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Best podcasts about Itamar Moses

Latest podcast episodes about Itamar Moses

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers

Dead Outlaw is playing on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre in an open-ended run. To learn more, please visit www.deadoutlawmusical.com. Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Kare Reviews Podcast
My 200th Episode

Kare Reviews Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 17:54


For my 200th episode, let's take a look back at what my journey has been with Kare Reviews Podcast so far. What you'll be hearing are excerpts from past conversations with J. Harrison Ghee, Daisy Eagan, Karen Ziemba, Sheldon Epps, Joy Woods, and Itamar Moses.*I do not own any of the content used in this podcast.If you love this show, please leave us a review. Go to ⁠RateThisPodcast.com/karereviewspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow the simple instructions.Follow Kare Reviews at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.karereviews.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KareReviews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Also please visit the newly launched Patreon page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.patreon.com/jeffreykare?fan_landing=true⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Jeffrey Kare on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JeffreyKare⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you like what you've heard here, please subscribe to any one of the following places where the Kare Reviews Podcast is available.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anchor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Google⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Breaker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Overcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pocket Casts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RadioPublic

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Stage Whisper
Whisper in the Wings Episode 572

Stage Whisper

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 40:49


For the latest Whisper in the Wings, we were honored to welcome screenwriter/playwright Itamar Moses and director Michelle Tattenbaum. They joined us to talk about their new film Idea. This was such a great time, and such a wonderful film to learn more about. So make sure you hit play, and head over to YouTube to stream the film now!IDEANow available for streaming on YouTubeAnd be sure to follow our guests to stay up to date on all their upcoming projects and productions:Idea: @ideathefilm and on TikTok: ideasofataMichelle: michelletattenbaum.com

On the Nose
Campus Politics Takes the Stage in "The Ally"

On the Nose

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 38:06


In The Ally—a new play at the Public Theater by Itamar Moses—an Israeli American adjunct professor is forced to confront the limits of his solidarity when his decision to support a Black student seeking justice for the police murder of a cousin becomes entangled with questions of Israel and Palestine. Though set before October 7th, the play is undoubtedly “ripped from the headlines,” taking up questions of campus antisemitism and liberal Jewish discomfort with left politics, and giving every “side” in the argument—hardline Zionists, Palestinians, young Jewish leftists, Black activists, and Jewish liberals—a chance to state its case. But does the play actually push liberal audiences beyond their preconceived biases, or does it allow them to remain in a state of comfortable ambivalence? In this episode, Jewish Currents editor-in-chief Arielle Angel, contributing writer Alisa Solomon, and artist-in-residence Fargo Nissim Tbakhi discuss what The Ally reveals about liberal America's view of the left, and the opportunities and limitations of theater in spurring action. Thanks to Jesse Brenneman for producing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song “VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed).” Plays Mentioned and Further Reading:The Ally by Itamar Moses at The Public TheaterDisgraced by Ayad Akhtar“Who Is Tom Stoppard's “Jewish Play” For?,” On the Nose, Jewish Currents “Jewish Groups Condemn Black Lives Matter Platform for Accusing ‘Apartheid' Israel of ‘Genocide,'” Sam Kestenbaum, Haaretz

Why Do We Own This DVD?
274. The Pirate Fairy (2014)

Why Do We Own This DVD?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 67:44


Diane and Sean discuss the 5th movie in the Tinkerverse franchise, The Pirate Fairy. Episode music is, "The Frigate That Flies", music by Gaby Alter, lyrics by Gaby Alter and Itamar Moses, performed by Jim Cummings, Christina Hendricks, Tom Hiddleston, Carlos Ponce, Kevin Michael Richardson, Mick Wingert, Gaby Alter, Alvin Chea, Will Erat, David Rossmer, Graham Stevens, and Antonio Sol from the OST.-  Our theme song is by Brushy One String-  Artwork by Marlaine LePage-  Why Do We Own This DVD?  Merch available at Teepublic-  Follow the show on social media:-  IG: @whydoweownthisdvd- Tumblr: WhyDoWeOwnThisDVD-  Follow Sean's Plants on IG: @lookitmahplants- Watch Sean be bad at video games on TwitchSupport the show

HALF HOUR with Jeff & Richie
DEAD OUTLAW - A Post Show Analysis

HALF HOUR with Jeff & Richie

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 30:54


In this episode, we sit down to discuss the off-broadway musical DEAD OUTLAW. Please note that this episode will contain spoilers about the show. If you haven't seen the musical yet, you can catch DEAD OUTLAW playing at Audible Theatre at Minetta Lane Theatre. Dead Outlaw features a book by Tony Award winner Itamar Moses, music & lyrics by Erik Della Penna & Tony Award winner David Yazbek and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer. Follow and connect with all things @HalfHourPodcast on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Share your thoughts with us on DEAD OUTLAW on our podcast cover post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kultur heute Beiträge - Deutschlandfunk
"The Ally" - Itamar Moses' neues Stück in New York

