Podcast appearances and mentions of Stephen Karam

Are you on team Fish Tank or team Cat House??? Get into the beef between two Drag clubs in the wildly entertaining off-Broadway show, Drag The Musical. Today on GOOD SHOW!, Sarah chats with the director/ choreographer, Spencer Liff. Dive into the Fish Tank and listen to Sarah and Spencer talk about collaborating with designers, Spencer's beginnings as a child actor, and his love of drag culture. Then they get feisty in the Cat House and talk about the exciting diversity in the cast, Liza Minnelli, and more! Sarah decides "How Queer Is It?" with the newly revamped GOOD SHOW! Queer Scale. Spencer Liff is an award winning Director and Choreographer with work frequently seen on both the stage and screen. He has earned two Emmy Nominations for Outstanding Choreography for his work on the hit FOX TV series "So You Think You Can Dance." Films include the upcoming Legendary Pictures feature film The Toxic Avenger, Steppin' Into The Holiday starring Mario Lopez, and Stephen Karam's Speech and Debate. Past Broadway credits include Head Over Heels, with music by the Go-Go's, The Lincoln Center revival of the groundbreaking musical Falsetto's, Tony Award-Winning revival of Hedwig And The Angry Inch starring Neil Patrick Harris, and the critically acclaimed Tony Nominated revival of Spring Awakening. Connect with Spencer Liff Instagram: @spencerliff Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Karam's play Speech & Debate takes on censorship in schools. When three high school students find themselves unable to speak truth to power through traditional means, they use the school's new speech and debate club to fight the puritanical adult culture around them.... with the help of a dancing Abraham Lincoln and Mary Warren. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss this play!  ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue.  https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast  ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media 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/ ------------------------------ Thanks so much for listening! We'll see you next week.

Certainty or Creativity - which will you choose?This week, Nathan Hill's novel “Wellness” serves as a springboard for Laura's spark. The specific line that ignited our conversation?  "You can choose to be certain or you can choose to be alive." We'll discuss how this notion impacts all our creative journeys and share wisdom from playwright Stephen Karam on the price of admission for love and artistry.This episode marks the launch of Season 5 with a fresh approach—shorter, more frequent episodes designed to keep your creative sparks burning. Join us as we explore how the need for certainty can hold us back in love and creativity, and how embracing uncertainty can fuel growth and transformation. And consider the scientifically proven placebo effect…just the belief in positive outcomes can lead to positive outcomes. What might happen if we approached our creative work with optimism, hope, and a belief in positive outcomes?Jump back into The Spark File and discover how you can connect with us to turn your sparks of inspiration into a bonfire of creativity!Doors are now open for our next ILLUME cohort. ILLUME is our 9 month mastermind in creativity focusing on completing your creative work while learning the skills you need to successfully launch your project into the world. Book a free, no obligation call with us to find out if ILLUME is right for you. Learn more here: https://programs.thesparkfile.com/illume2024-25

Home Made Theater's next production is "The Humans” by Stephen Karam. Performances run April 19 to April 28 at the Dee Sarno Theater at Saratoga Arts in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Who wanted a bleak; performance driven family drama?! This week on Bottom of the Stream we focus on The Humans; a 2021 movie written and Directed by Stephen Karam. Starring; Richard Jenkins; Jayne Houdyshell and Amy Schumer, listen in to hear what we made of this tale of a family gathering for Thanksgiving dinner only to discover everyone has a secret to hide and all is not what it seems…   Bottom of the stream is a weekly podcast, hosted by film lovers Adam and Nick, exploring the parts of Netflix that most people don't go to in a bid to find out what hidden gems are lurking down there Every week we rank the films we watch against each other and place them in what we like to call THE STREAM TABLE which can be found on our website  www.bottomofthestream.com Follow us on Twitter, instagram and letterboxed at @bots_podcast  Please consider supporting the show on Patreon, If you do we will give you lots of bonus content including early access to the episodes. Check it out over at www.patreon.com/bottomofthestream   We also now have a discord so join us to hang out https://discord.gg/wJ3Bfqt    

Today on the show, we have writer and director Stephen Karam. He is the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans, Sons of the Prophet, and Speech & Debate. For his work he's received two Drama Critics Circle Awards, an OBIE Award, and is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.Stephen recently directed his first feature film, a rethought version of The Humans for A24 films, to be released in 2021. He wrote a film adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull starring Annette Bening, which Sony Pictures Classics released.His adaptation of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard premiered on Broadway as part of Roundabout's 2016 season. Recent honors include the inaugural Horton Foote Playwriting Award, the inaugural Sam Norkin Drama Desk Award, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, Drama League Award, and Hull-Warriner Award.Stephen and I had a great conversation about how he went from Broadway to Hollywood, adapting his award-winning play to the big screen, his creative process, and much more.Enjoy my conversation with Stephen Karam.

The 17th century. The English Civil War. Whitehead, a man of letters, maker of lace, and self-described coward, is tasked with finding and arresting the colleague and rival alchemist who stole his master's papers. He enlists the aid of Cutler, a soldier who claims he can take them to a nearby alehouse, and two deserters, the wily Jacob and dull-minded Friend. Upon arriving at Cutler's destination – not the alehouse, but a wide open field strewn with hallucinogenic mushrooms, the group locates the alchemist, O'Neil. But instead of taking in his man, Whitehead, along with Jacob and Friend, find themselves O'Neil's prisoners. And as Whitehead becomes a literal tool in O'Neil's plot to seek out a deposit of gold in the field, this one-time familiar place quickly turns strange and otherworldly. Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 0:00-20:20 Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy) 20:21-50:34 Superlatives (so. many. spoilers.) 50:35-1:05:17 Director Ben Wheatley Screenplay Amy Jump Featuring Julian Barratt, Peter Ferdinando, Richard Glover, Ryan Pope, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley Bobby Frederick Tilley is a costume designer for theater, film, and TV. His theater credits include Be More Chill (Lyceum Theater, Broadway, Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Costume Design, 2019 Theatre Fans Choice Award Best Costume Design); Bulldozer: The Legend of Robert Moses starring Constantine Maroulis; Hot Mess; The Legend of Georgia McBride; the World Premiere of Guards At The Taj (Henry Hewes Design Award nomination for Costume Design), The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, and the World Premiere of Annie Baker's Body Awareness (Atlantic Theatre Company); Joe Iconis's Broadway Bounty Hunter starring Annie Golden; The Power of Duff (Geffen Playhouse); the World Premiere of Open House (Signature Theatre); the World Premiere of Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout); the World Premiere of All New People (2econd Stage); Thinner Than Water (LAByrinth Theater Company); the World Premiere of Annie Baker's The Aliens (Rattlestick); Nora and Delia Ephron's Love Loss and What I Wore (Westside Theater); and Lizzie Borden (The Living Theater, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design and Henry Hewes Design Award nomination for Costume Design). His costume designs for film and television include Hello, I Must Be Going, The Green, Four Lane Highway, Little Kings, Rubout, Robert Smigel's “TV Funhouse” for Comedy Central, “Manhattan Valley,” and “Once in a Lifetime.” With Laura Bauer, he worked on Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, Peter Hedges' Pieces of April, Theresa Rebeck's Spinning Into Butter, and Tom Donaghy's Story of a Bad Boy. Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with embellishments by Edward Elgar. Music from “A Field in England” by Jim Williams. “Baloo My Boy” performed by Richard Glover. For more information on this film, the pod, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, scareupod.com. Please subscribe to this podcast via Apple or Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave us a 5-star rating. Join our Facebook group. Follow us on Instagram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We pay tribute to Boon Wurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta actor, writer and activist and elder Jack Charles who has died at the age of 79.Also, Stephen Karam's Tony Award-winning play The Humans is now a film, directed by the playwright himself, and we unpack Charles III's first speech as king, a tribute to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, which ended with a quote from William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

