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Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastWith the Washington Post abandoning theater criticism, where do readers in D.C. go?One of the things we enjoy doing on this podcast is talking to people fighting the good fight around the country. Now, you might have heard that there’s some turmoil in the Washington, D.C. arts scene — understatement of the year! It started with the sabotage of the Kennedy Center by the Trump administration, and now another institution is crumbling: the Washington Post recently decided it didn’t need critics or an arts editorial staff, and slashed that desk. Those who were swept away included theater critic Naveen Kumar and theater editor Zachary Pincus-Roth.So what happen...
2026-02-1747 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastLiberation's Susannah Flood was born into a family of acting teachers. Of course she's on Broadway.This episode’s guest is Susannah Flood, from the play “Liberation” — one of the best-reviewed Broadway shows of 2025 (you can read Elisabeth’s glowing take for The New York Times here).The show mostly takes place during meetings of a feminist consciousness-raising group in 1970s Ohio. Susannah takes on two roles: Lizzie, who founded the group, and Lizzie’s daughter, who’s narrating the story. She talked to us about getting into theater, working with the playwright Bess Wohl and the director Whitney White (check her out on the pod here!), and what doing this specific play has meant to h...
2026-01-2249 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastWho says theater slows now? Meet the visionary bringing 30 cool shows to New York this month.With Broadway recovering from its holidays binge and rehearsing for its next batch of shows, January on New York City stages means one thing: festivals! These days the dominant one is Under the Radar, which has overcome many odds to celebrate its 21st season with its biggest slate yet. We’re delighted to welcome founder Mark Russell, now the fest’s director (with co-creative directors Meropi Peponides and Kaneza Schaal).Russell leads us through UTR’s ups and downs, its challenges and triumphs, the fest’s embarrassing inaugural name, and how the NYC avant and experime...
2026-01-1251 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastWith Stoppard's passing, Peter and Elisabeth ask: Who are the canonical playwrights of our time?Just the two of us, we can make it if we try…and so we did! Peter and Elisabeth rocked this episode on their own and managed to cover quite a bit of ground. They started off with Peter’s report from his recent trip to the Divine Comedy festival in Krakow, Poland. Then they remained behind the Iron Curtain for a chat about the recently departed Tom Stoppard (who was born in the former Czechoslovakia, as this podcast’s listeners may know). Finally, they went over some of their favorite shows of the year, with a...
2025-12-2243 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastZayd Ayers Dohrn's folks are revolutionaries. Now he and Tom Morello have written "Revolution(s)."The musical “Revolution(s),” which recently concluded its premiere run at the Goodman Theater, in Chicago, comes with an impressive and à propos pedigree. The score was pulled from the songbook of Tom Morello, best known as the guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave and many other projects. The book is by Zayd Ayers Dohrn, a playwright who carries quite the legacy: His parents, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, were leaders of the far-left Weather Underground in the early 1970s. It is not a coincidence that the musical is about two generations of radical activists: a couple we see in 19...
2025-11-2459 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastYou thought "Oh, Mary!" transgressed? How about a musical that sends up Anne Frank?The hit de scandale of the fall in New York is Andrew Fox and Joel Sinensky’s “Slam Frank,” an Off Broadway show that purports to be a staging of a musical about Anne Frank — except that it’s a terminally enlightened production in which she is now Anita Franco, “an ambitious LatinX teenager” surrounded by family and friends who have gone through a similar recasting process. “Slam Frank” doesn’t aim its barbs at Anne herself, though, but at the pieties of the terminally online, including pronoun use and the weaponization of identity.Don’t worry, we are not falling pre...
2025-11-1854 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastAri'el Stachel won a Tony for "The Band's Visit." As he reveals in a new solo show, it added to his trophy collection — and his anxiety.If you saw “The Band’s Visit” in New York, you remember Ari’el Stachel, who played Haled, the musician obsessed with Chet Baker — a big highlight was his jazzy “Song About Love,” one of David Yazbek’s loveliest numbers.Stachel is back with his own show, the autobiographical solo play “Other,” and he dropped by our (remote) studio to talk about it. We’re happy to report that he didn’t sweat, a reference you’ll understand when you listen to the episode.We also gave some recommendations — and they’re not all in New York! Peter was ver...
2025-10-2750 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastIs the Broadway musical ok? We ask "Just in Time" producer Tom Kirdahy, who's also got "Kiss of the Spider Woman" on screens.There’s much talk these days about the dire financial health of musicals on Broadway, where costs have skyrocketed — and so have ticket prices. Yet, very few of the big shows manages to turn a profit. How can this go on? Tom Kirdahy submits to some questioning about this issue, and his own work on Broadway and in the movies. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marksvincentelli.substack.com/subscribe
2025-10-1344 min
Deborah Lebree's podcastSunday Special: Bringing Broadway HomeBroadway represents some of the best and most exciting of what American theater has to offer. But for many people, it’s inaccessible. Whether because of geography, cost or other considerations, most people will never sit in a Broadway theater and experience a play or a musical in person.For years, cast recordings have offered a way to experience Broadway shows at a remove. And now, in the streaming era, some Broadway shows are making themselves available to be watched remotely, in movie theaters and on television. Distance and expense aren’t the impediments they once were to culture lovers look...
2025-10-1246 min
The DailySunday Special: Bringing Broadway HomeBroadway represents some of the best and most exciting of what American theater has to offer. But for many people, it’s inaccessible. Whether because of geography, cost or other considerations, most people will never sit in a Broadway theater and experience a play or a musical in person.For years, cast recordings have offered a way to experience Broadway shows at a remove. And now, in the streaming era, some Broadway shows are making themselves available to be watched remotely, in movie theaters and on television. Distance and expense aren’t the impediments they once were to c...
2025-10-1246 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastDirectorial dynamo Whitney White reveals to us a key to her success: her momWhitney White is a busy director, and we couldn’t be happier about it — we’ve been following her career for several years now, and it’s always exciting to see what she’ll come up with next.You can see her production of the new musical “Saturday Church” (which Elisabeth wrote about for The New York Times) at New York Theater Workshop until Oct. 24. And on Oct. 8, she’s starting previews for the Broadway run of the Bess Wohl play “Liberation” (which was at the Laura Pels Theater a few months ago).Whitney talked to us about both of...
2025-09-2947 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastJinkx Monsoon talks funny businessOur guest this week is none other than Jinkx Monsoon, who’s killing it as Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!” on Broadway. Just ask Elisabeth: She’s seen the show five times with three different leading ladies.Jinkx basically gave us a TED Talk on the art of comedy, and frankly she’s well placed to talk about that stuff — there’s even a Madeline Kahn reference, so you know we’re in good hands. Of course we talked about her recent turn in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical” and Peter gushed about Jinkx’s take on “Somewhere That’s Green”...
