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On today’s special episode, Matt is in conversation with the delightful Melanie La Barrie, who is currently playing Juliet’s Nurse Angelique in the original Broadway production of “& Juliet.” Mel has been with the show since 2017 and has seen the show through a number of changes, including the late read more
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On today’s episode, Matt is in conversation with the writers of a new musical that was seemingly written specifically for him, “5 Golden Rings: A Greeting Card Channel Musical.” Stephen Garvey and David Abbinanti tell Matt about the unusual writing process for the show, all of the familiar tropes and read more
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On today’s episode, Matt is in conversation with theater and music critic and journalist Elysa Gardner. Her new book “Magic to Do: Pippin’s Fantastic, Fraught Journey to Broadway and Beyond” details the contentious road that the show took to the Broadway stage. In the interview, Matt and Elysa discuss why read more
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On today’s episode, Matt is in conversation with David Leopold the creative director of The Al Hirschfeld Foundation. The foundation recently released “The American Theatre as seen by Hirschfeld 1962-2002,” the follow-up to the iconic original volume. Hirschfeld is also the focus of a special interactive exhibit at the newly read more
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On today’s special episode, Matt is in conversation with Paul Salsini, the founder and original editor The Sondheim Review. For ten years, they exchanged notes, letters, faxes, and phone calls. Stephen Sondheim would contact him, and Paul Salsini, the founder and editor of The Sondheim Review, would respond. Now, Salsini has read more
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On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with fellow Ohioan and one of the stars of “Titanique” Off-Broadway John Riddle. The pair talk about how difficult it is to get through that show without breaking character, the brilliance of the show’s star and co-author Marla Mindelle, how Celine Dion read more
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On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with actor and writer Asher Muldoon. Before Asher went out on the national tour of “Dear Evan Hansen,” he began writing a musical adaptation of a fairly violent, surrealist novel that he read for a high school class called “The Butcher Boy.” read more
