The Joe D Show: Daily News Theater Podcast

The Joe D Show: Daily News Theater Podcast

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  • Rebecca Fenton : The Joe D Show Episode 35

    Dominic West’s plummy voice is its own theatrical special effect.

    You don’t have to trek to London to get a taste of West and Janet McTeer acting up as manipulative former lovers in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.”

    You can hear them in character as Vicomte de Valmont and Marquise de Merteuil, along with the rest of the Donmar Warehouse cast, in an audibook drawn from the epistolary novel the play is based on.

    Rebecca Fenton, program editor for the U.K.-based Auible Originals, discusses its “Dangerous Liaisons” release and other theater-related projects.

    Listen in to hear West and McTeer — you can hear it in its entirety at at audible.co.uk/Donmar.

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    Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

    Edited by: Frank Posillico

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    13 min
  • Stephen Karam : The Joe D Show Episode 34

    Stephen Karam’s family drama “The Humans” was supposed to start previews on Saturday, but got hijacked by winter storm Jonas.

    “It’s an understatement to say that it was a bit of a crazy event to have your Broadway debut completely snowed out,” he says.

    But the play is now in previews and he’s taking it in stride. Karam, author of “Speech & Debate,” and “Sons of the Prophet,” talks about his inspirations for “The Humans,” which follows a family through ups and downs on Thanksgiving.

    Turns out that living in a basement apartment without natural light actually played a part for the show now in previews at the Helen Hayes.

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    Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

    Edited by: Frank Posillico

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    25 min
  • Michael Feinstein and Stephanie J. Block : The Joe D Show Episode 33

    It’s beginning to look — and sound — a lot like Christmas.

    Michael Feinstein’s show of seasonal classics and evergreen standards runs Sunday to Dec. 30 Feinstein’s/54 Below.

    Stephanie J. Block joins Brian d’Arcy James and Essential Voices USA for a program of holiday favorites with Steven Reineke and the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 18 and 19.

    Feinstein and Block discuss their shows and share resolutions for 2016.

    Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

    Edited by: Frank Posillico

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    24 min
  • Jonathan and Katy Goodwin & Megan McGinnis and Adam Halpin : The Joe D Show Episode 32

    What’s it like working with your spouse?

    For daredevils Jonathan and Katy Goodwin of “The Illusionists: Live on Broadway,” which will be featured in an NBC special on Dec. 9, it’s about shooting sharp pointy arrows in each other’s direction.

    For Megan McGinnis and Adam Halpin, married costars of the musical “Daddy Long Legs” running Off-Broadway and live-streaming for free on Dec. 10, it’s about aiming for harmony.

    We talk about the perils and pluses of bringing work home and vice versa.

    Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

    Music by: Megan McGinnis

    Edited by: Frank Posillico

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    29 min
  • Melissa Errico and Adam Gopnik : The Joe D Show Episode 31

    Don’t speak!

    When actress Melissa Errico broke a small blood vessel in her throat in 2013 that became her reality — for 106 days.

    “I couldn’t talk. I couldn’t whisper,” she says. “In an instant I was swept to a place where I couldn’t communicate.”

    But Errico (“My Fair Lady,” “Amore”) could take inventory — of herself and her family history.

    She and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik turned the experience into “Sing the Silence,” Errico’s solo show running Nov. 18 and 19 at Joe's Pub.

    The show includes original music and pop songs, like Joni Mitchell’s “People’s Parties.” Errico performs it a capella for the podcast.

    Listen in to hear Errico and Gopnik to talk about their collaboration on this show and the new musical “Table” and for songs from Errico’s “What About Today? Live at 54 Below CD.”

    Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

    Music by: Jerry Korman

    Edited by: Frank Posillico

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    35 min
  • John Benjamin Hickey and Bruce Jordan : The Joe D Show Episode 30

    “The Joe D Show” welcomes actor John Benjamin Hickey, who’s in “Dada Papa Woof Hot,” and Bruce Jordan, director of“ Shear Madness.”

    Peter Parnell’s “Woof” concerns the joys and jolts of having children, says Hickey, and “the existential ache ... of letting go of yourself before you were a parent.”

