Podcasts about signature theater

Katie checks in with director (Grangeville, Uncle Vanya, The Animal Kingdom, This Beautiful Future, Obie Award winner), Jack Serio.

Today, I'm thrilled to announce my interview with Samuel D. Hunter, whose play GRANGEVILLE is currently playing at the Signature Theater with Paul Sparks and Brian J. Smith. Tune in to hear some of the stories of his legendary career, including how his experiences teaching expository writing led to THE WHALE, working with Darren Aronofsky on adapting the play into a film, the pushback he received for writing about conversion therapy in A GREAT WILDERNESS, dealing with pathology onstage, how GREATER CLEMENTS was his take on a Trump play, premiering LEWISTON/CLARKSTON as separate plays, writing for TV with BASKETS, his religious upbringing, the mentors who influenced his work, reviving A BRIGHT NEW BOISE in 2023, the economic realities of writing for the theater, how he decided to rewrite THE FEW, developing THE HEALING for a cast of disabled actors, and so much more. You won't want to miss this interview with one of American theater's best writers.

Eric Hissom spotlights his role in Job, Signature Theater's psychological thriller with a shocking and breathtaking ending that will leave audiences breathless. Don't miss the Off-Broadway sensation and New York Times Critic's Pick that skewers the insidiousness of the internet, the meaning of work, and the menace behind the social media smile. 

Samantha Mathis - A native New Yorker, Samantha Mathis has had a distinguished career in entertainment. Mathis captivated audiences in popular shows such as "Billions", "The Strain”, "The Good Wife" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm” and proved her versatility in features like The Clovehitch Killer, Being Frank, and upcoming, The Exorcism with Russell Crowe. Mathis made her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's The Man Who Had All the Luck opposite Chris O'Donnell. She also starred in the Broadway production of Moises Kaufman's 33 Variations, alongside Jane Fonda. Recently, she appeared in Collected Stories at the Geffen Playhouse and Fortin Bras at the Signature Theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to a new season(??) of Upstage Left! After a long hiatus we're back with actor Kim Blanck who plays Ruza Wenclawska in Broadway's Suffs. We're so excited to be talking our dear friend who's been singing and acting on New York stages for more than a decade. You may have seen her in MCC's Alice by Heart or Dave Malloy's Octet at the Signature Theater.In this episode we discuss:Kim's unconventional journey as a musical theater phenomNavigating the industry as a HAPA actorHow she ended up in the Broadway production of Suffs after she thought her journey with the show was overThis episode was a joy to record, and even more a joy to listen back to. We hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for more episodes this season!---Music by David HilowitzLearn more about Kim HERE!Support the Show.

Jessica Fontana admits that her need to feel like she's in control impacts her journey in balancing her professional and personal life. Her passion for performing arts began with ballet, which eventually set the stage for her career in musical theater. While Jessica's mom highly supported her artistic endeavors, her father initially wasn't. She talks about her college experience at the University of Michigan and its role in shaping her career and changing her dad's mind. Married to fellow actor, Santino Fontana, she recalls how they met at Birdland Jazz Club, recounting how he left before they could get a drink together, only to friend her on Facebook later that night, slipping into her DMs. Jessica explained her shift from performing regularly to creating her album, "Every Day Special" – a transition that allowed her more control over her creative work and schedule, reflecting her desire for creative autonomy and finding joy and fun in whatever she does. Jessica Fontana is an actress, and the writer, host, co-creator, and co-executive producer of “Everyday Special”, an improvised satirical podcast. She has starred on Broadway in the title role of Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Cinderella”, “Baby It's You”, and “Pipe Dream” in New York City Center's Encores! Series. She's been seen in the hit web series “Submissions Only”, and has starred in the world premiere productions at regional theaters, including the Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Mill Playhouse, Signature Theater, and Carnegie Hall. Also a songwriter, she recently released her solo debut album, “Every Day Special”. Connect with Jessica: Website: www.jessica-fontana.com Instagram: @iamjessfontana Listen to “Every Day Special” Album Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support the podcast on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast YouTube: YouTube.com/TheTheatrePodcast Threads, Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast TikTok: @thetheatrepodcast Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast.com My personal Instagram: @alanseales Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All Of Me runs off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Theater, a production of The New Group, through June 16th. For more information, visit www.thenewgroup.org. Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for 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

We are excited to bring you this new podcast series, The Art of Collaboration. This series will focus on directors and choreographers in conversation with some of their collaborators on a specific production. This series will explore the ins and outs of these processes, both the finer details as well as overarching ideas about what goes into a productive collaboration on a show. In this inaugural episode, Director Alex Timbers, Costume Designer Catherine Zuber, and Lighting Designer Justin Townsend are interviewed by Foundation Director Dani Barlow to discuss their experience working together on Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Learn more about this episode's guests below. Bios: Alex Timbers (Director) is the recipient of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and London Evening Standard Awards, as well as two Obie and Lortel Awards. Broadway credits include Gutenberg the Musical; Here Lies Love; Moulin Rouge!; Just For Us; Beetlejuice; David Byrne's American Utopia; Oh Hello with Nick Kroll and John Mulaney; The Pee-wee Herman Show; Peter and the Starcatcher; and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (also bookwriter). For television, he co-created Amazon's “Mozart in the Jungle” (Golden Globe Award) and has helmed the Netflix specials “John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous,” “Ben Platt: Live at Radio City,” and most recently “John Mulaney: Baby J” (2023 Emmy Award nomination). His debut picture book, Broadway Bird, set in an all-animal version of Broadway, is published by Macmillan. @alextimbers   Justin Townsend (Lighting Designer): His professional lighting design work includes such productions as: Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award); Jagged Little Pill (Tony Nomination); American Psycho (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Henry Hewes Award); The Humans (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award); Here Lies Love, (Drama Desk Award, Public Theater); Vietgone, (MTC); Pretty Filthy, (Civilians); Mr. Burns, a Post Electric Play, Milk Like Sugar, (Playwrights Horizons); Odyssey, A Winter's Tale, (Public Works at the Delacorte Theater); Venus, (Signature Theater); Unnatural Acts, Mother Courage, and Galileo (Classic Stage Company) Catherine Zuber (Costume Designer) Broadway: Moulin Rouge, (Tony Award, Olivier Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), Mrs. Doubtfire, My Fair Lady, (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), Oslo, War Paint (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), King & I, (Olivier Award, Tony Award), Fiddler on the Roof, Golden Boy. South Pacific (Tony Award); The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award); The Light in the Piazza (Tony Award); Awake and Sing! (Tony Award); The Royal Family (Tony Award);  Gigi (Drama Desk Award). Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto, Porgy & Bess, Il Barbieri di Siviglia, Les Contes d'Hoffman, Comte Ory, L'elisir d'Amore, Otello, Dr. Atomic, Roméo et Juliette. 2016 Induction: Theater Hall of Fame.  Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation: Founded in 1965, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) exists to foster, promote, and develop the creativity and craft of stage directors and choreographers. SDCF's mission is to create access to the field, to connect artists to each other and to the public, and to honor these artists' theatrical legacies. The centrality of directors and choreographers in theatre and the impact they have on other artists' careers—from playwrights to designers to actors—makes SDCF's services essential to the wider theatre industry's continued health and vitality. Through its dynamic educational programming, including Observerships, Fellowships, public panels, and day-long symposia, SDCF serves the needs of directors and choreographers at every stage of career. www.sdcfoundation.org

