Stagecraft with Gordon Cox
225 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 97 ratingsBehind the scenes with the biggest stars on Broadway, Off Broadway and beyond. Hosted by Gordon Cox.
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Ep25 - Billie Piper
April 03, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutesThe "Doctor Who" star talks about reprising her Olivier Award-winning role in "Yerma," along the way touching on her pop-star past, the film she's directing and the musical that might be in her future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep24 - Billy Crudup
March 27, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutesThere are several characters in the Off Broadway thriller "Harry Clarke." But they're all played by Billy Crudup -- who sure does get lonely up there sometimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep23 - Robert Greenblatt
March 20, 2018 08:00 - 30 minutesThe chairman of NBC Entertainment is the man responsible for the network's embrace of theater, performance and live programming, from the new "Rise" to the upcoming "Jesus Christ Superstar" to "Smash" -- and he's also a theater fan and producer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep22 - Lee Pace
March 13, 2018 08:00 - 28 minutesPace, the "Halt and Catch Fire" star who's now appearing on Broadway in "Angels in America," takes listeners behind the scenes of the "massive" Tony Kushner play -- and explains why he'd love it if Donald Trump came to see the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep21 - Casey Nicholaw
March 06, 2018 09:00 - 29 minutesDirector-choreographer Casey Nicholaw, Broadway's go-to guy for musical comedy, gives the scoop on his buzzy upcoming production of "Mean Girls," and along the way talks getting "Aladdin" right, why "The Prom" is so timely and what it was like working with the "South Park" creators on "The Book of Mormon." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep20 - Gillian Jacobs & Thomas Kail
February 27, 2018 09:00 - 27 minutesThe star of "Love" and "Community," Gillian Jacobs, and "Hamilton" director Thomas Kail talk politics, margaritas and their new Off Broadway show, "Kings." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep19 - The Stars and Creators of Broadway's "Frozen"
February 20, 2018 09:00 - 30 minutesActresses Caissie Levy and Patti Murin, director Michael Grandage and designer Christopher Oram, four of the leading players behind Disney's Broadway adaptation of "Frozen," talk deeper characters, new songs and high expectations -- especially from the audience members who show up in costume. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep18 - Jake Shears & Kirstin Maldonado
February 13, 2018 09:00 - 31 minutesTwo pop musicans, Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters and Kirstin Maldonado of Pentatonix, talk about their starring roles in Broadway's "Kinky Boots" -- and why doing theater is like "slamming heroin and jumping out of an airplane, but in front of an audience." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep17 - Lea Salonga
February 06, 2018 09:00 - 29 minutesLea Salonga, the fan favorite who was the original star of "Miss Saigon" and is currently in "Once On This Island," talks Broadway diversity, her new album and finding musicals that "rock me to my core." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep16 - Victor Garber
January 30, 2018 09:00 - 30 minutesGarber, back on Broadway opposite Bernadette Peters in "Hello, Dolly!," shares his thoughts on the theater, the Arrowverse and the idea of an "Alias" reunion -- and reveals the "weird thing" he used to have about singing, and how he got over it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep15 - John Lithgow
January 23, 2018 09:00 - 28 minutesThe film, TV and stage veteran talks about his new Broadway show, "Stories By Heart" -- and reveals that even he feels like a fraud sometimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep14 - Keegan-Michael Key
January 16, 2018 09:00 - 33 minutesThe former "Key and Peele" star talks about his stage gigs in Broadway's "Meteor Shower" (opposite Amy Schumer), Off Broadways' "Hamlet" (opposite Oscar Isaac), his theater background, his "19-year detour into sketch comedy" and why he just can't stop craving the green lights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep13 - Stephen Adly Guirgis
January 09, 2018 09:00 - 30 minutesThe Pulitzer-winning playwright ("Jesus Hopped the A Train," "Between Riverside and Crazy") talks about writing (and not writing), his recent forays into acting and why his current retrospective and residency at Signature Theater at first made him think, "Uh, oh. I'm old. It's done." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep12 - Rachel Bloom / Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