2025-09-2250 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastPeter got schooled!RADA is a world-famous institution that has trained the likes of Vivien Leigh, Ralph Fiennes, Anthony Hopkins, Glenda Jackson, Alan Rickman and Roger Moore. Now you can add Peter Marks to the list. In August, Peter — as you may recall, a former theater critic — embarked on a daunting adventure: He enrolled in RADA’s five-week Shakespeare intensive program! He tells us about living out his acting dreams in London. His fellow Swan (listen to the episode for the explanation) Caitlin Wilson joined us for the occasion as well. Memorizing lines, getting used to iambic...
2025-09-0640 min
ChapeauLo Scienziato Italiano da €200 miliardi: Il Padre dei Microchip 💻 Alberto Sangiovanni VincentelliScopri Hostinger https://hostinger.com/chapeau col codice CHAPEAU per avere il 10% di sconto. Vincentelli è uno dei più grandi imprenditori e scienziati della storia. Ha inventato il modo in cui si progettano i chip di qualsiasi telefono e computer e ha fondato 2 aziende di chip design che oggi valgono €200 miliardi.Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli nasce a Milano nel 1947. Nel 1971 si laurea in Ingegneria Elettronica al Politecnico di Milano e dopo 2 anni ottiene un posto come Professore.Nel 1976 si trasferisce in California e a 33 anni diventa Professore Ordinario a Berkeley, una delle Università più prestigiose al mondo per In...
2025-08-0524 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastWe laughed nonstop with Jeff Hiller. Where do you know him from? Everything funny —including his new memoir.Both Peter and Elisabeth tore through Jeff Hiller’s new memoir, “Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty Year Trail to Overnight Success.” And they both experienced episodes that involved laughing so hard that you feel nauseous (Peter) and laughing so hard on the subway that you start drawing stares (Elisabeth).Yes, the book is that funny. So of course we had to get Jeff on the show. Also because we’ve been fans of his acting for years. Thanks to the HBO series “Somebody Somewhere,” where he played Bridget Everett’s friend Joel for three seasons...
2025-07-0748 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastIs Hamlet a total head case? We talk to the director who has set a new audio version of the play in the Prince's mind.In this episode, multi-hyphenate theater man Jeremy McCarter talked to us about his new project: a six-part audio adaptation of “Hamlet” he wrote and directed for his own Make-Believe Association (you’ll find links to listen on your favorite platform on the company’s site).McCarter’s adaptation streamlines Shakespeare’s play and places the listener inside the Prince of Denmark’s head — which is why you really want to listen on headphones, thanks to the superb sound design from Mikhail Fiksel, who won a Tony Award for his work on “Dana H.” in 2022. The cast is a stellar mix of New...
2025-06-2451 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastHunter S. Thompson, the musical? Joe Iconis ("Be More Chill") and Christopher Ashley ("Come From Away") are on it!On this episode we welcome Joe Iconis and Christopher Ashley, whose show “The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical” is at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Va., until July 13.Joe wrote the music and lyrics, and co-wrote the book with Gregory S. Moss. Christopher directed, as he did at the La Jolla Playhouse premiere a couple of years ago. They’re going to talk about the show’s loooooong gestation, why it’s unauthorized, and of course why the king of gonzo journalism is a great subject for a musical.Both Joe and Christopher are likely to...
2025-06-0552 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastThere is no way not to have fun with Jonathan Groff. This episode of Marks & Vincentelli proves it.On this episode, Jonathan Groff talks to us about his new Broadway show, “Just in Time,” in which he guides the audience through his own love for Bobby Darin and, of course, Darin’s life. It’s an explosive performance from an actor we thought we knew — after all, Groff is no stranger to the stage, from “Spring Awakening” to “Hamilton” to his Tony-winning turn as Franklin Shepard in the revival of “Merrily We Roll Along.” (Peter and Elisabeth are also fans of Groff’s miniseries “Mindhunter” so of course they begged for a new season.)It’s a rollicking episode with to...
2025-05-2750 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastSpecial Guest Elisabeth Vincentelli on The Art of Writing a Less-Than-Positive ReviewOne of the most annoying canards out there is that critics relish writing pans.Wrong!A pan is a pain for everybody, and it certainly is not fun to write. Elisabeth recently had to do it for Caitlin Saylor Stephens’s new play “Five Models in Ruin, 1981,” which is playing through June 1 at Lincoln Center Theater, as part of the LCT3 incubator. So Peter decided to interview his own co-host to see how she tackled the show for The New York Times. We do read excerpts of the review on the podcast but here’s...
2025-05-1950 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastDo playwrights ever get to write their own happy endings? Ask Kimberly Belflower, author of the critical Broadway hit, "John Proctor is the Villain."For this episode we had the pleasure of talking to Kimberly Belflower, a young playwright who’s making quite a splash with her Broadway debut, “John Proctor Is the Villain” — yes, that John Proctor, from “The Crucible.” It just got seven Tony nominations, including for best play and for best leading actress in a play (for Sadie Sink — yes, that Sadie Sink, from the Netflix series “Stranger Things”). Despite what the title may suggest, the new show isn’t a spoof of Arthur Miller’s play, which is usually interpreted as an allegory about the McCarthy era. Belflower’s story is set...
2025-05-1240 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastJeffrey Seller is the producer behind blockbusters like "Hamilton." Broadway, he says, desperately needs another one.Jeffrey Seller has produced quite a few of musicals, including two mega-hits that were both hugely influential and hugely successful at the box office: “Rent” and “Hamilton.” Naturally, we had to ask him: What makes a good producer?Seller dropped by the podcast to talk about his new memoir, “Theater Kid,” in which he takes us from his childhood near Detroit to his early years in New York, when he worked in the office of the producers Barry and Fran Weissler, and on to his fateful meetings with Jonathan Larson and Lin-Manuel Miranda.He had quite...
2025-05-0550 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastListen as "Maybe Happy Ending" stars Darren Criss and Helen J Shen discuss their melodic musical about robots, fireflies and love on a hard drive.“Maybe Happy Ending’ is the Broadway hit that nobody really saw coming. On this episode we welcome its stars, Helen J Shen and Darren Criss, who was just nominated for a Tony Award in this role. Darren and Helen portray a pair of HelperBots who have been cast out by their owners and end up living in a robot retirement community. What happens to them is, well, the stuff of the classic story of boybot meets girlbot.The show premiered in Seoul, South Korea, in 2016. Its unlikely premise was brought to fruition by Will Aronson (musi...
2025-04-2859 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastMeet Kate Valk: the great stage actress you may not know. And you certainly need to.Kate Valk joined the Wooster Group in 1979 and never looked back. We think she’s one of America’s greatest actresses, but because she’s spent her entire career with the experimental New York company, even hardcore theatergoers may not have seen her work on stage or onscreen. Fellow Woosters like Willem Dafoe (former) or Scott Shepherd (current) are easy to find because they work pretty much everywhere but Valk’s IMDB page is practically nonexistent and she’s never been on Broadway — when Elisabeth checked IBDB, the answer was“Did you mean Kate Hall? Nate Sack? Grace Falk?”Kate joined...
