Podcasts about Huntington Theatre Company

The end of the year is a busy time for arts administrators, packed with holiday campaigns and fundraising deadlines. With so much happening, it's easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. So today we're taking a moment to pause, reflect, and reconnect with our “why.”  In this episode, we revisit a popular Boot Camp 2024 conversation with CI President Priya Iyer Doshi and Terri Freeman, President of The Lewis Museum, about purpose-driven leadership and the resilience of our industry. Then, we ask arts administrators to reflect on their year and what's fueling their passion in 2025. It will leave you feeling grounded, inspired, and ready to tackle what's ahead. CI to Eye with Terri Freeman (1:30) - Live from Boot Camp 2024, CI President Priya Iyer Doshi sits down with Terri Freeman, President of The Lewis Museum. Together they discuss purpose-driven leadership, resilience, and navigating uncertainty with clarity. It's a timely conversation and a powerful reminder of the importance of our work. Ask The Industry (59:30) - Dan takes his microphone to the Boot Camp floor to ask arts administrators about their year in review. They share their excitements, challenges, and what's keeping them inspired as we roll into 2025. Listen for familiar voices from Acadiana Center for the Arts, ArtOps, ArtsWave, Ballet BC, Carnegie Hall, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Charleston Gaillard Center, Cincinnati Arts Association, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Houston Ballet, Huntington Theatre Company, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Madison Symphony Orchestra, New York Theatre Workshop, Paper Mill Playhouse, Proctors Collaborative, Signature Theatre, Trinity Rep, University Musical Society, YoungArts, and ZACH Theatre.

Check out this podcast replay of the SDCF Panel: Art of Collaboration with Shana Carroll, Jesse Robb, and Jessica Stone that we hosted at the Museum of Broadway. They discuss the ins and outs of their creative processes as they collaborated on Water for Elephants, both the finer details as well as overarching ideas about what goes into a productive collaboration on a show. This was a moderated panel with dedicated time for a Q & A. We hosted this panel in August 2024. This video and audio was recorded by Michael Weir supported by the Maria Torres Emerging Artists Foundation. Transcript available upon request. Shana Carroll is Co-Founding Artistic Director of the Montreal based circus company The 7 Fingers. Since its founding in 2002, Carroll has written, directed and choreographed 12 of their touring and/or resident shows, 3 of which (Passengers, Duel Reality, Dear San Francisco) are currently running, and which also includes Sequence 8 at NY City Center and Traces off- Broadway run at Union Square Theatre. Carroll received a Drama Desk Nomination for Choreography and Best Theatrical Experience for their show Traces. Outside The 7 Fingers, Carroll directed Cirque du Soleil's first- ever ice show Crystal, in addition to their performance at the Academy Awards in 2012. Also, for Cirque du Soleil, Carroll was circus choreographer and designer for their shows Iris (Los Angeles) and Paramour (Broadway). Other credits include: Queen of the Night (Drama Desk Recipient); Soul of the Ocean (Moment Factory); Cité Mémoire (Lemieux-Pilon); and the Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies (medieval segment). Prior to directing and choreography, Carroll was herself a trapeze artist, performing for over 20 years in the air with circuses and dance companies around the world, most notably as the original solo trapeze artist for Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco. She also appeared in Cirque du Soleil produced television and film. Now based in Montreal, where she relocated in 1991 to attend l'École Nationale de Cirque, Carroll is originally from Berkeley, California. In 2023, Carroll was inducted into the Ordre of Arts and Letters of Quebec, a distinction honoring those who have contributed to artistic and cultural development in the province of Quebec. Most recently, Carroll was Circus Designer and Co-choreographer of the musical Water For Elephants, first at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and now in its Broadway run at the Imperial Theatre, for which she received a Suzi Bass Award and the Chita Rivera Award for Best Choreography, as well as Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics' Circle nominations in the same category. Jesse Robb's work spans Broadway, Cirque Du Soleil, Momix, Les Ballet Jazz de Montréal, Mirvish Productions, Disney, Cameron Mackintosh, Prime Video, Opera Philadelphia, and more. He is the co-choreographer (alongside Shana Carroll) for the Broadway production of Water For Elephants, which was nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Musical. Jesse and Shana were nominated for Tony, Drama Desk, and OCC Awards and received the 2024 Chita Rivera award for Outstanding Choreography. Jesse is the Movement Director for the North American Touring, South Korean, and Japanese productions of the international hit Les Misérables. He was also the Associate Choreographer for the Broadway, North American Touring, and Austrian companies of the 2017 Revival of Miss Saigon. Regionally, Jesse has choreographed at The MUNY, The Alliance Theater (Suzi Bass Award for Outstanding Choreography), The Stratford Festival of Canada, Theatre Calgary, and Ogunquit Playhouse among others. Jessica Stone: Most recently, Stone was nominated for a Tony Award for directing the original Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo, which won 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Stone worked as an actress on and off-Broadway, in television and in film for decades before transitioning to directing. Broadway credits included Anything Goes, Butley, The Odd Couple, The Smell of the Kill, Design for Living, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Grease. Her directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has since been directing all over the country at such theaters as The Old Globe, A.C.T, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company,  Two River Theatre Company, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival among others. Productions include As You Like It, Kate Hamill's Vanity Fair, Barefoot in the Park, Dancing at Lughnasa, Bad Dates, Ken Ludwig's Robin Hood! (World premiere), Ripcord, Bad Jews, Arms and the Man, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Charlotte's Web, June Moon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Absurd Person Singular, and Kimberly Akimbo (off-Broadway premiere at the Atlantic). She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.

People are more stressed than ever. We opened the lines to hear what listeners are stressed over.James Carter performed for Live Music Friday, ahead of his return to Boston this weekend at Scullers. Longtime Boston broadcaster/music critic Steve Elman joined as well. Callie Crossley on Harris/Oprah interview.Director Carey Perloff and actress Rebecca Gibel joined to talk about their work in the Huntington Theatre Company's production of Leopoldstadt.Corby Kummer broke down some myths and misconceptions about sugar, food waste bans making a difference in Mass., and the hidden environmental cost of food.We ended the show by discussing sparkling vs. still water

In this episode of "Secret to Success," host Kevin McLemore sits down with the accomplished actor and theatre educator, Naheem Garcia. With a career spanning thirty years, Naheem, also known as Alexis Rene Garcia, shares his inspiring journey from Cuba to Boston and his dedication to the arts and education. Learn about his impactful work with the Boston Youth Theater, the Huntington Theatre Company, and his role as the Artistic Director for the Oversoul Theatre Collective. Discover the secrets behind Naheem's success, his passion for teaching, and his contributions to the Latino community and the arts.

Join host Kevin McLemore in "Secret to Success" with guests Emily Guerrero and Meg O'Brien from The Huntington Theatre Company. Explore their inspiring journey in the arts, uncovering the strategies and insights that led to their success. Tune in for an engaging discussion on achieving excellence and navigating the challenges in the creative industry. About Emily: Emily Guerrero is an Afro-Latina senior at Boston Arts Academy, interning at The Huntington. She heard of The Huntington Theatre Company through the Next Narrative Monologue competition. In sophomore year, she placed fourth at the regional level; in her senior year, she was a finalist for Next Narrative, and this time, she traveled to New York. Emily has had a dedicated passion for theatre since her middle school productions. About Meg: Meg O'Brien is in her 17th season at The Huntington where she has been the Director of Education since 2017. Meg has worked professionally as an access coordinator, actor, dancer, singer, director, producer, finance director, arts administrator, and stage manager. Meg's passion is to serve young people, and she does this through arts education and supporting all young people in their exploration of the arts, their imaginations, and their artistry.

