Maxamoo Book Club: Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Deavere Smith

  Jose, Nicole, and Ben discuss shows and other things from the theater community that have gone online during the pandemic.   Introductions (0:00) Contagious Closet Dramas, presented by Two Headed Rep on Instagram (1:39) It’s True, It’s True, It’s True by Breach Theatre (6:13) The Shows Must Go On,[...]

Jose and PennyMaria are joined by author Warren Hoffman to discuss the newly published second edition of his book The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical. Their conversation includes a closer look at West Side Story, both historically and through the lens of the revival Ivo Von Hove[...]

All 9 of our regular contributors have gathered: Aurin, Ben, David, Jack, Jose, Liz, Nicole, Patty, and PennyMaria! We’re back together for our year-end spectacular, our annual episode in which we discuss the best and worst theater of the year. If you have trouble telling any voices apart, we’re seated in a circle and the order we answer questions[...]

All 9 of our regular contributors have gathered: Aurin, Ben, David, Jack, Jose, Liz, Nicole, Patty, and PennyMaria! We’re back together for our year-end spectacular, our annual episode in which we discuss the best and worst theater of the year. If you have trouble telling any voices apart, we’re seated[...]

Aurin, Nicole, and PennyMaria discuss 2 shows shows on Broadway and 2 shows Off-Broadway.   Introductions (0:00) The Inheritance on Broadway (1:10) for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf at the Public Theater (16:10) Fires in the Mirror at Signature Theatre (37:41) Tina on Broadway (51:59) Things we’re excited for (1:05:18)[...]

Liz, David, and Jack talk about what they’re excited to see in December and January! We talk about: Virgo Star by Pioneers Go East Collective at La Mama (1:13) Fefu and Her Friends by María Irene Fornés at Theatre for a New Audience (2:49) The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath[...]

  Jose talks to musical theatre composer Jaime Lozano about his career, and how he went from disliking Jesus Christ Superstar when he was growing up in Monterrey, Mexico, to becoming one of the most prolific composers living in the United States. Lozano shares insights about his process and shares[...]

David is joined by Rachel Godfrey of Ludus NYC to discuss our first Official Maxamoo Book Club Selection: Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-Up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts – For Actors, Performers, Writers and Artists of Every Kind by Anna Deavere Smith. Visit the book’s official website[...]

  Nicole, Ben, and newcomer Linda talk about 2 immersive shows and 2 shows Off-Broadway. Introductions (0:00) Theatre In The Dark at TheatreLab (2:21) Our Dear Dead Drug Lord at WP Theater (17:13) Heroes of the Fourth Turning at Playwrights Horizons (31:22) Found at the cell (45:59) Things we’re excited[...]

  Aurin, David, and Ben come together to talk about shows that’re coming up in the next few months.   Introductions (0:00) Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven at Atlantic Theater Company (1:24) Fires in the Mirror at Signature Theatre (9:41) Is This A Room at the Vineyard Theatre (15:01) Quick[...]