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A witty writer (David Lindsay-Abaire) and a great actor (Richard Thomas) walk into a digital studio
In this episode we welcome the playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, whose new Tony Award-nominated comedy, “The Balusters,” is currently on Broadway with a fab cast that includes today’s other guest,…
"The Lost Boys" breaks Broadway's vampire musical curse. Discuss.
In this episode we talked to the two men who are largely the reason why “The Lost Boys” is the wow-iest wow spectacle of the Broadway season: director Michael Arden and scenic designer Dane Laffrey.…
Hear how "Giant" scribe Mark Rosenblatt took on Roald Dahl, earning a Tony nod in the process.
A run at London’s Royal Court Theatre, followed by a transfer to the West End, followed by Broadway: not bad for your first play! That is exactly what happened to Mark Rosenblatt, the author of…
Ann Harada is one of Broadway's favorite utility players for a reason
Ann Harada is the only lead from the Apple TV+ series “Schmigadoon!” to reprise her role (Florence Menlove, the mayor’s wife) in the Broadway version, and we couldn’t be happier — she’s particularly…
"Becky Shaw" scribe Gina Gionfriddo has gone from theater to "Law and Order" and back again.
It seems hard to believe that Gina Gionfriddo is just making her Broadway debut now. And she does it with a comedy, “Becky Shaw,” that premiered at Second Stage back in 2009. Not only that, but the…
Wait What? OUR Jack O'Brien, a star of the "The Comeback"?
An unlikely thespian is winning over fans in Season 3 of the Lisa Kudrow cult series “The Comeback”: Jack O’Brien, who is playing Tommy, the hair stylist of Kudrow’s Valerie Cherish. Theater fans…
Peter was a guest speller for "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." He got booted fast.
There’s a reason “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” has been a hit since its premiere in 2005: Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn’s musical is incredibly funny and sneakily poignant — and the…
What could be more entertaining than Steven Boyer and Adam Chanler-Berat on a podcast, together?
One of the great pleasures of Lauren Yee’s new play, “Mother Russia” (at Signature Theater until March 29) is watching expert actors work their comic magic. We’re lucky that two of them, Steven Boyer…
With the Washington Post abandoning theater criticism, where do readers in D.C. go?
One of the things we enjoy doing on this podcast is talking to people fighting the good fight around the country. Now, you might have heard that there’s some turmoil in the Washington, D.C. arts…
Liberation's Susannah Flood was born into a family of acting teachers. Of course she's on Broadway.
This episode’s guest is Susannah Flood, from the play “Liberation” — one of the best-reviewed Broadway shows of 2025 (you can read Elisabeth’s glowing take for The New York Times here).The show…
Who says theater slows now? Meet the visionary bringing 30 cool shows to New York this month.
With Broadway recovering from its holidays binge and rehearsing for its next batch of shows, January on New York City stages means one thing: festivals! These days the dominant one is Under the…
With Stoppard's passing, Peter and Elisabeth ask: Who are the canonical playwrights of our time?
Just the two of us, we can make it if we try…and so we did! Peter and Elisabeth rocked this episode on their own and managed to cover quite a bit of ground. They started off with Peter’s report from…
Zayd Ayers Dohrn's folks are revolutionaries. Now he and Tom Morello have written "Revolution(s)."
The musical “Revolution(s),” which recently concluded its premiere run at the Goodman Theater, in Chicago, comes with an impressive and à propos pedigree. The score was pulled from the songbook of…
You thought "Oh, Mary!" transgressed? How about a musical that sends up Anne Frank?
The hit de scandale of the fall in New York is Andrew Fox and Joel Sinensky’s “Slam Frank,” an Off Broadway show that purports to be a staging of a musical about Anne Frank — except that it’s a…
Ari'el Stachel won a Tony for "The Band's Visit." As he reveals in a new solo show, it added to his trophy collection — and his anxiety.
If you saw “The Band’s Visit” in New York, you remember Ari’el Stachel, who played Haled, the musician obsessed with Chet Baker — a big highlight was his jazzy “Song About Love,” one of David…
Is the Broadway musical ok? We ask "Just in Time" producer Tom Kirdahy, who's also got "Kiss of the Spider Woman" on screens.
There’s much talk these days about the dire financial health of musicals on Broadway, where costs have skyrocketed — and so have ticket prices. Yet, very few of the big shows manages to turn a…
Directorial dynamo Whitney White reveals to us a key to her success: her mom
Whitney White is a busy director, and we couldn’t be happier about it — we’ve been following her career for several years now, and it’s always exciting to see what she’ll come up with next.You can…
Jinkx Monsoon talks funny business
Our guest this week is none other than Jinkx Monsoon, who’s killing it as Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!” on Broadway. Just ask Elisabeth: She’s seen the show five times with three different leading…
Peter got schooled!
RADA is a world-famous institution that has trained the likes of Vivien Leigh, Ralph Fiennes, Anthony Hopkins, Glenda Jackson, Alan Rickman and Roger Moore. Now you can add Peter Marks to the list.…
We laughed nonstop with Jeff Hiller. Where do you know him from? Everything funny —including his new memoir.
Both Peter and Elisabeth tore through Jeff Hiller’s new memoir, “Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty Year Trail to Overnight Success.” And they both experienced episodes that involved laughing so…