Broadway power couple Annaleigh Ashford and Joe Tapper join The Art of Kindness with Robert Peterpaul to discuss teaching kindness and empathy to their son, overcoming shame, self-care in the theatre and their seminal show The White Chip. ANNALEIGH ASHFORD is making her producing debut with The White Chip and believes in supporting plays that provide an act of service to the community. As an actor she has received a Tony, two Drama Desks, the Drama League, an Outer Critics Circle and Clarence Derwent Awards, Emmy and Grammy nominations. Broadway: Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, You Can't Take It With You, Sylvia, Kinky Boots, Hair, Legally Blonde, Wicked. Select TV: “American Crime Story,” “Welcome to Chippendales,” “B Positive,” “Masters of Sex.” She will soon begin production on the true crime drama series “Happy Face” for Paramount+, and will next star in Searchlight Pictures' horror thriller, DUST, opposite Sarah Paulson and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. JOE TAPPER stars in The White Chip. Broadway: You Can't Take It With You. Off Broadway: Manahatta, Socrates, Henry V (The Public Theater); The White Chip (59E59); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Delacorte Theater); Gym at Judson; Cherry Lane Theatre; Mabou Mines/La MaMa. Regional: Shakespeare & Co., Berkshire Playwrights Lab, Huntington Theatre Company, Pioneer Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre. TV: “Chicago Med,” “Blue Bloods,” “Masters of Sex,” “Odyssey,” “Brooklyn Taxi,” “Law & Order: SVU.” Training: Ithaca College BFA, Yale School of Drama MFA. Get tickets to The White Chip at whitechipplay.com. Recover Together at recovertogether.withgoogle.com. Follow us: @artofkindnesspod / @robpeterpaul Support the show! (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theaok) Music: "Awake" by Ricky Alvarez & "Sunshine" by Lemon Music Studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil "The Media Giant" Haley will interview Garret Dillahunt. Garret Dillahunt stars in A MILLION MILES AWAY (Amazon) with Michael Pena and will star in the upcoming THE DEAD DON'T HURT directed by Viggo Mortensen. He will recur on Peacock's new series HYSTERIA and will recur on HIGHTOWN (Starz). He starred in and executive produced the comedy series SPRUNG along with Greg Garcia for Freevee/Sony. Other recent credits include GRAY MATTER, a new Project Greenlight film for HBO Max, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING based on the acclaimed novel, and he guest starred on GHOSTS OF BEIRUT for Showtime. He can be seen in Michael Bay's film “Ambulance,” Zack Snyder's Netflix film “Army of the Dead,” and starred in AMC's “Fear the Walking Dead” as a series regular. He starred in the Netflix drama, “Sergio” with Wagner Moura and Ana de Armas. He starred opposite Viola Davis in Steve McQueen's new movie “Widows”. Before then, he shot the lead in the TNT pilot “Monsters of God” and then TBS' “The Guest Book” along with the second season of Amazon's “Hand of God” and the most recent season of Hulu's “The Mindy Project.”  He previously starred in FOX's half hour comedy series “Raising Hope.” During the show's four season run, he stayed busy working continuously during his hiatuses on feature films such as “12 Years a Slave,” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, “Wheelman” and the critically acclaimed “Winter's Bone,” which earned him and the rest of the cast Best Ensemble at the Gotham Awards. Other credits include, “Any Day Now” opposite Alan Cumming and directed by Travis Fine which won Best Feature at 2012's Out Film Festival and the independent feature “Amigo”, with Chris Cooper and directed by John Sayles He also appeared in “Looper,” the intriguing sci fi action adventure with Emily Blunt, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Bruce Willis, additionally he starred in and received a Genie nomination as the title character, “Oliver Sherman”, in Ryan Redford's directorial debut opposite Molly Parker and Donal Logue. Additional film credits include “The Road,” with Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron; Wes Craven's “The Last House on the Left”; “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”; and the Coen Brothers Oscar-winning drama “No Country for Old Men,” opposite Tommy Lee Jones. Dillahunt earned a SAG award for Best Ensemble for the latter.   The multi-faceted actor is probably best known for his work on the critically acclaimed HBO series “Deadwood,” in which he portrayed two entirely different characters: the assassin “Jack McCall” and the complex and deadly “Francis Wolcott.” After recognizing his protean talent in his first incarnation, executive producer/writer David Milch created a second character for him.  Additional television credits include “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” “John From Cincinnati,” “The Book of Daniel,” “ER,” “The 4400,” “Damages,” “Life,” “Lie to Me,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Criminal Minds,” “Burn Notice,” “White Collar”, “Alphas” and “Memphis Beat”. He boasts an outstanding theatrical resume and has performed extensively on and off Broadway and at such respected theater companies as Steppenwolf, ACT San Francisco, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Berkshire Theatre Festival. 

SANTA DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE: Mom and Dad have never gotten around to telling Jeffrey that there's no Santa. He's 30, and he still believes. This Christmas the truth comes out about Santa, as well as a few other family secrets. Written by Patrick Gabridge Directed by Jonathan Cook Performed by Marian Thibodeau as "Mom", Krys Bailey as "Dad", and Michael Silvio Fortino as "Jeffrey". Intro/Outro music: JK/47 About the writer: Patrick Gabridge has been a Playwriting Fellow with the Huntington Theatre Company and with New Rep and have received fellowships from the Boston Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. His short plays are published by Playscripts, Brooklyn Publishers, Heuer, Smith & Kraus, Stage Rights, and YouthPlays, and have received more than 1,000 productions from theatres and schools around the world. He helped start Boston's Rhombus Playwrights writers' group, the Chameleon Stage theatre company in Denver, the Bare Bones Theatre company in New York, the publication Market InSight… for Playwrights, the on-line Playwrights' Submission Binge, and the New England New Play Alliance. He's currently the Eastern New England Regional Rep for the Dramatists Guild, a member of StageSource, and a past board member of the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund. He's the producing artistic director of Plays in Place, a company focused on creating new site-specific plays in partnership with cultural institutions and historic sites. Gather by the Ghost Light merch available at Home | Gather by the Ghost Light (bigcartel.com) If you would like to further support this podcast, please visit Gather by the Ghost Light is increasing public knowledge of emerging writers and actors (buymeacoffee.com) If you are associated with a theatre and would like to perform this play, please send an email to licensing@gatherbytheghostlight.com to get connected with the playwright. If you enjoy this podcast, please please please leave a rating on your preferred podcast app! Gather by the Ghost Light  

