Fri, Dec 15, 2017
Songwriter David Yazbek and book writer Itamar Moses discuss their collaboration on "The Band's Visit" the musical adapted from a popular 2007 Israeli film about an Egyptian police band stranded in a small town in the Negev Desert. Co-hosted by Jesse Green of The New York Times and Susan Haskins.
Fri, Feb 9, 2018
Adam Feldman (Time Out New York), Michael Musto (NewNowNext), Elisabeth Vincentelli (3 on the Aisle) and Patrick Pacheco (L.A. Times) plus co-hosts Jesse Green (The New York Times) and Susan Haskins discuss the upcoming spring season on Broadway, including "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," "Angels in America," "Three Tall Women," "The Iceman Cometh," "Lobby Hero," new musical adaptations of "Mean Girls" and "Frozen," and classic musical revivals of "Carousel" and "My Fair Lady."
Fri, Feb 16, 2018
Actors Gavin Creel, Kate Baldwin, and Charlie Stemp discuss their roles and the rehearsal process for the award-winning revival of "Hello, Dolly!" with guest co-host Adam Feldman and Susan Haskins. Next, our journalist "Spring Preview" panel discusses shows coming to Off Broadway in the spring.
Fri, Mar 9, 2018
Writer/ composer Richard Thomas with actors Terrence Mann and Will Swenson discuss Thomas' "Jerry Springer -The Opera", which created a sensation in the UK 13 years ago but was considered so outrageous that it only premiered in NYC this year. Next, playwright Jordan Harrison, director Oliver Butler and actor Michael Cyril Creighton discuss Harrison's play at The Vineyard, "The Amateurs", about how a theater troop fleeing The Black Death in the middle ages contributed to modern dramatic concepts of character and individuality. Co-hosted by Michael Musto and Susan Haskins.
Fri, Mar 16, 2018
Actors Tony Shalhoub, Katrina Lenk and John Cariani, discuss working on the powerful musical hit "The Band's Visit" with co-hosts Jesse Green and Elisabeth Vincentelli of The New York Times and series producer Susan Haskins. Next, we welcome multi-faceted producer Ted Chapin, who talks about his Lyrics and Lyricists series at the 92nd Street Y.
Fri, Mar 23, 2018
Playwright David Rabe, director Scott Elliott with actors Ed Harris and Amy Madigan discuss The New Group production of Rabe's "Good for Otto." The play at the Pershing Square Theatre, and in which Harris and Madigan play psychologists, is set in a mental health center where a large cast of other eminent actors play patients. Guest co-host is playwright Warren Leight.
Fri, Apr 6, 2018
Actors Richard Kind and Gideon Glick join Roundabout Underground Artistic Producer Jill Rafson to talk about the new edition of the popular "The 24-Hour Plays" she produced this spring. Elisabeth Vincentelli guest co-hosts with Susan Haskins. Next, Jesse Green, Co-Chief Theater Critic of The New York Times discusses the role and responsibilities of theater critics laid out in his recent article "The Agony and Ecstasy of Writing Negative Reviews" Co-hosts are Jason Zinoman, also of The New York Times and producer Susan Haskins.
Fri, Apr 13, 2018
Playwright David Cale, director Leigh Silverman and actor Billy Crudup discuss Cale's one-man Off-Broadway hit, "Harry Clarke." In it, Crudup gives a bravura performance as the show's charming and nefarious title character, along with all the other roles in Cale's remarkable play. Jason Zinoman of The New York Times co-hosts with Susan Haskins.
Fri, May 18, 2018
The guests are Tony-nominated actors Grey Henson and Taylor Louderman from the new musical "Mean Girls" who celebrate their Broadway show with co-hosts Julie Halston, Michael Musto and Susan Haskins. Next, our producer Lane Binkley goes on location to Theatre Row to interview Randy, the witty, insightful and Australian star of Off-Broadway's new hit "Randy Writes a Novel."
Fri, Jun 29, 2018
Historian Ethan Mordden, author of the recently published "All That Jazz: The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago" and innumerable other works devoted to the theater, including "The Rodgers and Hammerstein Book," shares his considerable knowledge about and insights into the classical musicals Kander/Ebb and Fosse's "Chicago" and Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel."