Maxamoo's New York City Theater Podcast

We traveled to Austin for the Fusebox Festival, a five day bonanza of free performance, art, and discussion. Jeremy Barker of Deeply Fascinating joins us to discuss highlights, including Dickie Beau: Unplugged, Story #1 by Rachel Mars and Greg Wohead, Field Guide by the Rude Mechs, Manwatching from the Royal Court Theatre, and[...]

Liz and David report back on their eclectic theater-going for the month of April, which included visits to: Playwrights Horizon for Anne Washburn’s Antlia Pneumatica The Barrow Street Theatre for Lucy Prebble’s The Effect Primary Stages for Ike Holter’s Exit Strategy The PIT Loft for Moby Alpha from Charles Comedy The[...]

The calendar is chockablock with Broadway openings in April (The Tony Award’s deadline is April 28, 2016) but we found nine shows beyond Broadway we’re excited about this month. From The Women’s Project Pipeline Festival and Blood at the Root at National Black Theatre uptown to A Streetcar Named Desire in[...]

Gird your musical theater loins for a busy spring.  The looming Tony eligibility deadline at the end of April means a ton of new shows are opening on Broadway.  Hosts Dave, Aileen, and Nicole select plays and musicals from the crowded field that they are looking forward to most. Blackbird (0:48) She Loves[...]

An interview with playwright Mona Mansour. Mona’s play The Way West is at Labyrinth Theater Company in New York City from February 25 to April 3, 2016.  Subscribe to Maxamoo’s Theater and Performance Podcast for free on iTunes or Stitcher. Comments? Feedback? Find us on Facebook and Twitter Maxamoo.

New contributor Diep Tran, an associate editor at American Theatre magazine, joins Lindsay and Nicole for discussion of the latest shows at New York’s leading venues beyond Broadway. Hold On To Me Darling by Kenneth Lonergan at Atlantic Theater Company Familiar by Danai Gurira at Playwrights Horizons Southern Comfort, book and lyrics[...]

A chat with Andrew Schneider, the artist behind YOUARENOWHERE. The discussion is spoiler free so you can listen even if you haven’t seen the show. But you’ll want to listen again after you see it, there’s so much between the lines.  YOUARENOWHERE runs March 9 to April 3, 2016 at[...]

A preview of what we’re looking forward to most at the theater in New York City in March: Boy by Anna Ziegler, Keen Company/ Ensemble Studio Theatre (video excerpt) Red Speedo by Lucas Hnath, New York Theatre Workshop Un-Tamed: HAIR BODY ATTITUDE, The New Black Fest/National Black Theater The New Black Fest[...]

An interview with playwright and poet Dan O’Brien. Dan’s play The Body of an American is at the Cherry Lane Theater in New York City from February 10 to March 20, 2016. He has three published collections of poetry: War Reporter, New Life, and Scarsdale. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s Theater and Performance Podcast[...]

We report on five recent theater productions beyond Broadway in New York City: The Grand Paradise, Sojourners, Utility, Washer/Dryer, and Tarzana.  Subscribe to Maxamoo’s Theater and Performance Podcast for free on iTunes or Stitcher. Comments? Feedback? Find us on Facebook and Twitter.

A look at storytelling shows in New York City, including monthly groups shows ASS: Antagonist Storytelling Show, How I Learned, VHS Presents, and The Liar Show, as well solo shows Salt in the Pepper Shaker, Homecoming King, and Motherstruck. Other things mentioned in this episode: The How I Learned Podcast[...]

A preview of what we’re looking forward to at the theater in New York City this month: Straight, Washer/Dryer from Ma-Yi Theater Company, The Grand Paradise from Third Rail Projects, Broadway and the Bard, The Body of An American from Primary Stages, Familiar at Playwrights Horizons, The Robber Bridegroom at Roundabout Theatre Company, Tarzana from[...]

We dive deep into Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew (2:00) at Atlantic Theater, examining its characters and politics in detail. It’s one of the more raucous conversations we’ve ever had the podcast, a sure sign of quality theater. We also discuss Sanctuary (31:30), LongYarn (40:50) and Toilet Fire (48:35) at The Exponential Festival, and Commedia dell’Artichoke (52:50). [...]

Lauren Worsham magnificently straddles the worlds of opera, theater, and rock n’ roll. We discuss the challenging role she just wrapped in Dog Days at PROTOTYPE Festival, her upcoming show with Sky-Pony at Ars Nova The Wildness: Sky-Pony’s Rock Fairy Tale, the unexpected consequences of her Tony nomination for A Gentleman’s[...]

After two weeks of heavy theater going we reflect on the brilliance and the busts of this year’s January theater festival season. We revisit all nine of the shows we highlighted two weeks ago in our preview episode (2:20) and four additional shows we saw together (Yesterday Tomorrow, 25:10, Now[...]

We’re one week into New York’s January festival season. It’s been as thrilling as we’d hoped. We chat about what we’ve seen so far: The Art of Luv (Part 1): Elliot (2:30) The Holler Sessions (9:20) The Institute of Memory (17:40) Song (22:50) Discotropic (31:40) Have you seen these? What did you think? Let us[...]

Our preview of the wacky, wild, and wonderful theater gathering in New York City this month. Every January arts presenters and artists gather in New York City for a conference and a series of festivals. We preview the shows we’re most excited to see. The Holler Sessions (COIL) The Art[...]

For the second half of our annual year-end extravaganza we take listener questions. We talk comfy seats, shows and one particularly theatrical meal that made us cry, and performers that moved our spot on the Kinsey scale. You can find us all on Twitter. Maxamoo Lindsay Barenz David Levy Jack[...]

Our annual, year-end special with Maxamoo’s most frequent contributors. We discuss: Our favorite moments in theater, Our worst moments in theater, Our favorite non-traditional theater experiences, The best plays and musicals of the year, and Our thoughts on Hamilton and Andrew Schneider, not previously shared, and then we impose a[...]

Previewing what’s to come, we’re joined by Lindsay, David, and our newest contributor Shavanna Calder, the founder and editor of Arts in Color, a website celebrating artists of color on stage. There is much to look forward this month. We’ve got previews from Broadway, Off Broadway, solo shows, and even a[...]