If you give her a real corset, she'll wear it forever! A fan of authentic costumes and even authentic-er accents, Jordan Boatman, who plays Lucy (and others) in Dracula, answers her fang mail while trying to read Andrew's lips at the same time she's listening to death metal music. Jordan originated the role of Zoe in Eleanor Burgess's The Niceties (Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre Center, Geffen Playhouse, Huntington Theatre Company) for which she won an Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress. Other theatre: Simon Stone's Medea (The Brooklyn Academy of Music), Murder on the Orient Express (The Cape Playhouse). Upcoming & recent Film/TV: Chiwetel Ejiofor's “Rob Peace,” “Bull” (CBS), “The Good Fight” (Paramount Plus), “The Path” (Hulu). Boatman is a graduate of UNC School of the Arts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Stone worked as an actress on and off-Broadway, in television and in film for decades before transitioning to directing. Broadway credits included Anything Goes, Butley, The Odd Couple, The Smell of the Kill, Design for Living, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Grease. Her directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has since been directing all over the country at such theaters as The Old Globe, A.C.T, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Two River Theatre Company, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival among others. Productions include As You Like It, Kate Hamill's Vanity Fair, Barefoot in the Park, Dancing at Lughnasa, Bad Dates, Ken Ludwig's Robin Hood! (world premiere), Ripcord, Bad Jews, Arms and the Man, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Charlotte's Web, June Moon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Absurd Person Singular, Kimberly Akimbo (off-Broadway premiere at the Atlantic). Most recently, Stone directed the original Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo, which opened in November 2022. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons. Jessica Stone went from working actress to one of the most in-demand Broadway directors. Listen as she describes how she manages a thriving career, marriage and motherhood and… who were the directors in her life that helped shape how she runs a rehearsal room and why now that she has found directing she really doesn't miss being an actress - plus a deep deep dive Into the journey of Kimberly Akimbo how it went from workshop to Broadway - all that and more this week on the Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jessica Stone (Director) worked as an actress on and Off-Broadway, in television, and in film before transitioning to directing. Her directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has since been directing all over the country at such theaters as The Old Globe, A.C.T, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Two River Theatre Company, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival, among others. Productions include As You Like It, Kate Hamill's Vanity Fair, Barefoot in the Park, Dancing at Lughnasa, Bad Dates, Ken Ludwig's Robin Hood! (world premiere), Ripcord, Bad Jews, Arms and the Man, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Charlotte's Web, June Moon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Absurd Person Singular. Philanthropic/Activist Causes: Mentoring young theater artists, gun safety, and helping unregistered and low propensity voters to participate in our democracy.

“Broadway is like going to the NBA. But do you really want to play basketball everyday? That's different – waking up and wanting to play ball is different than waking up and wanting to go Broadway. I've met regional actors in Seattle and Minneapolis who have full lives and they work year round and they are great actors – and they are not on Broadway. So are you chasing a dream for a status or are you chasing the craft?” What's in this episode? Stories from Parade at Encores How an Instagram message sent Chicken and Biscuits to Broadway Longevity in the theatre Making money in the theatre Multi-hyphenating Changing the infrastructure  Making an impact Douglas Lyons is a multi-hyphenate artist originally from New Haven, CT. He wrote the 2021 Broadway comedy Chicken and Biscuits, which earned him a GLAAD nomination. As an actor, Broadway/NYC: Beautiful (Original Cast), Book of Mormon and Parade (NY City Center). Tours: Dreamgirls, Rent and Mormon 1st Nat'l. Regionally: Yale Rep, Hartford Stage Company, Huntington Theatre Company, 5th Ave Theatre, The Muny and more. As a writer: Apple TV's Fraggle Rock, Five Points (Theater Latte Da world premiere) now in development with Papermill Playhouse, Beau (ATF) and the 2018 Off-Broadway Alliance Award-winning musical, Polkadots. Douglas is currently developing television with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and Sky Dance. Douglaslyons.net. @Chocolatehipster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Based on a true story, The Exorcism of Emily Rose opens on a desolate landscape, a weathered farmhouse the only dwelling in sight. One thing we learn right away: Emily Rose, a girl of 19, is dead, and her condition shakes the medical examiner who comes to visit. Emily, we discover, has died as the result of demonic possession… or six demonic possessions… or maybe none. Erin Bruner, a top-notch defense attorney, is assigned to defend the priest who exorcised Emily, Father Richard Moore, who stands accused of having cut off the girl from medical treatments she was undergoing. Father Moore is offered a plea deal, but rejects it, as he feels Emily's story must be told. Hoping to make partner at her law firm, Erin is determined to follow her instincts, but between Father Moore's compelling testimony and some very strange happenings in her own life, Erin starts to wonder if perhaps, against all odds, possession is real, and can be proven in a court of law. Intro, Math Class, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 0:00-15:20 Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy) 15:21-41:47 Superlatives (so. many. spoilers.) 41:48-1:01:58 David Grimm is a Brooklyn-based award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His plays include Ibsen in Chicago (Seattle Rep.); a new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac (Perseverance Theatre); Tales From Red Vienna (Manhattan Theatre Club); Measure for Pleasure (Public Theater; Bug 'n Bub Award; GLAAD Media Award nominee, Outstanding New York Theater, Broadway and Off-Broadway); The Miracle at Naples (Huntington; Best New Play IRNE Award); Steve & Idi (Rattlestick); Chick (Hartford Stage); The Learned Ladies of Park Avenue (Hartford Stage); Kit Marlowe (Public Theater; GLAAD Media Award nominee, Outstanding New York Theater, Broadway and Off-Broadway); Sheridan, Or Schooled In Scandal (La Jolla); Enough Rope (Williamstown Theatre Festival, starring Elaine Stritch), and Susanna Centlivre's The Gaming Table (for which he wrote additional material; Folger Library Theatre). Grimm's film work includes the dialogue for Matthew Barney's River of Fundament. His work for television includes “The Exorcist” (FOX Television, Seasons 1 and 2) and “NOS4A2” (AMC, Season 2). David is the recipient of an NEA/TCG Residency Grant and has received commissions from The Public Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company, Seattle Rep., Huntington Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, and Pittsburgh's City Theatre Company. He has developed work at the Sundance Theatre Lab, Old Vic New Voices, and New York Stage & Film. David holds an MFA from NYU, a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, and has lectured in Playwriting and Screenwriting at the Yale School of Drama, Brown University, Columbia University, and NYU. Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with embellishments by Edward Elgar. Music from “The Exorcism Of Emily Rose” by Christopher Young. For more information on this film, the pod, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, scareupod.com. Please subscribe to this podcast via Apple or Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave us a 5-star rating. Join our Facebook group. Follow us on Instagram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Anjali Bhimani recently joined host Elias in the cave! You can see Anjali as Auntie Ruby on Disney+ series Ms. Marvel. Anjali is well known to audiences for her roles as Symmetra in Overwatch, Rampart in Apex Legends, Kala in Indivisible, Yasmin Choudhury in Fallout 76, Nisha in Fallout 4, and Mira in Rival Speak. Tabletop gamers will know her as the proud and feisty Miriam on UnDeadwood, a limited series by well-known media company Critical Role, and as the strong-headed sniper Stingray in We're Alive: Frontier on the popular YouTube channel Geek and Sundry. Anjali recently released her first book entitled I Am Fun Size, and So Are YOU: Thoughts from a Tiny Human on Living a Giant Life. The book concept is based off her YouTube series of the same name, where Anjaliinterviews other well-known performers to share experiences and personal lessons from their own journeys. She is also a founding member of What The Vox, a collective of accomplished female voice actors looking to impact change within the voice over industry through meaningful conversations. She also recurs in Season 2 of Netflix's Emmy-nominated comedy series Special. Other notable credits include roles as Nina Patel on Modern Family and Joya in Alex, Inc., as well as roles in The Loud House, Casagrandes, S.W.A.T., Crazy-Ex Girlfriend, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Silicon Valley, NCIS, The Sopranos, Law and Order: SVU, Glitch Techs, Big City Greens, Criminal Minds, Grace and Frankie, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, It's Pony, and more. Anjali earned her degree in theatre from Northwestern University's highly acclaimed theatre school, with a certificate in musical theatre, and spent years performing across the country in top organizations such as Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Goodman Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The McCarter Theatre, The Huntington Theatre Company and more. She was an original cast member of the Tony-nominated Metamorphoses on Broadway, which won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. You can watch this interview on YouTube  https://youtu.be/wKHXNaT4_nY Have a question? Email us  themccpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Social Media for the latest show updates  www.twitter.com/themccpodcast www.instagram.com/themccpodcast www.facebook.com/themancavechroniclespodcast www.themccpodcast.com  www.youtube.com/c/TheManCaveChronicleswElias    

