Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

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Making Digital Theater is Like Shooting 'Star Wars' Apr 27, 2021

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Director Lileana Blain-Cruz and producer Jim Glaub on “The Baltimore Waltz” and why virtual theater is a lot more complicated than it looks.

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How Theater Makers Have Mobilized to Stop Asian Hate Apr 13, 2021

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Artist-activists Christine Toy Johnson and Leslie Ishii on how theater can be an important part of the movement.

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BONUS: Meet the Squabbling Producers of 'Avvatar: The Musical' Apr 06, 2021

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Lillias White and James Monroe Iglehart play the bickering backers of a massive, controversial, and entirely fictional Broadway musical version of "Avatar." Recorded in collaboration with the audio comedy As The Curtain Rises.

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The Gonzo Journalism Preserving Broadway History Mar 30, 2021

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Historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper on the latest volume of her theater-by-theater chronicle, The Untold Stories of Broadway.

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How Blair Underwood Found New Colors in ‘Paradise Blue’ Mar 16, 2021

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Behind the scenes of the new audio adaptation of Dominique Morisseau’s play, with Underwood and Mandy Greenfield, the artistic director of Williamstown Theatre Festival.

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The Case for a New Federal Theater Project Mar 02, 2021

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Nataki Garrett, the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, on getting the theater industry the support it deserves during the pandemic.

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Broadway Gave Mike Nichols His Juiciest Backstage Stories Feb 16, 2021

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The author of "Mike Nichols: A Life," Mark Harris, on the director's life and influential work -- and the dramas behind the scenes.

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The Oscar Winner Helping Off Broadway Find Life on Screen Feb 02, 2021

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How John Ridley ("12 Years a Slave," "American Crime") and theater veteran Scott Elliott got together for the starry "grand experiment" of The New Group Off Stage.

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From 'Slave Play' to Marvel Superhero Jan 19, 2021

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"WandaVision" actor Teyonah Parris on moving from an Off Broadway buzzmagnet into one of the biggest franchises in Hollywood.

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The New York Native Who Found Playwriting Success in L.A. Jan 07, 2021

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Writer Kemp Powers on adapting his play "One Night in Miami" into a buzzy new film, and why L.A. was more welcoming to his work than New York.

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