Kultur heute Beiträge - Deutschlandfunk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 5:14


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Why I'll Never Make It - An Actor’s Journey
A Moment to Revisit "The Band's Visit" on Broadway (REWIND)

Why I'll Never Make It - An Actor’s Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 25:41


Five years ago, "The Band's Visit," a musical defying convention, closed on Broadway after a year and a half of acclaim. Composed by David Yazbek and written by Itamar Moses, it emerged as a masterpiece, transcending Broadway norms. At the 2018 Tony Awards, it earned 11 nominations, winning 10, including Best Musical, beating stiff competition like SpongeBob Squarepants and Frozen. Now, in 2024, amidst current Middle East headlines dividing people, let's revisit this Arab-Israeli musical that explored human connection over 598 performances with an encore presentation of my 2018 interview with Jeff Theiss, associate conductor of "The Band's Visit." We delve into its score, unique storytelling, and its focus on shared human experiences beyond political divisions. Join me on this journey rediscovering the timeless beauty of "The Band's Visit," reminding us of the profound commonality that unites us all. Learn more about Closing Night and listen to it on your favorite podcast app. --- Just like this podcast, Closing Night is also a production of WINMI Media with Patrick Oliver Jones as host and executive producer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Closing Night
BONUS: A Moment to Revisit The Band's Visit on Broadway

Closing Night

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 25:41


Five years ago, the enchanting musical The Band's Visit closed on Broadway (April 7, 2019) after capturing hearts with its simplicity and profound storytelling. Composed by David Yazbek and written by Itamar Moses, it emerged as a masterpiece in the 2017-2018 season, transcending contemporary Broadway norms. At the 2018 Tony Awards, this gem earned 11 nominations and secured 10 wins, including Best Musical, triumphing over big blockbuster shows like SpongeBob Squarepants, Mean Girls, and Frozen, and running for 598 performances. Amidst current Middle East tensions, The Band's Visit stands out as a show that explores human connection and shows how music can bridges the divides between us. So enjoy an encore presentation of my 2018 interview with Jeff Theiss, associate conductor of The Band's Visit. We delve into the musical's score, its unique storytelling, and how it transcends political divisions to focus on our shared human experiences, reminding us of our profound commonality. Follow on Instagram and listen to Closing Night on your favorite podcast app. --- Closing Night is a production of WINMI Media with Patrick Oliver Jones as host and executive producer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kare Reviews Podcast
Reflections on 2023

Kare Reviews Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 24:56


As 2023 is coming to a close, this will mark the end of the fifth year of the Kare Reviews Podcast. In this episode, we'll be highlighting some of the guests I was able to have on the show this past year. Which includes conversations with Michael Stein, Joy Woods, Ray Buffer, Itamar Moses, Sara Jean Ford, and Gail Merrifield Papp. *I do not own any of the content used in this podcast. If you love this show, please leave us a review. Go to ⁠RateThisPodcast.com/karereviewspodcast⁠ and follow the simple instructions. Follow Kare Reviews at ⁠www.karereviews.net⁠ and on Twitter:⁠@KareReviews⁠ Also please visit the newly launched Patreon page:⁠https://www.patreon.com/jeffreykare?fan_landing=true⁠ Follow Jeffrey Kare on Twitter:⁠@JeffreyKare If you like what you've heard here, please subscribe to any one of the following places where the Kare Reviews Podcast is available. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Anchor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Google⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Breaker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Overcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pocket Casts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠RadioPublic --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeffrey-kare/support

Storybeat with Steve Cuden
Peter Brosius, Artistic Director Minneapolis's Children's Theatre Company-Episode #266

Storybeat with Steve Cuden

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 54:02


Peter Brosius has served as the Artistic Director of Minneapolis's Children's Theatre Company since 1997, where he's directed the world premieres of Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches The Musical; The Last Firefly; Seedfolks; Animal Dance; and many others, all of which were commissioned and workshopped by Children's Theatre Company. Previously, Peter was the Artistic Director of the Honolulu Theatre for Youth and the Improvisational Theatre Project at the Mark Taper Forum.             During Peter's tenure at CTC he's produced more than 187 shows, brought to life more than 70 new works from commission to fully developed stage productions, served more than 5 million children and community members, founded innovative educational programming, and championed equity, diversity and inclusion efforts to eliminate barriers to participation for those underrepresented in theatre. Peter's passion has been at the core of CTC's mission to educate, challenge, and inspire young people and their communities through extraordinary theatre experiences.            Peter and the CTC have worked with more than 100 writers including: Cheryl West, Nilo Cruz, Naomi Iizuka, Larissa FastHorse, Itamar Moses, Jerome Hairston, Barry Kornhauser, Lloyd Suh, Will Power, Liz Duffy Adams, Carlos Murillo, Kia Corthron, Philip Dawkins, and Greg Banks.             A major new initiative, Generation Now, is a partnership between CTC and Penumbra, Latino Theatre Company, Mai Yi, and Native Voices at the Autry to commission and develop 16 new plays and musicals by Black, Indigenous, AAPI and Latinx writers for a multigenerational audience. These new works will have a life for years to come.             Peter also introduced preschool programming to CTC, commissioning original works and bringing in extraordinary preschool productions from across the globe. CTC has also become a major presenter of acclaimed international productions from Europe, Africa, and Asia. 

