Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

Broadway Podcast Network

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Behind the scenes with the biggest stars on Broadway, Off Broadway and beyond. Hosted by Gordon Cox.

DEC 10

Branagh, Sondheim and Fiennes, All Under One Roof

The Shed, a relatively new multidisciplinary arts institution in Manhattan, has already made a habit of presenting buzzy theater productions — including the current, sold-run of "King Lear" starring Kenneth Branagh. Artistic director Alex Poots talks about how that show grew out of a years-along rapport with Branagh, and how the Shed's theater work fits into the broader landscape of Broadway and New York theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

38 min
NOV 26

How to Sing Like Louis Armstrong

The Tony-winning actor James Monroe Iglehart on how he nails the legendary voice of Louis Armstrong in the new Broadway bio-musical “A Wonderful World” – and why he hopes his involvement as co-director of the show leads to more directing gigs in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

41 min
NOV 12

Megan Hilty & Jennifer Simard: Death Becomes Them

The stars of the new Broadway musical adaptation of "Death Becomes Her" talk comic timing, macabre special effects, and why Hilty always knew "Death Becomes Her" would make a great musical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

32 min
OCT 29

Playing Robots, Being Human

Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen, the stars of the new Broadway musical "Maybe Happy Ending," on cross-cultural storytelling, navigating their show's technologically complex set, and why robots are uniquely suited to telling a very human story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

40 min
OCT 15

Nicole Scherzinger, Jim Parsons and More From the Business of Broadway 2024

In this supersized episode of Stagecraft, we bring you three conversations from Variety's Business of Broadway breakfast, featuring the stars, creators and producers behind some of the biggest shows on Broadway this fall. In our first conversation, Erik Piecuch of City National Bank moderates a discussion with the producers Hunter Arnold ("Maybe Happy Ending," "Othello"), Caroline Kaplan ("Redwood"), Mara Isaacs ("Gypsy," "Hadestown"), and Sammy Lopez ("How to Dance in Ohio," "JOB"). In our second talk, Variety's Rebecca Rubin talks with four of the stars of the new Broadway revival of "Our Town": Zoey Deutch, Jim Parsons, Ephraim Sykes and Michelle Wilson. And in our final interview, Variety's Brent Lang talks to two of the creative forces behind the buzzy new revival of "Sunset Boulevard," star Nicole Scherzinger and director Jamie Lloyd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 19m
OCT 1

Jez Butterworth & Sam Mendes Hike ‘The Hills of California’

The Tony-winning playwright and Oscar and Tony-winning director talk memory, loss and making “The Hills of California,” their latest Broadway play. Plus: the joys and pitfalls of franchise moviemaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

44 min
SEP 17

Daniel Dae Kim Wants to Make You Laugh

The "Lost" and "Hawaii Five-0" actor takes listeners behind the scenes of his return to Broadway, portraying a flawed, fictionalized version of the playwright David Henry Hwang in Hwang's comedy of mistaken racial identities, "Yellow Face." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

37 min
SEP 3

How a Theatermaker Makes Opera

Jeanine Tesori, the Tony winning composer of “Kimberly Akimbo” and “Fun Home,” talks about her upcoming Metropolitan Opera debut, “Grounded,” and what it’s like when a musical theater composer finds herself working with an 80-piece orchestra and 60-voice ensemble. Also discussed: the launch of the “Kimberly Akimbo” national tour, the revisions she and David Lindsay-Abaire made to “Shrek,” and why “Soft Power,” the musical she wrote with David Henry Hwang, is like the Renaissance Faire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

35 min

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Thank you!

May 23

BenjhNYC

I’ve been enjoying your podcast and really appreciate the focus on many aspects of theater and the incredibly thoughtful questions!
Love Gordon and his guests

01/10/2023

funier

Best ever!!!!!!!!!!!! Please tune in. It’s the best.
Deeply Informative & Entertaining

03/03/2021

Agboy98

So glad to be able to Listen to this every week.
Goo good

11/11/2020

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