Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

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

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Music
Society & Culture
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'In the Heights': The Cuts, The Changes, The Ro...
Writer Quiara Alegría Hudes on going big, and getting intimate, with the movie version of 'In the Heights.'
33 min
77
Launching Broadway's Future Black Leaders
How the new Theatre Leadership Project aims to welcome emerging Black professionals to the theater industry.
37 min
78
The Theater Tour That Became a Movie
Behind the transformation of Heather Christian's 'Animal Wisdom' into a boundary-blurring new film.
39 min
79
Making Digital Theater is Like Shooting 'Star W...
Director Lileana Blain-Cruz and producer Jim Glaub on “The Baltimore Waltz” and why virtual theater is a lot more complicated than it looks.
32 min
80
How Theater Makers Have Mobilized to Stop Asian...
Artist-activists Christine Toy Johnson and Leslie Ishii on how theater can be an important part of the movement.
32 min
81
BONUS: Meet the Squabbling Producers of 'Avvata...
Lillias White and James Monroe Iglehart play the bickering backers of a massive, controversial, and entirely fictional Broadway musical version of "Avatar." Recorded in collaboration with the audio comedy As The Curtain Rises.
25 min
82
The Gonzo Journalism Preserving Broadway History
Historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper on the latest volume of her theater-by-theater chronicle, The Untold Stories of Broadway.
33 min
83
How Blair Underwood Found New Colors in ‘Paradi...
Behind the scenes of the new audio adaptation of Dominique Morisseau’s play, with Underwood and Mandy Greenfield, the artistic director of Williamstown Theatre Festival.
32 min
84
The Case for a New Federal Theater Project
Nataki Garrett, the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, on getting the theater industry the support it deserves during the pandemic.
36 min
85
Broadway Gave Mike Nichols His Juiciest Backsta...
The author of "Mike Nichols: A Life," Mark Harris, on the director's life and influential work -- and the dramas behind the scenes.
32 min
86
The Oscar Winner Helping Off Broadway Find Life...
How John Ridley ("12 Years a Slave," "American Crime") and theater veteran Scott Elliott got together for the starry "grand experiment" of The New Group Off Stage.
42 min
87
From 'Slave Play' to Marvel Superhero
"WandaVision" actor Teyonah Parris on moving from an Off Broadway buzzmagnet into one of the biggest franchises in Hollywood.
33 min
88
The New York Native Who Found Playwriting Succe...
Writer Kemp Powers on adapting his play "One Night in Miami" into a buzzy new film, and why L.A. was more welcoming to his work than New York.
35 min
89
The August Wilson Expert Who Brought 'Ma Rainey...
One of the foremost interpreters of Wilson's work, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, on how he crafted his screenplay for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."
31 min
90
Ariana DeBose Has a Date With "The Prom"
The Tony-nominated actor ("Hamilton," "West Side Story") is having a screen moment with stage musicals.
35 min
91
The Legacy Black Theater Transforming to Meet t...
Sarah Bellamy, the artistic director of Penumbra in St. Paul, Minn., on making theater the centerpiece of a new center for racial healing.
34 min
92
This Dramatic Thriller Stars Half of Broadway
Writer-director-actor Arian Moayed on how the theater community turned out for his starry screen thriller, “The Accidental Wolf.” “The Accidental Wolf” on Topic: http://go.topic.com/varietytaw
35 min
93
Baz Luhrmann & His Broadway Team on Making 'Mou...
Luhrmann and the creators of the stage musical talk putting the show together, shutting it all down, and why its message feels more relevant than ever.
74 min
94
Why Ashley Park Calls Darren Star the Sondheim ...
The "Mean Girls" Tony nominee talks "Emily in Paris" and how she'll help make "Thoroughly Modern Millie" a musical for everyone.
36 min
95
The New Voices of Broadway
How playwrights Katori Hall, Jeremy O. Harris and Matthew López think about shaping the future of Broadway.
35 min
96
How One Entrepreneur is Making the Change She W...
ChiChi Anyanwu braved the pandemic to launch a management company focused on diverse talent.
34 min
97
Theater Laid the Foundation for Kenny Ortega’s ...
How to craft dances for screens, with the director of “High School Musical” and Netflix’s upcoming “Julie and the Phantoms.”
32 min
98
How One London Theater is Thriving During the P...
Lynette Linton, artistic director of the Bush Theatre, on reopening, responding and why now is the time for new work.
32 min
99
Harvey Fierstein on the Timely Lessons of AIDS,...
The Broadway favorite reveals how his work, including new Audible release “Bella Bella,” speaks to the current moment.
38 min
100
How Theater Meets Activism With the Broadway Ad...
Co-founders Adrienne Warren and Zhailon Levingston on BAC's work at the intersection of arts and activism.
40 min