The Two Tall Jews Show
Itamar Moses, Tony Award Winning Playwright, on the Art of Writing and his Latest Work, "An American Tale: The Musical"

The Two Tall Jews Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2023 39:09


Itamar is an internally acclaimed screenwriter and playwright. An alumni of Yale and NYU Itamar has taught playwriting at both institutions. In 2018 Moses received the Tony Award for his work on The Band's Visit, based on the 2007 Israeli film of the same name which tells the story of a group of Egyptian musicians who get lost on their way to a concert in Israel, winding up in a small town in the center of the Israeli desert. Moses's writing is not limited to musicals and has written for such shows as Men of a Certain Age and Boardwalk Empire. Now, Itamar is showcasing his latest work, an on-stage rendition of the kid's classic, "An American Tale, The Musical" at the Children's Theater Company in Minneapolis, MN. Whether it's for stage or screen, Itamar Moses continues his prodigious output of creativity, dazzling theater and living room audiences one script at a time. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twotalljewshow/support

Minnesota Now
Q&A: Playwright Itamar Moses discusses his adaptation of 'An American Tail'

Minnesota Now

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 11:17


In April, the Children's Theater Company in Minneapolis premiered an adaptation of a beloved children's film of the 1980s.   “An American Tail” tells the story of Fievel Mousekewitz, a Jewish mouse who faces religious persecution in Russia. Fievel comes to America, where he and his family have been promised there are “no cats.”   It's a story of immigration and community organizing. Tony Award-winner Itamar Moses wrote the new script and lyrics for the show and spoke with MPR News Arts Reporter Jacob Aloi.  This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.   Your work includes plays like ‘Outrage' and TV shows like ‘Boardwalk Empire.' It often has a lot of humor in it. But it also features heavy themes geared towards an adult audience. I'm curious if the approach has been different writing something with families in mind. Yes and no. On the deepest level, you're always just trying to write something that feels truthful. And sort-of soundly constructed, and where the story works, and the thing moves [for] young audiences. And adult audiences both appreciate that.   The other thing is that I'm adapting a film that already has all of these sorts of [young adult] elements built in, you know, it's a fable about anthropomorphized animals, right, it has like a fairytale quality.  That the bar is, if anything, slightly higher, in terms of attention span and things you can hook into, in a way that is accessible. Not dumbing it down because, actually, kids are super smart. They're smarter than we give them credit for. And they like being told the truth, because they're being lied to all the time in their lives by adults. But there's something — it makes you want to lean into the magic and the metaphor a little bit more, I think, than with adults.  The piece that people most know you for is your work on ‘The Band's Visit,' which itself was an adaptation of a film. I'm curious about what goes into adapting a work from a film to a different medium versus an original work.  [In] both “The Band's Visit” and “American Tail,” the first thing I did was sit down with the movie open on my laptop screen, playing it scene-by-scene with a text document open next to it.   And then, just as I went through it, asking myself, okay, what within this piece, will hold just as well translated directly to the stage with no changes, and then you start sort of building it that way. You end up with a bunch of stuff that you can just take directly from the source material. And then there are gaps.   Even though “American Tail” has some songs, it only has three or four. So even if we kept them all, and I think we kept three of the four, you needed to write new ones to fill out a score. “Band's Visit” didn't have songs except [for] the diegetic music that the band performs. So in both cases, then you have this text that you're building the songs up on top of like, this is the foundation? And can we drill down into this moment? Can we cannibalize this moment for it for a song all by myself?  You've talked about how being Jewish has influenced some of your work more explicitly. And I'm curious what it's like working on this show that explores that a little more.  It's funny because it's true that for the first 15 years of my career, I almost never wrote characters who are explicitly Jewish where it seemed relevant to the story. I think I had this instinctive aversion to being pigeonholed as this or that kind of writer. I was like, “Oh, no, my play is universal.”  And then I think, gradually, the longer you do this, you realize more and more that the more hyper-specific something is, there's this paradoxical way in which it feels it feels more universal, first of all, and secondly, that you're actually preventing yourself from going to the deepest places you possibly can, by not mining what's most deeply yours.  “The Band's Visit” was a real turning point for me ... it was close to the first time that something I'd written anything, for instance, set in Israel, that was the first time I'd ever done that. All of my work since then has leaned in one way or another, I think a little bit more strongly into that, sometimes very subtly.  And then sometimes, you know, it just depends [on] what's called for by the piece. Like, not everything is about that. And then it's also made me think more deeply about the specific identity of each character. And sometimes you want that —not to necessarily be part of the script, like, oh, actually, we could cast this in 50 different ways. And it's super interesting to do that. But I think the responsible thing to do is make a choice about which you're doing and why.   Now I feel extra motivated to do that. Because I've been made aware of my Jewishness in sort of a negative way in this country. I haven't felt that overt sort of feeling of antisemitism is anything other than like this fringe thing that existed but didn't impact my life very much at all. That was how it felt for most of my life. And in the last five years, and then even more so in the last year or two, I've suddenly felt it in a new way. And so that's made me, I think, want to double down on that a little bit more,  How has that influenced working on a show like this about Jewish resilience?  It's really a story about immigration, about how America is made up of waves and waves of immigrants. And the choice every wave of immigrants has, once they've sort of established themselves and figured out some zone of safety.   If that indeed happens. Do you turn around and hold that territory? You know, do guard it jealously, and, or do you sort of pay it forward in a different way and try to be more welcoming to the waves that come after you.  So that feels like the core of what this story is … the fact that the Mousekewitzes have to flee Russia because of pogroms is the inciting incident ... but then it's about how that weaves with all of these equivalent stories and analogous in various ways stories that everybody has, or every mouse has.  But, in a subtle way, it has felt like a great outlet for some of the feelings that of having had been having about this stuff generally. To include things like Jewish prayers, like prayers in Hebrew, you know, that are sung because here we are doing this musical and, you know, we slip in. The opening scene as a Hanukkah party, right? So, getting to do that stuff on stage, and put some of that stuff sort of explicitly out there, has felt like a subtle form of defiance.  

