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Gwynne Wood
Gwynne Wood on Bringing the Fire and Complexity of SUFFS to Chicago
“I think a lot of the truth lies in the sort of messy middle, and this show really delves into that messy middle.”
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Omari Collins (Scarlett D. Von'Du)
Omari Collins on Bringing Lola Back to Chicago for Kinky Boots During Pride Month
“Billy Porter gave the bones to Lola, but it's on me to put the flesh on her.”
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Kyle Caress, The Great Gatsby
Kyle Caress on the precision, freedom and queer joy inside The Great Gatsby
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.”
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Aurora Adachi-Winter
The funniest play about a public health crisis you’ll ever see
“Empathy in this world right now is crucial to maintaining our humanity and being able to reach across to people who think differently than we do.”
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Daniel Kyri
To Be, Boldly: Daniel Kyri on Playing Hamlet for the Podcast Age
“It's so easy to get caught up in the epicness of Hamlet, but I wanted to pay attention to his humanity - however flawed it is”
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Aaron Kaburick
On the national tour of Mrs. Doubtfire the musical, meet Aaron Kaburick
“I can trust that I can just show up and be an honest actor and deliver their material”
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Matt Rodin
Matt Rodin returns home for Sondheim's Company; meet the Broadway performer, director and creator
“I grew up being awoken by my mother every morning singing show tunes.”
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Mitchell Fain
Meet Mitchell Fain in The Lehman Trilogy; Tony's 2022 "Best Play"
“I play 20 different people, and, with very few exceptions, we don't have any props or costumes to let you know that we simply have to morph into them and tell that story”
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Steven Lee Johnson
Steven Lee Johnson comes home to reprise his Broadway role in To Kill a Mockingbird
“there's this incredible connection there; or they're introducing their spouse or child who never read the book, and they're able to experience it in this new way that we're giving them”
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Patric McCoy
Patric McCoy: Take My Picture takes over Wrightwood 659
“I cut my teeth at the Jeffery Pub!”
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Tadeo Garcia
Tadeo Garcia finds his Place to Be
“We were blessed to film free in a legendary space such as Roscoe’s so we made it work.”
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Cunio
Cunio chats about Teatro Zinzanni's return to Chicago theater scene
“The show is happening above you, on top of you, next to you, behind you, below you and it never stops.”
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E'mon Lauren Black
As world's largest youth poetry festival opens, meet Chicago's first Youth Poet Laureate E'mon Lauren Black
“It teaches that Black women are not a monolith, and that Black experiences are not all the same”
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Elaine Dame
Love of the Arts: Chicago jazz singer, Elaine Dame shares her journey and shows her love in an upcoming livestream
“Making music has meditative and restorative qualities for me, hopefully for the audience as well.”
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Sam Cushing
The Influence of Sam Cushing
“I hope by sharing my story and bringing mental health to the forefront of the conversation, I can be a source of comfort for someone.”
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Jeff Miller
Talking to Talk Out Loud
“Seeing the juxtapositions of our experiences makes a good podcast.”
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Matthew-Lee Erlbach
Championing arts funding with Be An #ArtsHero's Matthew-Lee Erlbach
“Part of my work is making the invisible, visible. It is giving a voice to the voiceless. It's going to where the silence is.”
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Sam Cushing
Sam Cushing Is Taking Over!
“I can use this ‘influence’ to be a positive light and to leave an impact in society.”
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Rob Lindley
Rob Lindley manages the Opera House as Monsieur André; "Phantom" returns to Chicago
“what I was most struck with in seeing it - and maybe it is the filter we are all seeing art in in this time we are living in - I really find it a show about empathy and compassion”
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Elaine Dame
Elaine Dame Goes Retro
“70's music is rich melodically, harmonically and rhythmically, which lends itself well to a jazz interpretation.”
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Jamal Howard
Classic story of "belonging" takes to the stage; chat with Corduroy director Jamal Howard
“it is really about finding that space and coming up with creative solutions”
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Bobby Bowman
Chicago's Bobby Bowman in the remarkable story of Oslo, now playing
“Chicago's Bobby Bowman on the remarkable story of Oslo”
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David Cromer
Famed director David Cromer returns home with award-winning The Band's Visit
“I hope this interview about my terror will inspire people to come see the show”
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John Ambrosino
Les Miserables' John Ambrosino talks Trevor Project Musical, Musical Mondays and #FlyTheW
“Fly the W in everything you do in life, even before it happens!”