2025-04-2156 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastReady, set (design), go! David Rockwell, scenery maestro, talks about Boop! and Pirates! and the ephemeral nature of setsIf you saw the Broadway productions of “She Loves Me” (for which he won a Tony), "Hairspray," "Legally Blonde," "Lucky Guy" or "Kinky Boots," you saw sets by this episode’s guest, David Rockwell. Rockwell is back on Broadway with designs for two shows this spring: “Pirates! The Penzance Musical” and “Boop!” We spoke with him to discuss at what stage he engages a project, the challenges he might encounter, and what he considers important in theatrical set design.We also talked about another big source of activity for his company, Rockwell Group (which he founded in 198...
2025-03-2455 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastFrom Idol to Emcee: Adam Lambert talks about what's funny — and what's definitely not — in "Cabaret."This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit marksvincentelli.substack.comSince taking over the role of the Emcee in Rebecca Frecknall’s Broadway revival of “Cabaret” in September, Adam Lambert has made his mark on one of musical theater’s most iconic roles. We were impressed when we revisited the show recently, because it has finally found its footing. Lambert and Auli’i Cravalho as Sally Bowles follow through on choices tha…
2025-03-1015 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastMeet the man who brings Greek drama to the military and Ibsen to climate-change activistsOn this episode, Elisabeth and Peter interview Brian Doerries, founding artistic director of Theater of War Productions. The group is made up of dozens of well-known actors, including the likes of Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright and Elizabeth Marvel — and Peter has been known to join it, too. Theater of War travels the country and the globe with readings of plays that inspire and provoke audiences, including “Antigone in Ferguson,” “Oedipus the King,” and a recent “An Enemy of the People” on Times Square. The company’s latest project is a collaboration with WNYC that has it reading long-form pieces...
2025-02-1859 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastStephanie Styles followed her heart to BroadwayPeter and Elisabeth have been doing podcasts together for years now, but this was the first time a guest turned the tables and asked them what their three favorite musicals are!But don’t listen to this episode just for that. Listen to it because the guest is Stephanie Styles, a young musical-theater performer who’s going places — although right now she’s parked in the Encores! production of “Urinetown” at New York City Center, which you can see until Feb. 16 (Elisabeth reviewed it very favorably in the New York Times).Stephanie talked to us about growin...
2025-02-1354 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastThe play's the thing -- even in Vegas, baby!You may have read Elisabeth’s article about the Off Strip theater scene in Las Vegas — and if you haven’t, here is a gift link. To give listeners the lay of the land in Sin City (or rather Sin County, to be exact), we welcomed Daz Weller, artistic director of the Vegas Theater Company, who talked to us about what it’s like to do small plays and musicals in a city best known for pop residencies and Cirque du Soleil extravaganzas. There are many obstacles, but the talent pool is fantastic and locals are getting thirstier for home-gro...
2025-02-1052 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastAt long last Marjan Neshat comes to BroadwayOver the past decade, Marjan Neshat has become a welcome presence on the Off Broadway scene, and it’s rewarding to see her finally make her Broadway debut. And she’s in a mighty fine play, too: “English,” which Peter and Elisabeth loved when they saw it at the Atlantic Theater in 2022.Sanaz Toossi’s play, which won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in drama, is about a small group of Iranians of various ages who are learning English near Tehran. Neshat plays their teacher, who repeatedly brings up her time living in Britain. We had a wonderful time chatting w...
2025-01-2049 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastQuality time with Melissa ErricoElisabeth put her foot in her mouth again: she said that Melissa Errico was “lovely” — as it turns out, that’s an adjective that has often been used to describe our latest guest. But Melissa is lovely, dammit!For (we think) our first holiday episode, we were delighted to welcome one of New York’s finest songbirds. She talked to us about her new show with Billy Stritch at 54 Below, “’Twas the Night After Christmas” (naturally, it starts Dec. 26 and runs through Dec. 30), and many other things.Peter and Elisabeth both have a long history with Melissa, ha...
2024-12-0954 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastRichard Nelson was in Kyiv directing one of his plays as bombs fell. The experience was life changing.The author-director of such works as “The Apple Family Plays,” “The Gabriels” and even the book for the musical adaptation of James Joyce’s “The Dead,” Richard Nelson is one of America’s finest theatermakers.He is also the modern American playwright whose work travels best, and he has been produced all over the world. No place has been as fraught as Kyiv, however, where Nelson went this past spring to direct a production of his play “Conversations in Tusculum”He recounts that experience in the new book “A Diary of War & Theatre — Making Theatre in Kyiv, Spring 2024,” pu...
2024-12-0239 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastLear deBessonetFor this episode, we landed a real power player in our virtual studio: Lear deBessonet, the incoming artistic director at Lincoln Center Theater — one of the powerhouse nonprofits in New York City, with a budget of $40 million and a staff of 55. DeBessonet made her mark as one of the defining spirits behind the Public Theater’s Public Works initiative — her emphasis on theater’s communal aspects is a defining element of her approach, and one that could inspire companies around the country.In 2020 she took over New York City Center’s beloved series Encores!, and under her t...
2024-11-2536 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastYour arts center doesn't look good — who you gonna call?After hearing that the 50-year-old institution California Shakespeare Theater, aka Cal Shakes, was closing down, we thought we’d ask a specialist in troubled institutions for his take on what the heck is going on in the industry. Enter Michael M. Kaiser, who ran the Kennedy Arts Center from 2001 to 2014 and currently heads the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland. Michael has performed interventions at Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and the Royal Ballet and Opera in London. With the DeVos Institute, Michael continues to advise nonprofit companies around the country.Among the issues we...
2024-11-0450 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastWe take you now to the Marvel Universe, as Elizabeth Marvel reveals her vision for the new play about Anita Hill and Christine Blasey FordIt is our great pleasure to welcome the indomitable Elizabeth Marvel to the podcast. She has been a formidable presence on New York stages since the late 1990s and shows no sign of slowing down. She came on to talk about “The Ford/Hill Project,” which she was instrumental in initiating — Peter wrote about it for The Washington Post back in September (gift link).Naturally, we talked about a lot of other things, including how she got to Juilliard (definitely not your typical theater-kid journey) and what theater means to her.Warning: occasional spicy language!
2024-10-2154 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastListen to some incisive talk about a hot spot for international theater. A chat with Jay Wegman of NYU's Skirball Center.Elisabeth was otherwise engaged for this episode, so Peter talked to Jay Wegman, the executive editor of New York University’s Skirball Performing Arts Center, on his own.Wegman took over at Skirball in 2016, after almost 11 years at the Abrons Ars Center. Skirball has emerged as a major presenter of cutting-edge fare from the U.S. and abroad: This season includes works by Milo Rau, the Civilians, Mies Warlop, the Builders Association, and Marlène Saldana and Jonathan Drillet. And there has been a bona fide hit with the Australian import “Counting and Cracking,” a co-production with the Pub...