We pay tribute to Boon Wurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta actor, writer and activist and elder Jack Charles who has died at the age of 79. Also, Stephen Karam's Tony Award-winning play The Humans is now a film, directed by the playwright himself, and we unpack Charles III's first speech as king, a tribute to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, which ended with a quote from William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Lee welcomes Stephen Karam who is the Tony Award-winning playwright of The Humans which he adapted into a feature film set over the course of an evening in which the Blake family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving.Dallas and Lee also round up the latest A24 news.

Lee welcomes Stephen Karam who is the Tony Award-winning playwright of The Humans which he adapted into a feature film set over the course of an evening in which the Blake family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving. Dallas and Lee also round up the latest A24 news.

bMovies is back, baby! Our very own Viewmaster kicks off the reviews by talking about Stephen Karam's The Humans - originally a play, and now a creepy as hell film with a stacked cast. Whakarongo mai nei!  Playing at the ASB Waterfront Theatre on 2 August and 6 August. 

This week on On Story we're joined by The Humans writer & director Stephen Karam for a conversation on adapting a play for the big screen. Stephen Karam is a playwright, screenwriter, and director. His plays Sons of the Prophet, a comedy-drama about a Lebanese-American family, and the subject of today's episode, The Humans were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2012 and 2016, respectively. The Humans won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play, leading to Karam adapting the play for the big screen in 2021. The film was shown at the 2021 Austin Film Festival. Set inside a pre-war duplex in downtown Manhattan, The Humans follows the course of an evening in which the Blake family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving. As darkness falls outside the crumbling building, mysterious things start to go bump in the night and family tensions reach a boiling point. Moderator Casey Baron sat down with Stephen Karam for a panel about his work at the Austin Film Festival. Clips of The Humans courtesy of A24.

Today on the show we have writer and director Stephen Karam. He is the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans,  Sons of the Prophet and Speech & Debate. For his work he's received two Drama Critics Circle Awards, an OBIE Award and is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.Stephen recently directed his first feature film, a rethought version of The Humans for A24 films, to be released in 2021.  He wrote a film adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull starring Annette Bening, which was released by Sony Picture Classics.His adaptation of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard premiered on Broadway as part of Roundabout's 2016 season. Recent honors include the inaugural Horton Foote Playwriting Award, the inaugural Sam Norkin Drama Desk Award, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, Drama League Award,  and Hull-Warriner Award.Stephen and I have a great conversation on how he went from Broadway to Hollywood, adapting his award-winning play to the big screen, his creative process and much more.Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group's deepest fears are laid bare. The piercingly funny and haunting debut film from writer-director Stephen Karam, adapted from his Tony Award-winning play, The Humans explores the hidden dread of a family and the love that binds them together.Enjoy my conversation with Stephen Karam.

Welcome to Episode 409 where the Leftovers are joined by Stephanie Chapman. In this episode we go over our winners for the New York Homicide beanies and scarves but we still need more entries for The Commando. Send your entries to contest@popcultureleftovers.com. For MOVIES in Good Pop Bad Pop we talk about the new SCREAM (2022) film that dropped in theaters. Does it hold a candle to the first film? George Clooney directed a new movie that hit Amazon Prime, THE TENDER BAR, starring Tye Sheridan, Ben Affleck, Lily Rabe and Christopher Lloyd. We've got another DC Animated movie to talk about with INJUSTICE. On an alternate Earth, the Joker tricks Superman into killing Lois Lane, which sends the hero on a path of destruction. Superman decides to take control of Earth and Batman and his allies must try to stop him. Showtime has a new A24 film that's adapted from writer-director Stephen Karam, adapted from his Tony Award-winning play, THE HUMANS. Netflix dropped a stop motion animated movie THE HOUSE. We talk about THE SUPER BOB EINSTEIN MOVIE on HBO Max that chronicles the amazing life of Bob Einstein known to many of his fans as Super Dave. And after a short run at the theater THE RESCUE is now on Disney+. A chronicle of the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand. In TV for Good Pop Bad Pop we talk about Episode 2 and 3 of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT. And of course we talk about the first 3 episode of James Gunn's PEACEMAKER that dropped on HBO Max. A new horror series is on Netflix with ARCHIVE 81. And Peacock debuted a mini-series starring Isla Fisher and Josh Gad, WOLF LIKE ME. In NEWS we talk about the Michael Bay American remake news of THE RAID coming to Netflix. Also, QUANTUM LEAP is getting a pilot order for a new series. What does that mean? Will Scott Bakula be back as Sam Beckett? And we talk about the news of a Tim Allen THE SANTA CLAUS series on Disney+. And in Marvel News it looks like MOON KNIGHT might drop on March 30th 2022 and we're getting our first trailer on 1/17 during Monday Night Football. Murphy's Multiverse is adding a couple of other possible movies/shows where we could see Charlie Cox reappear as DAREDEVIL. Also, we talk DOCTOR STRANGE: IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS rumors as well as a ton of other MCU rumors.

