This is the second part of a conversation that Extended Play’s Tommy O’Malley facilitated between Sarah Schulman and Chris Tyler, two artists whose work speaks to the complicated legacy of Jonathan Larson’s “Rent.”
On the 20th anniversary of the Broadway opening of “Rent,” Extended Play’s Tommy O’Malley sits down with Sarah Schulman and Chris Tyler to talk about the legacy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning show. Schulman argues that Jonathan Larson plagiarized huge chunks of “Rent” from her novel “People in Trouble.”
In light of #Rent20, poet Kit Yan and Jonathan Larson Award-winning composer Melissa Li talk about “Interstate,” their new musical about a queer Asian band traveling across the U.S. inspired by touring the country with their band, Good Asian Drivers.
On Juliet: “That’s a ride or die girl — they don’t make them like that anymore.” (Urban Dictionary cites, “ride or die chick” as a girl willing to “do anything her man needs her to do.”)
“I think VR and theater are going to be best friends.” – Jarrad Bladich of The Mill
Playwright Dominic Finocchiaro discusses how reality television has inspired his new play, “Gold Person,” which he is developing in the Civilians R&D Group.
Civilians R&D Group members EllaRose Chary, Jay Stull and Jordan Mahome reflect on adapting their investigation into state-resistance movements for the Let Me Ascertain You cabaret stage.
“All of the work really is kind of a mirror,” says Morris. “If you do it right, there is enough space for the audience to find themselves in it, and to be able to read whatever they need or want to read into the work. And so it can truly speak to them in a really personal way.”
Carlo D’Amore, Creative Director of the Drama Desk-nominated Live in Theater, discusses the very personal inspiration for his company’s new interactive and immersive show, “The Trial of Typhoid Mary.”
This episode of the Civilians’ podcast is the final of three that feature songs and monologues from “The Way They Live,” the culminating show of the company’s residency at the Met Museum.
We are celebrating one year of bringing you some of the most exciting stories about investigative theater artists from around the world! Here, we speak to some of the artists we’ve covered since Extended Play launched last year.
This episode of the Civilians’ podcast is the second of three that feature songs and monologues from “The Way They Live,” the final show of the company’s residency at the Met Museum.
Georgina Escobar interviews playwright José Rivera, who created the musical “Another Word for Beauty” from a Civilians’ investigation of the annual beauty pageant at Colombia’s national women’s prison, El Buen Pastor, in Bogota. “Beauty” premiered at Goodman Theatre in Chicago in January 2016.
Civilians R&D Group members Gordon Leary, Julia Meinwald and Benjamin Kamine are working on musical inspired by an online community of fans of the Columbine killers. Here, they share some of the visual research they have gathered in their investigation.
The Working Theater recently commissioned writer/performer Dan Hoyle to collaborate with director Tamilla Woodard on a research-based theater piece set in the Bronx. They’re in the process of creating “The Block,” which will tour all five New York City Boroughs in Summer 2016.
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