Minnesota Now
A playwright and a rabbi on the effect of explicitly Jewish characters in children's stories

Minnesota Now

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 11:17


In the 1986 animated children's movie "An American Tail," the Mousekewicz family, who are mice, flee religious persecution in Russia and come to America. It's a story of immigration and community organizing—and it's now a timely new musical playing at the Minnesota Children's Theater Company in Minneapolis through June 18th. MPR Arts Reporter Jacob Aloi sat down with the show's playwright, Itamar Moses, who also won a Tony Award for the musical "The Band's Visit," to ask about turning a film into a stage show. MPR News host Emily Bright followed that conversation with a discussion with Temple Israel's Senior Rabbi, Marcia Zimmerman, about the impact of having explicitly Jewish characters in children's stories.

BROADWAY NATION
Episode 106; ITAMAR MOSES — From THE BAND"S VISIT to AN AMERICAN TAIL

BROADWAY NATION

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 46:23


My guest this week is playwright Itamar Moses, winner of the 2018 Tony Award for “Best Book of a Musical” for his beautiful work on the Tony Award winning “Best Musical”, The Band's Visit.  His other theater work includes the plays Bach at Leipzig, The Four Of Us, Completeness, and The Whistleblower, and the musicals Nobody Loves You, and The Fortress of Solitude. He has also written for several acclaimed television series including Boardwalk Empire and The Affair. His current project, and the main subject of our conversation , is his new stage adaptation of the hit 1986 animated film, An American Tail, for which he has written the book and co-written the lyrics of the new songs. Performances began yesterday, April 26, at the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis where it will play through June 18, 2023. As you will hear, in this episode Itamar Moses and I also discuss his own family and childhood connections to the story of An American Tail/; how he was came to be a playwright in the first place; the differences between writing plays and writing musicals, as well ad the many challenges of musical adaptation and much more! Become A PATRON of Broadway Nation! This episode is made possible in part through the generous support of Broadway Nation Patron Club members Alejandro Membreno, Ellie Schaffer, and Judy Hucka.  If you are a fan ofBroadway Nation, I invite you too to become a PATRON! For a just $7.00 a month you will receive exclusive access to never-before-heard, unedited versions of many of the discussion that I have with my guests — in fact I often record nearly twice as much conversation as ends up in the edited versions.  And you will also have access to additional in-depth conversations with my frequent co-host Albert Evans that have not been featured on the podcast. And all patrons receive special “on-air” shout-outs and acknowledgement of your vital support of this podcast. And If you are very enthusiastic about Broadway Nation there are additional PATRON levels that come with even more benefits. If you would like to support the work of Broadway Nation and receive these exclusive member benefits, please just click on this link: https://broadwaynationpodcast.supercast.tech/ Thank you in advance for your support!     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beyond The Fame with Jason Fraley

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Itamar Moses, creator of "An American Tail: The Musical," which makes its world premiere tonight at Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They discuss adapting the iconic 1986 Don Bluth film, as well as memories of "The Band's Visit," which won a whopping 10 Tonys on Broadway, including Best Musical. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beyond The Fame with Jason Fraley

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Itamar Moses, creator of "An American Tail: The Musical," which makes its world premiere tonight at Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They discuss adapting the iconic 1986 Don Bluth film, as well as memories of "The Band's Visit," which won a whopping 10 Tonys on Broadway, including Best Musical. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley's "Clarion") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Elden's Playwright's Spotlight
Adaptation, the Death of Theatre, and Always Get the Story Right First - Playwright's Spotlight with Itamar Moses