2024-10-1544 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastKara Young can't stop winning. We wanted to know what keeps this gifted actress on a hot streak.When Kara Young won a Tony for “Purlie Victorious” a few months ago, it wasn’t a surprise to us. We’ve long known she’s one of the best stage actors you can dream of seeing in New York — Elisabeth first noticed Kara in “Syncing Ink” at the Flea Theater back in 2017 and since then she’s kept the actress on her radar, with a profile for the New York Times in 2020. Now she has three Broadway shows under her belt (“Purlie Victorious,” “Cost of Living” and “Clyde’s”) — and a Tony nomination for each. Not too shabby! The latest entry in a...
2024-09-3052 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA Completely Appropriate Time to Talk With Branden Jacobs-JenkinsOur guest on this podcast is the playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. A few months ago his play “Appropriate” won the Tony for best revival (star Sarah Paulson won for best actress), and it’s only the latest in a growing exemplary body of work that also includes “An Octoroon” and the Pulitzer finalists “Gloria” and “Everybody.”Woolly Mammoth’s production of “The Comeuppance” is running until Oct. 6 so there’s still time to catch it. Branden’s next project in NYC is his collaboration with Alina Troyano “Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!,” which starts at Soho Rep on Oct. 23.In this action-packed episo...
2024-09-181h 05
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastHow "Cats" was reborn as a Jellicle Ballroom hitOne of the biggest stage hits of the year in New York City has been “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” which reimagines Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical as a ballroom competition. And there are no cats!In this episode, we talked to the show’s directors, Bill Rauch (who is also the artistic director of the Perelman Performing Arts Center, which originated the production) and Zhailon Livingston about what “Cats” means to them, how they approached the staging, their hopes for its future life — and what Lord Andrew thought of their take. Even if you think you don’t like “Cats,” y...
2024-09-0447 min
The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & ReviewsABBA GoldElisabeth Vincentelli examined the 1992 greatest hits collection ABBA Gold for the music criticism book series 33 1/3. We discuss the book, our respective relationships with ABBA, and marvel at the band's influence on pop music 50 years after their Eurovision win.
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2024-08-1323 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastCatching Up With Conrad RicamoraWe’re longtime fans of Conrad Ricamora, going all the way back to “Here Lies Love” at the Public, and we could not be any more pleased to have him on the podcast. He is currently playing Mary’s husband in Cole Escola’s hit Broadway comedy “Oh, Mary!” And the show truly is a hit: We recorded the episode right before the announcement of an extension through Nov. 10. Not only that, but “Oh, Mary!” recently broke the Lyceum’s all-time box-office record by grossing just over $1 million in a week.So, about Mary’s husband: since she’s Mary Todd Lincol...
2024-07-2443 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastWe are back (again)Peter’s recent piece in Arts & Leisure section about five remarkable women who worked together at Off Broadway’s Public Theater a decade ago, and all have gone on to leadership roles at other major institutions. Click here for a gift article!And look, here’s another gift article: Elisabeth’s piece about the tears threatening to flood Broadway stages. Thanks to Christian Huygen for our theme music. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marksvincentelli.substack.com/subscrib
2024-07-1844 min
Et si on parlait vin? - Conversations autour du vin avec vos personnalités préférées.Interview vin avec François Vincentelli (Comédien)Pour cette nouvelle interview on retrouve l'acteur belge François Vincentelli, grand amateur de vins et surtout fin connaisseur. Il a joué notamment dans les séries Hard, Clara Sheller ou bien encore Sam mais également au cinéma et sur les planches ( avec "l'Effet Miroir" en ce moment) A écouter de toute urgence. "L'abus d'alcool est dangereux pour la santé, à consommer avec modération"Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
2024-07-0131 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastDorian Harewood and Maryann PlunkettIn the Broadway musical based on “The Notebook,” three couples play Noah and Allie at various stages. No slight to the other two pairings, but for many audience members the emotional favorites are Dorian Harewood and Maryann Plunkett, Older Noah and Older Allie, as they are credited — and both have been nominated for a Tony Award.Maryann is a regular presence on stage: She was in every installment of the Richard Nelson cycles “The Apple Family Plays,” “The Gabriels” and “The Michaels” and has appeared in many, many other productions all over town. She made her Broadway debut in “Agnes of...
2024-06-1047 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastChecking in with StereophonicIt’s another crowded week in our virtual studio as once again we welcome three guests at once — and we can handle them!It’s always interesting to check in with a play months into its run, and after a transfer to Broadway: How has the show evolved? What’s happening with the staging and the cast? Playwright David Adjmi dropped by Marks & Vincentelli in January to talk about the genesis of Stereophonic; now he’s come back with director Daniel Aukin and actor Will Brill to tell us how the show is going — especially as it’s earned the m...
2024-06-0350 min
Tampoco es el fin del mundoLa bombilla que causó un ciberataque. Chips, internet de las cosas e IA, con Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentellihttps://www.newtral.es/riesgo-bombilla El pódcast de Mario Viciosa sobre la ciencia que sale al rescate cuando se desata el pánico o aparece un misterio.
Vamos hacia un mundo cada vez más híbrido. Cosas y personas conectadas permanentemente a internet. Del internet que unía a personas, al internet de las cosas. Y esas cosas pueden rodearnos cotidianamente: desde una nevera a un coche autónomo, pasando por un cepillo de dientes o una... bombilla. Las bombillas son ya las sospechosas habituales en algunos ciberataques. Lámparas conectadas al wifi y controladas por el móvil se h...
2024-05-0230 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA talk with Judy KuhnWe were psyched to talk to one of our favorite artists, Judy Kuhn, about her performance in the Michael Friedman and Daniel Goldstein musical “Unknown Soldier” at Arena Stage, and about some of her earlier turns — you probably remember her as the mother in “Fun Home,” Fosca in the 2013 revival of “Passion,” Cosette then Fantine in different productions of “Les Misérables,” Florence in “Chess.” The list is long and impressive. Next up is the Encores! production of “Titanic” on June 11-23. Judy is one of the finest, most sensitive musical-theater actors you could dream of seeing on a stage, and it was a to...
2024-05-0144 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastTalking about "Dead Outlaw"In this new episode, we go where we have not gone before: three guests at once! We are in agreement on this one: “Dead Outlaw” is one of the best new musicals of the year. The production is running only until April 14, at the Minetta Lane Theater, but it will live forever as a recording by Audible, which is producing it. To talk about this strange — but true! — tale of an outlaw manqué whose mummified body ended up being exhibited in an amusement park, we welcomed David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, who wrote the score, an...
