Giants in the Sky

This is an unparalleled look behind the scenes and between the lines of the landmark musical Into the Woods. Ben Rimalower produces and hosts candid conversations with the original stars and creatives of Into the Woods offering their unique perspectives on the development process of its iconic original production. Guests include writer-director director James Lapine, dramaturg Ira Weitzman, and original stars Bernadette Peters, Phylicia Rashad, Chip Zien and Joanna Gleason.
Beautiful tribute
3d ago
Your interview skills are amazing! Such an inspiring role model.
When you are the expert
3d ago
I love the idea of this. Woods is in my top five musicals of all time. I, like the host, experienced the birth and rise of it in real time - before we had much internet to obsess over it with. My touchstones through high school came from the PBS recording and the cast album and the Tony awards. The difficulty of hosts who are mega fans of a thing is that you spend your time researching your obsession- understand when you interview people who participated in it that they don’t research it- they don’t know the weird fan theories usually. Some of these interviews are like interrogations- because the host’s exuberance for the subject matter railroads the guest. Let them talk. Ask questions- let them talk. We want to hear the guest- and the host is talking over them way too much. It comes from a place of love - that’s obvious, but I wish someone had told the host early in the show to leave room for the guest to expound. Sometimes his ADD/impatience to get the guest to speak leads to him just talking over the guest to get to the answer he wants. These people did this decades ago- they may not remember. That’s okay. Let the guests talk - the fans will listen.
Mind blown
05/25/2024
Wow. I’m hooked.
A very deep dive
05/21/2024
This is a must for anyone who wants to learn what goes into creating a broadway show. The oral histories dive deeply into all aspects of the development of the show.
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- CreatorBroadway Podcast Network
- Years Active2022 - 2025
- Episodes66
- RatingClean
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