December 19, 2017 09:00 - 29 minutesThe creator of the CW musical comedy series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," Rachel Bloom is a theater geek at heart. She spills on her favorite musicals, the stage roles she'd like to play and recent events on "Crazy Ex" -- and sings a tune from the unproduced full-length musical she wrote, "Broadway Crazy." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep11 - John Leguizamo / Latin History for Morons
December 12, 2017 09:00 - 30 minutesThe writer-performer learned a lot in preparation for his new Broadway solo outing -- but his biggest takeaway is that he's "a true ghetto nerd." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep10 - Julie Taymor & David Henry Hwang / M. Butterfly
December 05, 2017 09:00 - 29 minutesThe director and playwright behind the Broadway revival of "M. Butterfly," starring Clive Owen, talk casting, stage pictures, gender in 2017, and why you can't have Borscht belt humor show up in Shanghai. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep9 - Creators and Stars of "SpongeBob Squarepants"
November 28, 2017 09:00 - 31 minutesDirector Tina Landau and writer Kyle Jarrow peel back the curtain to explain how they took "SpongeBob Squarepants" from screen to stage, and actors Ethan Slater and Lilli Cooper reveal how they bring two iconic animated characters to life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep8 - Beau Willimon
November 21, 2017 09:00 - 28 minutesThe playwright and creator of TV shows "House of Cards" and the upcoming "The First" talks about his new Broadway play, "The Parisian Woman," starring Uma Thurman, and reveals why he's drawn to writing about politics, what it's like to write in the age of Trump, and why his TV career is still a surprise to him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep7 - Ayad Akhtar
November 14, 2017 09:00 - 28 minutesThe Pulitzer-winning playwright of "Disgraced" talks about his new Broadway show "Junk," revealing how his father taught him about the stock market, the ways his experience with faith has affected his writing, and how he ended up as the skinny, serious young man in the background of the movie "Vanya on 42 Street." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep6 - Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty
November 07, 2017 09:00 - 28 minutesThe songwriters behind "Ragtime" and "Anastasia" talk about the new revival of their 1990 musical "Once On This Island," its found-object orchestra, diversity and authenticity on Broadway, and their "not particularly good" first song together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep5 - Jonathan Groff
October 31, 2017 08:00 - 28 minutesThe Broadway favorite ("Hamilton," "Spring Awakening") talks about working with the famously meticulous director David Fincher in Netflix series "Mindhunter" -- and also spills the truth about the rap that Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote for Kelli O'Hara, explains why he's not on social media and reveals with Miranda calls him "the Snowden of Broadway." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep4 - Harvey Fierstein & Michael Urie of "Torch Song"
October 24, 2017 08:00 - 29 minutesPlaywright Harvey Fierstein and actor Michael Urie discuss "Torch Song," their newly revised version of Fierstein's breakout work "Torch Song Trilogy." Along the way they talk auditions, bus and truck tours, the legacy of gay history plays, and Estelle Getty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep3 - Tracy Letts
October 17, 2017 08:00 - 29 minutesPulitzer and Tony-winning writer and actor Tracy Letts talks about his new, politically charged play "The Minutes," as well as his latest film, buzzmagnet November release "Lady Bird." He reveals why he's never written a part for himself, why he's happy not to have acted in a play lately, and how an act of blackmail led him to discover acting as a teenager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep2 - Tony Shalhoub, Katrina Lenk & the Creators of "The Band's Visit"
October 10, 2017 08:00 - 35 minutesStars and creators of the buzzy, award-winning musical talk about bringing the Off Broadway hit to Broadway. Actress Katrina Lenk looks back on a breakout year, writer Itamar Moses explains adapting unlikely source material, composer David Yazbek encourages improvisation and Tony Shalhoub reveals what he finds "terrifying." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep1 - Harold Prince / "Prince of Broadway" & "Sense of Occasion"
October 03, 2017 08:00 - 31 minutesLegendary Broadway producer-director Harold Prince, recipient of 21 Tony Awards, talks turkey about his storied career, his current projects, the recent revivals of his work -- and why he never wanted to be producer at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices