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The Assembled Parties Scribe Richard Greenberg on How Theater is Like a 'Hostage Situation'
Mar 26, 2013 • 11:35AM
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Kinky Boots Director Jerry Mitchell on a Mysterious Package and a 'Magical' Message
Mar 19, 2013 • 12:16PM
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Scribe Doug Wright on Eating Egg Salad & Potato Chips with the Real-Life Contestants of Hands on a Hardbody
Mar 12, 2013 • 1:15PM
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Women of Will Creator Tina Packer on Shakespeare’s Feistiest, Most Misunderstood Heroines
Mar 5, 2013 • 10:08AM
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Old Hats Clown David Shiner on His Connection With Bill Irwin & Why It’s Important to 'Fall Flat on Your Face'
Feb 26, 2013 • 1:51PM
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Really Really Scribe Paul Downs Colaizzo on How Rent Inspired Him to Write a Play for a New Generation
Feb 19, 2013 • 9:39AM
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Picnic’s Reed Birney on the Joy of Returning to Broadway 35 Years After His Debut
Feb 12, 2013 • 10:25AM
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Martin Moran on Turning Anger Into Art in the Off-Broadway Solo Show All the Rage
Feb 5, 2013 • 1:02PM
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Jonathan Marc Sherman on the Inspiration For Clive & His 20-Year Collaboration With Ethan Hawke
Jan 29, 2013 • 1:15PM
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House Manager Peter Kulok on Welcoming 12,000 Phantom Phans a Week to the Majestic Theatre
Jan 22, 2013 • 5:39PM
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Christopher Jackson on How The Jammer Recreates the 'Madcap' Fun of 1950s Roller Derby
Jan 15, 2013 • 1:11PM
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Sharr White on Vulnerability, Mortality & the Dark Inspiration Behind His New Drama The Other Place
Jan 8, 2013 • 12:00PM
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Merwin Foard on Capturing the Voice and Charisma of FDR in Annie
Jan 1, 2013 • 11:27AM
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Water By the Spoonful Author Quiara Alegria Hudes on Why the Best Theater Is Dangerous
Dec 25, 2012 • 10:19AM
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The Piano Lesson Star Chuck Cooper on How August Wilson Got Him Closer to 'Nirvana'
Dec 18, 2012 • 9:18AM
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Kirsten Holly Smith on Portraying ‘Soulful, Sultry’ Dusty Springfield in Forever Dusty
Dec 11, 2012 • 10:26AM
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Director Stafford Arima on Coming Out, Discovering Theater & Bringing Bare to a New Audience
Dec 4, 2012 • 11:33AM
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Playwright Aaron Posner on How He Turned the Classic Novel My Name is Asher Lev Into a Living Work of Art
Nov 27, 2012 • 10:53AM
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Revisiting a Beloved Child: Playwright David Henry Hwang on the Off-Broadway Journey of Golden Child
Nov 20, 2012 • 12:25PM
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Original Lion King Cast Member Ron Kunene on Why He Is Still 'Sustained' & 'Moved' by the Landmark Musical
Nov 14, 2012 • 4:18PM
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Theresa Rebeck on America's Changing Values and the Midwestern Heart of Her New Comedy Dead Accounts
Nov 6, 2012 • 9:53AM
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Anthony LaPaglia on the Excitement and Fear of Playing Richard Nixon in Checkers
Oct 31, 2012 • 11:16AM
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How Hamlet Inspired Playwright Ayad Akhtar to Create a Magnetic Role for Aasif Mandvi in Disgraced
Oct 23, 2012 • 11:01AM
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Director Pam MacKinnon on Why Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Is Like Mountain Climbing
Oct 16, 2012 • 1:31PM
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Jon Kern Reveals the Dark Inspiration Behind His Controversial New Comedy, Modern Terrorism
Oct 9, 2012 • 1:01PM