It's time for another visit with Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck, who joins us each week with her reviews of the Maryland, DC and Virginia regional stage. We discuss “Ragtime,” which continues at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, through Jan. 7, 2023.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

CHICAGO  Book by Peter Stone | Music & Lyrics by Sherman Edwards  |  Based on a concept by Sherman EdwardsWorks Consulted & Reference :1776 (Original Libretto) by  Peter Stone & Sherman Edwards"The Making of America's Musical - 1776: The Story Behind the Story" by Jeffrey KareMusic Credits:"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer"Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie"Chromolume #7 / Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Judith Moore, Cris Groenendaal, Charles Kimbrough, William Parry, Nancy Opel, Robert Westenberg, Dana Ivey, Kurt Knudson, Barbara Bryne"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble"Sit Down, John" from 1776 (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sherman Edwards | Performed by Sherman Edwards, William Daniels, 1776 Ensemble, Peter Howard"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

We had the absolute pleasure of speaking with the incredible Tom Kitt, who is nominated for the 2023 Tony Award for Best Original Score Written for the Theatre for Broadway's Almost Famous! As huge fans of the show and score, we were thrilled to have an in-depth conversation about Tom's work with the piece. Tom Kitt is a two-time Tony, two-time Emmy, Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winner.  As a musical theatre composer, he has written the music for six Broadway shows: Next to Normal (Tony Award), If/Then (Tony Nomination), Flying Over Sunset (Tony Nomination), High Fidelity, Bring it On, The Musical, and Almost Famous. His work for the stage has also been seen Off-Broadway at 2nd Stage (Next to Normal, Superhero), The Public Theater (The Visitor, Shakespeare in the Park) and he has worked at some of the most prestigious regional theatres including The Old Globe, Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep, The Signature Theater, and ART.  In addition, Tom's Broadway credits as an orchestrator include: Next to Normal (Tony Award), The SpongeBob Musical (Tony Nomination), Jagged Little Pill (Tony Nomination), Almost Famous, Head Over Heels, Everyday Rapture, and American Idiot. Tom has also been active in the world of film and TV. As one of the vocal arrangers working on the Pitch Perfect films, Tom most notably helped create the classic “Riff-off.”  Tom also served as music supervisor/arranger/orchestrator for Grease Live and contributed songs for Royal Pains and Penny Dreadful.  He also provided music supervision for the NBC series, Rise and has written numerous songs for Sesame Street.  And he is known for his two original opening numbers for The Tony Awards, Live in 2019, written with David Javerbaum for James Corden, and the Emmy Award winning, Bigger in 2013, written with Lin-Manuel Miranda for Neil Patrick Harris.  Tom is also proud that his musical adaptation of Freaky Friday, co-written with Bridget Carpenter and Brian Yorkey was turned into an original movie musical for Disney Channel.  Most recently, Tom served as a Supervising Music Producer on the new Bobby Lopez/Kristen Anderson-Lopez/Steven Levenson/Thomas Kail musical television series, Up Here.

BD Wong talks about directing Judy Gold in her new off-Broadway show, "Yes, I Can Say That!," playing this spring at the 59 East Street Theater in New York City. The actor and director also reacts to the strong Asian American showing at this year's Academy Awards and the rise of anti-Asian hate. He talks with The Revolución podcast cohosts Diego Lastra, Linda Lane Gonzaléz, Kathryn Garcia Castro, and Court Stroud.

Hi there, Today I'm thrilled to be arts calling Audrey Cefaly and Carolyn Messina! About our Guests: Audrey Cefaly (https://www.audreycefaly.com) is an alumna of the Playwrights' Arena cohort at Arena Stage, a recipient of the Walter E. Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers Conference, and a Dramatist Guild Foundation Traveling Master. She is published by Concord Theatricals, Smith & Kraus, and Applause Books. Cefaly's plays have been produced by Cincinnati Playhouse, Florida Studio, Florida Rep, City Theatre, Penobscot Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, Merrimack Rep, Signature Theatre, Barter Theatre, Vermont Stage, Oregon Contemporary Theatre, 16th Street Theater, Capital Stage, About Face, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Circle Theatre, Theatre Three, Aurora Theatre, Quotidian Theatre Company and University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her play Alabaster received an 11-city Rolling World Premiere, the largest in National New Play Network history. Twitter: https://twitter.com/alcefaly Carolyn Messina is an AEA actor and LMDA dramaturg. She has served as dramaturgical consultant for the National Showcase of New Plays (NNPN) (10-city rolling world premiere), the Southern Writers Festival (Alabama Shakes), Signature Theater's SigWorks, BMCC Showcase (NYC), and About Face Theatre. She has worked in various capacities of dramaturgical support for plays such as Safety Net (Daryl Fazio), Winter Break/Spring Break (Joe Calarco), and perhaps most notably Maytag Virgin, The Gulf, Alabaster, and Trouble, as longtime dramaturg for playwright Audrey Cefaly. For more information, please visit: https://www.carolyn-messina.com. Thank you both so much for this incredible conversation! All the best!! -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). If you like the show: leave a review, or share it with someone who's starting their creative journey! Your support truly makes a difference! Go make a dent: much love, j https://artscalling.com/welcome/

This episode we are joined by theater, film and tv actor Bill Heck!  Bill most recently starred in the Broadway revival of Take Me Out and is also known for his work in the Broadway revival of Cabaret and Signature Theater's Angels in America. He has also appeared in the Coen Brothers' film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Pit Stop and FX's The Old Man.Bill talks about what got him into performing, his career working in theater and much more!

