Maxamoo's New York City Theater Podcast

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Conversations about New York City theater and performance, what's amazing, what's awful, and what we recommend on stage right now.

  1. 04/09/2020

    Theater Things Going Online

    Jose, Nicole, and Ben discuss shows and other things from the theater community that have gone online during the pandemic.   Introductions (0:00) Contagious Closet Dramas, presented by Two Headed Rep on Instagram (1:39) It’s True, It’s True, It’s True by Breach Theatre (6:13) The Shows Must Go On,[...]

  2. 03/18/2020

    Maxamoo Book Club: The Great White Way – Race and the Broadway Musical

    Jose and PennyMaria are joined by author Warren Hoffman to discuss the newly published second edition of his book The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical. Their conversation includes a closer look at West Side Story, both historically and through the lens of the revival Ivo Von Hove[...]

  3. 01/20/2020

    The Best & Worst of 2019, Part II

    All 9 of our regular contributors have gathered: Aurin, Ben, David, Jack, Jose, Liz, Nicole, Patty, and PennyMaria! We’re back together for our year-end spectacular, our annual episode in which we discuss the best and worst theater of the year. If you have trouble telling any voices apart, we’re seated in a circle and the order we answer questions[...]

  4. 01/13/2020

    The Best & Worst of 2019, Part I

    All 9 of our regular contributors have gathered: Aurin, Ben, David, Jack, Jose, Liz, Nicole, Patty, and PennyMaria! We’re back together for our year-end spectacular, our annual episode in which we discuss the best and worst theater of the year. If you have trouble telling any voices apart, we’re seated[...]

  5. 12/15/2019

    Fires in the Mirror, The Inheritance, and Other Big Shows on Right Now

    Aurin, Nicole, and PennyMaria discuss 2 shows shows on Broadway and 2 shows Off-Broadway.   Introductions (0:00) The Inheritance on Broadway (1:10) for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf at the Public Theater (16:10) Fires in the Mirror at Signature Theatre (37:41) Tina on Broadway (51:59) Things we’re excited for (1:05:18)[...]

  6. 11/21/2019

    December 2019 Preview

    Liz, David, and Jack talk about what they’re excited to see in December and January! We talk about: Virgo Star by Pioneers Go East Collective at La Mama (1:13) Fefu and Her Friends by María Irene Fornés at Theatre for a New Audience (2:49) The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath[...]

  7. 11/07/2019

    Interview with Jamie Lozano, Composer of ‘Songs by an Immigrant’

    Jose talks to musical theatre composer Jaime Lozano about his career, and how he went from disliking Jesus Christ Superstar when he was growing up in Monterrey, Mexico, to becoming one of the most prolific composers living in the United States. Lozano shares insights about his process and shares[...]

  8. 10/24/2019

    Maxamoo Book Club: Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Deavere Smith

    David is joined by Rachel Godfrey of Ludus NYC to discuss our first Official Maxamoo Book Club Selection: Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-Up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts – For Actors, Performers, Writers and Artists of Every Kind by Anna Deavere Smith. Visit the book’s official website[...]

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