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Interview: How the <em>Simpsons</em> Season Premiere Became a Musical
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Interview: How the Simpsons Season Premiere Became a Musical
Writer Elisabeth Kiernan Averick and songwriter Jack Dolgen discuss this weekend's episode.
Brian Stokes Mitchell
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Brian Stokes Mitchell on the Art of the Interview, Black Theatre United, and Ragtime in Concert
The Mayor of Broadway discusses his new venture as a talk show host.
Director Jonathan Butterell and star Max Harwood
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Interview: Everybody's Talking About Max Harwood and Jonathan Butterell
The star and director of Everybody's Talking About Jamie discuss bringing this much-loved musical to the screen.
Tom MacRae
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Interview: Everybody's Talking About Jamie Is a Labor of Love for Tom MacRae
MacRae is the co-writer of the much-loved musical, which is now a sparkly new film.
Concert promotional image
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Interview: Memories of Jesus Christ Superstar at 50, With Ted Neeley and Yvonne Elliman
Neeley and Elliman reunite on stage for Superstars in Concert later this month.
Margaret Peot at work
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Showstoppers! Exhibit Celebrates the Unsung Heroes of the Costume Industry
Some of the milliners highlighted in the exhibit in Times Square reflect on the past year and the future of live theater in New York City.
Martyna Majok
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Interview: Martyna Majok on Returning to Sanctuary City, 18 Months After It Started Previews
Majok's new play reopens at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, presented by New York Theatre Workshop.
Paulo Szot, Bianca Marroquín, Ana Villafañe, and Lillias White
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Interview: Returning to Chicago, Everything Old Is New Again
Bianca Marroquín, Ana Villafañe, Paulo Szot, and Lillias White discuss re-rehearsing this 25-year-old production from the ground up.
Sandy Rustin
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Mystic Pizza Trades Smelly Fish for Melissa Etheridge, as the Musical Gods Intended
Sandy Rustin explains how she turned the hit romantic comedy into a celebration of women's stories and '80s power ballads.
Neal Brennan
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Interview: After 3 Mics, Comedian Neal Brennan Returns With Unacceptable
Brennan is one of the most in-demand comedy writers out there.
Arturo Luís Soria wrote and stars in <em>Ni Mi Madre</em> at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
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Interview: Arturo Luís Soria on Playing Mother in Ni Mi Madre
The writer-performer's long-gestating solo show makes its world premiere at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
Christopher Fitzgerald
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Interview: Christopher Fitzgerald on Returning to Broadway in Both Waitress and Company
Fitzgerald takes the stage in two productions as the New York theater reopens.
JoAnn M. Hunter
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Interview: JoAnn M. Hunter on Building a New Cinderella Musical During a Pandemic
Hunter is the choreographer of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, running in the West End.
Keone and Mari Madrid in <em>Beyond Babel</em>
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Disney, Britney Spears, Romeo and Juliet, and Karate Kid: The Many Projects of Keone and Mari Madrid
Meet the two choreographer/directors who are taking the theater by storm.
Drew Tarver and Heléne Yorke in <em>The Other Two</em>
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Interview: Heléne Yorke Talks Season 2 of The Other Two
The show is a goofy gem full of biting showbiz commentary.
Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu
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Interview: Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu Is Reinventing the Stage and Making History
Nwandu's Pass Over just opened at the August Wilson Theatre.
Haviland Morris, Brenda Wehle, Maryann Plunkett, and Jay O. Sanders in <em>The Michaels</em>, written and directed by Richard Nelson.
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Interview: 13 Plays Later, Richard Nelson Reflects on His Rhinebeck Panorama
Nelson is opening the last play in his sprawling cycle, 'What Happened?: The Michaels Abroad''.
Adam Pascal
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Interview: Adam Pascal Looks Back on His Career in a New Streaming Concert
Adam Pascal…So Far streams on Stellar on Tuesday, August 17.
Meera Syal Hopes <em>Spin</em> Is the First of Many South Asian Stories on Disney Channel
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Meera Syal Hopes Spin Is the First of Many South Asian Stories on Disney Channel
Syal reflects on forging her own career path, finding inspiration during COVID, and summoning her inner Barbra Streisand for her role in the latest Disney Channel Original Movie.
Interview: Adam Chanler-Berat Talks <em>Gossip Girl</em>, Social Media, and Teaching Emerging Actors
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Interview: Adam Chanler-Berat Talks Gossip Girl, Social Media, and Teaching Emerging Actors
The Broadway favorite stars in the new HBO Max reboot of the fan-favorite TV series.
Lisa Loeb
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Interview: Lisa Loeb Joins Pandemic Stories in Together Apart, Where a Zoom Box Becomes a Stage
Loeb explains how this quarantine project came to be while remembering her days scoring plays for Ethan Hawke.
Gabi (voiced by Ynairaly Simo) and Vivo (voiced by Lin-Manuel Miranda).
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Interview: Quiara Alegría Hudes On Vivo Thrills and Writing Compelling Characters
Hudes talks about her second film to come out this summer.
President Richard Nixon and Rich Little
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Interview: Master Impressionist Rich Little Takes the Stage as Richard Nixon
Little has been honing his Nixon impression for decades, and in a new play, he gets to star as the former President.
Debra Jo Rupp
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Interview: Debra Jo Rupp Travels to Boca After TV Encounters With Wanda Maximoff and Agatha Harkness
Rupp returns to Barrington Stage Company in this new comedy about senior citizens in Florida.