2024-04-0449 min
Tirando RolTirando Rol | BONUS - Sal y sangre [Con Kike Vázquez, Ibozuke, MauDnd y Angelo Vincentelli]Un grupo de exiliados busca hacerse un nombre en un puerto pirata, para eso tienen una sencilla misión, encontrar un objeto robado... Por un brutal y violento capitán pirata.Edición: Sigan a nuestros invitados:Kike Vázquez: https://www.instagram.com/kikebienparado/ Mau DnD: https://www.tiktok.com/@mau_dnd Angelo Vincentelli: https://www.tiktok.com/@santelescopio Ibozuke: https://www.tiktok.com/@ibozukeEdición: Pablo SuárezMúsica Original: Daniel Suárez (@maese_dani)Patreon...
2024-04-022h 16
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA Chat with Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy JamesThe stars of Broadway’s “Days of Wine and Roses” are our guests for a conversation about their collaboration on this new musical about the wrenching paradox of love in midst of addiction, with a score by Adam Guettel and book by Craig Lucas.Thanks to Christian Huygen for our theme music. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marksvincentelli.substack.com/subscribe
2024-03-0647 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA chat with casting director Bernard TelseyOur guest today is a powerbroker. No, really. As a casting director, Bernard (Bernie to most people) Telsey wields considerable power — and he tries to use it for good, not evil. Telsey’s breakthrough came when he helped put together the original cast of “Rent,” back in the mid-1990s. Since then he’s worked on a gazillion shows on Broadway, Off and around the country, as well as on movies and TV — Telsey is probably the main reason every nook and cranny of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” is filled with Broadway people. As if this weren’t enough, he was one o...
2024-02-2055 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA chat with Betsy AidemIn this episode we discussed pretty somber stuff with Betsy Aidem, who plays the central role of Marcelle in Josh Harmon’s “Prayer for the French Republic” on Broadway. She was also in the 2022 Off Broadway run at Manhattan Theater Club, and in between those runs Aidem appeared in Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt.” If you think you discern a thread between these two shows, you’re right.In this episode, Aidem discussed how she researches her roles (short answer: thoroughly) and what they have meant to her as a Jewish American.Thanks to Christian Huygen for our theme...
2024-01-3138 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA chat with David AdjmiIt’s been a minute and we apologize but all good things, right? As you may have heard, there has been a big change in Peter’s life — as in, he took a buyout and is now longer with the Washington Post. Watch out for Free Agent Peter Marks!The good news is that we are sticking with this podcast. Now that we are back on track, here is, at last, our interview with David Adjmi. We’ve long admired his work but we both were taken aback by how good his latest play, “Stereophonic,” was. The pre...
2024-01-0346 min
DAC-CastEpisode 11: Hallucinatory Nobel Prize Winner Alberto Sangiovanni-VincentelliThe DAC-Cast hosts are back and this time with an absolute icon in the industry and one of 60DAC's keynote speakers, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. Co-founder of Cadence and Synopsys, Alberto currently serves as the Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Berkeley. Subscribe and listen as DAC-Casters catch up with Alberto on what he's up to now.
2023-12-1849 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA chat with Selina FillingerAs listeners of this podcast (and anybody with half a brain) know, comedy is hard, which makes the success of Selina Fillinger’s play “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great D*****s Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive” even more notable. Recounting a particularly bad day in the administration of a philandering President, the play centers on the women activating behind the scenes to prop him up. “POTUS” premiered on Broadway last year and Peter says the current production at Arena Stage is even better. (Elisabeth hasn’t seen it but she wants it known that she has long been a...
2023-11-1354 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA chat with Jocelyn BiohAnother great get for the podcast: the playwright and actress Jocelyn Bioh. She talked to us about her breakthrough as a writer, “School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play” (2017), and how it has become one of the most produced plays in the United States during the 2019-20 season, and of course she also discussed her Broadway debut, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” which is currently in previews in a Manhattan Theater Club productions. Her other plays include “Nollywood Dreams” and “Merry Wives,” an adaptation of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” that Peter described as “a garden of earthly delights.” Jocely...
2023-10-0347 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastOff to Wisconsin we goThere’s a lot of alarmist talk about theater making the rounds and we’re not cockeyed optimists, we get it: Things are really rough out. Peter wrote a big article about it, and it’s titled “Theater Is in Freefall, and the Pandemic Isn’t the Only Thing to Blame.”But there are also lots of initiatives that give us hope. After Colorado’s Creede Rep on our previous episode, we head over to the Badger State to talk about World Premiere Wisconsin, a project that wrapped up at the end of June. Our guests were the festival p...
2023-07-2451 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastHow to thrive in ColoradoThere are just about 400 people living year-round in Creede, Colo., and yet that town has been sustaining a theater company since 1966. How the heck did that happen, and how does it keep going? Elisabeth first went to Creede in 2021, and wrote about Creede Repertory Theater for The New York Times. She loved the experience so much that she went back to Creede on vacation the following year (and wrote a follow-up piece). Then she went skiing at nearby Wolf Creek, but that’s another story.On today’s podcast we welcome Creede Rep’s prod...
2023-07-1356 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastDavid Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine TesoriThis week we are proud to have David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori as our guests. Their show Kimberly Akimbo has just won five Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Score (Jeanine wrote the music, David the lyrics), Best Book (by David, based on his own play from 2000), Leading Actress in a Musical (Victoria Clark) and Featured Actress in a Musical (Bonnie Milligan). This isn’t this dynamic duo’s first collaboration — they did Shrek the Musical together, and yes, they tell us how that went down — and of course they have sterling résumés separately. David is a remarkabl...
2023-06-2757 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastArian Moayed of "Succession" and "A Doll's House" is on a rollHe’s a “Succession” regular on HBO and now, on Broadway, he’s newly Tony-nominated, for his performance opposite Jessica Chastain in the hit revival of “A Doll’s House.” Arian Moayed is the guest on the latest Marks & Vincentelli. While Elisabeth was away on assignment, Peter went solo with Arian for an illuminating conversation about Arian’s modern approach to Ibsen’s portrait of an 18th Century husband unaware of how suffocating he makes life for Jessica’s Nora.Arian talked about the character’s cluelessness, but also, about how many people, men especially, have come up to him after seeing...
2023-05-1048 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastLorraine Hansberry's legacy in 2023In February, a production of Lorraine Hansberry’s play “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, starring Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan. The same production, directed by Anne Kauffman, is now about to reopen on Broadway, where it’ll run until July 2. We used this opportunity to invite the director of the Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust, Joi Gresham, to the podcast. Joi, as you will hear, is a terrific storyteller, starting with her very close connection to Hansberry — even though they never met. She moves on to talk about the connection b...
