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Theater in Trying Times: Conversation and Song Theater in Trying Times: Audra McDonald, Danielle Brooks and You
(25 days later)
We miss theater, and we’re guessing many of you do too.
We’re putting together a free online event, scheduled to take place Oct. 1, at which we will be talking about theater’s meaning, its absence, and its future.
Our panelists will include Audra McDonald, a six-time Tony-winning actress who is a co-founder of Black Theater United, and Danielle Brooks, a Tony-nominated actress also known for the television show “Orange is the New Black.”
They will be joined by other artists and enthusiasts, and we’d love to include you.
You can RSVP here, and we’ll keep you posted about the details.
Meanwhile, if you’re game, please send us a photo from your theater life — maybe an image of a performance you were in, of your favorite show souvenir, or a scene from a stage door — and we’ll feature some of the photos as part of the event or in our coverage.
You can submit an image by filling out this form (sorry!):
The event is the third episode of our streaming series, Offstage. You can watch (or rewatch!) the previous episodes below:
A century ago, women won the right to vote in the United States. But that victory came only after a long-fought battle, and that battle is the subject of a new musical, “Suffragist,” now being developed by the songwriter Shaina Taub.A century ago, women won the right to vote in the United States. But that victory came only after a long-fought battle, and that battle is the subject of a new musical, “Suffragist,” now being developed by the songwriter Shaina Taub.
On Aug. 13, Taub, accompanied by members of the show’s creative team and cast, talked with New York Times journalists about the show’s pandemic-interrupted journey, and shared songs from the work in progress. On Aug. 13, Taub, accompanied by members of the show’s creative team and cast talked with New York Times journalists about the show’s pandemic-interrupted journey, and shared songs from the work in progress.
You can watch the event here:You can watch the event here:
The musical, set mostly in Washington, D.C., from 1913 to 1920, explores disagreements over political strategy between two of the movement’s leaders, Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Paul. Taub, who is simultaneously collaborating with Elton John on the music for a stage adaptation of “The Devil Wears Prada,” is playing Paul; the cast in development includes the Tony winner Nikki M. James (as Ida B. Wells) and the Tony nominees Jenn Colella (as Catt) and Phillipa Soo (as Inez Milholland).
The show, supported by the commercial producers Jill Furman (“Hamilton”) and Rachel Sussman, was expecting to have a first production at the nonprofit Public Theater in New York this fall; that production was postponed by the pandemic. The creative team is hoping that the show will be staged at the Public when theaters reopen.
The streaming “Suffragist” event was the second episode of Offstage, a New York Times series about theater-making during the pandemic. This episode featured performances of two songs from the show, and discussions about both women’s suffrage and musical theater.
Members of the creative team — Taub, who is writing the book, music and lyrics; Leigh Silverman, who is directing and Mimi Lien, the set designer — talked about the developmental process with Veronica Chambers, a narrative projects editor at The Times who is an author of “Finish the Fight!,” a history of the American suffrage movement for middle-grade readers.
And members of the show’s cast — Taub, James, Colella and Kuhoo Verma (who plays Doris Stevens) — discussed the particular challenges facing actors during this moment with Michael Paulson, the theater reporter at The Times.
The first episode of Offstage, which streamed on June 11, began with a conversation about racial justice, moderated by Times critic-at-large Wesley Morris, with four Black artists who worked on Broadway last season: the director Kenny Leon (“A Soldier’s Play”); the actress Celia Rose Gooding (“Jagged Little Pill”); and co-stars Adrienne Warren and Daniel J. Watts (“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”).The first episode of Offstage, which streamed on June 11, began with a conversation about racial justice, moderated by Times critic-at-large Wesley Morris, with four Black artists who worked on Broadway last season: the director Kenny Leon (“A Soldier’s Play”); the actress Celia Rose Gooding (“Jagged Little Pill”); and co-stars Adrienne Warren and Daniel J. Watts (“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”).
The second part of the episode, introduced by Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick and moderated by a team of Times culture journalists, featured performances by Mary-Louise Parker (“The Sound Inside"), Elizabeth Stanley (“Jagged Little Pill”), Mare Winningham (“Girl From the North Country”) and the casts of “Company” and “Six,” as well as interviews with Sonya Tayeh, who choreographed “Moulin Rouge!,” and Jeremy O. Harris, the author of “Slave Play.” The second part of the episode, introduced by Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick and moderated by a team of Times culture journalists, featured performances by Mary-Louise Parker (“The Sound Inside”), Elizabeth Stanley (“Jagged Little Pill”), Mare Winningham (“Girl From the North Country”) and the casts of “Company” and “Six,” as well as interviews with Sonya Tayeh, who choreographed “Moulin Rouge!,” and Jeremy O. Harris, the author of “Slave Play.”
You can watch it here:You can watch it here:
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