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Matthew Ivan Bennett interviews PTC Artistic Director Karen Azenberg and Managing Director Chris Massimine about the 2019-2020 Season. Seven main stage plays and musicals, a concert production and three new play readings...it's a busy season, and all the action started this week with the arrival of the cast of "Cagney." Here's a bit about each of the upcoming productions you'll see this season.Outro music by the Dead Tubes Foundation. Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Matthew Ivan Bennett interviews Resident Sound Designer Allan Branson about the intricacies of sounding a musical like Grease.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
The Way North is a hopeful yet timely play, set in the Minnesota wilderness. Playwright Tira Palmquist talks about her background, why she decided to set the play in Minnesota, and showcase how timely this play is. Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
In our first dual interview, Matthew Ivan Bennett interviews Director Mary B. Robinson and Actress Nafeesa Monroe. They talk about "what's your moment before" and other ways they navigated the intricacies of the Pulitzer-Prize winning play Sweat, as well as how pertinent this play remains in American politics.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Matthew Ivan Bennett sits down with The Fifth Domain playwright Victor Lesniewski about cyber security, Pioneer Theatre Company's Play-by-Play series, and what lead him to writing this timely thriller. Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Matthew Ivan Bennett sits down with Director/Choreographer Patricia Wilcox, Musical Director/Conductor Helen Gregory and Kathryn Brunner, who plays Sophie Sheridan in our production of "Mamma Mia!," running May 11-26.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Matthew Ivan Bennett talks to playwright Ellen Simon about "ASS," an upcoming Play-by-Play reading.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Matthew Ivan Bennett sits down to talk with /i/ Playwright Jeff Talbott about /i/, science fiction, and other fun things. Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Matthew Ivan Bennett talks with Lewin about the thriller genre and workshopping "The Envelope." "The Envelope" will be read as part of our 2017-2018 Play-by-Play season Feb. 2-3.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Matthew Ivan Bennett interviews Musical Director Tom Griffin. No stranger to PTC (he was musical director for PTC's "Oliver!," "It Happened One Christmas," "Peter and the Starcatcher," "Elf" and "A Christmas Carol: The Musical") Griffin did the first and second national tours for “Beauty and the Beast” and works as a conductor at Disney. He took a few minutes to chat about "Newsies" with us. Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Matthew Ivan Bennett meets with the dog, in the night-time, to discuss his (the dog's) thoughts on "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," the Tony-award-winning play kicking off our 2017-2018 season. Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Local playwright Eric Samuelsen talks with Matthew Ivan Bennett about his new play, "The Ice Front," and his family’s connection to the Norwegian Resistance against the Nazis.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Matthew Ivan Bennett talks with David Ivers, a guest director here at PTC and one of the artistic directors at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, about "King Charles III," Shakespeare and why Ivers does what he does.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Join host Matthew Ivan Bennett from Pioneer Theatre Company with Artistic Director Karen Azenberg, discussing the Concert Musical of CHESS and why it resonates so deeply, especially in 2017.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Matthew Ivan Bennett interviews Wendy MacLeod on the creation of "Women in Jeopardy!" opening at PTC on Feb 10 - 25, 2017.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
Matthew Ivan Bennett interviews Jeff Talbott about his new play, "i" which is receiving a series of new play readings as part of Pioneer Theatre Company's Play-by-Play.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
In this episode of the PTC Podcast, host Matthew Ivan Bennett chats with Park City High School senior, Christian Labertew, who returns to PTC as The Artful Dodger in OLIVER! Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
In this episode of the PTC Podcast, host Matthew Ivan Bennett sits down with playwright Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder of REQUIEM FOR AUGUST MOON, first up in the 2016 – 2017 Play-By-Play series. Ms. Wilder was recently the Tennessee Williams Playwright-in-Residence at Sewanee. She’s worked for Alabama Shakespeare, the Denver Center, CBS, and is a graduate from NYU. Intro/Outro music provided by Dead Tubes Foundation. Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
In this episode, host Matthew Ivan Bennett talks with Broadway vet John Jellison (Motown The Musical, Memphis, All Shook Up, Phantom of the Opera, Caroline or Change, Anything Goes, Paul Simon's The Capeman, Titantic, Crazy for You and many more) about THE LAST SHIP, and his role as the moral center, Father James O'Brien. Outro music provided by Dead Tubes Foundation.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)
John and I are joined by playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett and the three of us discuss Marvel's latest Netflix Series Jessica Jones. We give our thoughts on the series, the character, how well the series depicts the idea of victims of domestic violence and finally speculate on what's to come for the other Marvel Netflix series.
"Two Dollar Bill" has its World Premiere at Pioneer Theatre Company, January 15-30, 2016. Writer T.J. Brady ("Lie to Me," "Army Wives, "Narcos") talks with Matthew Ivan Bennett about the production.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)