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Jason Robert Brown
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Interview: Jason Robert Brown's 13 Celebrates Its Bar Mitzvah on the Big Screen
Netflix releases a film version of Brown's stage musical on August 12.
Molly Ephraim and Maybelle Blair
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Interview: Molly Ephraim on Baseball, Babies, and A League of Their Own
Ephraim co-stars in the new Amazon Prime Video series, based on the beloved film of the same title.
Arielle Jacobs stars in <em>Between the Lines</em> off-Broadway.
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Jodi Picoult and the Team Behind Between the Lines Reflect on the Power of Female Voices in Theater
Between the Lines, based on the novel by Picoult and her daughter Samantha, is now running at the Tony Kiser Theater.
Jade Anouka wrote and stars in <em>Heart</em>, directed by Ola Ince, for Audible Theater at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
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Interview: Jade Anouka Finds Her Heart in New York City
After starring in Cock in London's West End, new mom Anouka brings her solo show to the Minetta Lane Theatre.
(image courtesy of Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
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Interview: Jesse Green on Helping Mary Rodgers Write Her "Alarmingly Outspoken" Memoir, Shy
The frank and hilarious new book, chronicling the life of the Once Upon a Mattress composer, is available beginning August 9.
Will Roland and Max Friedman
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Interview: Will Roland and Max Friedman Bring The Panic of '29 to 59
Graham Techler's new play runs off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters.
Cornelius Smith Jr.
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Interview: Cornelius Smith Jr. on Spending Five Days at Memorial and Becoming an American Prophet
The actor discusses his two very different projects, happening at the same time.
Interview: Kate Reinders Is Loving Being the "Mama" of <em>High School Musical</em>
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Interview: Kate Reinders Is Loving Being the "Mama" of High School Musical
Reinders reflects on three seasons as drama teacher Miss Jenn, and the new chapter of life she's helped usher in.
Grace Aki
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Interview: Grace Aki Talks About Healing, Storytelling, and Her Solo Play, To Free a Mockingbird
Aki's play will run at the Connelly Theater as part of the SheNYC Theater Festival.
Christian Jules LeBlanc
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Interview: Christian Jules LeBlanc of Young and the Restless on His Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Ruth Stage's production of the Tennessee Williams classic begins its off-Broadway run this month.
Mary Badham as Mrs. Dubose in the national tour of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>
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Interview: Mary Badham Returns to To Kill a Mockingbird, 60 Years Later
Badham, who earned an Oscar nomination at age 10 for playing Scout onscreen, is now the racist Mrs. Dubose in the ongoing national tour.
Ethan Hawke
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Interview: Ethan Hawke on Building His New Docu-Series About Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
The Last Movie Stars premieres July 21 on HBO Max.
Mary Testa
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Interview: Mary Testa Talks About Her New Williamstown Show, Most Happy in Concert
This concert riff on Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella reunites Testa with her Oklahoma! director, Daniel Fish.
A scene from the Broadway revival of <em>Les Misérables</em> in 2014
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Interview: Laurence Connor on Rebuilding His 25th Anniversary Les Miz, a Decade Later
The new classic production will embark on a North American tour this fall at Playhouse Square in Cleveland.
Carmen Zilles, C.J. Wilson, Marylouise Burke, Colby Minifie, Omar Metwally (seated), David Ryan Smith, Francois Battiste, and Jonathan Hadary in <em>Epiphany</em>. Set design by John Lee Beatty.
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Interview: Brian Watkins Has an Epiphany at Lincoln Center Theater
Watkins's new play is directed by Tyne Rafaeli and stars Marylouise Burke.
Interview: Julia Lester on Being the Last Little Red Stephen Sondheim Sent <em>Into the Woods</em>
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Interview: Julia Lester on Being the Last Little Red Stephen Sondheim Sent Into the Woods
Lester returns to Disney Plus in Season 3 of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series while making her Broadway debut opposite the very person who inspired her TV character.
Interview: 32 Years Later, Sharon Washington Returns to the Delacorte in <em>Richard III</em>
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Interview: 32 Years Later, Sharon Washington Returns to the Delacorte in Richard III
Washington shares her memories of doing this tough Shakespeare play decades ago, as she takes on a new role in it now.
A scene from <em>Twelve Angry Men</em>
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Interview: David Simpatico Talks About His Musical Twelve Angry Men
Twelve Angry Men is now running at Theater Latte Da in Minneapolis.
William Daniels as John Adams in the original Broadway production of <em>1776</em>
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A Walk Down 1776 Memory Lane, With William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett
Daniels, the original John Adams, and his wife, tell us about the legendary original production of the Tony-winning musical.
Ernest Thompson
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Interview: On Golden Pond Playwright Ernest Thompson Talks About the Return of His West Side Waltz
Thompson gives us his thoughts on Katharine Hepburn's turn in the original Broadway production.
Donja R. Love
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Interview: Playwright Donja R. Love on Building the World of MCC Theater's Soft
The new play runs off-Broadway through July 17.
Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector in the HBO series <em>The Gilded Age</em>
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Interview: Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector on a Marriage of Love and Ambition in The Gilded Age
Coon and Spector play social climbing Bertha and George Russell in the HBO series from Julian Fellowes.
Jarrod Spector as Steven Spielberg in the new musical <em>Bruce</em> at Seattle Rep
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Interview: Jarrod Spector Sinks His Teeth Into Playing Steven Spielberg in Bruce
The world-premiere musical is running at Seattle Rep through July 3.
Mark Saltzman
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Interview: Mark Saltzman on Creating Romeo and Bernadette and the Holiday Classic Mrs. Santa Claus
Seven-time Emmy-winner Saltzman tells us about his off-Broadway musical at Theatre 555.