How Patrick Page Summons Devils in His New Solo Show
Scar in “The Lion King.” The Green Goblin in “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” The titular green guy in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” The actor Patrick Page (“Hadestown”) has played every one of...
View ArticleWhy Broadway’s ‘Spamalot’ Cast Can’t Keep a Straight Face
While the cast of the new Broadway production of “Spamalot” is cracking up audiences, they’re all trying their best not to crack up as well. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: On the new...
View ArticleHow ‘Waitress’ Changed the Way Sara Bareilles Writes Music, Even for Herself
Sara Bareilles has always spoken openly about the fact that her work on the musical “Waitress” changed her life. “My life is in two categories: It’s before and after ‘Waitress,’” she said on the new...
View ArticleHow Kelli O’Hara Launched the 21-Year Journey of ‘Days of Wine and Roses’
Fresh off an early workshop of “The Light in the Piazza,” the actress Kelli O’Hara had a passing thought: What if there was an ambitious musical adaptation of “Days of Wine and Roses,” the 1962...
View ArticleHow ‘Illinoise,’ a Non-Traditional Musical Inspired by the Sufjan Stevens...
The creators of “Illinoise,” the new stage show inspired by the 2005 Sufjan Stevens album “Illinois,” are the first to admit that the production isn’t a musical in the most traditional sense of the...
View ArticleHow Two Theater Superfans Became Theater Influencers
What’s a theater influencer and how do you become one? On the latest episode of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast, Kristin Hopkins and Ashley Hufford, two influencers with strong social media...
View ArticleHow ‘The Notebook’ Broadway Musical Highlights the Universality of the...
Even if you don’t know “The Notebook,” you know there’s a romantic couple at the heart of the story. But in the new Broadway musical adaptation of “The Notebook,” there’s not just one couple — there’s...
View ArticleHow Juliana Canfield Went From ‘Succession’ to Broadway’s ‘Stereophonic’
Juliana Canfield didn’t mean to lie when she was auditioning for the play “Stereophonic” — it just accidentally happened. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: The actor, whose breakout...
View ArticleBernadette Peters Recalls the Moment She Fell in Love With Stephen Sondheim’s...
The Tony-winning Broadway icon Bernadette Peters has long been considered one of the foremost performers of composer Stephen Sondheim’s work. But as Peters revealed in the latest episode of...
View ArticleWhy Grant Gustin Loves the Scary Parts of Starring in a Broadway Musical
Grant Gustin, the former CW superhero now making his Broadway debut in the musical “Water for Elephants,” has been headlining his current, critically praised stage gig since it began previews in late...
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