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Gillian Anderson as Blanche DuBois
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Interview: Gillian Anderson on Playing Blanche DuBois: "This Is My Bucket List"
Anderson stars in A Streetcar Named Desire, which is being live-streamed this week on the National Theatre's YouTube.
Ben Platt in his <em>Live From Radio City Music Hall</em> concert special.
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Interview: Ben Platt on Netflix Concert Film, The Politician, and Recording Music on Zoom
Platt's Radio City Music Hall show comes to Netflix today.
Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt
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Quarantine Q&A: Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt Are Bingeing on BarkThins
They've also ordered 6 gallons of water — just in case.
Greg Hildreth, Rashidra Scott, Nikki Renée Daniels, Christopher Fitzgerald, Katrina Lenk, Etai Benson, Matt Doyle, Christopher Sieber, and Jennifer Simard in <em>Company</em> on Broadway.
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Quarantine Q&A: Katrina Lenk and Cast Tell Us What to Do When You Can't Have Company
Find out who's bingeing BoJack and why Jennifer Simard is ordering "vats and vats of wine."
Jessica Frances Dukes and Jason Bateman in Netflix's <em>Ozark</em>.
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After Vera Stark and Dracula, Jessica Frances Dukes Heads to Ozark
Dukes stars in the third season of the Netflix drama, alongside Jason Bateman and Laura Linney.
TheaterMania Launches Live Chat Series; Watch First Q&A With Montego Glover
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TheaterMania Launches Live Chat Series; Watch First Q&A With Montego Glover
Going Live With TheaterMania will air on Facebook and YouTube during the week.
The Chicago Shakespeare cast of the Broadway-bound musical <em>Six</em>.
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Quaran-QUEEN Q&A: Find Out How the Stars of Broadway's Six Are Spending Their Time
This is the first edition of our Quarantine Q&A series.
Rita Moreno stars in <em>One Day at a Time</em> and <em>West Side Story</em>.
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Rita Moreno Dishes on the Returns of One Day at a Time and West Side Story
The legendary actor discusses her latest projects over a laugh-filled phone call.
Dick Scanlan is one of the writers behind <em>The Unsinkable Molly Brown</em> and <em>Thoroughly Modern Millie</em>.
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Dick Scanlan on Unsinking Molly and Rethinking Millie
The librettist for The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Thoroughly Modern Millie delves into his process for reworking these very different shows.
Dot-Marie Jones as Dennis in <em>Rock of Ages</em>.
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Glee's Dot-Marie Jones Is a Rock of Ages Superfan. Now, She's Starring in the Show
Jones is playing bartender Dennis Dupree. You read that right.
Daniel Goldstein is the co-writer of <em>Unknown Soldier</em>.
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Daniel Goldstein on Grappling With Grief and Memory in Unknown Soldier
The new musical, by Goldstein and the late Michael Friedman, takes on a new meaning since Friedman's death.
Jane Levy and Alex Newell in NBC's <em>Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist</em>.
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Alex Newell Lives His Truth in NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Newell tells TheaterMania about how his life influenced the story arc for his latest role.
Tony nominee Phillipa Soo stars as Catalina Vucovich-Villalobos in the Clubbed Thumb production of Ethan Lipton's <em>Tumacho</em>, directed by Leigh Silverman, at the Connelly Theater.
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Why Tumacho Star Phillipa Soo Is Ghostbusting in the East Village
Soo brings comedy to a gunfight in Ethan Lipton's musical satire of the Old West…and yes, she's excited to watch the Hamilton movie.
Tristan Bernays and Kate Hamill are the authors of <em>Frankenstein</em> and <em>Dracula</em>.
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Tristan Bernays and Kate Hamill on Finding New Modern-Day Meaning in Gothic Horror
While adapting Dracula and Frankenstein for the stage, the playwrights reflect on the monsters of everyday life.
Caissie Levy as Elsa and Patti Murin as Anna in <em>Frozen</em> on Broadway.
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Caissie Levy and Patti Murin Let It Go as They Say Farewell to Frozen
The cold might not bother them, but saying goodbye sure does.
Richard Curtis is the cocreator of <em>Unmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber</em>.
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For Richard Curtis, Creating the New Andrew Lloyd Webber Revue Was Like Writing Love Actually
Curtis, the screenwriter behind some of the world's best-loved romantic comedies, turns his attention to Unmasked at Paper Mill Playhouse.
Erika Henningsen stars in <em>Mean Girls</em> on Broadway.
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Erika Henningsen Graduates From Mean Girls Ahead of Flying Over Sunset
Broadway's first Cady Heron tells about what she's learned after two years of starring in this iconic Tina Fey creation.
Solea Pfeiffer in <em>Almost Famous</em>, <em>Evita</em>, <em>The Light in the Piazza</em>, and in rehearsal for <em>Gun & Powder</em>.
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Rising Star Solea Pfeiffer Tells Us What She's Learned in 7 Months of Nonstop Musicals
Pfeiffer went from starring in Almost Famous to Evita to The Light in the Piazza to Gun & Powder. And she loves it all.
Jordan Fisher as Evan in a promotional image for <em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>.
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Evan Hansen Is the Hardest Role Jordan Fisher Has Ever Played
Fisher takes us behind the scenes of his Broadway return in the Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen.
Steven Sater's <em>Alice by Heart</em> Novel Gives Thanks to the Books That Make Us Who We Are
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Steven Sater's Alice by Heart Novel Gives Thanks to the Books That Make Us Who We Are
Sater's Wonderland-inspired musical is now a book, as well as its own literary treasure map.
Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood in rehearsal for the Steppenwolf production of <em>Bug</em>.
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Who's Afraid of Bug? Not Carrie Coon. OK, Maybe She Is. Just a Little.
Coon stars in David Cromer's new Steppenwolf production of an intense play by her husband, Tracy Letts.
Donald and Melania Trump at the opening of Radio City Music Hall's <em>New York Spring Spectacular</em>.
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Anne Washburn's Shipwreck Puts Trump Onstage in Washington, DC
The 45th president is a prominent character in a new play at Woolly Mammoth from the author of Mr. Burns and The Twilight Zone.
<em>Chicago</em>'s New Star Erika Jayne Explains What Roxie Hart Doesn't Know About Fame
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Chicago's New Star Erika Jayne Explains What Roxie Hart Doesn't Know About Fame
Erika Jayne is shedding her Real Housewives persona for her Broadway debut.
John Mulaney in <em>John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch</em>.
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John Mulaney on Embracing the Theatrical and Building a Broadway-Size Sack Lunch Bunch
The actor-comedian discusses his new Netflix special about fear and death, starring a bunch of children and André De Shields.