In episode eight, Greg talks life, love, and all things music with award winning actor-writer-director-producer, JONATHAN GORDON!!!!Jonathan Gordon's Broadway credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Daniel Sullivan's revival of Orphans. Off-Broadway he appeared in Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy at the Signature Theater. Film and television work includes Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, God's Pocket, and the hit indie-romance, Those People.You can find Jonathan on Instagram at @jawngordonSupport This Show

The boys from Boogered Up Podcast flew out to Minnesota from Ohio to delete some beers, talk about the first time they ever went to a strip club, and what makes the vibes good at a dive bar.  Join the goons in the twist of episode 94 while Nick and Tyler fight their hangover demons.Check out our merch and support the boys at OnTapWithTheBoiz.comSmells Like HumansLike spending time with funny friends talking about curious human behavior. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify GGWP: Garrulous Gamers with a Podcast! An audible arena for all things gaming. New, old , big, small, the best, and the worst!Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Bite Me The Show About EdiblesThe podcast for edibles lovers. Weekly episodes featuring fun recipes or amazing guests.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyBuy our merch Supply the beer and help the boiz create content by grabbing some merch from our storeCollege Peep Show Merch Check out CPS gear and use code: ONTAP for 10% off your orderMuff Waders Discount Get yourself some really high quality drinking spenders. Use code ONTAP for 10% off!

During this episode, we'll cover about the link b/w creativity and mental conditions, among both celebrity artists, as well as up & coming artists as a part of “The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship" series. Join us! YouTube Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdOT_Abx3gc Guest Bio- Zak Sandler is a mental health advocate with a musical twist, inspiring audiences, big and small, with his theatrical work. Zak plays piano on Broadway for WICKED, and has played on Broadway for MOTOWN, MEAN GIRLS and THE COLOR PURPLE. He was a composer at the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project at Northwestern, and won the Fenno Heath Award for writing a new Yale song. His work has appeared at Lincoln Center, Joe's Pub, and Signature Theater in DC. Zak is a featured speaker with This Is My Brave and the JED Foundation, and in 2018, he won the Young Leader Award from NAMI New York State. His original musical about bipolar, INSIDE MY HEAD. Zak is also creating a docuseries that highlights the link between creativity and mental conditions, called “Insanely Talented”. He believes that being open about his own condition is the best way to destigmatize it. Zak's Website- www.zaksandler.com Zak's Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/bipolar_broadway/ Sponsor & CSR Details Social Skills for Children 6 Week Summer Crash Course by Melissa Kent, MA:- https://bit.ly/39TScxS Wikipedia's Donate Link- https://wikimediafoundation.org/ Host Details Book your Brand Strategy

“For myself, I think for a long time I was worried that if I got my mental health and spiritual health in check… then I would lose the things that made me a really good artist.” Dani Stoller is unapologetic. An actor who takes risks, it bleeds into her other hyphens of being a writer and producer. She approaches her art by forming her own figurative rep companies – and while based in the “DMV” area (D.C., Maryland, and Virginia) she has found that those communities create their own community, much like a rep company.  Following Dani on social media also reflects her unapologetic-ness… especially when it comes to Jewish advocacy. We dive deep into Jewish representation in the media – including non-Jews playing Jews, what we think Jews are ‘supposed' to look like, and where they're ‘supposed' to be from.  “Throughout all conversations about Jewishness,” says Stoller, “Jews of color get written out of the conversation so quickly in terms of what does a Jew look like? Where is a Jew from? What is a Jew's connection to anything – and so there's this write out of that. What's exciting is to see plays being written by Jews of color which shines a light on the incredible expanse of Jewish people. People think of Jews and they think of White, Ashkenazi Jew… they don't think of Sefardi or Mizrahi or Swana or Beta Israel, or Igbo. We don't think of it that way. Those stories are just as important.”  And speaking of these stories, Stoller explores how her next play, The Joy That Carries You, co-written with Awa Sal Secka, came to fruition and will have it's debut at The Olney Theatre Center for the Arts. And how is this experience a reflection on socially responsible artistry?  “The thing I really admire about certain theatres in the ‘DMV'”, continues Stoller, “is their commitment to bringing in local talent. I think that we have a beautiful group of people there. Of course sometimes you have to bring in people from out of town. But I really do admire theatres who make a really diligent effort to utilize the people of that area to tell the stories of that area.” While this podcast has lessons applicable to all artists in all locations, Dani shares her stories which have happened in the Washington D.C. theatre scene. Multi-hyphenating happens everywhere – and even if you're in NYC, LA, or London – this episode is applicable to YOU! Other topics found in this episode are becoming a good apologizer, casting director relationships, and using the things that make us unique to tell our stories.  Dani Stoller is an actor, playwright, podcaster & Jewish advocate in Maryland by way of Brooklyn, New York. She has performed all across the DMV from the Folger Shakespeare Theater to the Kennedy Center. Her play, Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes, had its premiere at the Tony Award winning Signature Theater in Shirlington, VA, and was featured in the New York Times at the beginning of the pandemic. Her upcoming play, The Joy That Carries You, co-written with Awa Sal Secka is opening this May at the Olney Theatre Center. When she's not writing she hosts the podcast Zen & Sugar, which is centered on intuitive eating, balance, and healing disordered food and body relationships. Follow her on instagram @danidangerstoller or her website www.Danistoller.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the greats of Broadway musicals, Stephen Sondheim, died Friday at his home at the age of 91. He was a six-time Tony Award winner renowned for his words and music, starting in the 1950s. Ben Brantley, former co-chief theater critic of The New York Times and Eric Schaffer, the co-founder and former artistic director of Signature Theater in Virginia, join William Brangham to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

One of the greats of Broadway musicals, Stephen Sondheim, died Friday at his home at the age of 91. He was a six-time Tony Award winner renowned for his words and music, starting in the 1950s. Ben Brantley, former co-chief theater critic of The New York Times and Eric Schaffer, the co-founder and former artistic director of Signature Theater in Virginia, join William Brangham to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Please join me while I sit down with musician, songwriter, producer DeAnte Willis to discuss the DC sound and his upcoming performance with the Broadway Show Rent at the Signature Theater Arlington Va.