2023-04-2050 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastParker Posey and Scott ElliottWhat a way to premiere our new interview series, in which we will pair a director and an actor!Parker Posey is wonderful in as the theater star Irene in “The Seagull/Woodstock, NY” — Thomas Bradshaw’s adaptation of the Chekhov play, transposed to the Catskills. (In the original, Irene is, of course, Irina Arkadina.) Posey is too rare a presence on New York stages, where her last appearance was almost 20 years ago in “Hurlyburly.” Like this “Seagull,” this was a New Group production directed by Scott Elliott. Clearly, these two have something good going on.Posey and Elli...
2023-03-3152 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastPriscilla GilmanThis week’s guest is Priscilla Gilman, who dropped by the podcast to talk about her new memoir, “The Critic’s Daughter” (Norton) — the critic in question being her father, Richard Gilman. He was a staff theater critic at Newsweek, back when weekly magazines had such a position on payroll, but arguably became even more influential when he began teaching at the Yale School of Drama. Priscilla talked to us about growing up on the Upper West Side with powerhouse parents (her mother is the literary agent Lynn Nesbit), the stars-to-be at Yale and whether or not her dad would be a...
2023-03-1647 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastThe singular New York voice of Stephen Adly GuirgisFasten your seatbelts: There’s never a dull moment when Stephen Adly Guirgis is behind the mic! We both loved Stephen’s latest play, the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Between Riverside and Crazy.” The show is running at the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway until Feb. 19. It’s also available as a simulcast until Feb. 12, which is fantastic news for our listeners around the country.He was remarkably candid and we covered a lot ground in our chat: growing up in New York, what happened when he saw “Burn This,” working with the LAByrinth Theater Company, his enduring colla...
2023-02-0159 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastDr. Blythe Adamson is back!We always love when Dr. Blythe Adamson, of Infectious Economics, drops by the show: She’s basically been holding (virtually, of course) us by the hand since theater came back in New York. As seems to be the case every winter now — remember the lines around the block last December when everybody was trying to get tested for Omicron? — we are reading about a new variant. (This one has been nicknamed Kraken, which annoys Elisabeth because she feels it’s spoiled her long-running habit of yelling “Release the Kraken!” whenever she’s about to play tennis, or maybe to clean her hous...
2023-01-2550 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastOpening a new year with a lot of closingsIt’s like clockwork: Every January, some Broadway shows close. This year is no different as we say goodbye to “A Strange Loop,” “The Music Man,” “Ohio State Murders,” “The Piano Lesson,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Beetlejuice.” But what got a lot of attention were a couple of shows, “Ain’t No Mo’ ” and “KPOP,” that closed in December after very short runs. For whatever reasons, they didn’t find an audience.In this episode, Peter and Elisabeth look at what’s going on with the Broadway cycle of life (reminder: it also involves death). They also talk about recent shows they like...
2023-01-1750 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA chat with Danielle BrooksIn the past decade, Danielle Brooks has emerged as one of our favorite actors. Whether it’s in Shakespeare (“Much Ado About Nothing” at the Delacorte), a popular musical (“The Color Purple”) or an August Wilson drama (she’s currently starring in the Broadway revival of “The Piano Lesson” alongside Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington), Danielle always stands out. And of course there was her run on “Orange Is the New Black,” in which she played Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson. A more versatile performer is hard to findUnsurprisingly, we had a blast talking with Danielle and we cov...
2022-12-0638 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastArthur Miller in the newsThis week our guest is Dr. Susan C. W. Abbotson, who teaches at Rhode Island College and is such an Arthur Miller specialist that she once was president of the Arthur Miller Society. She’s still on that organization’s board and also serves as performance editor of the “Arthur Miller Journal.” Let’s go on a limb and say that she knows a thing or two about this most prominent — and still incredibly popular — playwright. There’s basically a Miller play on Broadway every other season, and of course you can see his work regularly all over the United States an...
2022-11-0745 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastQuality time with Stephanie J. BlockThe first time Elisabeth saw Stephanie J. Block was in “The Pirate Queen,” back in 2007, and she loved every second of it. (Do fans of this show have a name? Queenies? Whatever, Elisabeth is one of them.) Since then she has seen Stephanie in “9 to 5,” “Anything Goes,” “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark,” Little Miss Sunshine,” “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” “Falsettos,” “The Cher Show” (twice). That’s a lot of Block goodness but Peter saw this episode’s guest in “Wicked” at the Kennedy Center in 2005 so that’s some serious cred right there.Now Stephanie is playing the Baker’s Wife in “Into the...
2022-11-0250 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA chat with Beowulf BorittSets: Sometimes, they get their own entrance applause — but does it mean they are, you know, good?This week we talked about what makes a set work with the designer Beowulf Boritt, whose new book is “Transforming Space Over Time: Set Design and Visual Storytelling with Broadway’s Legendary Directors.” Beowulf has worked at all the biggest regional houses and his first Broadway show was “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” in 2005. He has five Tony nominations and one win, for James Lapine’s “Act One” — yes, we talked about that production. You may also have se...
2022-10-1151 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA chat with Ben BrantleyOur guest for this episode is Ben Brantley, who retired in October 2020 after 27 years (most of them as chief critic) as a daily theater reviewer at The New York Times. That’s a lot of years and a lot of reviews — more than 2,500 of them.Ben is an effusive man with a quick wit and a memory like a steel trap. That’s a combination that makes for a great podcast guest. But don’t take our word for it, just listen in as we revisit many theatrical highs and listen to Ben gush about Bernadette Peters’s performa...
2022-08-1754 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastThis week's guest is Kate ShindleOnce Peter recovered from learning that Kate Shindle’s apartment in Queens has a garage, he was able to fully participate in the conversation with our guest, the president of Actors’ Equity and an actor herself (perhaps you saw her in the “Fun Home” tour company, among other shows).Founded in 1913, Actors’ Equity represents more than 51,000 theater actors and stage managers. Obviously, this means that this union has played a particularly big and visible role these past two years. We talked about what’s happening with Equity these days.As you listen, you can read Pet...
2022-07-1836 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastDr. Blythe Adamson: The ComebackOne of our most popular guests has been Dr. Blythe Adamson, whose company, Infectious Economics, develops covid-19 safety protocols for Broadway theaters, among other venues, including sports arenas. With masking eliminated in July as a mandate on Broadway, we wanted to have Dr. Adamson back to talk about what the change means for theater artists and theatergoers. Dr. Adamson’s take on the decision might surprise you. And there is much more to savor in this information-packed episode, which also includes a discussion of another current health threat, monkeypox, and what you should know about it....
2022-07-0529 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA chat with dramaturg Lauren HalvorsenWelcome to the “____ & Vincentelli” edition of “Marks & Vincentelli”! Peter was stuck with deadlines so I, Elisabeth, was alone at the wheel. Warning: I got so drunk on power that my accent was completely out of control.Luckily I had a great guest to keep me on track: Lauren Halvorsen, who writes the theater newsletter “Nothing for the Group” on this very platform.Every week “Nothing for the Group” offers a great hand-selected aggregation of show announcements from around the country (both in person and digital), news, reading recommendations and what Lauren calls “the regional Game of Thrones” (appoi...