Stephen Karam is the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans, Sons of the Prophet and Speech & Debate. For his work he's received two Drama Critics Circle Awards, an OBIE Award and is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. Stephen recently directed his first feature film, a rethought version of The Humans for A24 films, to be released in 2021. He wrote a film adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull starring Annette Bening, which was released by Sony Picture Classics. His adaptation of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard premiered on Broadway as part of Roundabout's 2016 season. Recent honors include the inaugural Horton Foote Playwriting Award, the inaugural Sam Norkin Drama Desk Award, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, Drama League Award, and Hull-Warriner Award. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thescreenwritinglife/support

Based on his stage play, writer-director Stephen Karam's "The Humans" explores a dysfunctional family's Thanksgiving dinner, Dan Webster says in his review. Besides being a film critic for Spokane Public Radio, "Movies 101" host Dan Webster writes the Movies & More blog for Spokane7.com

Sí, es viernes: ese mágico día donde a veces sale Hoy Trasnoche. Hoy es uno de los que sí, y la espera valió la pena, porque tenemos un capitulazo. Bueno, a bajar las expectativas: hay coyunturas variadas; que incluyen la pasión de Spielberg por poner solo latinos puros en Amor sin barreras, por extraño que eso suene; el casteo de Nicolas Cage como Dracula; el no estreno de la nueva de Almodóvar en cines y la lista de "lo mejor del año" según IMdB. Esperá, no te pegues un tiro, porque también se habla de dos películas sobre cenas que resultan diametralmente opuestas: The Humans de Stephen Karam y The Feast de Lee Haven-Jones, que unx le gustó más al otrx y viceversa... ¿Cuál a quién? Ni ellxs se acuerdan. Y eso no es todo: porque este capítulo incluye Kennedys, con lo que empieza como un canapé y termina en una historia algo larga y, para que mentirte, horrorosa. Bueno, querías Hoy Trasnoche ahí lo tenés. Ahora no rompas más los huevos hasta el viernes que viene.

The scariest non-horror movie you'll see all year, Stephen Karam's brilliant adaptation and direction of his Tony winning play "The Humans" arrived on Showtime to seemingly no deserved fanfare. The cast of six, including Beanie Feldstein, Richard Jenkins, Amy Schumer, Stephen Yeun and Queen June Squibb, works together through a symphony of micro-aggressions and private meltdowns, but it's Jayne Houdyshell, the only other carryover from the stage version and with a Tony for it to boot, who steals the show. Between the recliner moment, crying alone at the kitchen table, telling Brigid about her broken toilet seat and THE CUPCAKE SCENE, we can't celebrate this BSA enough at the beginning of an awards season where she's unlikely to get any recognition. We wrap things up this week with an important announcement about the Best Supporting Aftershow! Best Supporting Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bsapod Email: thebsapod@gmail.com Twitter: @bsapod Colin Drucker Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_ Nick Kochanov Twitter: @nickkochanov Instagram: @nickkochanov

In this weeks episode the boys discuss Stephen Karam's debut film adapted from his Tony award winning play. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We begin today with another edition of Midday at the Movies, our monthly look at films and filmmaking. We're joined again by two of our favorite movie aficionados: Ann Hornaday, film critic for The Washington Post and author of the great movie-goers guide, Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies, and Jed Dietz, the founder and former director of the Maryland Film Festival and Parkway Theater. Our guests discuss a new survey showing American moviegoing crowds have still not returned in pre-COVID numbers to their local moviehouses — and the numbers suggest that a sizeable percentage of them might never return. We also consider a few of the best new holiday-season releases, including Belfast - at the Charles and area theaters only - director Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical memoir of growing up amid the sectarian violence of Northern Ireland in the 1960s; The Humans, an indie gem from director/playwright Stephen Karam (based on his Tony Award-winning play) that's now streaming on SHOWTIME; and The Power of the Dog,director Jane Campion's powerful western drama starring Benedict Cumberpatch, now showing at the Parkway and streaming on Netflix. Ann Hornaday joins us on our digital line. Jed Dietz joins us on Zoom.  Some other notable new releases we didn't have time to talk about: Cmon C'mon, a movingdrama about the relationship between a troubled journalist and his young nephew, shot in moody black and white by director Mike Mills, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Woody Norman, and now playing at the Charles and local theaters; House of Gucci,director Ridley Scott's lavish tale of decadence, betrayal and murder in the family of the legendary designer, starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver and Al Pacino, now at the Parkway and other local theaters; Get Back, director Peter Jackson's 3-part, 8-hourdocumentary about The Beatles, now streaming on Disney Plus; and West Side Story, director Steven Spielberg's long-awaited remake of the 1957 hit Broadway musical (later an Oscar-sweeping 1961 film) featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a new screenplay by Tony Kushner. The film opens in theaters (only) on December 10. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE HUMANS MOVIE REVIEW Based on his Pulitzer Prize winning one-act play, writer Stephen Karam debuts as a film director here as he takes on his story of a very uncomfortable family Thanksgiving gathering. The story takes place in the new and unfurnished apartment in NYC that Brigid (Beanie Feldstein) and her boyfriend Richard (Steven… Read More »Screener Squad: The Humans

THE HUMANS MOVIE REVIEW Based on his Pulitzer Prize winning one-act play, writer Stephen Karam debuts as a film director here as he takes on his story of a very uncomfortable family Thanksgiving gathering. The story takes place in the new and unfurnished apartment in NYC that Brigid (Beanie Feldstein) and her boyfriend Richard (Steven… Read More »Screener Squad: The Humans

The weekly movie review edition of the podcast adds seven titles from the Thanksgiving holiday. Erik Childress checks out the 1980s hi-jinks of trying to obtain a Nintendo (8-Bit Christmas) while Steve Prokopy delves into the new Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car) and the stylings of classic songwriters of old (The Beatles: Get Back) and new (Encanto). The pair debate whether the directorial debut of Halle Berry is worth your time (Bruised) and try to decipher just what anybody sees in Stephen Karam's adaptation of his own play (The Humans). Finally, they look into the second Ridley Scott film in as many months and, whether or not, that's a good thing (House of Gucci). 1:51 – 8-Bit Christmas 12:11 – Drive My Car 20:41 - Bruised 34:43 – The Beatles: Get Back 51:00 – The Humans 1:08:15 – Encanto 1:16:24 – House of Gucci

