Stage Door Jonny

By Jonathan Cake

Hosted by actor Jonathan Cake, Stage Door Jonny is a podcast about theatre ... and life ... and life in the theatre. Jonathan has appeared in countless plays around the world - and made a fair few cel... more

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The podcast currently has 97 episodes available.

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December 05, 2022 With Phylicia Rashad
Jonathan's latest guest is the great Phylicia Rashad. In 2004, Phylicia became the first black woman to win the Tony award for Best Actress, and picked up another for Best Featured Actress this year. In addition to her fine work on stage and screen, she is the dean of Howard University's Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts. Jonathan met her at the Atlantic Theatre in New York, where they discussed her first transformative experience in the spotlight as an 11-year-old, appearing alongside James Earl Jones, her fearlessness when it comes to seemingly terrifying roles, and the fact that, in her own words, she 'is not the doer'
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November 28, 2022 Damian Lewis (Act II)
The second part of our chat with Damian Lewis is studded with reminiscences about his late wife, Helen McCrory. Damian speaks openly and beautifully about the play on which they fell in love, their contrasting experiences at drama school, and the time he watched her walk mesmerisingly onstage in Uncle Vanya, pour a cup of tea, leave without saying a word and have the audience in the palm of her hand. Damian also recalls a humiliating acting experience as a youngster, how he shouted his way into playing The Dane on a windswept outdoor stage as a 24-year-old, and the very unique and particular challenges of mastering the dialogue of the great David Mamet.
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55min
November 28, 2022 Damian Lewis (Act I)
Aside from containing a massive spoiler about Edward Albee's play The Goat: Or Who Is Sylvia - you have been warned - Jonathan's chat with Damian Lewis is an entirely safe and wonderful space to explore the highs and lows of life on stage. As well as asking, despairingly, 'why do we bother?!', Damian discusses the perils of duelling with Ralph Fiennes, the tantalising news that a return to theatre may not be far away - and his coup de foudre with the aforementioned goat, Sylvia. He and Jonathan also pay tribute to the late Pam Harris, legendary landlady of The Dirty Duck, the actors' pub in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

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November 21, 2022 With Sir Sam Mendes (Act II)
In part two of Jonathan's conversation with Sam Mendes about his life in theatre, we hear the story of his stewardship of the Donmar Warehouse, the loneliness of the director, what his secret weapon is (according to the late Natasha Richardson), Mike Nicholls and the little man on his shoulder - and the end of that anecdote about Jonathan competing for Sam's favour with Tom Hollander for the part of Cyrano de Bergerac.

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51min
November 21, 2022 With Sir Sam Mendes (Act I)
The titan of theatre that is Sir Sam Mendes joins Jonathan for a waltz through his stellar career and their 35 year friendship. In part one of this enlightening chat, Sam reveals who promised his 9-year-old self to 'see you later, big boy', the unfortunate reason the apples that feature in The Ferryman were forever glistening, why he needs to channel his inner David Essex, and which production of a classic play transformed his creative outlook in the most profound of ways. Jonathan also manages to cock-up the technical side of things at a crucial moment in an anecdote about hoping Sam would give him the leading role in a student production - and how the Legend of Mendes was born in the way he handled it, This - ahem - now appears in part two!
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November 14, 2022 With Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick & John Benjamin Hickey
In the very first episode of his podcast about life and life in theatre, actor Jonathan Cake heads to New York City to speak to his friends Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick and John Benjamin Hickey about their lifelong relationship with the form. We discover the roles that continue to haunt them for better or worse, where and when they experienced their worst on stage disasters, and why Sarah Jessica has fallen in love with husband Matthew all over again - during the actual interview!
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55min
November 07, 2022 Stage Door Jonny Is Coming ...
Actor Jonathan Cake is here to tell you about a brand new podcast about theatre, life, and life in the theatre - featuring some of this finest exponents of the form of this (or any) generation ...
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How many episodes does Stage Door Jonny have?

The podcast currently has 97 episodes available.

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