    Paul Portner's “Shear Madness,” making its Off-Broadway debut 37 years after its premiere in upstate New York, is an interactive spoof murder mystery comedy.

    “Ages ago,” says Jordan, “when we opened in Boston it was described as a giant sparkling game of Clue with Vidal Sassoon sitting in for Colonel Mustard.”

    Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

    Music by: Jerry Korman

    Edited by: Frank Posillico

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    26 min
  • Mark Strong : The Joe D Show Episode 29

    British star Mark Strong plays Brooklyn longshoreman Eddie Carbone in Ivo van Hove’s Olivier Award-winning production of “A View from the Bridge,” now in previews at the Lyceum Theatre.

    Arthur Miller’s 1955 family tragedy marks the Broadway debut for Strong and van Hove, a Belgian director known for bold, stripped-back, emotionally charged takes on classics.

    “Ivo is like a swan,” says Strong. “He’s very serene above the surface but under the flippers are going. He does an enormous amount of preparation.”

    Strong discusses his career, being in New York and why he thinks Daniel Craig — a longtime friend and godfather of one of Strong’s sons — will make a great Iago next year Off-Broadway in “Othello.”

    Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

    Music by: Jerry Korman

    Edited by: Frank Posillico

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    21 min
  • Annaleigh Ashford - The Joe D Show Episode 28

    Four months after winning a Tony for “You Can’t Take It With You,” Annaleigh Ashford is back on Broadway playing the titular pooch in “Sylvia.”

    Sylvia’s breed is unspecified in A.R. Gurney’s 1995 play, but Ashford has been inspired by Labradoodles (she wears a fluffy brown sweater in the play) and her own toy Australian Shepherd, Gracie.

    If Sylvia were a person, Ashford says, she’d be a “sassy 24-year-old girl living life on the Upper West Side.” Ashford, meantime, divides her time between Brooklyn and Los Angeles, where she works on “Masters of Sex.” “Being bicoastal sounds disgusting,” she says, adding that living that way is a “bizarre luxury.”

    Also in this week’s podcast, a new segment, Theater in a Flash.” Listen in for mini reviews of “Barbecue” and “Sisters Follies.”

    Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

    Music by: Jerry Korman

    Edited by: Frank Posillico

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    22 min
  • Ana Villafane : The Joe D Show Episode 27
    Broadway baby Ana Villafane begins her starring role as Gloria Estefan in the biomusical “On Your Feet!” on Oct. 5 at the Marquis Theatre. Villafane, who went to the same high school in Miami as the pop superstar she’s portraying, isn’t going for an impersonation. Still, the young actress acknowledges that there are key components — “Gloriaisms,” as she calls them. To borrow from an Estefan hit song, here are 1-2-3 of them: * Her voice, and the ways she phrases when she sings and speaks. * Her moves, including one she talks about that she’s pretty sure help land her this starring role. * Her chispa, or spark, which speaks for itself. Like the rhythm, the chispa is gonna get you.

    Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

    Music by: Jerry Korman

    Edited by: Frank Posillico

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    25 min
  • Conrad Ricamora from 'How to Get Away with Murder' and "The King and I' : The Joe D Show Episode 26

    On TV and Broadway, rising-star actor Conrad Ricamora faces rocky romance.

    “Pat Benatar had it right, love is a battlefield,” he says. “And that’s why there are so many stories of people wanting to be together but facing obstacles.”

    In the Tony-winning revival of “The King and I,” Ricamora plays Lun Tha, a lovestruck scholar who pays dearly for his romance with Tuptim, who’s marrying the monarch.

    On “How to Get Away with Murder,” he plays Oliver, a gay computer geek dealing with being HIV-positive and boyfriend troubles.

    Juggling roles means he keeps a suitcase packed — and red-eye flights for Ricamora, who broke through in Fatboy Slim and David Byrne’s disco-dappled Off-Broadway musical about Imelda Marcos, “Here Lies Love.”

    Ricamora won a 2013 Theatre World Award for his performances as revolutionary Ninoy Aquino.

    Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

    Music by: Jerry Korman

    Edited by: Frank Posillico

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    17 min

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