Raven Theatre Company's production of Death of a Salesman is the focus of this week's podcast. Actors Chuck Spencer (Willy Loman), Jason Huysman (Bif Loman) and Greg Caldwell (Happy Loman) talk with Anne Nicholson Weber about their take on Arthur Miller's great play, the shadow cast by earlier actors who have played the role of Willy, and how they've built the father-brother-son relationships that are at the heart of this production -- and, along the way, they enact two scenes from the play.
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On this episode of the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast we talk with Michael Colucci, the founder and Artistic Director of Redtwist Theatre. He talks about the theatre's season as well as the success of the theatre.
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This week Benno Nelson sits in on the first day of auditions for The Plagiarists' upcoming The Wreck of The Medusa. He talks with the production team - co-writer Greg Peters and director Jack Tamburri - as well as actors - Tony Kaehny, Griffin Sharps, and Anderson Lawfer - about the ins and outs of auditioning for theater in Chicago.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast we talk with Kimberly Senior who is the director of the Redtwist Theatre's production The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh. She talks about the show as well as her background as a director.
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The subject of this week's podcast is Mary Arrchie Theatre's production of How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, by Finn Kennedy. Director Richard Cotovsky and actors Carlo Lorenzo Garcia and Kevin Stark describe how they got the show on its feet, taking us step-by-step from table reading to performance.
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This week on the Talk Theatre in Chicago podcast we talk with William Mason, the general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago. He talks about his role as well as the Lyric Opera's season. Mason has been the general director since 1997 and has been with the company for more than four decades. Previously, he served as director of operations, artistic, and production for 16 years.
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This week's podcast features Boho Theatre's production of The Glorious Ones. Music Director Nick Sula, and cast members Dana Tretta (Armanda) and Danni Smith (Columbina) join Anne Nicholson Weber to discuss the role of the music director and the challenges and joys of producing musical theatre in a shoe box.
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Our podcast this week features Mike Nussbaum, one of the stars of Remy Bumppo Theatre's Heroes playing at the Greenhouse Theater Center. He talks about the show as well as his acting career that has spanned six decades.
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Our podcast this week features Michael Montenegro, artistic director of the newly-founded puppet theatre, Theatre Zarko. He talks with Anne Nicholson Weber about Theatre Zarko's debut production, The Sublime Beauty of Hands/ Klown Kantos, and the unique capabilities and limitations of puppet theatre.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast we talk with Ed Rutherford who is the adapter and director of the Promethean Theatre Ensemble's production of The Last Unicorn which is playing at the City Lit Theater. He talks about the show, how he went about getting the rights to it as well as some of his future projects.
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Our podcast this week features producer Sandy Shinner, director Eddie Torres and actor Desmin Borges, who join Anne Nicholson Weber to talk about their contributions to the hit production of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity currently playing at Victory Gardens Theater. They discuss the Ignition Festival of plays by young playwrights of color, the process of developing a world premiere script by a young and relatively inexperienced writer, and the challenges posed by the script itself, including its physically demanding scenes of professional wrestling and its treatment of racial stereotyping.
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On this week's episode we talk with Paul Kalina who is the Clowing Director for the hit show Animal Crackers playing at the Goodman Theatre. He talks about his work with the show as well as his clowing background as a member of 500 Clown.
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Podcast host Benno Nelson talks with Robert McLean, Geoff Coates, Christopher M. Walsh, Patrick Blashill, and Sean Sinitski about their current show Treasure Island, playing at the Lifeline Theatre, with a focus on the fight choreography in the show.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast we talk with actor Michael Shannon. He talks about his current show, Mistakes Were Made, as well as his acting career on both stage and screen.
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The focus of this week's Theatre in Chicago podcast is Caffeine Theatre's production of Under Milk Wood, by poet Dylan Thomas. Anne Nicholson Weber interviews actors Jacqui Jackson and Dave Skvarla, director Paul S. Holmquist and sound designer Thomas Dixon about the special challenges of staging this poetic script about the day-in-the-life of a Welsh village.
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