About the Guest Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj is a Milwaukee-based, multi-disciplinary, American Theater Artist and Advocate. Mr. Maharaj was hailed in The New York Times for his award-winning play Little Rock, was selected as a New York Times Critics Pick. He is currently the Associate Artistic Producer of Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Mr. Maharaj's playwrighting residencies include the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, New Orleans Writer's Residency, Alliance Theater, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Crossroads Theater, Amas Musical Theater, Triskelion Arts, the 2020 Resident Playwright of the Letter of Marque Theatre, is a member of Theater Now's 2021 Virtual Musical Theater Writer's Group, a 2021 Season Finalist in The Downtown Urban Arts Festival in New York City, the inaugural playwright for the Theatre Raleigh New Works Reading Series, and a finalist for the 2021 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. Mr. Maharaj has been honored with many awards for his body of work in the American Theater including the prestigious Woodie King Jr. Award, four Vivian Robinson AUDELCO Awards, Barrymore Award, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Theatrical Moment of the Year, The New York International Fringe Festival Overall Excellence Award, Theater Communications Group Directors Grant and Playwriting Grant, Recipient of the 2020 National Alliance for Musical Theater Fifteen-Minute Musical Theater Challenge Award, he was a semi-finalist for the 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award Competition presented by American Blues Theater. He has been featured in numerous articles and interviews in notable industry publications such as The American Theater Magazine, The New York Times, The Yale School of Drama / Repertory Theater Review, The Dramatist, The Uptown Magazine, Playbill, Broadway World, The Daily News, The New York Post, The New York Beacon, The Philadelphia Sun, Time-Out New York, Harlem News, Amsterdam News, and The Stage Directors and Choreographers Journal for his work as a theater practitioner and leader. As a storyteller, Mr. Maharaj has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and at many of our nation's top Regional Theaters including the Bernard B. Jacobs, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, The Public, Second Stage Theatre, Soho Playhouse, Classical Theater of Harlem, New Federal Theater, New World Stages, Nuyorican Poets Café, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Lark Play Development Center, Theatre Row, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Portland Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare, Signature Theater, Theater Works, Goodman Theater, The Kennedy Center, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Perseverance, and New Freedom Theater. After his graduate studies at Brooklyn College, Mr. Maharaj was awarded a Masters of Fine Arts Degree from Brooklyn College. Mr. Maharaj is a proud alumnus of the Actors Studio Playwrights and Directors Unit, Lincoln Center's Directors Lab, and Theater Communication Group's Rising Leaders of Color in the American Theater. He has served as the Artistic Director of New Freedom Theater in Philadelphia as well as the Artistic Director of Rebel Theater. Mr. Maharaj founded the Voices at the River, an African and Latino American Playwrights New Works Festival hosted at Arkansas Repertory Theater. Mr. Maharaj is represented by Michael Moore of Michael Moore Agency Literary and Creatives. Connect with Beltline to Broadway Facebook – @beltlinetobroadway Twitter – @beltlinetobroadway Instagram – @beltlinetobroadway Web http://www.rduonstage.com/ (www.beltlinetobroadway.com) Support this podcast

In conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel Introduced by Virginia Sanchez Quiara Alegría Hudes won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Water by the Spoonful, a story of ''shimmering, sustaining warmth'' (New York Times) that follows an Iraq War veteran struggling for purchase after returning home. She also co-wrote the acclaimed musical In the Heights with Lin Manuel-Miranda, which has been adapted into a soon-to-be-released film. A playwright in residence at Signature Theater in New York, her other plays and musicals include the award-winning Yemaya's Belly, Barrio Grrrl!, and Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue, a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. In My Broken Language, Hudes tells the lyrical story of her Philly barrio upbringing, the muse-like influence of her extended Puerto Rican family, and how she transformed her obsession with stories into celebrated, finely wrought art. Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Paula Vogel's many works include Indecent, How I Learned to Drive, and Don Juan Comes Home From Iraq. Three awards have been named in her honor: the Paula Vogel Award for playwrights given by The Vineyard Theatre, the Paula Vogel Award from the American College Theatre Festival, and the Paula Vogel mentorship program. The founder of Brown University's playwriting program and the former O'Neill Chair at Yale School of Drama, she has also taught theater writing to incarcerated women, community organizations, and aspiring scribes across the world. Co-sponsored by Power Street Theatre Books with signed book plates are available through the Joseph Fox Bookshop (recorded 4/7/2021)

ACTOR-DIRECTOR-TEACHER – Rosalyn Coleman Williams Russ talks with incredibly accomplished actor, director and acting coach Rosalyn Coleman Williams. Rosalyn has appeared in a number of feature films including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Sky (Vanilla Sky), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Sugar_(2002_film) (Brown Sugar (2002 film)) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Heart (Music of the Heart). More recent credits include https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%27s_Finest (Brooklyn's Finest) starring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Hawke (Ethan Hawke) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Cheadle (Don Cheadle), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_and_Alice (Frankie and Alice) starring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle_Berry (Halle Berry), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Kind_of_a_Funny_Story_(film) (It's Kind of a Funny Story) starring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Roberts (Emma Roberts) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Davis (Viola Davis).. Among Rosalyn's many television credits are recurring/guest roles on Kidnapped (NBC), D.C. (WB), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_(TV_series) (Oz (TV series)) (HBO), Mercy (NBC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_Jackie (Nurse Jackie) (Showtime), New Amsterdam (Fox), and several appearances on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_SVU (Law & Order: SVU) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Criminal_Intent (Law & Order: Criminal Intent). Rosalyn's Broadway stage credits include https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Golf (Radio Golf), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Guitars (Seven Guitars), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano_Lesson (The Piano Lesson), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule_Bone (Mule Bone), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bitter_Tears_of_Petra_Von_Kant (The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant). Off-Broadway she starred in the world premieres of Whose Family Values and Carson McCullers (Historically Inaccurate) by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Schulman (Sarah Schulman) at Playwright's Horizons/The Women's Project. Other notable New York stage credits include the critically acclaimed Breath, Boom directed by Marion McClinton at Playwright's Horizons, The Old Settler at Primary Stages, Zooman and the Sign at the Signature Theater. She is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.  TIME STAMPS [00: Links Roz Website http://www.rosalyncoleman.com/ (http://www.rosalyncoleman.com) IMDB Roz https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171206/ (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171206/) Links to Russ on YouTube and his Websites https://linktr.ee/russcamarda (https://linktr.ee/russcamarda) Russ Movies https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2137381/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2137381/) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2414886/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2414886/) http://www.russcamarda.com/ (http://www.russcamarda.com) http://tagstudiony.com/ (http://tagstudiony.com) Production partners https://idunleashed.com/ (https://idunleashed.com) Support this podcast