"The Humans" had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and is now playing in limited release and streaming on Showtime. The film is an adaptation of the stage show of the same name by Tony Award winner Stephen Karam, who is making his feature-length directing debut here. The film utilizes an ensemble of incredible actors and leading them is Academy Award-nominee Richard Jenkins in one of his best performances to date as the patriarch of a family who has gathered in a broken down New York City apartment for Thanksgiving, each of them harboring secrets and challenges which make their way to the surface over the course of a single evening. Richard was kind enough to spend some time discussing his familiarity with the original show, working with the other actors and Karam, and a few thoughts on his upcoming role in "Nightmare Alley." Be sure to take a listen down below and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

This week just in time for the holiday, we kick off our show with Stephen Karam's Thanksgiving family drama THE HUMANS (1:41), which underwhelms despite its stacked cast. Next we discuss Halle Berry's directorial debut BRUISED (16:32) a formulaic sports film about a down on her luck queer MMA fighter trying to find redemption. Then we review KING RICHARD (34:45), Reinaldo Marcus Green's engaging sports biopic, which looks at how Venus and Serena Williams' father Richard (Will Smith) propelled them into tennis superstardom from birth. And in this week's Patreon exclusive audio, we talk about the winner of our November film noir poll, Robert Altman's 1973 film THE LONG GOODBYE, starring Elliott Gould!

In this week's episode, Jesse sits down with writer/director Stephen Karam to talk about his new movie The Humans. The two discuss what it was like for Stephen to adapt his play into a feature film, and what inspirations he drew on for its unique aesthetic. Then Jesse talks with one of the film's stars, Richard Jenkins, about what it was like to work on the project, as well as his acclaimed career as one of Hollywood's most celebrated character actors.

Today on the show we have writer and director Stephen Karam. He is the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans, Sons of the Prophet and Speech & Debate. For his work he's received two Drama Critics Circle Awards, an OBIE Award and is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.Stephen recently directed his first feature film, a rethought version of The Humans for A24 films, to be released in 2021. He wrote a film adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull starring Annette Bening, which was released by Sony Picture Classics.His adaptation of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard premiered on Broadway as part of Roundabout's 2016 season. Recent honors include the inaugural Horton Foote Playwriting Award, the inaugural Sam Norkin Drama Desk Award, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, Drama League Award, and Hull-Warriner Award. Stephen and I have a great conversation on how he went from Broadway to Hollywood, adapting his award-winning play to the big screen, his creative process and much more. Erik Blake gathers three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls and eerie things go bump in the night, the group's deepest fears are laid bare.Enjoy my conversation with Stephen Karam.

"Don't you think it should cost less to be alive?" Today on the show we've got a review of the new Netflix film The Power of the Dog from writer/director Jane Campion and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. After that a look at the fascinating new Thanksgiving film from A24, The Humans, directed by Stephen Karam and Richard Jenkins, Beanie Feldstein, Amy Schumer, Jayne Houdyshell, Steven Yeun, and June Squibb. Continuing the new series, The Art of Deconstruction: Faith, Doubt & Film, filmmaker Chad Hill stops by the podcast to tell about his experiences and break down the 2016 film Silence from director Martin Scorsese and starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson. I also give a quick reaction to some of the other films I've been watching, including a few that played AFI Fest 2021. Films (and TV) discussed include: Holy Emy (AFI Fest)Paris, 13th District (AFI Fest)Petite Maman (AFI Fest)Squid GameShiva BabyAll Too Well: The Short FilmSpencerBelfastUndine Links Holy Emy review on ArthouseGarage.com Chad Hill's short film, Invitation, free to watch on Vimeo What is an "exvangelical"? - “Exvangelical” – a working definition. Podcast segment about the adaptation of the Silence novel Trailer for Don't Look Up Trailer for The Hand of God Connect with Arthouse Garage Instagram Facebook Twitter Letterboxd Email us at Andrew@ArthouseGarage.com Subscribe to the email newsletter: arthousegarage.com/subscribe Try Opopop popcorn! Get 10% off your first order Theme music by Apauling Productions

"Don't you think it should cost less to be alive?" Today on the show we've got a review of the new Netflix film The Power of the Dog from writer/director Jane Campion and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. After that a look at the fascinating new Thanksgiving film from A24, The Humans, directed by Stephen Karam and Richard Jenkins, Beanie Feldstein, Amy Schumer, Jayne Houdyshell, Steven Yeun, and June Squibb. Continuing the new series, The Art of Deconstruction: Faith, Doubt & Film, filmmaker Chad Hill stops by the podcast to tell about his experiences and break down the 2016 film Silence from director Martin Scorsese and starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson. I also give a quick reaction to some of the other films I've been watching, including a few that played AFI Fest 2021. Films (and TV) discussed include: Holy Emy (AFI Fest)Paris, 13th District (AFI Fest)Petite Maman (AFI Fest)Squid GameShiva BabyAll Too Well: The Short FilmSpencerBelfastUndine Links Holy Emy review on ArthouseGarage.com Chad Hill's short film, Invitation, free to watch on Vimeo What is an "exvangelical"? - “Exvangelical” – a working definition. Podcast segment about the adaptation of the Silence novel Trailer for Don't Look Up Trailer for The Hand of God Connect with Arthouse Garage Instagram Facebook Twitter Letterboxd Email us at Andrew@ArthouseGarage.com Subscribe to the email newsletter: arthousegarage.com/subscribe Try Opopop popcorn! Get 10% off your first order Theme music by Apauling Productions