2022-06-2750 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA chat with Nataki GarrettThis week we talked with Nataki Garrett, artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore. — one of the finest companies in the country. She was appointed artistic director in August 2019 and was scheduled to start in April 2020. As you can imagine, the timing was less than ideal, which is why Nataki’s first full in-person season is only underway now.We had a fruitful talk that covered a lot of ground: what it was like starting her job at Oregon Shakes during a pandemic, running a repertory company, building a season, improving diversity and access, and...
2022-06-2050 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastMichael R. Jackson in the houseSince opening at Playwrights Horizons in 2019, the musical “A Strange Loop” has earned largely enthusiastic reviews, the Pulitzer Prize and, in its current Broadway incarnation, 11 Tony nominations. It was a pleasure to welcome the show’s creator, Michael R. Jackson, on the show. As you can well imagine, he is a man of many thoughts and opinions. Here is Peter’s review of the Woolly Mammoth production, which led to the Broadway one.Elisabeth profiled Michael R. Jackson back in 2019; a few months ago she wrote about the show’s lead, Jaquel Spivey — yes, he’s nominated, t...
2022-06-0640 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastA chat with Jennifer SimardThis week we welcomed the wondrous Jennifer Simard to the swanky M&V virtual studio. Jennifer has nabbed a Tony nomination for her performance as the jujitsu fiend Sarah in Marianne Elliott’s revival of “Company.” This is her second nomination after her tour de force as the slot-machine-humping Sister Mary Downy in “Disaster!”Jennifer describes herself as a character actress, and we were happy to hear her make a proud case for that specific type. What she was too modest to say is that she is also one of the funniest actors currently working the boards. Perhaps yo...
2022-05-2353 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastGotta sing! Gotta dance!In this episode we welcomed Helen Shaw, the drama critic for New York magazine and Vulture, to chat about the Broadway season’s musicals and discuss the Tony nominations — which you can check out here. And what a season it was, with tuners as crazily diverse as “Six,” “Diana,” “Paradise Square,” “A Strange Loop,” “MJ,” “Flying Over Sunset” and, of course, everybody’s favorite couple: “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “Mr. Saturday Night.” Oh, and there are also the revivals of “Caroline, or Change, “Funny Girl,” “Company” and “The Music Man” — no wonder Elisabeth got a little overexcited!Some links: Elisabeth’s feature abo...
2022-05-0949 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastIn which we talk theater and Covid with Blythe Adamson, an infectious-disease epidemiologistAs the Broadway season started heating up this spring, so did Covid-19 cases, creating delays and headaches for several productions — so many people were out at “Macbeth” at one point that director Sam Gold had to step in and handle a couple of roles.So where does this leave theater? Is it safe to go to a show? Is it safe to be in a show? To get some answers, we invited infectious-disease epidemiologist Dr. Blythe Adamson, whose company, Infectious Economics, is working with several shows as well as tours. To wrap up the episode, we dis...
2022-04-2552 min
Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre PodcastAnd we are back!Dear listeners,It is us, Peter Marks, chief theater critic at the Washington Post, and Elisabeth Vincentelli, contributor to the New York Times, and we are happy to be chatting about theater again! As many of you know, we used to co-host the “Three on the Aisle” podcast with our dear colleague Terry Teachout. Last December we decided to end that show after a four-year run hosted by American Theatre magazine — those episodes are still available and collectively they form quite an oral history of recent American stage events, if we may say so ourselves. A...
2022-04-1142 min
Free Spirits with Sparkle SidEPISODE 7- ABBA:Gold With Elizabetha Vincentelli“There’s not a soul out there… NO ONE TO HEAR MY PRAYER.”Or is there…?Darlings and galpals: Today is the day we finally talk about the group Sid is ALWAYS talking about!On today’s episode, I celebrate the album that got me hooked on the Honorary Swedish Royal Family. Let’s see if you can figure out who I am talking about before I say their name…When Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Anni-Frid began a pop group more than 50 years ago, little did they know their legacy would spawn a musical, movie...
2020-10-0152 min
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary ArtBALTIC Podcast | Animalesque: Art Across Species and Beings with Filipa RamosAlessandro Vincentelli in conversation with Filipa Ramos, curator of the exhibition Animalesque: Art Across Species and Beings. 14 November 2019.
The podcast begins and ends with recordings made by Chris Watson from his 1998 work Outside the Circle of Fire, which he revisited for this exhibition. First we hear a Hippopotamus emerging from the River Mara; Masai Mara, Kenya and to end the podcast we hear Mozambique nightjar; banks of the River Zambezi, Zimbabwe. Courtesy the artist.
2019-11-1830 min
Festival d'Anjou 2019 - MurmuresComptoir #3 – Succès de l’année, le Canard à l’Orange…L’équipe du Canard à l’Orange, suite à la représentation au Plessis-Macé, rejoint le Comptoir du festival pour échanger autour d’une verre. Anne Charrier, Alice Dufour, Sophie Artur, Nicolas Briançon et François Vincentelli, Molières du meilleur comédien dans un second rôle, échangent en public, en se souvenant de la création de la pièce, il y a un an, dans le même écrin du Plessis-Macé.
2019-06-1718 min
PopcastThe Return of Bikini Kill and the Long Tail of Riot GrrrlA movement of punk-powered feminism that began in the early 1990s has a fresh urgency in 2019. Guests: Evelyn McDonnell, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Caryn Ganz
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2019-05-0541 min
My Little TonysThe 2015 Tony Awards, Part 2We debate whether Something Rotten! is mocking or celebrating musical history, trace The Visit’s long road and short stay, and celebrate Kelli O’Hara’s sixth-time’s-the-charm win for The King and I. Plus: more dream (and nightmare) threesomes, a couple of failed attempts to find a “What?!”, and maybe a little too much joshing at Josh Groban’s expense.
Works referenced/cited:
Behind the Music of SOMETHING ROTTEN! with Karey & Wayne Kirkpatrick
Associated Press. How 3 Broadway Novices Wrote 'Something Rotten!' San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2015.
Billington, Michael. “The Guardian Profile...
2019-03-1700 min
CUNY TV's Theater TalkTONY Wrap-Up and Season CelebrationTheater Talk's team Adam Feldman, Jesse Green, Julie Halston, Michael Musto, Patrick Pacheco, Jan Simpson, Elisabeth Vincentelli & Jason Zinoman join Susan Haskins after the Tonys to evaluate the ceremony, make sense of the upsets, & celebrate the season.