Merissa Czyz is a NYC actress. After graduating from The Boston Conservatory, she traveled the country with the touring production of HAIR. She made her Off Broadway debut at The Signature Theater, and became a member of the Ensemble Studio Theater. Favorite works include: YES, GOD, YES, City on a Hill, New Amsterdam, and Love Life, and has recorded several children's audiobooks.IG: @merissaczyzmerissaczyz.comSFX by Zapsplat

Alan Campbell grew up in Homestead, Florida the son of a third generation farming family, and attended Tulane University and the University of Miami, graduating with a BA in business. Alan shares a daughter, Riley, with former wife, actress Lauren Kennedy. On Broadway: Alan recently played the role of Sam Carmichael in Broadway's hit musical, Mamma Mia!. He received a 1995 Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard opposite Glenn Close, Betty Buckley, and Elaine Paige. He also received the Drama-Logue Award for his performance in Sunset Boulevard's American Premiere in Los Angeles. Alan starred in Susan Stroman's 2000 Tony Award winning musical, Contact at Lincoln Center. Off-Broadway: Chris Durang's Adrift In Macao, Lanford Wilson's Book Of Days at the Signature Theater and in the regional premiere of Book Of Days at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Hartford Stage. He also starred Off-Broadway in AVOW, by Bill C. Davis. Other theatrical credits include David Mamet's, Race, Death and The Maiden, 12 Angry Men, Noel Coward's Hay Fever at San Diego's Old Globe, Oleanna, Beauty and the Beast, Johnny Guitar, the Kennedy Center's revival of Bell's Are Ringing, Of Thee I Sing at Chicago's Symphony Space, the Ford's Theatre production of On Shiloh Hill, Boogie Woogie Rumble of a Dream Deferred at the Urban Arts Corps in New York, Breakfast at Tiffany's at the St Louis MUNY and productions of I Love My Wife and Larry Shue's The Nerd. Feature films include Weekend Warriors; Bump in the Night; Tom, Dick and Harry, and Universal's A Simple Wish with Martin Short and Kathleen Turner. On television, he co-starred for 5 seasons with Bill Conrad and Joe Penny on CBS's Jake and the Fatman. He also co-starred with John Ritter as surfer "E.Z. Taylor", on ABC's Three's a Crowd, "Evan Grant" on NBC's Another World, "Dr. Ellis Marshall" on All My Children, Contact - "Live From Lincoln Center" on PBS, and in Red Flag, a CBS Movie of the Week. Alan has guest starred on numerous television shows including, Law and Order, Homicide: Life on the Streets, Facts of Life, Throb, Matlock and award winning Web Series, Submissions Only and Then We Got Help. His recordings include Sunset Boulevard, Adrift In Macao, "ABC" A Tribute to Adler, Bock and Coleman and The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber on Polygram. Alan is an originating member of the Broadway Tenors with Brent Barrett and Brian d'Arcy James. He has sung at the White House and performed for three U.S Presidents. Alan is a Founding Director of Theatre Raleigh/Hot Summer Nights in Raleigh North Carolina and a founding member of H.O.L.A. (Heart of Los Angeles) Youth Theatre, providing an artistic outlet and guidance to inner-city children. www.alancampbell.net Follow @balancampbell --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/support

Coronatine kept you from seeing these men’s performance in the Hot Wing Kings by Katori Hall at The Signature Theater but 4 of the kings and their director sat down with me for a lively chat about Black love and living while Black. It's me on six, my first Gang Bang! Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Coronatine kept you from seeing these men’s performance in the Hot Wing Kings by Katori Hall at The Signature Theater but 4 of the kings and their director sat down with me for a lively chat about Black love and living while Black. It's me on six, my first Gang Bang! Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Part 2: I envy Katori Hall. She gets to call a spade a spade without getting branded an angry black woman or as difficult which is what I always hear about myself from people who don’t know me at all. She is represented on Broadway with Tina the Musical, at The Signature Theater with The Hotwing Kings and on TV with Pussy Valley. She gets to create in every venue imaginable from Broadway to West End to TV/Film. Maybe it’s because she is so remarkably talented and makes so much money for all of them.  Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Part 1: I envy Katori Hall. She gets to call a spade a spade without getting branded an angry black woman or as difficult which is what I always hear about myself from people who don’t know me at all. She is represented on Broadway with Tina the Musical, at The Signature Theater with The Hotwing Kings and on TV with Pussy Valley. She gets to create in every venue imaginable from Broadway to West End to TV/Film. Maybe it’s because she is so remarkably talented and makes so much money for all of them.  Produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