James Elden's Playwright's Spotlight

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 85:32


Tony Award Winning Playwright Itamar Moses stopped by Playwright's Spotlight. Chock full of humorous moments, Itamar shares his experience adapting the cherished animated film An American Tale for the stage, children's ability to suspend disbelief, and avoiding dumbing down the material for a younger audience. We also discuss when it's time for a table read and recognizing when the pace is slowing down during the developmental process. In addition, we talk about the impact of Tony Kushner's Angels in America in Itamar's playwriting career, his journey through NYU and pathway to the Tony's, craft vs voice and ambition, how to make something work, and the importance of always getting the story right first. We close the conversation with getting commissioned and what it entails as well as the death of theatre. I hope you enjoy this latest episode with Itamar Moses.Itamar Moses is the Tony-winning author of the full-length plays OUTRAGE, BACH AT LEIPZIG, CELEBRITY ROW, THE FOUR OF US, YELLOWJACKETS, BACK BACK BACK, COMPLETENESS, and THE WHISTLEBLOWER, the evening of short plays LOVE/STORIES (OR BUT YOU WILL GET USED TO IT), and the musicals NOBODY LOVES YOU (with Gaby Alter), FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE (with Michael Friedman), and THE BAND'S VISIT (with David Yazbek). His work has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway and elsewhere in New York, at regional theatres across the country and in Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, Venezuela, Turkey and Chile, and is published by Faber & Faber and Samuel French. He's received new play commissions from The McCarter, Playwrights Horizons, Berkeley Rep, The Wilma Theater, South Coast Rep, Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center, and The Goodman. He holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU and has taught playwriting at Yale and NYU. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and is a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect. To view the video format of this episode, visit the link below -https://youtu.be/XX_jOKvh3lgLinks to sites and resources mentioned in this episode - Children's Theatre Company -https://childrenstheatre.org/NYU -https://www.nyu.eduHangar Theatre -https://hangartheatre.orgPortland Center Stage -https://www.pcs.orgManhatten Theatre Club -https://www.manhattantheatreclub.comPlaywrights Horizons -https://www.playwrightshorizons.orgBerkley Rep -https://www.berkeleyrep.orgSloan Foundation - https://sloan.orgDrama Book Shop -https://dramabookshop.comWebsites and socials for James Elden, Punk Monkey Productions and Playwright's SpotlightPunk Monkey Productions - www.punkmonkeyproductions.comPLAY Noir -www.playnoir.comPLAY Noir Anthology –www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.htmlJames Elden -Twitter - @jameseldensauerIG - @alakardrakeFB - fb.com/jameseldensauerPunk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir - Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods                  - @playnoirla IG - @punkmonkeyprods       - @playnoir_la FB - fb.com/playnoir        - fb.com/punkmonkeyproductionsPlaywright's Spotlight -Twitter - @wrightlightpod IG - @playwrights_spotlightPlaywriting services through Los Angeles Collegiate Playwrights Festivalwww.losangelescollegiateplaywrightsfestival.com/services.htmlSupport the show

Kare Reviews Podcast
Itamar Moses on AN AMERICAN TAIL and THE BAND'S VISIT

Kare Reviews Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 22:18


From April 25th-June 18th, the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota will be presenting the world premiere of a stage adaptation of the 1986 Academy Award nominated animated film, AN AMERICAN TAIL. This is a commissioned production in association with Universal Theatrical Group. I recently had the great pleasure of interviewing Itamar Moses, who's the book writer and co-lyricist behind this particular project. He's written episodes of a few different TV shows such as MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE, BOARDWALK EMPIRE, OUTSIDERS, and THE AFFAIR. Not to mention that he also happens to be the Tony-winning book writer behind THE BAND'S VISIT. For more information, please visit: www.childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/an-american-tail-22-23/ If you love this show, please leave us a review. Go to RateThisPodcast.com/karereviewspodcast and follow the simple instructions. Follow Kare Reviews at www.karereviews.net and on Twitter:@KareReviews Also please visit the newly launched Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/jeffreykare?fan_landing=true Follow Jeffrey Kare on Twitter:@JeffreyKare If you like what you've heard here, please subscribe to any one of the following places where the Kare Reviews Podcast is available.Anchor: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-kareApple: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kare-reviews-podcast/id1453846013Google: www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy85NWFhZDFjL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNzSpotify: open.spotify.com/show/6GL69s4zoDQmBcZf3NALTGBreaker: www.breaker.audio/kare-reviews-podcastOvercast: overcast.fm/itunes1453846013/kare-reviews-podcastPocket Casts: pca.st/47VwRadioPublic: radiopublic.com/kare-reviews-podcast-6rMdXk --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeffrey-kare/support

KPFA - Radio Wolinsky
Itamar Moses, librettist, “The Band’s Visit,” the musical, 2022

KPFA - Radio Wolinsky

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 119:48


Itamar Moses, playwright and librettist for “The Band's Visit,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded January 10, 2022. Itamar Moses has written several plays, including “Yellowjackets,” which was performed in 2008 at Berkeley Rep, and the books for three musicals. He won a Tony Award for “The Band's Visit,” which plays at BroadwaySF‘s Golden Gate Theater through February 6, 2021. Raised in Berkeley (and his parents kept the radio tuned to KPFA), Itamar Moses attended Yale and the Tisch School at NYU. Along with his work as a playwright, he served in the writing room for Men of a Certain Age, Boardwalk Empire and The Affair. In this interview, he discusses, in depth, the creation of “The Band's Visit,” and takes us to the writing room of Boardwalk Empire. He also discusses his other work and his career path as a playwright. The interview concludes with his views on diversity in theater and his own work through the pandemic. The post Itamar Moses, librettist, “The Band's Visit,” the musical, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.

