EP_SHFT: #UndertakingYou

Say hello to EP_SHFT, the newest addition to Extended Play. It’s a shift from our typical interviews, features, and commentaries. It’s a shift in how we talk with our audience. And it’s a shift that lets you create with theater artists on Extended Play.

“The Undertaking” Outtakes: Undertaking LA

Leading up to the Civilians’ production of “The Undertaking” premiering September 21-25 at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival, we’re featuring some great interviews that didn’t make it into the play. The Civilians’ artistic director Steve Cosson interviewed Amber Carvaly as part of the research for “The Undertaking.”

#Rent20 — Sarah Schulman and Chris Tyler on What Artists Own

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.”

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#Rent20 — Good Asian Drivers Take a Trip on the “Interstate”

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.

Fusebox 2016 Lights up Austin

“Just don’t forget there’s no essential you, know what I mean? There’s no ground. And that’s scary, but I think it’s also fantastic. Because that means you can be anything. We don’t have to be stuck in the roles that we’re led to believe we need to be stuck in. We don’t have to be. I think it’s a message of hope that we’re empty.” – Dickie Beau

another word for beauty, jose rivera, steve cosson, goodman theater, civilians

Playwright José Rivera Finds “Another Word for Beauty”

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.

In the Bronx, Dan Hoyle is Hanging Out on “The Block”

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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