In today's episode, Jen Rudin chats with seasoned young actor Rachel Resheff about balancing college and her professional acting career, with insights into Rachel's years as a child actor. Rachel Resheff is an actor, singer, and dancer. At age eight, she started her career starring opposite Edie Falco and Elias Koteas in Eric Mendelsohn’s acclaimed film Three Backyards. On Broadway, Rachel originated the role of Young Fiona in Shrek, The Musical, followed by roles in Billy Elliot, Mary Poppins, The People in The Picture (originated lead opposite Donna Murphy) and Larry David's Fish in the Dark (originated principal). Rachel has workshopped and performed in dozens of new works and Off-Broadway plays at Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theater, New York Stage and Film, Roundabout, Soho Rep and the Eugene O'Neil Center. Some of her film and TV credits include Netflix’s: Seven Seconds, Friends from College, and Orange is the New Black and feature films: The Escort, The Boat Builder, Annabelle Hooper and The Ghosts of Nantucket, and the upcoming Giving Birth to a Butterfly. Rachel is an alumna of the prestigious LaGuardia Arts High School and currently attends Harvard University ('23). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jennifer-a-rudin/support

DeWitt Fleming Jr. is an acclaimed tap dancer, and has performed and taught throughout the world. He has danced as a soloist with Grammy award winning artist such as Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Mcferrin, and Christian McBride to name a few. New York Times says he is, “a non stop source of rhythmic variety and surprise….sparks seem to fly from those shoes!” DeWitt's national tour credits include Riverdance (Lead Tapper), Cirque Du Soliel’s Banana Shpeel (Ensemble, featured tapper). His regional credits include Signature Theater’s Jelly’s Last Jam (Featured ensemble U/S Jelly) and Scottsboro Boys (Ozie/Ruby), Alliance Theater’s Sophisticated Ladies (Lead). His off-Broadway credits include Dance Bojangles Dance (Bojangles), Pearl (Bill Bailey), Cotton Club Parade (Lead/Nicholas Brother). TV/Film credits include Boardwalk Empire, Smash, Limitless, and How to be Single. Choreography credits include Boardwalk Empire season 4 (HBO), An Evening with Phyllis Hyman, Dorothy the Musical, Signature Theater’s Jelly’s Last Jam (Assistant Choreographer) and Scottsborro Boys (Assistant Choreographer). DeWitt is proud to be a Capezio athlete. www.DeWittFlemingJr.com @dewittflemingjrdotcom @dewitrighttapmics From what we discuss in this episode: Follow @atpwhitefish for more information on Alpine Theatre Project in Whitefish, MT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/support

Ross Baum is a lot of things. He's a composer, arranger, producer, vocal coach, and a performer and does ALL of those incredibly well. The reason why I wanted to sit down with him NOW is because the new musical Gun+Powder, which he wrote the music for, began rehearsals this week for the world premiere production that will open at the Signature Theater in DC this January. I felt like capturing how he's feeling right now and hearing where he's at as an artist and in his life, would make for not only great conversation, but an incredible time capsule for this moment before his first step into what he refers to as, “The Big Leagues.” In our conversation we hit on things like collaboration, community, success, momentum, the starving artist mentality, and the difference between writing pop and theater music. Ross and I, before this recording, had only spent one-on-one time together, once. I'm extremely happy to say that since we sat down for this, he's become much more integrated in my life and listening back made me feel deep gratitude for the opportunity that this podcast has afforded me in a short amount of time. I'm excited to continue on in 2020 and I couldn't have asked for a better guest to close out the decade with. + + + Ross Baum is a composer, performer, and music arranger. He received the 2018 Richard Rodgers Award for his original musical GUN & POWDER (book & lyrics by Angelica Chéri), which was also selected for the 2018 NAMT Festival, Theatre Latté Da's 2018 NEXT Festival, and Signature Theatre's 2017 Sigworks Lab, with presentations in Lincoln Center's Broadway's Future Songbook Series and the Drama League's 2018 DirectorFest. Ross composed original scores to ANNE FRANK: MY SECRET LIFE and A LETTER TO AUNTIE ROSA, which were commissioned by Diverging Elements Theatre Company. Also with Chéri, he was commissioned to write the official anthem for the National Children's Theatre of South Africa and the score for her play, Crowndation: I Will Not Lie To David, at the National Black Theatre. He has had residencies at Goodspeed Opera House and Two River Theater, and was selected as winner of NY City Center's Sondheim Remix contest and Disney/NMI's 2018 New Voices Project. Ross is the founder and music director of RANGE a cappella, through which he has provided vocal arrangements for Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, Playbill, Billboard, the E! Network's 2015 Oscars Live Red Carpet coverage, and performed with Kelly Clarkson at Radio City Music Hall. RANGE music videos have been viewed over 30 million times on YouTube, with Ross's arrangement of Hamilton [in 7 minutes] at 6 million views and counting. Their debut studio album, RANGE volume one, is now available on iTunes and Spotify. Ross holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University, MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from New York University, and is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. For more, visit www.rossbaum.net / @bossraum + + + The Come Up is a podcast that holds space for honest conversations about the reality of being a growing artist in the entertainment industry today. The myth of "making it" tells us that our happiness and fulfillment is dependent on a specific outcome when the truth is that there is no moment of arrival - the journey is never ending. This podcast will serve as an archive of individual perspectives and a source of inspiration for anyone navigating their own creative path. It's an opportunity to reflect on where we've been, where we're at, and where we're going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Giant” from 1956 is the sprawling, multiple decades story of the Benedict family, Jeff Rink, strong women, oil, cattle, conflict in race relations, power, political influence and the gulf between wealth and poverty. Edna Ferber’s 1952 novel is brought to life on a large, 3 hour 18 minute Academy Award winning, scale by Director George Stevens. “Shane” 1953 is another award winning film from Mr. Stevens and is discussed in our Episodes 91 and 92.Elizabeth Taylor as Leslie Benedict, Rock Hudson as Jordan Benedict Jr., Jett Rink played by James Dean, Elsa Cardenas as Juana Villalobos Benedict and Sal Mineo as Angel Obregon II are part of a large cast in this many faceted story played out on the Texas stage from the 1920’s up to the 1950’s. More than twenty primary characters contribute to the breadth of the drama.In 2009, “Giant” the musical, with a 3 hour and 45 minute length, premiered at the Signature Theater in Arlington, Virginia. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 2012 to positive reviews.In our opinion “Giant” contributes to the long journey of presenting a wider perception and understanding of people from very different backgrounds. We hope you enjoy our review.Up next it’s “Christmas In Connecticut” which will be released on Christmas Day!Become a Patron!“Christmas In Connecticut” is already available to Patrons at all Tier levels and as a Patron at Tiers 2 and 3 you can listen to “A Christmas Carol” from 1951 as our Bonus Show. Please consider becoming a Patron, it’s a wonderful way to support the show. It helps offset the cost of web hosting as well as for new equipment. Thank you!