2018-06-1726 min
Dave's Gone ByDave’s Gone By #654 (6/9/18): THE 14th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW Here is the 654th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, June 9, 2018. A video of this episode is available at: davegsoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Arvada Center artistic director of plays Lynne Collins, Dave’s wife Joyce, Rabbi Sol Solomon, and theater critic Leslie (Hoban) Blake & Charles Gross (“Two on the Aisle”), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Eva Heinemann (“Hi! Drama”), Michall Jeffers (TotalTheater.com), Simon Saltzman (Outer Critics Circle), Zachary Stewart (TheaterMania), Elisabeth Vincentelli (“Three on the Aisle”).
Featuring: A look at the 2017-2018 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with in...
2018-06-095h 26CUNY TV's Theater Talk2018 TONY Predictions GalaEsteemed Theater Talk regulars Jesse Green, Michael Musto, Patrick Pacheco and Elisabeth Vincentelli gather with co-hosts Adam Feldman and Susan Haskins to predict who will win the coveted 2018 TONY Awards and why.
2018-06-0526 minCUNY TV's Theater Talk“Hello, Dolly!” and Off-Broadway Spring Preview“Hello, Dolly!” actors Kate Baldwin, Tony Award-winner Gavin Creel & Broadway newcomer Charlie Stemp; plus Adam Feldman, Michael Musto, Patrick Pacheco & Elisabeth Vincentelli discuss highly-anticipated off-Broadway shows with Jesse Green & Susan Haskins.
2018-02-1326 minCUNY TV's Theater TalkBroadway Spring 2018 Season PreviewAdam Feldman, Michael Musto, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Patrick Pacheco plus co-hosts Jesse Green and Susan Haskins discuss the upcoming spring season on Broadway, including "Harry Potter..." “Angels in America” “Mean Girls" "Carousel" and "My Fair Lady."
2018-02-0626 minCUNY TV's Theater TalkCritics Panel (Winter 2018)Theater critics Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Adam Feldman (Time Out New York) and Elisabeth Vincentelli (3 on The Aisle) review new shows of the 2017 fall season with co-hosts Jesse Green (The New York Times) and producer Susan Haskins.
2018-01-0226 minCUNY TV's Theater Talk“KPOP” and Fall Season Preview Pt. 2New immersive musical “KPOP” with co-conceiver/librettist Jason Kim, director Teddy Bergman of Woodshed Collective, and Ars Nova Artistic Director Jason Eagan; then Musto, Pacheco, Vincentelli & Jesse Green discuss more Broadway & off-Broadway offerings.
2017-10-1726 min
Dave's Gone ByDave’s Gone By #561 (6/11/16): THE 12TH ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW Here is the 561st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 11, 2016. Info: davesgoneby.com.Host: Dave LefkowitzGuests: lyricist Glenn Slater (School of Rock), Dave’s wife Joyce, critics Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Elisabeth Vincentelli (NY Post), Jeff Myhre (NY Theater Guide), Ed Rubin (Artes), Charles Gross (Two on the Aisle), Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Eva Heinemann (Hi! Drama), Jeff Myhre (NY Theater Guide), Simon Saltzman (Outer Critics Circle), Ellis Nassour (TotalTheater).Featuring: A look at the 2015-2016 Broa...
2016-06-127h 11
Dave's Gone ByDave's Gone By #512 (6/6/15): THE 11th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW Here is the 512th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 6, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.Featuring: A look at the 2014-2015 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews, trivia, showtunes, Broadway 101, a Wretched Pun, and a theatrical Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon.Guests: Entertainer Richard Skipper, Musical Director Richard Shore, spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon, Dave’s wife Joyce, and critics: Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), David Finkle (Huffington Post), Isa...
2015-06-067h 31
Dave's Gone ByDave's Gone By audio #471 (6/7/14): THE 10TH ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW Here is the 471st episode–our annual Broadway theater special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 7, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.Featuring: A look at the 2013-2014 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews, trivia, showtunes, Broadway 101 and a theatrical Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon.Guests: UNC Radio Programming Director Matthew Davis, Dave’s wife Joyce Weil and critics: Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), David Finkle (Huffington Post), Rosalind Friedman (The Theater Circuit), Isa Goldbe...
2014-06-086h 56CUNY TV's Theater TalkGreen, Isherwood and VincentelliTheater Talk has critics Jesse Green of "New York Magazine," Charles Isherwood of "The New York Times," and Elisabeth Vincentelli of the "New York Post" reviewing the fall 2013 season productions, on and off Broadway, that have piqued their interest.
2014-01-1226 min
Dave's Gone ByDave's Gone By #426 (6/8/13): THE 9th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW Here is the 426th episode–our annual Broadway theater-related special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 8, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.Host: Dave LefkowitzDave celebrates Broadway and the Tony Awards with theater experts and lots of showtunes. Featuring actor/director and UNC Professor Ken Womble. plus theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake (“Two on the Aisle”), Donald Collester (Journal America and WDVR-FM), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Isa Goldberg (Drama Desk president), Eva Heinemann (“Hi! Drama”), Brian Scott Lipton (TheaterMania.com), Michael Portantiere (Broadwaystars.com), Ed Rubin (TotalTheater.c...
2013-06-084h 31
ATW - Working In The TheatreCritics and Social Media - May, 2013From the pages of newspapers to tweets, blogs, chat rooms and twitter, the role of the theatre critic has been changing. Guests Lisa Fung, Charles Isherwood, Peter Marks and Elisabeth Vincentelli, along with moderator Patrick Pacheco, discuss how social media has impacted their work, their influence, and the world of theatre.
2013-05-0600 min
Dave's Gone ByDave's Gone By #389 (6/9/12): THE 8th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW Here is the 389th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 9, 2012. Info: davesgoneby.com.Featuring: Dave celebrates Broadway and the Tony Awards with theater experts, a Tony nominee and lots of showtunes.Host: Dave LefkowitzGuests: Tony nominated actress Spencer Kayden, University of Northern Colorado theater school musical director Richard Shore, Denver Center President Randy Weeks. Critics & Journalists: Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Vice President of the Drama Desk), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Peter Filichia (Kritzerland.com), ...
2012-06-104h 07CUNY TV's Theater TalkJoe Dziemianowicz, Charles Isherwood, John Simon, Elisabeth VincentelliReviews of recent Broadway productions by critics Joe Dziemianowicz of “The Daily News,” Charles Isherwood of “The NY Times,” John Simon of Bloomberg News and Elisabeth Vincentelli of the “NY Post.” Also, a Tony Awards red carpet report from AndrewAndrew.
2010-06-2726 minCUNY TV's Theater TalkLynn Nottage, Saidah Arrika Ekulona and Elisabeth VincentelliPlaywright Lynn Nottage and actress Saidah Arrika Ekulona discuss Nottage's critically-acclaimed drama, “Ruined,” about brutality towards women in the war-torn Republic of The Congo. Also, reviews from critic Elisabeth Vincentelli of the “New York Post.”
2009-04-0524 min