Episode 213 – Broadway Press Agent Extraordinaire, Irene Gandy

The Producer's Perspective: Well, how about this . . . she’s got hundreds of shows on her resume, from Glengarry Glen Ross (a couple of times) to All The Way, and even all the way back to Gemini, and was recently inducted into the Oral History Project in the Lincoln Center Library. She is still the only black female member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM) so you can imagine what it was like breaking into this biz when she began.

Episode 212 – Six-Time Tony Award-Winning Costume Designer, William Ivey Long

The Producer's Perspective: William has not only won six Tony Awards, but he has been nominated for 11 more and has already been inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame!

And he is still designing as much as he ever has, working in all the entertainment mediums, from opera to ballet to tv and film. He has a whopping 76 (!) Broadway credits including Chicago, Beetlejuice, Tootsie, Cinderella, Grey Gardens, Hairspray, The Producers, Crazy For You, Nine, and the new musical Diana

#93 Quarantine Happy Hour

in 1: the podcast: In times of need and uncertainty, we turn to our friends for comfort, so it only made sense that we gathered a slew of friends of the pod to come together for a Quarantine episode of the podcast. Joining Cory for a Friday night drink is Buist Bickley, Darron West, Caite Hevner, Beowulf Boritt, Jason Lyons, Jen Caprio, Jen Schriever, Jason Lyons and Bradley King. Everyone shared how they are coping with the new normal caused by Covid-19 and how it’s taking its toll on everyone’s personal and professional lives

Podcast: CRM and Social Media Integration

AMT Lab @ CMU: In the latest episode of the AMT-Lab Podcast series, Chief Technology Manager Ashley Anderson Kowach interviews AMT-Lab contributor Megan Ma about her research on how a nonprofit organization can integrate social media data with an existing CRM system to better understand their constituents interests which could lead to better engagement between the organization and the audience.

Lost Worlds and “Pansexual Extravaganzas”: Rediscovering Weimar Operetta with Dr. Kevin Clarke

HowlRound Theatre Commons: When we think of operetta, words like “edgy” and “sexy” rarely come to mind. Dr. Kevin Clarke is hoping to change that through his work with the Operetta Research Centre, which focuses on studying and reevaluating works from the first half of the twentieth century. These had long been denigrated as “silver operetta,” as opposed to the supposed Golden Age of the late nineteenth century, when composers like Johann Strauss and Gilbert & Sullivan created some of the most famous examples of the genre.

Podcast Episode 138- Kwame Kwei-Armah

The Producer's Perspective: From singer to songwriter to actor to award-winning playwright to Artistic Director, Kwame Kwei-Armah has done just about everything an artist can do in the theater already. And, given the accolades already bestowed on him (he’s been produced at the National, and in short order, he’ll assume the reins of the Young Vic in London), he’s done it all at a super high level.

#73 Bradley King

in 1: the podcast: The podcast is back and we’re not pulling any punches. Today we sit down with recent Tony Award winner Bradley King to discuss his lighting design for ‘Natasha Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812.’ He traces the journey of the design from Ars Nova, where the plot was hardly more than chandeliers and lightbulbs, all the way to his massive, immersive design at the Imperial Theatre. Hear how he and director Rachel Chavkin developed the look of the show over 4 different iterations, how he ushered in the role of “Automated Light Bulb Winch Programmer” and what it’s like winning a Tony for your Broadway debut. Bradley is also very active in the 829 union negotiations and he and Cory discuss the recently updated LORT contract and review the various expenses for which designers on the road can be reimbursed. And he discusses being a young designer with a growing family and how that impacts his life and work decisions. Heat up the dumplings, pour yourself some Borsht, and join us for a great chat!

#74 Luke Cantarella

in 1: the podcast: It’s episode #74 and we’re sitting down with Set Designer Luke Cantarella. Luke’s designs run the gamut from musicals to plays, opera to exhibitions, and an emerging field called Design Anthropology, where design is used to shed light on social and societally issues through exhibits or interactive experiences. One such project, entitled ‘214 Sq Ft,’ involved designing a replica motel room meant to reflect the living conditions of low income families in Orange County and the transient spaces that often become their permanent residencies. Cory and Luke also chat about designing larger than life musicals like ‘Follies’ for Repertory of St Louis and ‘All Shook Up’ at The Muny. Other topics include Luke’s eye-opening experience of designing projections only for Goodspeed’s current production of ‘Rags,’ how he totally changed his design process only a couple years ago, and what he tries to impart on his students at Pace University. And finally, they discuss something every designer can relate to, ‘sad designer face.’ But don’t be 🙁 be 🙂 because it’s a brand new episode!

