Notes With Jack

Notes With Jack
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NOTES WITH JACK is a weekly check-in between theater legend Jack O'Brien and up-and-coming screenwriter Alan Fox. Two artists, separated by fifty years, just trying to figure it out... For more follow us at... website: www.noteswithjack.com instagram: @noteswithjack_ youtube: ‪@NotesWithJack‬ Alan Fox instagram: @itsafoxtv Production Company: A/Vantage Pictures instagram: @avantagepictures Full production services provided by 11K Films instragram: @11Kfilms_ Co-Producer: Jeremiah Maestas Logo and web design by Breanne Crotty

  1. 6D AGO

    Premiering THE SOUND OF MUSIC / NOTES WITH JACK #26

    Episode 26: It's been nearly two weeks since our last episode and Jack has a lot to fill us in on. The guys dive right into Jack's production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC which premiered this past week at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. This leads the guys into a very craft heavy discussion about navigating short rehearsal windows, last minute notes, and Jack walks us through his rational for changing (and then changing again...) the ending to the production.

    38 min

  2. SEP 2

    THE SOUND OF MUSIC hits UTICA / NOTES WITH JACK #25

    Episode 25: The guys kick off this episode talking about Richard Perry (yes, the hit record producer) mentioning Jack's performance in a 1960 student production of KISMET in his autobiography. (I know... I know... You can't make this up...) Then the guys dive into Jack's struggle with limited rehearsal for the SOUND OF MUSIC, the art (and struggle) of realizing "it's it," and the responsibility that Alan and Jack feel to their projects...

    38 min

  3. AUG 25

    Jack's Going to Hollywood / NOTES WITH JACK #24

    Episode 24: The guys kick off this episode announcing Jack's acting role on the new season of Lisa Kudrow's hit TV show THE COMEBACK, before pivoting to updates on his production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, then Alan asks Jack for advice on navigating the "artistic postpartum depression" that comes with having a project released into the world...

    40 min

  4. AUG 15

    Week Two at THE SOUND OF MUSIC (The T Swift Edition) / NOTES WITH JACK #23

    Episode 23: The guys kick off this episode talking about Taylor Swift (obviously…) before diving into Jack’s second week of rehearsals for THE SOUND OF MUSIC. This leads to a discussion about where Jack “puts the pin in ten years later,” balancing themes, and how art gives us a reason to push forward…  This new North American tour of THE SOUND OF THE MUSIC is set to launch in the Fall of 2025, starting at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. from September 9 - October 5, and will visit 55 cities across the continent.

    38 min

  5. AUG 9

    Jack Starts THE SOUND OF MUSIC / NOTES WITH JACK #22

    Episode 22: Jack is back after his week away, and after discussing his his 2018 production of CAROUSEL, the guys dive into week one on THE SOUND OF MUSIC. They touch on how the iconic musical came to be, the task of re-branding an American classic, and why he starts with his child performers a week earlier than the adults are called to rehearsals. This new North American tour of THE SOUND OF THE MUSIC is set to launch in the Fall of 2025, starting at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. from September 9 - October 5, and will visit 55 cities across the continent.

    48 min

  6. AUG 4

    Alan Talks HIGHEST 2 LOWEST With Jason Berman / NOTES WITH JACK #21

    Episode 21: Jack is in LA working on a new (secret) project. So, in this special episode of NWJ, Alan talks to Jason Berman (BIRTH OF A NATION, AIR) the producer behind Alan's new movie HIGHEST 2 LOWEST. They guys talk about how Jason secured the rights to the original Akira Kurasowa film HIGH AND LOW, what he learned most through producing the film, and Alan talks about how advice from Jack shaped how he wrote the script. HIGHEST 2 LOWEST hits theaters on August 15th, and will be available streaming on Apple TV on September 5th.

    53 min

  7. JUL 25

    Jack Talks Mentors Part 2 / NOTES WITH JACK #20

    Episode 20: In the second part of the guy's discussion about Jack and his mentors, they discuss what John Houseman and Craig Noel added to Jack's education in the theater, the tension that outgrowing a mentor can cause, and Jack tells the story about the time he made Queen Elizabeth laugh...

    42 min

  8. JUL 19

    Jack Talks Mentors Part 1 / NOTES WITH JACK #19

    Episode 19: On this (longer than usual...) episode, the guys focus on the idea of mentors. This leads to a conversation about the generational differences in imagination, how you learn more from watching your mentors fail, and Jack tells a devastating story about the time he had to fire his first mentor, theater legend Ellis Raab, from a production at The Old Globe.

    49 min
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NOTES WITH JACK is a weekly check-in between theater legend Jack O'Brien and up-and-coming screenwriter Alan Fox. Two artists, separated by fifty years, just trying to figure it out... For more follow us at... website: www.noteswithjack.com instagram: @noteswithjack_ youtube: ‪@NotesWithJack‬ Alan Fox instagram: @itsafoxtv Production Company: A/Vantage Pictures instagram: @avantagepictures Full production services provided by 11K Films instragram: @11Kfilms_ Co-Producer: Jeremiah Maestas Logo and web design by Breanne Crotty

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