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Amir Arison stars as Aram Mojtabai on NBC's hit series “The Blacklist. Notable recurring roles in television include work on HBO's “Girls,” the Emmy Award-winning “Homeland,” NBC's “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Zero Hour,” “Dallas,” “True Justice,” and “State of Georgia,” as well as Julia Stiles' hit web series “Blue.” Recent guest star appearances include “American Horror Story,” “NCIS,” “The Mentalist,” “Major Crimes,” “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland,” “Gossip Girl,” “Fringe” and “See Dad Run,” among others. Arison has also been a series regular on Bryan Singer's acclaimed Digital Series “H+” for Warner Bros. Arison's film credits include “A Merry Friggin' Christmas” with Robin Williams, “Big Words,” “I Hate Valentine's Day” with Nia Vardalos, Tom McCarthy's “The Visitor,” “Today's Special,” “Vamps” with Alicia Silverstone, and the upcoming “Jane Wants a Boyfriend.” Arison also has an extensive background in theater, which includes the New York premieres of Stephen Belber's “The Muscles in Our Toes,” “Aftermath” (Drama League Nominee), Christopher Durang's “Why Torture Is Wrong… ,” Charles Mee's “Queens Boulevard,” “A Very Common Procedure,” “Modern Orthodox,” “Omnium Gatherum” (Pulitzer Finalist), “Candy & Dorothy” and “A First Class Man.” Internationally, Amir starred in Michael Kahn's award-winning “Love's Labour's Lost” (RSC's Complete Works Festival). Notable regional credits include appearances in productions at The Shakespeare Theatre D.C., The Huntington Theatre Company, Yale Repertory Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Long Wharf Theatre, Portland Center Stage, The Lyric Theatre, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, Olney Theatre Center and the Dorset Theatre Festival. Amir grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and attended Columbia University in New York City. He recently made his Broadway debut playing the leading role of Amir in The Kite Runner on Broadway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of The Artist Inclusive Podcast, hosts Shang Parker is joined by multi-hypenate, Steven Eng. Steven teaches voice, speech, and text at NYU and throughout NYC to professional actors and corporate clients. He is a certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and has served as a panelist at the Voice and Speech Trainers Association national conference. As an actor, he has played leading roles in classic plays and musicals, from Shakespeare to Rodgers and Hammerstein. His acting credits include London's West End, New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Red Bull Theatre, ShakespeareNYC, Prospect Theater Company, PanAsian Rep, 5th Avenue Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington Theatre Company, Paper Mill Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, TUTS, Dallas Theater Center, and more, as well as in Germany, Austria, and Cambodia. Steven's directing credits include productions in both New York and Ohio, and he is co-founder of National Asian Artists Project in NYC, a nonprofit striving to bridge professional theatre artists of Asian descent with the many communities their work can serve. Steven has also served as a grants panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. Take a listen to this episode of the Artist Inclusive Podcast for insight into finding a middle ground among several intersecting vocations.https://www.hollandcreative.io  daniel@hollandcreative.io    IG: https://instagram.com/conversioncopydesign  https://www.dashofcopy.com  anna@dashofcopy.com  IG: Dash of Copy (@dashofcopy) • Instagram photos and videos  

Today on Boston Public Radio: We begin the show by asking listeners their thoughts on the news of Elon Musk buying Twitter. Trenni Kusnierek talks about the Celtics playoffs run and mental health struggles among youth athletes. Kusnierek is a reporter and anchor for NBC Sports Boston, as well as a weekly Boston Public Radio contributor. Elle Simone Scott shares tips on how to make the perfect food board for hosting. Scott is Executive Editor and Inclusion Leader at America's Test Kitchen. She is also founder of the mentoring organization SheChef. Her recently released book is “Boards: Stylish Spreads for Casual Gatherings.” Corby Kummer discusses oversight issues with the Food and Drug Administration, Boston chef Tiffani Faison winning “Tournament of Champions” and MIT students creating an “Oreometer.” Kummer is the executive director of the Food and Society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Jared Bowen previews the latest in local arts, including Huntington Theatre Company's Elliot Norton Award Nomination for its production of Toni Morrison's “The Bluest Eye” and “Too Fat for China,” a show about motherhood and adoption playing at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown. Bowen is GBH's executive arts editor and the host of Open Studio. John King updates listeners on the latest political headlines, including recent news from the Jan. 6 Committee and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. King is CNN's Chief National Correspondent and anchor of "Inside Politics,” which airs weekdays and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. We end the show by asking listeners how they eat their Oreos.

This week on Under the Radar: The new Huntington Theatre Company play “Our Daughters, Like Pillars” has all the signature touches of local playwright Kirsten Greenidge. It's set in New England, it's a story about a Black family where issues of race and gender are a part of the main characters' reality and humor is a part of the storytelling. For “Our Daughters, Like Pillars” Greenidge also adds a twist, setting the compelling drama against the backdrop of the evolving COVID-19 crisis. Guests: Kirsten Greenidge, an award-winning Boston-based playwright whose latest work is “Our Daughters, Like Pillars,” is now in performance at the Huntington Theatre Company through May 8th.

Toni Morrison — the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature — was the author of 11 novels. Her first was “The Bluest Eye,” published in 1970. Morrison died at the age of 88 in 2019. Her works, which deeply describe and embody the Black experience, have always been met with critical and commercial success. But they've taken on a renewed significance during our country's current look at systemic racism and police brutality. The legacy of Toni Morrison is celebrated by The Huntington Theatre Company's production of “The Bluest Eye,” which brings her classic debut novel to life. Steeped in the cultural environment of a rural Black community, “The Bluest Eye” is the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young Black girl, who believes blue eyes would make her beautiful. GUESTS: Lydia Diamond, an award-winning, prolific playwright whose own works have been staged in theatres around the country, including here in Boston. Her play, “Stick Fly," enjoyed a Broadway run after debuting here. She is currently on the Faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Awoye Timpo, director of "The Bluest Eye." Timpo's directing repertoire includes the plays “Ndebele Funeral” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and “Carnaval” at the National Black Theater, both produced in New York City. She will next direct a reading series of classic plays by Black playwrights. The Huntington Theatre Company's production of "The Bluest Eye" ends on March 26.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We begin the show by asking listeners their thoughts on whether it's time for workers to return to the office. Shirley Leung argues that businesses need to bring workers back in person, and discusses self-driving cars doing poorly in Southie. Leung is a business columnist for the Boston Globe. Billy Costa quizzes Jim and Margery on trivia questions, until they turn the tables and quiz Costa himself. Costa co-hosts Kiss 108's Matty in the Morning,  Dining Playbook on NESN and the host of GBH's High School Quiz Show – season 13 of which will premiere on GBH 2 tomorrow at 6 PM. Andy Ihnatko weighs in on the Spotify controversy with Joe Rogan and Neil Young and other streaming options, and worries about the growing threat of deepfakes. Ihnatko is a tech writer and blogger, posting at Ihnatko.com. Melinda Lopez and Maurice Emmanuel Parent preview their one-man show about an actor who begins working as a teacher. Emmanuel Parent is an actor and the star of the fabulous one-man show Mr. Parent and a teacher at Tufts. Lopez is a playwright, actress and the writer of Mr. Parent. She also teaches theater and playwriting at Boston University and Northeastern University, in addition to being the inaugural Mellon Foundation playwright-in-residence at the Huntington Theatre Company. Sue O'Connell talks about former CNN president Jeff Zucker's ousting over a secret office relationship, and Whoopi Goldberg's misinformed comments on the Holocaust that led to her suspension from the View. O'Connell is the co-publisher of Bay Windows and the South End News, as well as NECN's political commentator and explainer-in-chief. We end the show by asking listeners their thoughts on office relationships following Zucker's resignation from CNN.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We begin the show by talking with listeners about the labor shortages hotels and restaurants are facing as the U.S. reopens. Jonathan Gruber talks about Congress’ Lower Drug Costs Now Act, and shares his thoughts on possible solutions to lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Gruber is the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT. He was instrumental in creating both the Massachusetts health-care reform and the Affordable Care Act, and his latest book is "Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth And The American Dream." Juliette Kayyem discusses a new report that found that the Department of Homeland Security failed to analyze intelligence prior to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. She also talks about Colonial Pipeline’s decision to meet hackers’ ransom, and the Army’s prioritization of climate change as a security threat. Kayyem is an analyst for CNN, former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and faculty chair of the homeland security program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Bina Venkataraman goes over the latest Boston Globe editorial positions, from calls to dismantle the blue wall of silence in the wake of domestic violence allegations against Dennis White, to the argument that Massachusetts is exporting gun violence through Springfield-based Smith & Wesson. Venkataraman is the editorial page editor at The Boston Globe. Her latest book is “The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age.” Art Caplan shares his thoughts on the Supreme Court’s agreement to review a Mississippi abortion law that bans abortions after 15 weeks, and explains how it could impact Roe v. Wade. He also talks about Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, and the organization’s updated mask guidelines. Caplan is director of the Division of Medical Ethics at the New York University School of Medicine. Jared Bowen talks about Merrimack Repertory Theatre’s streaming of the play “A Woman of the World,” and the Huntington Theatre Company’s “Black Beans Project.” He also previewed this week’s episode of Open Studio. Bowen is GBH’s executive arts editor and the host of Open Studio. We end the show by talking with listeners about the Pentagon’s acknowledgement of UFOs.

“I don't feel good about myself in the day unless I'm making something.” This inspiring and hysterical episode is just two gay, Jewish boys kibbitzing about our trajectories in the theatre while breaking down stereotypes and expectations. If you're a fan of the hit web series Indoor Boys, breaking heteronormitve barriers, selling projects, and… The Hindenburg… then this episode is for you.  Alex Wyse is an accomplished actor in tv/film and Broadway who not only performs, but his hyphens also include writer, director, and producer. From his earliest memories of being an aspiring child magician, he realized he too can also write a song, write plays, and create. After a college experience that was less than favorable, he began to write on his own work out of necessity. Like many multi-hyphenates, Alex also ran into the statement many people tell us - which is, “You have to pick one thing.” Together, Michael and Alex break down the idea of why picking one art form is outdated and, quite frankly, not helpful. The world today is more receptive to the multi-hyphenate than ever before, but people do still believe artists have to be stuck in the binary. How can your art defy genre and expectations?  Alex and writing/directing partner Wes Taylor have also struck gold. Together, they wrote an Emmy Nominated character in their webseries Indoor Boys, which Michael produced. Telling stories that influence change, no matter how big or small, is what Alex is about. Through whatever his hyphen, Alex wants to give space to people to tell the stories they are meant to tell. This episode was recorded on the day a straight actor was nominated for a Golden Globe for portraying a gay man, which infuriates Alex and goes against what Alex stands for. Alex says, “The way I can be a social advocate is through my writing.” Alex Wyse is an actor, writer, director, and producer. He co-created the digital series “Indoor Boys,” which was nominated for an Emmy Award, won twelve Indie Series Awards, and was acquired by Here TV. He has been seen on Broadway in Waitress, Spring Awakening, Lysistrata Jones, on Tour in Wicked, off Broadway in Ride the Cyclone, Bare, and Triassic Parq, and regionally at Hartford Stage, Deaf West, Paper Mill Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, and more. He's been seen on TV in “Iron Fist,” “Masters of Sex,” “NCIS: LA,” “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Modern Family,” “Agent X,” “Bad Judge,” “A to Z,” “Switched at Birth,” and “Bored to Death,” and on film in X/Y and Dating My Mother. He co-produced What the Constitution Means to Me on Broadway and on Tour. BFA: Boston University. In the segment You Got A Question? Michael features a question from Heather A., who asks if her daughter should go to college for theatre and what is the difference between a BA and a BFA? Connect with Michael: @themichaelkushner (IG and TikTok) @dearmultihyphenate (IG) www.michaelkushneronline.com Produced by Alan Seales and the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are the arts and creativity endangered species? KJ and Adam Roberts discuss the creative community's pivots at the one year anniversary of COVID's world premiere. One of KJ's podcasting besties, Adam Roberts, is the founder of Arts in America, a media company moving the arts from the margins to the mainstream. He hosts the Arts in America podcast, exploring how creatives survive and thrive during a global pandemic and #BlackLivesMatter. Adam has nearly twenty years of experience in nonprofit management with such organizations as the Huntington Theatre Company, Phillips Academy, and the Handel and Haydn Society. Join in this passionate conversation about saving arts from extinction at a time when they are needed most. Takeaways:.1. Finding the innate good . There is good in all our tasks no matter how little, messy or uncomfortable. 2. Priority and preciousness of now. We have been gifted this unique time with our loved ones. 3. Creators and artists in America are vastly diverse.... though this is not reflected in mainstream communities. 4. Devastation and tragedy awaits us if the arts cannot be supported in the rebuild, Post-COVID. Now is the time for boards of directors, benefactors and sponsors to model and advocate for the essentialness of arts in America. 5. Artists are survivors. The creative community thrives in pivotal times. 6. Self care can be nuanced, quiet and extremely profound…Tiny love letters may heal your sanity and your marriage. Please Rate and Review This Podcast if our stories have astonished you as well.https://ratethispodcast.com/astonishingstories BONUS- Every review you leave enters you into a drawing to win a FREE 1:1 consultation with me!Episode Mentions: Online at artsinamerica.orgThe Arts In America Podcast on AppleTwitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @artsinamerica Ep 33 Ad background music: A KJ Original Composition - "Butterfly" Ep 33 Outro background music: A KJ Original Composition - "Seashell" Intro & Outro background music: Canada Lo Res by Pictures Of The Floating World Connect With KJ & Bliss Begins Within IG: @MusingsOnOther @BlissBeginsWithin @AdopteeSocietyReceive KJ's Updates: Email List Website: https://blissbeginswithin.com 1:1 Time With KJ: https://blissbeginswithin.as.meFacebook & TwitterWant to create and send beautiful emails? Try Flodesk for free your first 30 days! Use this link here to get started