KPFA - Bookwaves/Artwaves
Bookwaves/Artwaves – January 13, 2022: Itamar Moses, “The Band’s Visit,” 2022

KPFA - Bookwaves/Artwaves

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 3:29


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Affirmative (Re)Action
The Band's Visit - Affirmative (Re)Action Episode 18

Affirmative (Re)Action

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 45:56


The Band's Visit is a stage musical with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Itamar Moses, based on the 2007 Israeli film of the same name.

Money Tales
Money Theatrics, with Johanna Pfaelzer

Money Tales

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 63:36


In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Johanna Pfaelzer. Johanna has walked the creative path from actor to producer and now is an artistic director. Those steps gave her control over the future she wanted while still being able to influence theatrical arts in a powerful way. Under Johanna's leadership, many notable works have been developed, including the 2016 Tony Award winner “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Like many creative people, Johanna waitressed tables early on to pay her bills and fund her projects. Money has continued to be a leading actor throughout her career as she helps support her family and the different theater companies she's been a part of. Today, Johanna is honored to serve as Berkeley Repertory Theater's fourth artistic director. She recently spent 12 years as the artistic director of New York Stage and Film (NYSAF), a New York City-based organization dedicated to the development of new works for theatre, film, and television. NYSAF is known for providing a rigorous and nurturing environment for writers, directors, and other artists to realize work that has gone on to production at the highest levels of the profession. Other notable works that were developed under Johanna's leadership include “The Humans” by Stephen Karam, “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe, “Junk and The Invisible Hand” by Ayad Akhtar, “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music” by Taylor Mac, “Hadestown” by Anaïs Mitchell, “The Homecoming Queen” by Ngozi Anyanwu, “The Great Leap” by Lauren Yee, John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer- and Tony-Award-winning “Doubt”, “The Fortress of Solitude” by Michael Friedman and Itamar Moses, “The Jacksonian” by Beth Henley, and Green Day's “American Idiot.” Learn more about Money Tale$ > Subscribe to the podcast Recent episodes See all episodes > Form CRS Form ADV Terms of Use Privacy Rights and Policies

Money Tales
Money Theatrics, with Johanna Pfaelzer

Money Tales

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 63:36


In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Johanna Pfaelzer. Johanna has walked the creative path from actor to producer and now is an artistic director. Those steps gave her control over the future she wanted while still being able to influence theatrical arts in a powerful way. Under Johanna's leadership, many notable works have been developed, including the 2016 Tony Award winner “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Like many creative people, Johanna waitressed tables early on to pay her bills and fund her projects. Money has continued to be a leading actor throughout her career as she helps support her family and the different theater companies she's been a part of. Today, Johanna is honored to serve as Berkeley Repertory Theater's fourth artistic director. She recently spent 12 years as the artistic director of New York Stage and Film (NYSAF), a New York City-based organization dedicated to the development of new works for theatre, film, and television. NYSAF is known for providing a rigorous and nurturing environment for writers, directors, and other artists to realize work that has gone on to production at the highest levels of the profession. Other notable works that were developed under Johanna's leadership include “The Humans” by Stephen Karam, “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe, “Junk and The Invisible Hand” by Ayad Akhtar, “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music” by Taylor Mac, “Hadestown” by Anaïs Mitchell, “The Homecoming Queen” by Ngozi Anyanwu, “The Great Leap” by Lauren Yee, John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer- and Tony-Award-winning “Doubt”, “The Fortress of Solitude” by Michael Friedman and Itamar Moses, “The Jacksonian” by Beth Henley, and Green Day's “American Idiot.” See all episodes >

Life In The Grooves
Episode 5 - Gaby Alter - Music Man for the Stage

Life In The Grooves

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 45:27


When it comes to writing songs for the world of musical theater, composer-lyricist Gaby Alter remains committed to getting it right. The process of serving the story, how a character can change over the course of a song, and making smart musical choices, are all key components that Alter continues to explore when making music for the stage. His most notable works include the musicals Band Geeks, Stars of David, and the New York critically acclaimed hit, Nobody Loves You, which he co-wrote with Tony Award-winning playwright, Itamar Moses. In this episode, Alter looks back at how he fell into the world of writing musicals in his hometown of Berkeley, California, his decision to move to New York, and how he and Itamar pitched Disney to write for the animated film Tinkerbell and The Pirate Fairy. Alter also talks about his work as a solo artist under the name Yes Gabriel, and the development of a new musical, Radio 930 set in East Berlin during the Cold War in the 1970's.  