Matt Velderman, Black & Decker Tool Designer

Cool Tools: Our guest this week is Matt Velderman. He’s a DYIer, an engineer, inventor, and he leads Stanley Black & Decker’s Breakthrough Innovation Group.

Stagecraft Podcast: Ayad Akhtar Talks ‘Junk,’ Pulitzers and Faith

Variety: When Ayad Akhtar won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, he thought: “Well, very little good can come of this.”

Akhtar, who won the award for his play “Disgraced,” talks about it on the latest episode of Stagecraft, Variety‘s theater podcast. Either he’d believe he deserved the award, the playwright explains, or he wouldn’t — and he didn’t like either option.

Prop Restoration - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 11/7/17

Tested: Guest Tom Spina of Tom Spina Designs joins us this week to talk about the process of prop restoration! Tom and his team have helped restore some of the most important prop and makeup artifacts from film history, including creatures from Star Wars.

Broadway Set Designer, David Korins

The Producer's Perspective: What do Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen and Lady Gaga have in common?

Yes, yes, multi-million dollar grosses.

But they also have sets designed by David Korins.

CirqueCast, Episode #16:Behind-the-Scenes at OVO

www.cirquefascination.com: On this episode of CirqueCast, we bring you a behind-the-scenes look at OVO! Dario visited the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, CO for a backstage tour, and Jose met up with Russian Cradle artists Camille Santerre and Nansy Damianova at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, TX for an exclusive interview!

Spiel Chicago Episode Seventeen: Lavina Jadhwani

PerformInk: Lavina Jadhwani is a director, playwright and casting director who is fascinated by the art of the mash-up. She recently adapted Uncle Vanya for Rasaka Theatre Company, the midwest’s first South Asian American theater company where she previously served as Artistic Director. Lavina spoke with me about the kind of work that’s important to her, as well as her work as a casting director.

#68 Peter Nigrini

in 1: the podcast: This week’s guest is Projection Designer Peter Nigrini! Peter is currently represented on Broadway with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and he takes us through the process of creating over 4000 pieces of video content and how he blended reality with artistry in creating the social media pages that make up the bulk of the projected content. He and Cory also discuss how a projection designer prepares for tech, how to prepare a director for the process of working with projections, why where the projection tech table is located matters, and how he came to join the creative team of ‘If/Then’ as the show was reconceived for the National Tour.

Podcast Episode 97 - Three Time Tony Award Winning Director, Jack O'Brien

The Producer's Perspective: Jack and I set a date for his podcast a few months ago . . . and I’ve been like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting for the date to come.

Not just because I knew he’d drop advice like The Dalai Lama on Directing, but also because he’s one of the best speakers and storytellers around. If you ever find yourself at a party and Jack is there? Cozy up nearby and just listen . . . he’ll educate and entertain you for hours.

Alex Lacamoire

NEA: Alex Lacamoire is an arranger, musical director, orchestrator, conductor and musician, probably best-known for his collaborations with Lin-Manuel Miranda: In the Heights and Hamilton. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, he began his career on Broadway as musical director of Bat Boy: The Musical. He worked extensively with Stephen Schwartz on the national tour of Godspell and on Broadway with Captain Louie and Wicked. But it was his work with Lin-Manuel Miranda that brought him a Tony award for Best Orchestration for the musical In the Heights, making Alex the first Latino to win that award and the first Berklee graduate to win a Tony. Alex followed that with a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album for In the Heights, and repeated the process in 2016 with a Tony and a Grammy for Hamilton.

Podcast Episode 92 - The Artistic Director of MTC and Theater Hall of Famer, Lynne Meadow

The Producer's Perspective: If plays were oil, then Manhattan Theater Club would have one of the best wells in town. Just look at some of the plays that have come from its fertile ground: Love! Valour! Compassion!, Sylvia, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Proof, Doubt, Rabbit Hole, Blackbird and so many more by the likes of Arthur Miller, Marsha Norman, Harold Pinter, Brian Friel, etc.

Theatre History Podcast # 7: Getting (Politically) Radical with Amy Brady

HowlRound: Throughout the month of October, the Theatre History Podcast will feature discussions with artists and scholars who study and/or create political theatre. Our first guest is Amy Brady, who talks about her recent article in The Awl on Mary Virginia Farmer and her work with the Federal Theatre Project, in particular her production of the play The Sun Rises in the West.

Up in the air: Talking Event rigging and lifting special part 2

Event Industry News: In the second episode of a three-part special, the Talking Events podcast looks at the subject of rigging and working at height.

Recorded at the offices of Blackout in south west London, part two looks at the newly created National Event Lifting Certificate (NELC). The qualification was created to serve the training needs of event professionals that may need to raise equipment off the ground, but who themselves don’t actually work at height.