Maxamoo Book Club: The Great White Way – Race and the Broadway Musical
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Release Date: 03/18/2020
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Maxamoo Book Club: The Great White Way – Race and the Broadway Musical
Maxamoo Theater & Performance Podcast
and are joined by author to discuss the newly published second edition of his book . Their conversation includes a closer look at West Side Story, both historically and through the lens of . The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical (second edition) is available wherever books are sold, including from or . If you'd like to hear the couple of songs cut from West Side Story during its development that we discuss, you can find them in . This is our first episode recorded with all the participants in different spaces – yay social distancing! – and while it's pretty good,...
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The Best & Worst of 2019, Part II
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The Best & Worst of 2019, Part I
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All 9 of our regular contributors have gathered: , , , , , , , , and ! We’re back together for our year-end spectacular, our annual episode in which we discuss the best and worst theater of the year. If you have trouble telling any voices apart, we’re seated in a circle and the order we answer questions in is, roughly: Liz, Nicole, Jose, Jack, PennyMaria, Aurin, Ben, David, Patty. Each question we rotate who answers first; so Liz is the first person to answer the first question, Nicole is the first to answer the second question, and so on. See below for timecodes of the questions we answer...
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talks to musical theatre composer about his career, and how he went from disliking Jesus Christ Superstar when he was growing up in Monterrey, Mexico, to becoming one of the most prolific composers living in the United States. Lozano shares insights about his process and shares exclusive tracks from his upcoming album A Never-Ending Line. If you’re in NYC don’t miss Jaime Lozano at , where he will present Songs by an Immigrant, featuring special guests like Mauricio Martínez. All songs in this episode are property of Jaime Lozano and have been included with his permission. ...
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Maxamoo Book Club: Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Deavere Smith
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is joined by of to discuss our first Official Maxamoo Book Club Selection: Lettters to a Young Artist: Straight-Up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts – For Actors, Performers, Writers and Artists of Every Kind by Anna Deavere Smith. We hope you enjoy the discussion. Share you thoughts about the book – or about other books you'd like us to discuss on future book club episodes – with us on and . Subscribe to Maxamoo’s Theater and Performance Podcast for free on , , or . | |
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October Review - Sensory Immersive Shows and Off-Broadway Debuts
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, , and newcomer talk about 2 immersive shows and 2 shows Off-Broadway. Introductions (0:00) at TheatreLab (2:21) at WP Theater (17:13) at Playwrights Horizons (31:22) at the cell (45:59) Things we’re excited for (59:34) • at the Westside Theatre Upstairs • at the Public Theater • at Roundabout Theatre Company • at BAM • at Roundabout Theatre Company on Broadway • at Roundabout Theatre Company on Broadway • at the Vineyard Theatre • The...
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October Preview: The Off Broadway Season Begins
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, , and come together to talk about shows that’re coming up in the next few months. Introductions (0:00) at Atlantic Theater Company (1:24) at Signature Theatre (9:41) at the Vineyard Theatre (15:01) Quick mention of at HERE Arts Center (20:40) at the Public Theater (21:23) at Roundabout Theatre Company (28:11) at Ensemble Studio Theatre (36:52) at 2nd Stage (39:09) at the Triad Theatre (44:02) at New York City's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center (49:24) Things we’re excited for (52:07) • on Broadway • at IRT Theater • at Birdland...
info_outlineJose and PennyMaria are joined by author Warren Hoffman to discuss the newly published second edition of his book The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical. Their conversation includes a closer look at West Side Story, both historically and through the lens of the revival Ivo Von Hove directed for Broadway this season.
The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical (second edition) is available wherever books are sold, including from Rutgers University Press or your local independent bookstore.
If you'd like to hear the couple of songs cut from West Side Story during its development that we discuss, you can find them in this YouTube video.
This is our first episode recorded with all the participants in different spaces – yay social distancing! – and while it's pretty good, there are some moments of roughness in the audio. Please bear with us as we adapt to our new circumstances. We're learning as we go! It was produced by David, so if you have helpful advice, feel free to reach out to him.
Incidentally, if you are a theater artist with creative approaches to making work or caring for other theater artists during this time, and you'd like to chat about it on a future episode, please slide into our DMs or email us at [email protected] (but if you can slide into our DMs, we'll see that faster).
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