002 - A World of Abundance with Candelaria Silva-Collins Candelaria Silva-Collins connects arts and culture to community and community to arts and culture. She leads the Huntington Theatre Company’s Community Membership program, making the arts accessible to audiences of any income level. In this episode: Why works by artists of color are subject to cultural pimping. Why theaters need to engage BIPOC communities for more than just butts in seats. Why maybe we don’t need to do Shakespeare for the next ten years. Learn more about Candelaria at http://candelariasilva.com/ Adam’s full talk from TEDxPiscataquaRiver—”How the Arts Will Save America”—can be found here: https://youtu.be/tpv78wWLeWo If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artsinamerica. Email us at podcast@artsinamerica.org. Chat with us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/artsinamerica Twitter - https://twitter.com/artsinamerica Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/artsinamerica Music: Wahida, the Sufi Second Line

Tobin Ost is an award winning, TONY nominated scenic and costume designer who has been has been working professionally in New York for close to 20 years.His work on Broadway includes Disney's NEWSIES, BONNIE & CLYDE, JEKYLL AND HYDE, DISASTER! - ON BROADWAY, THE PHILANTHROPIST, and BROOKLYN - THE MUSICAL, several which generated multiple national tours as well as subsequent productions internationally.Select Off-Broadway work includes NIGHTINGALE, both written and performed by Lynn Redgrave at Manhattan Theatre Club; Maurice Hines' TAPPIN' THRU LIFE at New World Stages; ZANNA - DONT! starring Jai Rodriguez at the John Houseman Theater (GLAAD Media Award); and THE OVERWHELMING, directed by Max Stafford-Clark for Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theatre.Tobin has also worked extensively for major regional theater companies across the nation, including Center Theatre Group, Arena Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Ford's Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Asolo Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, Alliance Theatre, and many others.Additionally, his work can be seen in film and television, restaurant and event design, and he is frequently called on as a theatre design educator in University and Workshop settings, including Broadway Teaching Group's "Broadway Teacher's Workshop", iTheatrics' Junior Theatre Festival Atlanta, and Broadway.com's "Broadway Classroom."Tobin originally hails from Adrian, Michigan. He received his BFA degree in Art History and Theatre from the University of Michigan, with additional studies in traditional Japanese Theatre at Kyuushu University, Japan, where he completed a dissertation on bunraku puppetry.He received his MFA degree in Set and Costume Design from the Yale School of Drama.For more info on Tobin: Tobin Ost DesignSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9JCBNUCRNRVKY&source=url)

Obie-award winning director Melia Bensussen, is the artistic director of Hartford Stage. Last year she succeeded Darko Tresnjak, and become the first woman to hold the position in the theater’s 55 year history. In her career she has directed productions across the county, including at Huntington Theatre Company, Shakespeare & Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Long Wharf Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Playwrights Horizons, among many more.

Part one of a two part series of episodes with Meg O'Brien, Director of Education at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston. In this episode, we discuss the silver linings of this time at home during the Covid-19 pandemic and how the arts and artists have contributed to keeping the world entertained and happy; using the tools of theater in education to prepare and empower young people to persevere through tough situations in life; and more!

Eugene Lee began working as an actor in the early 1970s and continues to appear on stage, in movies and on television. In 1972, Lee was a cast member in a command performance of “A Raisin in the Sun” for President Lyndon B. Johnson by the Ebony Players, a college theatrical group. He went on to appear and work in over 200 television movies and series, including “The Women of Brewster Place” (ABC) with Oprah Winfrey; “Dallas” (TNT); “Good Times” (CBS); “The White Shadow” (CBS); “The District” (CBS); “NYPD Blue” (ABC); “The Guiding Light” (NBC); “Quantum Leap” (NBC); “American Crime” (ABC); “The Lying Game” (Freeform); “MacGyver” (CBS); the title character in “Wolf,” an award-winning independent film; and most recently, a character in two upcoming “Homeland” (SHO) episodes. His television writing credits include episodes of Emmy Award-nominated “Homicide: Life on the Street” (NBC); “Walker, Texas Ranger” (CBS); “Michael Hayes” (CBS); “The Journey of Allen Strange (Nickelodeon); “Turks” (CBS); and the Morgan Freeman-produced television movie, “Port Chicago”. He has also appeared on stages across the country and globe. His credits include works at renowned The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc. of New York; True Colors Theatre in Atlanta; Huntington Theatre Company in Boston; Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company; Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; Goodman Theatre in Chicago; and the Pittsburgh Public Theater and Crossroads Theatre Company in New Jersey. While traveling with the Negro Theatre Ensemble, Mr. Lee performed in the Pulitzer Prize-winning” A Soldier’s Play” and numerous other works. In 2019, Lee appeared in the Broadway production of American Son. Also, in 2019, he won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play (“Two Trains Running,” Arena Stage). Lee is considered a “Wilsonian Warrior” for his many appearances in the works of August Wilson, including the Broadway production of “Gem of the Ocean.” He performed in five of Wilson’s 10 plays at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and in Wilson’s final autobiographical one-man piece “How I Learned What I Learned.” Mr. Lee’s own characters come to life through his plays, including “East Texas Hot Links,” which has been produced on stages from Los Angeles to New York and London’s The Royal Court Theatre and is published by Samuel French, Inc. His other plays include “Fear Itself,” “Somebody Called: A Tale of Two Preachers,” “Killingsworth,” “Lyin’ Ass,” and the musical “Twist.” Lee is Artist in Residence and Artistic Director of the Black and Latino Playwrights Conference at Texas State University where he is also designated Distinguished Alumnus. “The parents—a furious, pent-up Eugene Lee as John Prentice, Sr., and a stoic, frustrated Andrea Frye as Mary Prentice—are excellently played so much so that we begin to realize this play isn’t just about race but also about gender and memory.” Gary Tischler, "The Georgetowner" AMERICAN SON “Mr. Lee’s life-time of performing experience is powerfully evident as he seizes focus while still being part on the ensemble. The enthralling Lee’s folksiness morphs into icy combativeness as the discord amongst him and the Connors intensifies. It’s a supreme display of character acting.” Darryl Reilly, "Theater Scene" AMERICAN SON “And as a police lieutenant who arrives near the end, Eugene Lee makes a powerful figure of a plot device.” If you liked this podcast, shoot me an e-mail at filmmakingconversations@mail.com Also, you can check out my documentary The People of Brixton, on Kwelitv here: www.kweli.tv/programs/the-peopl…xton?autoplay=true Damien Swaby Social Media Links: Instagram www.instagram.com/damien_swaby_video_producer/ Twitter twitter.com/DamienSwaby?ref_src…erp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Facebook www.facebook.com/Damien-Swaby-213805135363397