Beanie Feldstein, a theater kid through and through, now finds herself a veritable film and TV star. While the approach to stage and screen might differ, her philosophy is always the same: her most inspired work stems from bonding with collaborators who can't help but become family. “Every opportunity is going to fill you up in certain ways and deplete you in certain ways,” she says. “I always just feel like I can go my deepest and do my best if I know the people around me.” Born in Los Angeles in a family of Hollywood professionals (including brother Jonah Hill), Elizabeth Greer a.k.a. Beanie grew up performing community theater and studying at the Stagedoor Manor theater camp before attending Wesleyan University. Her breakout roles in “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” and the SAG-nominated “Lady Bird” led to an award-winning turn opposite Kaitlyn Dever in Olivia Wilde's “Booksmart,” as well as “How to Build a Girl” and guest appearances on “The Simpsons,” “Grey's Anatomy,” and “What We Do in the Shadows.” This year she portrayed Monica Lewinsky and produced FX's “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” and starred in A24's adaptation of “The Humans” from Stephen Karam. Up next, Beanie will feature in the years-long filming of Richard Linklater's “Merrily We Roll Along” and return to Broadway, after “Hello Dolly!”, to play Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl” this spring. This week in Backstage Magazine and online, check out the Emerging Talent Portfolio—for a glimpse of the stars of tomorrow: https://bit.ly/3wV6Snk --- Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage's podcast, features intimate, in-depth conversations with today's most noteworthy film, television, and theater actors and creators. This is your guide to every aspect of acting, from voiceover and commercial work to casting directors, agents, and more. Full of both know-how and inspiration, In the Envelope airs weekly to cover everything from practical advice on navigating the industry, to how your favorite projects are made, to personal stories of success and failure alike. Join host Jack Smart, Awards Editor at Backstage, for this guide on how to live the creative life from those who are doing it every day: https://bit.ly/2OMryWQ Follow Backstage and In the Envelope on social media: - https://www.facebook.com/backstage - https://www.twitter.com/backstage - https://www.twitter.com/intheenvelope - https://www.instagram.com/backstagecast Looking to get cast? Subscribe here: www.backstage.com/subscribe Browse Backstage casting listings: https://bit.ly/3mth68e Check out our community-driven virtual programming, The Slate: https://bit.ly/2WDNXf0 Backstage stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement: https://bit.ly/3cuMBt5 Special thanks to... - Host: Jack Smart - Producer: Jamie Muffett - Social media: Katie Minard - Design: Mark Stinson, Caitlin Watkins - Additional support: Christine McKenna-Tirella, Kasey Howe, Samantha Sherlock, Benjamin Lindsay, Oriella St. Louis

On this episode Matt & Eric review Stephen Karam's The Humans at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.Matt's Rating: 4.5/5 Eric's Rating: 3.5/5

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 >

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

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Amy Schumer is an Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated standup comedian, actress, writer, producer and director. In 2013, Schumer created, starred, wrote and executive-produced the award-winning Comedy Central show “Inside Amy Schumer”. In 2015, Schumer’s Universal Pictures film Trainwreck dominated the worldwide box office as the hit summer comedy and in 2018 she starred in the STX comedy I Feel Pretty.  In 2016, Schumer was nominated for a Tony for her role in Steve Martin’s “Meteor Shower.” In 2017, she became a The New York Times bestselling author and Grammy nominee with the release of her first book The Girl with The Lower Back Tattoo.  She has released a variety of comedy specials including “The Leather Special (Netflix),” “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (HBO),” and most recently the Emmy-nominated “Amy Schumer: Growing (Netflix).” Often touring theaters and arenas all over the world, Schumer is the only female comic to headline Madison Square Garden. Her podcast, Amy Schumer Presents: 3 Girls, 1 Keith premiered its fifth season on Spotify this past March and she also premiered a new cooking show, Amy Schumer Learns to Cook, with her husband Chris Fischer who is an award-winning chef on the Food Network this past May. The show will also premiere additional episodes on The Food Network this August.  Most recently, Schumer’s documentary Expecting Amy premiered on HBO Max. The docuseries takes viewers behind-the-scenes as Amy battles through an extraordinarily difficult pregnancy, while documenting the formation of her latest comedy special.   Next up, Schumer will star in Stephen Karam’s The Humans and Hulu’s comedy series Life and Beth, which she will star in, write, direct and executive produce.   Mia Jackson is a New York based comedian originally from Georgia. In 2017, Jackson was selected as a New Face by the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and Atlanta's Creative Loafing named her the Critic's Choice Best Stand-Up in the city. She has toured nationally with Amy Schumer and is a featured comic at festivals and clubs across the country. Her first stand up special aired in October 2018 as part of Unprotected Sets on EPIX. Jackson has appeared on NickMom's Night Out, Viceland, Comedy Central's This Week at the Comedy Cellar and was a semi-finalist on Season 9 of NBC's Last Comic Standing. Her Comedy Central half hour special debuted in November 2019.  Abbi Crutchfield has been seen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS, Broad City on Comedy Central, and she hosted You Can Do Better on TruTV. Her jokes on Twitter are consistently featured on best of lists by publications such as Paste Magazine and The Huffington Post. She has trained at the renowned Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre, taught at the People’s Improv Theater, and she tours nationally with her stand-up. Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female ( Amazon Prime, CW Network), Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf

When the Blake family decides to hold their Thanksgiving in a mostly empty, slightly spooky two-floor apartment in Manhattan, deeply held secrets and insecurities boil to the surface. Stephen Karam's "The Humans" is an empathetic look at this family and their individual and corporate joy and pain. Listen in this week as Jackson and Jacob discuss how Karam plays on standard psychological realism tropes.   ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue.  https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast  ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media 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 “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows: Music: http://www.purple-planet.com ------------------------------ Thanks so much for listening! We’ll see you next week.

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JAYNE HOUDYSHELL is enjoying a full circle moment: the young girl who was so inspired by Glenda Jackson's Marat/Sade performance on PBS is now an esteemed performer sharing the stage with Jackson eight times a week in Sam Gold's epic staging of Shakespeare's King Lear. Though Houdyshell did not make her Great White Way debut until the age of 52, she has performed all across the country and is a New York stage stalwart. Since then, Houdyshell has earned acclaim in Broadway productions like Well, Follies, A Doll's House, Part 2 and more. In 2016, she earned a Tony Award for The Humans, and as previously reported, she'll reprise her role on the big screen in a film adaptation of the Stephen Karam play. Houdyshell stopped by Show People with Paul Wontorek to discuss life backstage at Lear, which theater power player she grew up with and more.

The Seagull (Drama)In the early 20th century, an aging actress and her lover visit the estate of her elderly brother.Director: Michael MayerWriters: Anton Chekhov (play), Stephen Karam (screenplay)Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Saoirse Ronan, Michael Zegen - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:  https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BIT7197946000 Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/moviesfirst  (mobile friendly).  Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, PocketCasts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Acast, Spreaker etc.For more, follow Movies First on Facebook, Twitter and Google+:Facebook - @moviesfirsttwitter - @MoviesFirstGoogle+ -  https://plus.google.com/u/1/b/116201551232774363704/108207704769091029605  YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCatJQHaVabIvzCLqO16XvSQ  If you're enjoying Movies First, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#movies #cinema #entertainment #podcast #reviews #moviesfirst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