Enrico Cecchi is the managing director of the IDI Group Companies. IDI has developed some of the most memorable projects in the Washington metro area over the last thirty years, and continues to lead the condominium and apartment communities in innovation, design excellence, quality workmanship and customer service. At IDI, Mr. Cecchi is directly responsible for overseeing headquarters office management, project financing, asset management, property acquisition and selected zoning matters, joint ventures and partnerships and other legal and contractual matters.Enrico is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia School of Law. He holds a masters’ degree in real estate and infrastructure from the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University. Enrico is active in the business and arts community in the Washington area, serving on boards for the Signature Theater and Wolf Trap, along with the Greater Washington Board of Trade. Enrico is an active member of the YPO US Capital Chapter.DisclosureThe information presented and opinions expressed are solely the views of the podcast host, commentator and their guest speaker(s). AllianceBernstein L.P. or its affiliates makes no representations or warranties concerning the accuracy of any data. There is no guarantee that any projection, forecast or opinion in this material will be realized. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The views expressed here may change at any time after the date of this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.AllianceBernstein L.P. does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. It does not take an investor’s personal investment objectives or financial situation into account; investors should discuss their individual circumstances with appropriate professionals before making any decisions. This information should not be construed as sales or marketing material or an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument, product or service sponsored by AllianceBernstein or its affiliates. The [A/B] logo is a registered service mark of AllianceBernstein, and AllianceBernstein® is a registered service mark, used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P.

We sit down with José Carrasquillo (Director of Artistic Programming, Ford's Theater, Kelley Crandall d'Amboise (Resident Casting Director & Artistic Coordinator, Signature Theater), Matt Torney (Associate Artistic Director, Studio Theatre) and Victor Vazquez (Casting Director, Arena Stage) to chat about being inclusive in casting and the larger obligations that casting directors have around the country.

Barrett Wilbert Weed made her Broadway debut in Lysistrata Jones, understudying some of the female characters. She appeared off Broadway in BARE: the musical, she originated the lead role of Veronica in HEATHERS, she performed in FOUND: the musical off-Broadway, and played Sally Bowles in the Signature Theater production of Cabaret in DC. Now, she’s back on Broadway starring as Janis Sarkisian in the new musical MEAN GIRLS and that is what she’s here to talk about today.Hosted by: Paul Wontorek, Ryan Lee Gilbert, Matt Rodin

07: Trump’s Lies and Dominique Morisseau’s Truths about Race and Class ***Please subscribe to us on iTunes (bit.ly/BetterOffRediTunes) and leave us a rating and review. It helps us reach a wider audience with these ideas. Also, we have just launched a Patreon account. Please check it out and consider making a small financial contribution. Thank you.*** In this week’s episode, we talk to award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau. She is the author of a three-play cycle about Detroit. One of those plays, Paradise Blue, opens at the Signature Theater this week. In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk about violence against women, Black feminism, the destruction of the Black Power movement, the importance of earned rage, the power of that rage when directed outwards, and the pain when it gets twisted and directed against those closest to us. Dominique shares her influences with us, from Pearl Cleage to Tupac to her revolutionary family—and more. Music is an important source of inspiration for her, and we’ve included some of the music that appears in her plays. We also discuss her work as a social justice activist and her fight to expand both representation in and access to the theater. In the opener, Jen, Danny and Eric discuss Trump’s “welfare reform 2.0” plan and what it tells us about how race, poverty and class are talked about in this country. There’s so much we got into in this episode. If you want to follow any of the threads further, check out our Patreon page (Patreon.com/BetterOffRedPod) with links to articles and music (access is free to all regardless of whether you are a patron).

Katie Finneran is a Two-time Tony Winner for her performances in NOISES OFF and PROMISES PROMISES. Her other Broadway credits include IT’S ONLY A PLAY, ANNIE, THE ICE MAN COMETH, CABARET, PROPOSALS, THE HEIRESS, IN THE SUMMER HOUSE, MY FAVORITE YEAR and more. She can currently be seen in Signature Theater’s production of Edward Albee’s AT HOME AT THE ZOO. Hosts: Beth Stevens, Paul Wontorek, Caitlyn Gallip

Writer, Composer, Musician, and Advocate Zak Sandler hangs out with Joseph Fusaro and Hysteria Radio to talk about the intitial onset of bipolar and then how he turned the diagnoses into fuel for his writing and advocacy. Zak is very honest and open about his symptoms, hospitalizations, and the changes he had to make in order to take back control of his life.  Prepare to be inspired. Zak Sandler Bio:Zak Sandler plays piano on Broadway for WICKED, and has played on Broadway for MOTOWN and THE COLOR PURPLE. He was a composer at the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project at Northwestern, and won the Fenno Heath Award for writing a new Yale song. His work has appeared at Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub, and Signature Theater in DC. He has the stage rights to create a musical adaptation of the dystopian young adult novel, THE CITY OF EMBER, along with Adele Powers and Ali Keller. Zak’s and Adele’s previous show, ANTHEM, ran at the 2014 New York Fringe Festival and at the Chicago Musical Theater Festival. His newest musical, INSIDE MY HEAD, about a young man confronting a mental condition that drives both his creativity and his psychosis, will be presented at NY Theatre Barn in Fall 2018. He is also creating a docu-series that highlights the link between creativity and mental conditions, called “Insanely Talented”. Zak is an avid speaker about his own bipolar, having presented at the 2017 NAMI National Convention in Washington, D.C. and at the 2017 NAMI New York State Education Conference in Albany. He believes that being open about his own condition is the best way to destigmatize it.You can find out more about us at www.hysteriaradio.netYou can find out more about Mental Health News Radio Network at www.mhnrnetwork.comThank you for your support. We are always grateful and appreciative for you shares, recommends, and 5 star reviews.

The Pulitzer-winning playwright ("Jesus Hopped the A Train," "Between Riverside and Crazy") talks about writing (and not writing), his recent forays into acting and why his current retrospective and residency at Signature Theater at first made him think, "Uh, oh. I'm old. It's done."