GATHER ROUND!
Cocktails with the Canon - Trailer

GATHER ROUND!

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 5:31


Cocktails with the Canon is an interview-based podcast series, by The Old Globe and co-hosted by Artistic Associate Lamar Perry and Literary Manager/Dramaturg Danielle Mages Amato, that seeks to interrogate the American theatre canon. Presented through a series of conversations with various artists about their experiences with the “traditional” Western canon of dramatic literature, the podcast explores how that canon includes and excludes certain writers, groups, and aesthetics, ultimately asking the question: how can we expand the canon and create access for all? The podcast also investigates the playwrights’ personal stories and their hopes for the American theatre, as well as the works that are considered canon within their individual communities. Listeners should walk away from Cocktails with the Canon feeling like they’ve just left a night at the theatre and a gathering with their community over drinks and food.   MEET THE HOSTS Lamar Perry (he/him/his) is a Queer Black director, producer, and writer. He recently served as the associate director on I Gotta Home as part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Refocus Project. His other recent projects include the audio plays Punchbowl Spaces and The Family Sound (Blindspot Collective/La Jolla Playhouse) and a developmental workshop of Run/Fire (Cygnet Theatre Company). He also served as the assistant director on the world premiere of Katori Hall’s The Hot Wing King directed by Steve H. Broadnax III at Signature Theatre. Recently he taught and directed first-year M.F.A. acting candidates in a devising-theatre workshop at UC San Diego. He is a 2020–2021 member of the Roundabout Directors Group and a 2020 National Alliance for Musical Theatre Observer. @mrlamarperry.   Danielle Mages Amato holds an M.F.A. in Dramaturgy and a Ph.D. in Drama and Theatre from UC San Diego. She currently works as Literary Manager and Dramaturg at The Old Globe. She is a past president and board member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. She spent four years as the dramaturg and literary manager of Studio Theatre in Washington DC. At the Globe, she has overseen eight years of the Powers New Voices Festival and has dramaturged world premieres of plays by Sam Hunter, JC Lee, Matthew Lopez, Itamar Moses, Anna Ziegler, and others. She is the author of The Hidden Memory of Objects, a novel published by Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins. Follow The Old Globe on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @TheOldGlobe. And follow @mrlamarperry and @daniellemamato on social media!

Repisodes: The Berkeley Rep Podcast
Place/Settings: Berkeley: 1 - The Slide by Itamar Moses

Repisodes: The Berkeley Rep Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 12:41


A neighborhood park — its playground, sloping hillside, and basketball court; its tunnel to a rose garden and many paths — bears witness to a boy, growing up and growing old.

Piece by Piece: The Musical Theatre Talk Show Podcast

Tony winners David Cromer, Katrina Lenk and Itamar Moses continue their discussion of The Band's Visit with host Joe Bunker. The Band's Visit: Part Two includes Katrina Lenk & Tony Shlhoub's performance of 'Itgara'a / Something Different' from the Grammy-winning original cast album of The Band's Visit. We would love you to tell us what you think about Piece by Piece. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.

Piece by Piece: The Musical Theatre Talk Show Podcast

Four Tony winners join Joe Bunker to discuss The Band's Visit, which swept the boards at the 2018 Tony Awards, winning ten, including those for Best Musical, Book & Score. Joe's guests are director David Cromer, actress Katrina Lenk, librettist Itamar Moses, and composer/lyricist David Yazbek. The Band's Visit: Part One includes anecdotes, conversation, clips from the Grammy-winning original cast album, and... the PBP Band's Visit Quiz! Please tell us what you think about Piece by Piece. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.

Places, Everyone
When Personhood is Your Livelihood

Places, Everyone

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 47:06


Tony Award winner Itamar Moses is a playwright, a book writer for musicals, and a screenwriter on several TV shows. Each of these art forms is rewarding, he says, but playwriting is thus far the medium that allows him full creative control. Perhaps for that reason, it’s also the arena in which he probes the most personal subject matter. Like many novelists, screenwriters, and playwrights, Itamar draws both directly and indirectly on first-hand experience, and he admits that getting to a place of vulnerability invariably leads to better storytelling. What does it mean for personal excavation to be your livelihood? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

No Script: The Podcast
No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 22: "The Band's Visit" music and lyrics by David Yazbeck and book by Itamar Moses