En aquesta edició del programa hem fet un recorregut pel #Grec2018, l'#OffBarcelona i, en conjunt, de la cartellera de #teatre de Barcelona: La impactant #Shenzensignificainfern d'Stefano Massini, amb direcció de Roberto Romei i interpretada brillantment per Sandra Monclús, al Teatre Tantarantana, que anava a cloure el 29-7 però prorrogarà del 5 al 21 de setembre, la corprenedora #Unagossaenundescampat de Clàudia Cedó, dirigida per Sergi Belbel, amb un repartiment meravellós (escolteu també la nostra entrevista a Vicky Luengo, que interpreta a una de les protagonistes, al programa anterior), que serà a la Sala Beckett fins el 29-7, "Tot va bé si acaba bé" de Shakespeare (#TotvabéPSH), en versió de la companyia Parking Shakespeare, en el seu habitual (ja és el 10è any) teatre a la fresca que podeu gaudir fins el 5 d'agost, la divertidíssima comèdia "Mars Joan" de Roc Esquius i la companyia Dara, que torna a la cartellera de Barcelona, en aquest cas la Sala Versus Glòries, fins el 29-7, "La resposta" del dramaturg irlandès Brian Friel amb direcció de Sílvia Munt i un repartiment meravellós encapçalat per Emma Vilarasau i David Selvas, al Teatre Goya fins el 12 d'agost, "Humans" de l'autor americà Stephen Karam, amb direcció de Mario Gas i un excel.lent repartiment on destaquem un fantàstic Jordi Bosch, al Teatre Romea fins el 5 d'agost, "En el fondo" drama realista, feminista i social de Pilar Ruiz (escolteu l'entrevista a l'autora, directora i protagonista de l'obra al nostre programa anterior), el millor teatre de Buenos Aires, Argentina, a La Badabadoc fins el 29-7, l'avanç de programació de la Sala Fènix (que ja estan de vacances) i la peculiar versió "La vida es sueño? o #Gwenismurfila" de la companyia Les Libertàries a L'Off de la Villarroel, i la preciosa "La importància de ser Frank", versió #musical de David Selvas i Cristina Genebat (música de Paula Jornet, que també és una de les principals intèrprets) de la famosa obra d'Oscar Wilde, dirigida per David Selvas, amb un gran equip artístic en conjunt. al Teatre Poliorama? fins el 5-8. Us hem anunciat també la nostra propera secció #OnaFilosofia, amb la nostra nova col·laboradora Ager Casanovas. Bon cap de setmana!

En aquesta edició del programa hem fet un recorregut pel #Grec2018, l'#OffBarcelona i, en conjunt, de la cartellera de #teatre de Barcelona: La impactant #Shenzensignificainfern d'Stefano Massini, amb direcció de Roberto Romei i interpretada brillantment per Sandra Monclús, al Teatre Tantarantana, que anava a cloure el 29-7 però prorrogarà del 5 al 21 de setembre, la corprenedora #Unagossaenundescampat de Clàudia Cedó, dirigida per Sergi Belbel, amb un repartiment meravellós (escolteu també la nostra entrevista a Vicky Luengo, que interpreta a una de les protagonistes, al programa anterior), que serà a la Sala Beckett fins el 29-7, "Tot va bé si acaba bé" de Shakespeare (#TotvabéPSH), en versió de la companyia Parking Shakespeare, en el seu habitual (ja és el 10è any) teatre a la fresca que podeu gaudir fins el 5 d'agost, la divertidíssima comèdia "Mars Joan" de Roc Esquius i la companyia Dara, que torna a la cartellera de Barcelona, en aquest cas la Sala Versus Glòries, fins el 29-7, "La resposta" del dramaturg irlandès Brian Friel amb direcció de Sílvia Munt i un repartiment meravellós encapçalat per Emma Vilarasau i David Selvas, al Teatre Goya fins el 12 d'agost, "Humans" de l'autor americà Stephen Karam, amb direcció de Mario Gas i un excel.lent repartiment on destaquem un fantàstic Jordi Bosch, al Teatre Romea fins el 5 d'agost, "En el fondo" drama realista, feminista i social de Pilar Ruiz (escolteu l'entrevista a l'autora, directora i protagonista de l'obra al nostre programa anterior), el millor teatre de Buenos Aires, Argentina, a La Badabadoc fins el 29-7, l'avanç de programació de la Sala Fènix (que ja estan de vacances) i la peculiar versió "La vida es sueño? o #Gwenismurfila" de la companyia Les Libertàries a L'Off de la Villarroel, i la preciosa "La importància de ser Frank", versió #musical de David Selvas i Cristina Genebat (música de Paula Jornet, que també és una de les principals intèrprets) de la famosa obra d'Oscar Wilde, dirigida per David Selvas, amb un gran equip artístic en conjunt. al Teatre Poliorama? fins el 5-8. Us hem anunciat també la nostra propera secció #OnaFilosofia, amb la nostra nova col·laboradora Ager Casanovas. Bon cap de setmana!

Stephen Karam talks to Paul Holdengraber about pain, despair, and the enduring power of great writing.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Wahlberg stars in new film Patriots Day, which focuses on the bombing at the Boston Marathon in 2013 which killed three people and injured 264. Michael Carlson reviews the film which was directed by Peter Berg, who also worked with Wahlberg recently on Deepwater Horizon.Stephen Karam is one of the hottest playwrights in America right now - his play The Humans recently won several Tony Awards. As his work is performed in the UK for the first time, he discusses Speech and Debate, his early play about three misfit teenagers caught up in a sex scandal. The Oxfordshire-based European Union Baroque Orchestra has announced it will give its last UK concert in its current form on 19 May, before moving to Antwerp, citing the prospect of reduced funding and administrative difficulties post-Brexit. Director General Paul James explains the orchestra's decision. The situation in Aleppo in Syria has been the focus for a number of documentary-makers recently, and two of them are nominated for an Oscar for the Documentary (Short Subject) category which will be announced on Sunday. The makers of Watani: My Homeland and The White Helmets discuss the challenges they faced. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Hannah Robins.

Ed Decker, founder and artistic director of New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco talks with KPFA's Richard Wolinsky. The New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco focuses on queer and allied theatre and has been around since 1981. This coming season has seven plays in its line-up, with the Pulitzer Prize winning Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam, directed by Ben Randle, running November 11 through December 18, 2016. Avenue Q runs December 2, 2016 through January 15, 2-17. In this interview, Ed Decker discusses plays from the previous season, gives a rundown on the upcoming season, and discusses the center's new plays project and recent renovation. New Conservatory is located at 25 Van Ness Avenue at Market Street, in San Francisco. New Conservatory Theatre Center website The post New Conservatory Theatre Center: Ed Decker appeared first on KPFA.

