Theater is by nature ephemeral: even the greatest of performances are fleeting, thrilling a single audience before disappearing into history. But what if you could travel through time and space to be present at any production? Where would you go, and what would you see? In this episode, friend of the podcast Laurie Frankel (Family, Family) helps Jacke choose ... Show More
Sep 10
829 Charlotte Brontë and Her Biographer Elizabeth Gaskell (with Susan Dunne) | My Last Book with Travis Franks | The Odyssey Kerfuffle
Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell, two of the leading novelists of the 19th century, shared a remarkable literary friendship. After Charlotte's death, Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë became one of the most famous--and controversial--literary biographies ever written. In t ... Show More
1h 11m
Nov 2024
The Moth Podcast: The Play’s The Thing
On this episode, stories about the theater, performing, and life on the stage. This episode was hosted by Marc Sollinger.StorytellersRose L finds that playing Jesus in her school’s passion play is trickier than one might expect.Honor Finnegan tries out for the musical, Annie.Podc ... Show More
14m 39s
May 2022
La Mancha Screwjob
<p>All the world’s a stage. Or, sometimes it feels that way, especially these days. In this episode, originally aired in 2015, we push through the fourth wall, pierce the spandex-ed heart of professional wrestling, and travel 400 years into the past to unmask our obsession with a ... Show More
58m 2s
Jun 2024
592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway
<p>Hit by Covid, runaway costs, and a zillion streams of competition, serious theater is in serious trouble. A new hit play called <i>Stereophonic — </i>the most Tony-nominated play in history — has something to say about that. We speak with the people who make it happen every ni ... Show More
1h 5m
Jun 2022
Tonys Roundtable - Hugh Jackman, Ruth Negga, Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Rockwell & Jesse Williams
Five Broadway standouts — nominated for 'The Music Man,' 'Macbeth,' 'How I Learned to Drive,' 'American Buffalo' and 'Take Me Out,' respectively — discuss theater in the time of COVID, the challenges of eight shows a week, stage versus screen acting, exorbitant ticket prices, unr ... Show More
1h 46m
<p>A brief meditation on loss, relativity, and the vagaries of show business.</p><ul><li><strong>RESOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/billie-eilish-the-worlds-a-little-blurry/umc.cmc.5waz3hfo9r1133t8arap8b6nq?action=play"><i>Billie Eilish: The World's ... Show More