Eugene Lee began working as an actor in the early 1970s and continues to appear on stage, in movies and on television.In 1972, Lee was a cast member in a command performance of “A Raisin in the Sun” for President Lyndon B. Johnson by the Ebony Players, a college theatrical group. He went on to appear and work in over 200 television movies and series, including “The Women of Brewster Place” (ABC) with Oprah Winfrey; “Dallas” (TNT); “Good Times” (CBS); “The White Shadow” (CBS); “The District” (CBS); “NYPD Blue” (ABC); “The Guiding Light” (NBC); “Quantum Leap” (NBC); “American Crime” (ABC); “The Lying Game” (Freeform); “MacGyver” (CBS); the title character in “Wolf,” an award-winning independent film; and most recently, a character in two upcoming “Homeland” (SHO) episodes.His television writing credits include episodes of Emmy Award-nominated “Homicide: Life on the Street” (NBC); “Walker, Texas Ranger” (CBS); “Michael Hayes” (CBS); “The Journey of Allen Strange (Nickelodeon); “Turks” (CBS); and the Morgan Freeman-produced television movie, “Port Chicago”.He has also appeared on stages across the country and globe. His credits include works at renowned The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc. of New York; True Colors Theatre in Atlanta; Huntington Theatre Company in Boston; Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company; Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; Goodman Theatre in Chicago; and the Pittsburgh Public Theater and Crossroads Theatre Company in New Jersey.While traveling with the Negro Theatre Ensemble, Mr. Lee performed in the Pulitzer Prize-winning” A Soldier's Play” and numerous other works. In 2019, Lee appeared in the Broadway production of American Son. Also, in 2019, he won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play (“Two Trains Running,” Arena Stage).Lee is considered a “Wilsonian Warrior” for his many appearances in the works of August Wilson, including the Broadway production of “Gem of the Ocean.” He performed in five of Wilson's 10 plays at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and in Wilson's final autobiographical one-man piece “How I Learned What I Learned.”Mr. Lee's own characters come to life through his plays, including “East Texas Hot Links,” which has been produced on stages from Los Angeles to New York and London's The Royal Court Theatre and is published by Samuel French, Inc. His other plays include “Fear Itself,” “Somebody Called: A Tale of Two Preachers,” “Killingsworth,” “Lyin' Ass,” and the musical “Twist.”Lee is Artist in Residence and Artistic Director of the Black and Latino Playwrights Conference at Texas State University where he is also designated Distinguished Alumnus.“The parents—a furious, pent-up Eugene Lee as John Prentice, Sr., and a stoic, frustrated Andrea Frye as Mary Prentice—are excellently played so much so that we begin to realize this play isn't just about race but also about gender and memory.”Gary Tischler, "The Georgetowner"AMERICAN SON“Mr. Lee's life-time of performing experience is powerfully evident as he seizes focus while still being part on the ensemble. The enthralling Lee's folksiness morphs into icy combativeness as the discord amongst him and the Connors intensifies. It's a supreme display of character acting.”Darryl Reilly, "Theater Scene"AMERICAN SON“And as a police lieutenant who arrives near the end, Eugene Lee makes a powerful figure of a plot device.”If you liked this podcast, shoot me an e-mail at filmmakingconversations@mail.comAlso, you can check out my documentary The People of Brixton, on Kwelitv here: www.kweli.tv/programs/the-peopl…xton?autoplay=trueDamien Swaby Social Media Links:Instagram www.instagram.com/damien_swaby_video_producer/Twittertwitter.com/DamienSwaby?ref_src…erp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorFacebookwww.facebook.com/Damien-Swaby-213805135363397

On this episode of Baring It All with Call Me Adam, on the Broadway Podcast Network, I am catching up with the hilarious, award-winning Julie Halston. Today we are talking about the 10th Anniversary benefit fundraiser Broadway Belts for PFF! which will take place on Monday, February 24 at The Edison Ball Room. For tickets visit https://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/get-involved/broadway-belts-for-pff Hosted by Julie Halston, Broadway Belts for PFF! helps raise money for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. Pulmonary Fibrosis is a deadly & complex disease that causes progressive scarring in the lungs. It affects nearly 200,000 Americans annually and 50,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. This year marks the 10-year Anniversary of Broadway Belts for PFF! This year's performers include Bernadette Peters, J. Harrison Ghee, Jason Gotay, Sierra Boggess, Annaleigh Ashford, Beth Malone, Caissie Levy, Charles Busch, Robert Creighton, and former Yankee's Center Fielder Bernie Williams. The evening will honor Tony-winning producer Daryl Roth (Kinky Boots) with the Ralph Howard Legacy Award. Broadway Belts for PFF! is directed by Carl Andress (The Confession of Lily Dare, The Divine Sister) with Christopher McGovern (Cagney) as Musical Director, Ed Windels as Music Coordinator, and Greg Santos as Stage Manager. The benefit is produced for the tenth straight year by D. Michael Dvorchak, Sue Frost (Memphis, Come From Away), Julie Halston and Ed Windels. Like what you hear? Then become a member of my Patreon Page for exclusive behind-the-scene perks! For more "Call Me Adam" interviews visit: https://callmeadam.com  Theme Song by Bobby Cronin (https://bit.ly/2MaADvQ)  Podcast Logo by Liam O'Donnell (https://bit.ly/2YNI9CY)  Edited by Drew Kaufman (https://bit.ly/2OXqOnw) More on Julie: Julie Halston was most recently seen on Broadway in the 11-time Tony Nominated Musical Tootsie, directed by Scott Ellis. She also appeared on Broadway Scott Ellis’ revival of George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart’s You Can’t Take It With You, earning the Actors Equity Richard Seff Award as well as Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations. She has also been seen on Broadway in On the Town, Anything Goes, Hairspray, Gypsy, and On the Twentieth Century, for which she received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination. Julie is a founding member of Charles Busch’s legendary theatre company, Theatre in Limbo, and has co-starred with Charles in numerous productions including Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, The Tribute Artist, and her Drama Desk Award nominated performances in The Divine Sister and Red Scare on Sunset. She was last seen off-Broadway in Richard Greenberg’s The Babylon Line at Lincoln Center Theater. Julie recently starred in both the McCarter Theater Center and Hartford Stage’s sold out productions of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Regionally, she has appeared in the Huntington Theatre Company’s adaptation of A Confederacy of Dunces and the Kennedy Center production of The Guardsman. She has appeared on television in a variety of series including Difficult People, Woody Allen’s Crisis in Six Scenes, and Law & Order: SVU. She is best known to television audiences for her roles as Bitsy Von Muffling from Sex and the City and Tina Carmello from The Class. She is a frequent co-host of the Emmy Award winning television series Theater Talk. In addition to her many award winning solo comedy performances, including her off-Broadway hit, Julie Halston’s Lifetime of Comedy, Julie was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Off-Broadway Alliance.

Yi Zhao is a Beijing-born, Paris-raised and U.S.-educated lighting designer currently based in Berlin and working internationally, whose designs for theater, opera, live music and dance are informed by a rigorous background in fine art photography and a passion for music. His lighting designs have been seen at Lincoln Center Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theatre, Soho Rep., Ars Nova, the Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, The Wilma Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Opera Omaha, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Curtis Institute of Music, ArtsEmerson, Philadelphia FringeArts, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, and Ballet de Lorraine in France, among others. He has collaborated with directors & choreographers Lileana Blain-Cruz, Sarah Benson, Blanka Zizka, Les Waters, Liz Diamond, Joel Ferrell, James Bundy, Miguel Guttierrez, Michael Counts, Desdemona Chiang, Ralph Peña, Chris Bayes, Alec Duffy, Charlotte Brathwaite, and Nicole Canuso, among others. He holds degrees from the Yale School of Drama and the University of Chicago, and is a recipient of the 2016 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Theatre.