Gary and Roscoe return once more to the friendly confines of Steppenwolf Theatre to chat with two of the creative geniuses behind a terrific new play, Byhalia, Mississippi, now getting a remounted production through August 21st at the 1700 Theatre, under the auspices of Steppenwolf's Visiting Company Initiative. Playwright Evan Linder and Director Tyrone Phillips share their thoughts on the creative process of crafting a play, working organically with actors and designers, growing up in the South, their first experiences in the theatre, and the themes addressed in Byhalia, Mississippi. Evan is a founding member and the Co-Artistic Director of The New Colony theatre company. He works as a playwright, actor and director and teaches playwriting at the University of Chicago. Evan grew up in Memphis, TN, just a few miles up the road from Byhalia, and is a graduate of the College of Charleston in South Carolina.  Other works include 11:11, Frat, The Warriors, B-Side Studio and 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, which was named Best Overall Production at the 2012 NYC International Fringe Festival, and enjoyed an off-Broadway run as part of Soho Playhouse's 2012-13 season. Tyrone is the founding Artistic Director of Definition Theatre Company and has served on the artistic staff of Writers Theatre. Named by Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune as one of the "Hot New Faces of 2015", Tyrone is a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In addition to his rising acclaim as a director, he is an accomplished actor, with credits from Definition, Steppenwolf, Windy City Playhouse, Prologue Theatre Company and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Byhalia, Mississippi is a play about forgiveness, acceptance, love and the very core ideas of family. Jim and Laurel Parker are about to become new parents. They are broke. They are loud. They are "proud white trash." When Laurel gives birth to their long overdue child, she and Jim are faced with the biggest challenges of their lives. Byhalia, Mississippi explores a couple in the midst of turmoil and a town with a racially-charged past that finds its way into the present. Gary calls it the "finest new play he's seen in a very long time." Right up there with Stephen Karam's The Humans. Tyrone refers to it as "a future classic." All agree that this play will find a wider audience and that many productions across the country are in the offing. Listeners, please keep your eyes peeled for a new production happening near you. This is one theatrical experience you won't want to miss. Kiss of Death: Marni Nixon, Hollywood's leading "Ghost Singer" in the 1950s and 60s. It's her crystalline soprano that pours from the mouths of Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood in West Side Story and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, among dozens of others. Because Hollywood didn't want audiences to know its stars couldn't sing, Nixon's contributions went uncredited. For singing the part of Anna in the film and recording of The King and I, she received a total of $420! Ms. Nixon, who continued singing into her 80s, eventually came to regard her heard-but-not-seen life with affection, touring the country in her one-woman show "Marni Nixon: The Voice of Hollywood", and writing a memoir in 2006 titled "I Could Have Sung All Night." Ghost singers, once a Hollywood mainstay, have now, for the most part, become ghosts themselves. Marni Nixon, one of Hollywood's unseen stars, was 86. Read full Bio here

Hosts Briana Phipps, Jacque Borowski, and Alexis Torres discuss the Broadway Play: The Humans Plot: At Thanksgiving, the Blake family gathers at the run-down Manhattan apartment in Chinatown of Brigid Blake and her boyfriend Richard. Brigid's parents, Erik Blake and Deirdre Blake, arrive from their home in Scranton, Pennsylvania to have dinner with Brigid, Richard and Aimee, their other adult daughter. Brigid is a musician and Aimee is a lawyer, living in Philadelphia. Aimee has recently broken up with her girlfriend and has developed an intestinal ailment. Also present is Erik's mother Fiona "Momo", who has Alzheimer's Disease. The parents are unhappy that their daughters have left home and have abandoned their religion. The family members must deal with "aging, illness, and a changing economy" - Popcorn Talk Network, the online broadcast network that features movie discussion, news, interviews and commentary proudly presents “Broadway Breakdown. Each episode

Reed Birney just won Tony Award for his role as Erik in Stephen Karam's play, THE HUMANS, at The Helen Hayes Theater in New York. Last season, Reed Birney appeared in New York Halley Feiffer's I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU SO HARD (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk Award nominations) at The Atlantic Theater and Clare Barron's YOU GOT OLDER (Drama Desk Award nomination) at Here Arts Center. He won a Drama Desk award and was nominated for a Tony for his performance as Charlotte in Harvey Fierstein's CASA VALENTINA. He was Hubert Humphrey the A.R.T. production of ALL THE WAY with Bryan Cranston. His Broadway debut was in 1977 in Albert Innauratoʼs GEMINI. In 2012 he returned to Broadway in the Roundabout revival of PICNIC. In 2011, he received a Special Drama Desk Award honoring his career as an actor. Recent productions: CORE VALUES at Ars Nova, HAPGOOD at Williamstown Theater Festival, Annie Baker's translation of UNCLE VANYA (Soho Rep-Drama Desk Nomination), Kim Rosenstockʼs TIGERS BE STILL and David West Readʼs THE DREAM OF THE BURNING BOY (Drama League, Outer Critics Circle nominations), both at The Roundabout Underground, and Adam Bockʼs A SMALL FIRE at Playwrights Horizons. He was Ian in the New York premiere of Sarah Kaneʼs BLASTED in 2008 at Soho Rep (Drama Desk Award nomination.) He received an OBIE and Drama Desk Award for his performance in Annie Bakerʼs CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION also at Playwrights Horizons. He was Tony Blair in the acclaimed Public Theater production of STUFF HAPPENS. Other notable performances include the world premiere of Tony Kushnerʼs revised HOMEBODY/KABUL at Steppenwolf, The Mark Taper Forum and BAM; Tracy Letts' BUG (OBIE award) at The Barrow Street Theater; THE COMMON PURSUIT at the Promenade Theater; Gaev in THE CHERRY ORCHARD at Williamstown Theater Festival. He made his film debut in Arthur Penn and Steve Tesichʼs FOUR FRIENDS, and has appeared in Clint Eastwoodʼs CHANGELING, MORNING GLORY and Jeff Lipskyʼs TWELVE THIRTY, MOLLYʼS THEORY OF RELATIVITY, and MAD WOMEN, and with Kristen Wiig in THE GIRL MOST LIKELY. He is Rep. Donald Blythe on the Netflix series, "House of Cards" and can be seen as Patti LuPone's husband in HBO's "Girls." Other recent TV appearances include "Blue Bloods,” as Tom Connolly on "The Blacklist" and NBCʼs “American Odyssey.” On the web, he is in the series “Whatʼs Your Emergency?” He won a 2006 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Performance and in 2011 Actors' Equity awarded him the Richard Seff Award. He has taught acting at Columbia University and The Scott Freeman Studio. He is married to actress Constance Shulman and they have two children, Ephraim and Gus, who are both actors. 

