Part two of our joyous gathering of Maxamoo’s regular contributors, on this half we take listener questions. Questions or comments? Follow us on Twitter: Maxamoo, Lindsay, Nicole, David, Jack, Aurin, and Liz. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s New York City Theater Podcast for free on iTunes or Stitcher.
A joyous gathering of Maxamoo’s regular contributors revisiting the best and worst in New York City theater this year. Questions or comments? Follow us on Twitter: Maxamoo, Lindsay, Nicole, David, Jack, Aurin, and Liz. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s New York City Theater Podcast for free on iTunes or Stitcher.
Lindsay and David go in-depth discussing The Invisible Hand by Ayad Akhtar at New York Theatre Workshop and Pocatello by Samuel D. Hunter at Playwrights Horizons. They also touch on Allegro at Classic Stage Company and The Illusionists (a magic show) and preview the shows they’re seeing next: Once Upon A Bride There[…]
This is our December preview episode but before we get to what we’re looking forward to seeing this month we talk about a few things we saw recently, including The River with Hugh Jackman (with a slight detour about strategies for getting “cheap” tickets to this show), Naperville, Asymmetric, You Got Older, The Tempest by[…]
Keith Josef Adkins is a playwright, performer, and leader in the New York City theater community. His plays include Sweet Home, Sugar and Needles, The Final Days of Negro-ville, Safe House, and Pitbulls, which is currently playing at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York City. He is also the[…]
Lindsay and Nicole talk about several productions in New York City that deal with tragedies, including mental illness in Grand Concourse at Playwrights Horizons, war and its consequences in Basetrack Live at BAM, terrorism in the opera The Death of Klinghoffer at The Met, and global warming in Buzz. Never fear, the episode[…]
This is a show about solo shows with Peter Michael Marino (writer, director, performer, and producer of SOLOCOM) and Liz Richards (Fuck Yeah Great Plays). We talk about the unique challenges and opportunities solo shows present and we hear about SOLOCOM, a festival of new, comedy, solo shows this weekend[…]
A preview of the new theater we’re most excited about this month, on Broadway and beyond. Find us all on Twitter: Maxamoo, Lindsay, David, and Jack. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s New York City Theater & Performance Podcast for FREE on iTunes or Stitcher. Shows Discussed Blank! The Musical The Universe is a Small Hat Pitbulls Saturday[…]
Lindsay and Nicole discuss nine different shows across multiple disciplines and genres from Broadway plays to comedy in basement venues in Brooklyn and several plays beyond Broadway. This is an emotional episode with several strong recommendations for plays currently playing in New York City. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s New York City[…]
The founders of The Interval, Victoria Myers and Michelle Tse, join us to discuss women in the theater and we host a roundtable about upcoming plays by female playwrights. The Interval is a website that serves as a virtual home for female voices of the theater. The site hosts numerous interviews with women working in[…]
Our intrepid roundtable discusses current theater in New York City, including Found at Atlantic Theater Company, The Fortress of Solitude at The Public Theater, Forest Fringe at Abrons Art Center, and You Can’t Take It With You on Broadway featuring James Earl Jones and Rose Byrne. Find us all on[…]
It’s our monthly preview of theater opening in New York City in October. First, a list of things that we’re excited about but that we’re not discussing because we already discussed them on a past episode: The Fortress of Solitude (covered in the September preview), Forest Fringe (covered last week),[…]
A comedy episode with Nicole, Elise, and Lindsay discussing the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, TJ & Dave, and Boat, a sketch comedy trio. Find us all on Twitter: Maxamoo, Elise, Lindsay, and Nicole. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s New York City Theater Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.
We discuss the latest in New York City theater: the revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth starring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin, and Tavi Gevinson; Dead Behind These Eyes: A Karaoke Play from Sister Sylvester; Trade Practices on Governors Island from HERE; Let Me Ascertain You from The Civilians;[…]
Aurin Squire, a playwright, contributor at New York Theatre Review, and graduate fellow at Juilliard’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program, chats with Lindsay about opportunities for the public to attend performances at Juilliard. They also discuss The Winter’s Tale from the Public Theater at the Delacorte in Central Park, Bootycandy[…]
It’s a new month and a new theater season, we preview the shows we’re most excited about in September on this episode of the Maxamoo New York City Theater Podcast. You can find Maxamoo on Facebook and our co-hosts Lindsay, Nicole, and Isaac on Twitter. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s New York City Theater Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. The[…]
We discuss adventures in theater beyond New York City, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the Barrington Stage Company. We also review one last show from the New York International Fringe Festival, Fearless. The NYC Fringe is over but there’s still a chance to see Fearless. It is[…]
Our mid-Fringe NYC report, we have some enthusiastic recommendations and a few things we didn’t like so much. What have you seen at the NYC Fringe and what did you think about it? You can find Maxamoo on Facebook and our co-hosts Lindsay, Jack, and Liz on Twitter. Also, inspired[…]
We discuss new productions of Donkey Punch, King Lear, and The Maids and the challenges of having and the benefits of hearing minority opinions. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. SHOWS DISCUSSED Donkey Punch Written by Micheline AugerDirected by Audrey Alford A woman explores monogamy while her best friend dates a pornographer in Donkey Punch. Performances[…]
The New York City International Fringe Festival is the largest multi-arts festival in North America with over 200 shows at 20 venues during 16 days in August. On this episode of Maxamoo New York City Theater Podcast Lindsay, Liz, and Jack preview the shows they’re most excited to see. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s Podcast[…]