Shazi Raja is currently starring in India Pale Ale off-Broadway. She attended Rutgers Conservatory at Shakespeare’s Globe in London and graduated with a BFA in acting. She won Best Supporting Actress by the Independent Reviewers of New England for her role in Milk Like Sugar at Huntington Theatre Company. Raja has appeared on-screen in HBO's High Maintenance, Brad's Status and God Friended Me. Follow her on social media at @ShaziRaja_.Hosted by Paul Wontorek, Beth Stevens and Caitlin Moynihan.

Meg O’Brien, Interim Co-Director of Education at Huntington Theatre Company, discusses their long-standing commitment to universal participation. She shares how the Huntington makes productions accessible for patrons with hearing or vision difficulties, and how they’re expanding ways to integrate accessibility into performance models and schedules. Meg O’Brien is in her 10th season at the Huntington … Continue reading "Episode 58: Removing Barriers for Theatregoers"

Juan Javier Cardenas stars as Alejandro Usteves on the FX Summer Hit 'Snowfall'. This project comes from the mind of John Singleton. Juan talks about his audition process for this role, the crack cocaine epidemic and offers advice to aspiring actors. Watch Snowfall every Wednesday night at 10 PM. Follow: @JuanJavierCardenas More on Juan: Juan Javier Cárdenas plays “Alejandro Usteves,” a Nicaraguan Contra soldier and pilot fighting to reclaim the life that was taken from him by the Sandinistas. Alejandro's quest to help his cause leads him to Teddy, and the two of them embark upon the thorny path of financing an off-the-books revolution. The first American-born son of Cuban and Puerto Rican parents, Florida native Juan Javier Cárdenas has amassed a diverse body of work in television, film, regional theatre and New York City Off-Off-Broadway plays. Cárdenas has played varied roles on NCIS: Los Angeles, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Frequency, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Blue Bloods among other programs. In theatre, Cárdenas starred in Melinda Lopez's Becoming Cuba and Jose Rivera's Boleros for the Disenchanted, both at The Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, as well as Eduardo Machado's Havana Journal, 2004 in New York City. Cárdenas received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Florida and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Florida State University Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. He is an avid musician, having played and recorded music with numerous bands for many years in Florida, New York and California, playing electric and upright bass, guitar and ukulele. Outside of work, Cárdenas continues to enjoy living in Southern California, reading on the life and death of cities (and other subjects), watching classic films, photography and studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. About Ash Brown: ►Website: http://www.ashsaidit.com ►SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://www.youtube.com/c/AshSaidItSuwanee ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1loveash ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashsaidit ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/1loveAsh ►Blog: http://www.ashsaidit.com/blog ►Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/1LoveAsh/ ►Daily Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ash-said-it/id1144197789 ►Newsletter: http://ashsaidit.us11.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=2a2ca3b799467f125b53863c8&id=a6f43cd472

Juan Javier Cardenas stars as Alejandro Usteves on the FX Summer Hit 'Snowfall'. This project comes from the mind of John Singleton. Juan talks about his audition process for this role, the crack cocaine epidemic and offers advice to aspiring actors. Watch Snowfall every Wednesday night at 10 PM. Follow: @JuanJavierCardenas More on Juan: Juan Javier Cárdenas plays “Alejandro Usteves,” a Nicaraguan Contra soldier and pilot fighting to reclaim the life that was taken from him by the Sandinistas. Alejandro's quest to help his cause leads him to Teddy, and the two of them embark upon the thorny path of financing an off-the-books revolution. The first American-born son of Cuban and Puerto Rican parents, Florida native Juan Javier Cárdenas has amassed a diverse body of work in television, film, regional theatre and New York City Off-Off-Broadway plays. Cárdenas has played varied roles on NCIS: Los Angeles, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Frequency, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Blue Bloods among other programs. In theatre, Cárdenas starred in Melinda Lopez's Becoming Cuba and Jose Rivera's Boleros for the Disenchanted, both at The Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, as well as Eduardo Machado's Havana Journal, 2004 in New York City. Cárdenas received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Florida and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Florida State University Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. He is an avid musician, having played and recorded music with numerous bands for many years in Florida, New York and California, playing electric and upright bass, guitar and ukulele. Outside of work, Cárdenas continues to enjoy living in Southern California, reading on the life and death of cities (and other subjects), watching classic films, photography and studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. About Ash Brown: ►Website: http://www.ashsaidit.com ►SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://www.youtube.com/c/AshSaidItSuwanee ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1loveash ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashsaidit ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/1loveAsh ►Blog: http://www.ashsaidit.com/blog ►Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/1LoveAsh/ ►Daily Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ash-said-it/id1144197789 ►Newsletter: http://ashsaidit.us11.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=2a2ca3b799467f125b53863c8&id=a6f43cd472

Kenny Leon is a director notable for his work on Broadway and in regional theater. He gained prominence in 1988, when he became one of the few African Americans to head a notable non-profit theater company as the artistic director of Atlanta's Alliance Theatre Company. In 2004, he directed a revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, starring Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad and Audra McDonald. He also directed the Broadway premiere of August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean. He was nominated for a Tony Award in 2010 for Best Director for his work on August Wilson's Fences. He has also directed plays at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, the New York Shakespeare Festival, and the Goodman Theatre in Chicago among many others. In 2014, he directed the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun for which he won the Tony Award for Best Director of a Play. In 2015, he directed the live musical The Wiz for NBC. He once again partnered with NBC for Hairspray: Live!. Listen in to hear Kenny talk about all the things a Director needs to be in the 21st-century, as well as . . . What he did when a teacher told him he shouldn’t be a Director. How he taught homeless people how to act. Why all Directors should try their hand at acting. Telecasts . . . the beginning of a revolution and why. How we’re doing on diversity, and what he would tell future Directors of color. Oh, and don’t forget to tune into Hairspray Live! this Wednesday, December 7th at 8 PM ET n NBC!   Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway www.theproducersperspective.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey guys, in our mission to make theatre accessible to a wider audience, we've given ourself a new assignment! Bring people who don't see theatre to see plays! For this episode, Natasha brought her friend Marina to Significant Other at the Huntington Theatre Company. Listen in to find out how she enjoyed her theatre experience as a non-theatre person, and hear Non grill her about why more people don't watch theatre regularly.

Julie Hennrikus asks Roxanna Myhrum "What is Puppetry?" in this latest "Live from the Library".  Roxanna "Roxie" Myhrum is the Artistic Director of Puppet Showplace Theatre (Brookline, MA) and a stage director of opera, theatre, and puppetry. In Boston, she has been a puppetry coach and director for numerous regional and university theatres including the Huntington Theatre Company, the Lyric Stage Company, Gloucester Stage, Company One, Underground Railway Theatre, Wheelock Family Theatre, New Repertory Theatre, Boston College, and Suffolk University. She has been a collaborating director on three full-length puppet shows including Brad Shur's The Magic Soup and Other Stories, a pick for the 2013 National Puppet Festival (r)Evolution. Myhrum was a part of the Eugene O'Neill National Puppetry Conference's resident company for over a decade and had the privilege to work with dozens of puppetry artists from across the country on the development of innovative puppetry performances. Myhrum is a native of Springfield, MA and an honors graduate of Harvard University.