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Stagecraft: Donja R. Love, author of “Fireflies”

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The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. [display_podcast] Guest: Donja R. Love DONJA R. LOVE (Playwright) is an Afro-Queer playwright, poet, and filmmaker from Philadelphia. He’s the recipient of the 2018 read more


Stagecraft: Sharr White, “The True”

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The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. [display_podcast] Guest: Sharr White The New Group’s production of The True @ The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center, read more


Stagecraft: Simon Reade, “Private Peaceful”

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The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. [display_podcast] Guest: Simon Reade Private Peaceful @ TBG Mainstage, 312 West 36th Street, through October 7, 2018 — Based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, read more


Stagecraft: James Magruder, “Head Over Heels”

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The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. [display_podcast] Guest: James Magruder, Adaptation (Head Over Heels) James Magruder made his Broadway debut with the book for Triumph of Love. His adaptations of read more


This Week on Broadway for July 22, 2018: Peter and Will Anderson

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Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Jan Simpson talk with Peter and Will Anderson about their upcoming Songbook Summit concert series at Symphony Space. We review On A Clear Day You Can See Forever @ Irish Repertory Theatre, Fire in Dreamland @ The Public Theater, The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s production of Antigone @ read more


This Week on Broadway for July 15, 2018: Lucie Arnaz

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Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Lucie Arnaz. Jan Simpson joins in and we review Mary Page Marlowe @ Second Stage Theater, Log Cabin @ Playwrights Horizons, Cyprus Avenue @ Public Theater, Hairspray @ The Argyle Theatre, and The Saintliness of Margery Kempe @ The Duke on 42nd Street. We read more


This Week on Broadway for July 1, 2018: Carmen Jones

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James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson review Carmen Jones @ Classic Stage Company, Girls & Boys @ Minetta Lane Theatre, Skintight @ Roundabout Theatre Company, Log Cabin @ Playwrights Horizons, Songs for a New World @ Encores! Off-Center, Transport Group’s Promises, Promises in Concert, and Sugar in Our Wounds @ Manhattan Theatre Club.   read more