The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers

The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers

By Dan RubinsArtsPerforming Arts
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The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers episodes

  • Morgan Lloyd Malcolm — THE WASP

    The Wasp runs through November 23rd, a production of Little Engine Theater Company. To learn more, visit www.littleenginetheater.com. 

    Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

    The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

    The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

    38 min
  • James Ijames — SATURDAY CHURCH

    Saturday Church is running at New York Theater Workshop through October 24th. To learn more, visit www.nytw.org.

    Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

    The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

    The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

    45 min
  • SPECIAL EPISODE: A Giant Broadway and Off-Broadway 2025-2026 Season Preview (w/ Joe Weinberg)

    Follow Joe Weinberg @OverthinkingTheatre on TikTok and Instagram.

    Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

    The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

    The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

    2 hr 33 min
  • Sophie McIntosh — ROAD KILLS

    Road Kills runs at The Paradise Factory through September 6th. To learn more, visit www.goodapplescollective.com.

    Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

    The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

    The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

    42 min
  • Troy Anthony — PERICLES

    Pericles runs at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine through September 2nd. To learn more, visit www.publictheater.org.

    Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

    The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

    The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

    43 min
  • Douglas Lyons — BEAU THE MUSICAL

    Beau the Musical, a production of Out of the Box Theatrics, runs at Theater 154 through August 3rd.

    Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

    The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

    The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

    33 min
  • Donald Margulies — LUNAR ECLIPSE

    Lunar Eclipse is a production of Second Stage running at The Pershing Square Signature Theater through June 22nd. For more information, please visit www.2st.com.

    Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

    The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

    The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

    37 min
  • Mara Nelson-Greenberg — NOT NOT JANE'S

    Not Not Jane's runs as part of Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks 2025 at the Wild Project. To learn more, visit www.clubbedthumb.org.

    Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

    The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

    The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

    40 min
  • Jen Silverman — CREDITORS

    Creditors runs at  Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre, a co-production of Audible x Together, through June 18th. To learn more, please visit www.audiblexminetta.com.

    Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

    The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

    The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

    1 hr
  • Itamar Moses — DEAD OUTLAW

    Dead Outlaw is playing on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre in an open-ended run. To learn more, please visit www.deadoutlawmusical.com.

    Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage

    The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.

    The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

    50 min

About The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers

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Hosted by Dan Rubins, theater critic at Slant Magazine, The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers celebrates the extraordinary playwrights (plus lyricists, librettists, and composers!)…

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