No Script: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 63:59


In the 2018 Tony Awards, "The Band's Visit" cleaned up. Nominated for 11 awards, it went on to win 10 of them. If you've read the script and listened to the soundtrack, it is easy to see why. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob talk about this beautiful script which self-proclaims as "not very important." Its simple stories and gorgeous, dream-like music create an enriching and inspiring experience. Join us in our conversation! ------------------------------ We had so much fun talking about this play, and we’d love to keep the conversation going! What were some of your thoughts if you’ve read or have seen the play? What are you favorite themes? Characters? Plot Points? Or do you disagree with us on any of our thoughts? We’d love to hear from you. Check us out on social media or email at: Email: noscriptpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/No-Script-The-Podcast-1675491925872541/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noscriptpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/noscriptpodcast ------------------------------ Our theme song is “Blessed” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows: Music: http://www.purple-planet.com ------------------------------ Logo Design: Jacob Mann Christiansen Logo Text: Paralines designed by Lewis Latham of http://lewislatham.co/ ------------------------------ Thanks so much for listening! We’ll see you next week. ------------------------------

X-Rae: With Rae Lynn Caspar White

Playwright of the hit Broadway show The Band’s Visit and writer on the brilliant show THE AFFAIR (A Rae Favorite), the lovely and witty Itamar Moses stopped by the studio to talk about his work, the famous episode he wrote where Alison gets killed, and get updated by Rae on the latest gossip regarding the stars of the show since she knew more about their lives then he did.

92Y Talks
Cast and Creators of The Band’s Visit with Michael Paulson

92Y Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2018 70:13


Cast and creators of the Broadway hit, The Band's Visit, discuss this deeply human and humorous musical. Composer and lyricist David Yazbek, librettist Itamar Moses, director David Cromer, producer Orin Wolf, and cast members Katrina Lenk and Ari’el Stachel sit down with Michael Paulson, theater reporter for The New York Times. The conversation was recorded on April 15, 2018 in front of a live audience at New York’s 92nd Street Y.

Len Berman and Michael Riedel In The Morning
David Yazbek & Itamar Moses

Len Berman and Michael Riedel In The Morning

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 4:14


Nominated - Best Original Score - The Band's Visit

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Show People with Paul Wontorek
Katrina Lenk (THE BAND'S VISIT)

Show People with Paul Wontorek

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018 25:44


KATRINA LENK is no stranger to ensnaring audiences, be it as the seductive viola player in Once or as spider goddess Arachne in Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. Now her performance in Itamar Moses and David Yazbek's The Band's Visit has had audiences and critics buzzing since it premiered off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company in 2016. With awards season ramping up, The Band's Visit (and Lenk herself) is being hailed as a favorite on the Great White Way. Here's what we learned from Lenk about her hilarious dance teacher growing up, why she gets shy at the stage door, her octopus obsession, why awards season doesn't scare her and more on this week's Show People with Paul Wontorek.

CUNY TV's Theater Talk
“The Band’s Visit” Creatives

CUNY TV's Theater Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2017 26:45


“The Band's Visit” songwriter David Yazbek and book writer Itamar Moses discuss their collaboration on the celebrated new musical based on a popular 2007 Israeli film about an Egyptian police band stranded in a small town in the Negev Desert.

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox
Ep2 - Tony Shalhoub, Katrina Lenk & the Creators of "The Band's Visit"

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 35:18


Stars and creators of the buzzy, award-winning musical talk about bringing the Off Broadway hit to Broadway. Actress Katrina Lenk looks back on a breakout year, writer Itamar Moses explains adapting unlikely source material, composer David Yazbek encourages improvisation and Tony Shalhoub reveals what he finds "terrifying."

LA Theatre Works
The Relativity Series: Completeness (Part 1)

LA Theatre Works

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2017 28:32


Jason Ritter and Mandy Siegfried star in Itamar Moses’ comedy about two young scientists facing complications in their research and their romantic lives. Also starring Mia Barron and André Sogliuzzo. Completeness is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.

Around Broadway
Reality TV: The Musical

Around Broadway

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2013 3:08


Reality television is lampooned a lot  — and loved a little bit, too — in a new musical now running at Second Stage Theatre. Written by the playwright Itamar Moses and the composer and lyricist Gaby Alter, Nobody Loves You follows a philosophy student’s televised pursuit of his girlfriend on a reality show that looks a lot like "The Bachelor." Other contestants, a telegenically smarmy host, and even a Twitter-addicted fan, all make appearances. New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood tells us how successful Nobody Loves You is at parodying a genre that sometimes looks like a parody itself.

Playwrights Horizons Archive
Aubrey Dollar, Completeness

Playwrights Horizons Archive

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2011 5:12


AUBREY DOLLAR on playing a lovestruck molecular biologist, TV vs. the stage, and getting "blinded by science" in Itamar Moses's COMPLETENESS. Produced by 2011 Summer Marketing Resident Diana Levy. (2011/12 season)

Playwrights Horizons Archive
Itamar Moses, Completeness

Playwrights Horizons Archive

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2011 9:23


An interview with ITAMAR MOSES on the origins of his "sexy science play" COMPLETENESS, boning up on molecular biology and computer science, and what constitutes his "A" material. (2011/12 season)

Talk Theatre News
Theatre News - January 22. 2007

Talk Theatre News

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2007 4:29


Spelling Bee, Itamar Moses, and more. Chicago's Theatre News is hosted by Dustin Mote.

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