Playwright Stephen Karam received his first Tony nomination about an hour before sitting down with Marc to talk about his experiences in the New York theater community, the way he writes himself into all of his characters, and the shock of having his play The Humans on Broadway next to Phantom of the Opera. Plus, Marc's old "assistant" Josh Brener stops by to talk about his new movie Welcome to Happiness and the new season of Silicon Valley. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast.

We are beyond thrilled to feature an interview with hero to the show, Margalit Fox! Brought to you from the newsroom of the New York Times. Margalit is the author of most of the obituaries Gary chooses to read during "Kiss of Death," the concluding segment of each show episode. He selects them based on his fascination with the lives they depict and how beautifully they are written. Having the chance to talk with her at the Times was, as he says on the show, "one of the great Booth One experiences of my life!" Before we get to that interview, Gary and Roscoe continue to describe experiences from their recent visits to New York City. Roscoe recounts seeing Therese Raquin, starring Keira Knightly; Drop Deap Perfect by the Peccadillo Theatre Company; and The Humans by Stephen Karam. About the playwright  He has great anecdotes about one-on-one encounters with Karam before and after the show.     Gary shares his thrilling experience at the Cafe Carlyle seeing Kurt Elling and his band in an intimate setting, performing a remarkable and moving program of Sinatra classics.  A great night was had by all!! Cafe Carlyle Site Here is some of the amazing history of the hotel, which has been frequented by luminaries such as John F. Kennedy and Mick Jaggar. History of Carlyle Roscoe attends a performance at Don't Tell Mama and sees a faux Judy and Liza, but just misses the legendary Melba Moore read more!  Booth One note: actress and sister of Arther Miller, Ms. Joan Copeland, was seated at a nearby table! Copeland Bio This episode's HUGE special treat is an interview with Senior Staff writer for the New York Times, our favorite obituary author, Ms. Margalit Fox.  Gary sits down with Margo for an intimate chat about writing, death and the near-dead, along with a few surprises. For instance, he learns that like himself, she is a cellist! And she tells him about an unusual and fascinating creative pastime. Trained as a linguist, Margalit also writes marvelous non-fiction books, including The Riddle of the Labyrinth published in 2013. She is at work on a new manuscript. We can't wait! After the interview, Gary gave her two pink flamingos, which is what he now gives each of the show's guests. Particularly fitting for her since he was inspired to give them by her obituary of Don Featherstone, inventor of the pink flamingo lawn ornament. Find a link to Fox's Featherstone obit and hear Gary read excerpts in  TALKSports episode 9. Margalit told us she put them in a plant in the obit department. We hope someday to get a photo. In the meantime, here is a picture of Gary's:   Kiss of Death: Dick Moore - Known as "Dickie", when at the age of 1 he appeared in his first silent feature film.  He regularly appeared in "Our Gang" shorts, and played Oliver Twist at six in the first sound adaptation of the Dickens classic in 1936.  Mr. Moore was later the public relations director for Actors' Equity Association.  He is survived by his third wife Jane Powell read more, who also had been a child star in Hollywood. Full Story

The holiday season is approaching ... or looming, you might say, depending on how you feel about holidays and family get-togethers. A middle-class family Thanksgiving in lower Manhattan is the setting for Stephen Karam’s “The Humans,” another play in a long line that finds its springboard in domestic tensions tightened to the breaking point at ritual gatherings. But New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood says Karam’s work has several, mostly good, surprises in store in this "flawless" production. “The Humans,” directed by Joe Mantello in a Roundabout Theatre Company production, runs through Dec. 27 at the Laura Pels Theatre.

The Opera Company of Philadelphia will host the local premieres of two exciting new American operas over the next several months: Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam's Dark Sisters and Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell's Silent Night. Both operas had their world premiere in November 2011. Podcast hosts Michael Bolton and Maren Montalbano talk with two Philadelphia favorites, soprano Jennifer Check (Almera in Dark Sisters) and baritone Troy Cook (Father Palmer in Silent Night) about these operas and their experience working with the amazingly gifted creators of these operas.

The Opera Company of Philadelphia will host the local premieres of two exciting new American operas over the next several months: Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam's Dark Sisters and Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell's Silent Night. Both operas had their world premiere in November 2011. Podcast hosts Michael Bolton and Maren Montalbano talk with two Philadelphia favorites, soprano Jennifer Check (Almera in Dark Sisters) and baritone Troy Cook (Father Palmer in Silent Night) about these operas and their experience working with the amazingly gifted creators of these operas.

Stephen Karam's, “Sons of the Prophet”

Librettist Stephen Karam discusses his libretto for DARK SISTERS, the collaboration process with composer Nico Muhly, and the relationship between music and words in the opera. DARK SISTERS is a new opera by Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam, and is co-commissioned and co-produced by Gotham Chamber Opera, Music-Theatre Group and Opera Company of Philadelphia. For more information, please visit http://www.darksistersopera.org

A conversation between composer Nico Muhly and historian and author Ken Verdoia about the themes surrounding Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam's new opera DARK SISTERS, to be premiered by Gotham Chamber Opera and Music-Theatre Group in November, 2011. Part 3 of this three-part series discusses polygamy, the plural marriage community, and the New England roots of LDS and FLDS. For more information about DARK SISTERS, please visit http://www.darksistersopera.org

A conversation between composer Nico Muhly and historian and author Ken Verdoia about the themes surrounding Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam's new opera DARK SISTERS, to be premiered by Gotham Chamber Opera and Music-Theatre Group in Novmeber, 2011. Part 2 of this three-part series explores the geography of early America in the time of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, the idea of "This Is The Place", and religious education within the LDS community. For more information about DARK SISTERS, please visit http://www.darksistersopera.org

A conversation between composer Nico Muhly and historian and author Ken Verdoia about the themes surrounding Nico Muhly and Stephen Karam's new opera DARK SISTERS, to be premiered by Gotham Chamber Opera and Music-Theatre Group in Novmeber, 2011. Part 1 of this three-part series begins with a discussion on the ramifications of the 1953 Short Creek raid, the FLDS and the definition of family, and plural marriage in the context of the American experience. For more information about DARK SISTERS, please visit http://www.darksistersopera.org

A review of Stephen Karam's Speech and Debate, currently in production until October 26th, 2008 at the Blank Theatre in Hollywood. The review is by Keith Dillon.