American Theatre Offscript

This month Brian talks with the playwright of 'The Moors' and 'Collective Rage' about how writing for TV inspired her write a novel about the theatre

The hosts talk gatekeeping and pandemic-era criticism with award-winning colleague Soraya Nadia McDonald

In a sequel to an episode from March 2020, Brian checks back in with playwrights about how they've survived the last 10 months

This month the critics talk to actor Samira Wiley and actor/writer Kate Hamill about staying creative in quarantine.

This month Brian talks to the playwright/poet/marketer behind the New Play Exchange

This month, Brian talks to the actor/playwright behind a series of popular Austen adaptations about her inspirations and her original work

Should the government create an arts and culture ministry? And what happens when there' s no one to laugh along with?

On this month's episode the critics discuss the recent Tony noms, as well as controversial plans to partly reopen some theatres 

On this week's episode, Brian talks to playwright and author David Adjmi about family pressure, falling behind, and filling a niche.

This week: the steep and rocky road back to normalcy for ntheatres of all sizes, and the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's lifelong love for the arts