When–and it should be when, not if–you listen to part two of my Special Sauce interview with Adam Driver, my guess is you'll be as awed as I was by his bandwidth, his intellectual curiosity, and the way he thinks about food and life. You'll learn, for instance, that he chooses roles based in large part on the director involved in the project, which makes sense in light of the fact that he's worked with directors like Joel and Ethan Coen, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Soderbergh. And you'll learn that Adam had been working in theater for years with world-class playwrights like Tony Kushner (he played the role of Louis Ironson in the 2011 Signature Theater revival of Angels in America) for years before anyone saw him in Girls.   I'd read somewhere that Adam had, at one point, eaten a whole chicken every day for lunch. When I asked him why, he laughed and said, "I don't know. I couldn't answer that. I put myself on this big physical regime coming right from the military that I thought was...to challenge myself, and a whole chicken was part of it. One day I had a whole chicken and a foot-long sub from Subway and I'm like, 'This has got to stop.'"   We also talked about who he'd invite to the table for his last supper (family wasn't allowed) of meatloaf: Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, Stanley Kubrick, and Cy Twombly. And, as usual, I asked him about what people around the world would be doing on a holiday held in his name. You're going to have to listen to find out what he said, but suffice it to say it involves a lot of wind sprints and taking care of stray dogs, and that the world might be a better place if we did in fact celebrate Adam Driver Day. 

Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Kristen Konvitz Episode 20 listen HERE! Welcome back to NSLD Empowering Actors to Create episode 20. We are on the road today at Stay Gold Features with producers Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Kristen Konvitz. Today we discuss the nuances of producing, finding a fresh voice, and being badass ladies in the film industry. Producer & Founder Daniela Taplin Lundberg is founder of the recently launched Stay Gold Features, a New-York based finance and production company. Prior to starting Stay Gold, Lundberg was a co-founding partner of Red Crown Productions, the banner she established in 2010 with Daniel Crown and Riva Marker. With Red Crown, she produced Cary Fukunaga's African child soldier film BEASTS OF NO NATION which was released by Netflix in 2015 in a game-changing deal for the film industry. She premiered Michael Showalter’s HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS starring Sally Field at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival to rave reviews and sold the film to Roadside Attractions/Sony in the biggest sale to ever come out of the festival. Lundberg was previously a partner at Plum Pictures and has produced over 20 films, including the Golden Globe Best Picture winner THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT. Lundberg lives in Westport, CT with her husband and three children. She is a graduate of Princeton University. In 2012 The Hollywood Reporter named her one of 11 “Producers to know” and the NY Times deemed her a “power sibling” along with her sister, Sylvana Durrett. In 2015 Variety named her “one of the most influential NY players in entertainment”. Lundberg is a member of YPO (Young President’s Organization) and sits on the board of Signature Theater in New York City. Daniela was recently named as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. KRISTEN KONVITZ Head of Production Prior to joining Stay Gold Features, Kristen worked as Director of Film for the global crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo, where she led the New York office in building relationships with talent and shepherding them through their crowdfunding campaigns. She spent six years in acquisitions and production at Wild Bunch, one of the leading independent film sales, financing & distribution companies. She began working in acquisitions at The Weinstein Company and made the transition to Wild Bunch open its first U.S. office. Kristen holds a B.S. in media studies from New York University and a M.F.A. in film producing from Columbia University. STAY GOLD FEATURES IS A FILM FUND AND PRODUCTION COMPANY ESTABLISHED TO PRODUCE FILMS BY AUTUER DIRECTORS. INSPIRED BY THE LAST WORDS OF THE OUTSIDERS' JOHNNY CADE, "STAY GOLD, PONYBOY," OUR MISSION IS TO STAY TRUE TO THE INTEGRITY AND HIGH QUALITY OF MOVIES THAT WE ADMIRE AND TO PARTNER WITH THE MOST PROGRESSIVE AND INNOVATIVE FILMMAKERS OF OUR TIME. STAY GOLD FEATURES WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED CONTENT THAT IS AT ONCE INTELLIGENT AND COMMERCIAL; OUR FILMS WILL PUSH BOUNDARIES BY EXPLORING THE HUMAN CONDITION, MAKING AUDIENCES LAUGH, CRY AND CONVERSE. AS ILLUSTRATED BY HISTORICAL SUCCESS, STAY GOLD WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH FILMMAKERS WHO HAVE EXTRAORDINARY VISION AND WHOSE GIFT AS STORYTELLERS SETS THEIR FILMS APART FROM THE PACK. Facebook: Stay Gold Features Twitter: @staygoldfund Instagram: @staygoldfeatures

KRISTIN HANGGI   Kristin is most known for directing and developing the international smash-hit  “Rock of Ages” which was nominated for five Tony Nominations including Best Direction of a Musical for Kristin Hanggi.  She has directed the productions on Broadway, the West End, Australia, Toronto, Las Vegas, and two National Tours.   Ms. Hanggi's other productions include acclaimed pop opera “bare” which was rated the #1 production in New York by Zagat audiences and ran to sold-out audiences in Los Angeles and off-Broadway, for which she received the Ovation Award Best Musical, LA Weekly Award Best Musical, Robby Award Best Director. “Bare” continues to be produced all over the world.  Ms. Hanggi also directed initial production that launched the cat Dolls, “cat Dolls Live at the Roxy” with Christina Applegate, Carmen Electra and special guests Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Brittany Murphy, Nikka Costa and Charlize Theron. Other stage productions include: “Surf” at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas; “And the Curtain Rises” at the Signature Theater; the 2007 winner of the New York’s Fringe Festival, “Catch The Fish;” Brian Crano’s play “Twelfth Premise” (LA Times Critics Pick); the Los Angeles Premiere of Terrence McNally’s “Corpus Christi” (2001 Ticketholder Award, Best Production; 2001 Ticketholder Award, Best Director; 2001 Robby Award, Best Director of a Play); Crane, Mississippi (LA Times Critic’s Choice, Backstage West Critic’s Pick); the New York and Los Angeles productions of the underground cult-hit “Ann E.       .