, and Matthew Broderick in rehearsal for <em>The Producers</em>
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Interview: Mel Brooks and Susan Stroman Look Back on 20 Years of The Producers
Take a walk down memory lane with the writer and director of a musical that has now become legend.
Matt Shakman
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Interview: Artistic Director Matt Shakman on the Geffen as a Hub for Interactive Performance
Shakman runs the Geffen Playhouse and its new virtual offshoot, Geffen Stayhouse.
Isabelle McCalla and Zoila Galeano
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Period Piece Is Here to Put an End to Period Stigma
Thirty-six actors and playwrights are teaming up for a great cause.
Mandy Gonzalez
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Interview: Mandy Gonzalez Is Writing for Young People Who Don't Normally See Themselves in Fiction
The actor reflects on writing relatable books and becoming a debut author in the middle of a pandemic.
Steven Brault
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Interview: Steven Brault, Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Shares His Love of Broadway and Baseball
Brault released his debut album, A Pitch at Broadway, in 2019.
The evolution of the final artwork: an image of Marlene Dietrich in <em>Shanghai Express</em>, which directly led to the original <em>Follies</em> poster.
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Interview: How Gloria Swanson and Marlene Dietrich, Not Dolly Parton, Inspired the Follies Poster
Designer David Edward Byrd discusses the evolution of his now-iconic design.
Yvonne De Carlo, Alexis Smith, and Michael Bartlett in <em>Follies</em>
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Memories of Follies at 50, With Original Stars Michael Misita, Kurt Peterson, and Marti Rolph
Three of the original "Young" counterparts look back on a now-historic production.
Georgia Stitt and Kate Baldwin
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Interview: Georgia Stitt and Kate Baldwin on Amplify 2021, Maestra Music, and the Future of Broadway
The lineup includes Ashley Park, Nikki M. James, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kenita Miller, Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney, Bernadette Peters, and Anaïs Mitchell.
Patrice Covington
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Interview: Genius: Aretha Star Patrice Covington on Meeting the Queen of Soul and Playing Her Sister
Covington stars as Erma Franklin, originator of the song "Piece of My Heart," in the new National Geographic series.