I was so thrilled to be able to bring Jesse Green, Chief Theatre Critic for The New York Times, on the podcast this week to discuss his book Shy: the Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers. I had Jesse on the previous iteration of the show (when it was called "Theatre Book Club" and done through Berkshire Theatre Group) to discuss his own career, the nature of theatre … [Read more...] about Jesse Green on His Book, Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers
Love Letter
A Theatre Love Letter: Tracy Turnblad’s Vertical Bed in the Opening Number of Hairspray…On Doubleness, Performance, and Lacan
Based on last week's discussion of Hairspray on the podcast and on Arts Journal, and looking forward to the string of really exciting podcast guests I have coming up (!!), I realized I had a very specific thing I had been wanting to write about for months -- or rather for years, since I first saw the show on Broadway in 2002. In fact, though this thing is so small and so … [Read more...] about A Theatre Love Letter: Tracy Turnblad’s Vertical Bed in the Opening Number of Hairspray…On Doubleness, Performance, and Lacan
A Theatre Love Letter: Re-Watching Every Little Step
Thanks to Call Time listeners and Arts Journal readers for bearing with me as I took a little bit of time off last week. Unfortunately, Call Time listeners are going to have to wait for a new podcast episode, but because it will partially focus on A Chorus Line (stay tuned!), I decided to devote the Arts Journal platform this week to my favorite Chorus Line-adjacent thing, … [Read more...] about A Theatre Love Letter: Re-Watching Every Little Step