Jose, Nicole, and Ben discuss shows and other things from the theater community that have gone online during the pandemic.   Introductions (0:00) Contagious Closet Dramas, presented by Two Headed Rep on Instagram (1:39) It’s True, It’s True, It’s True by Breach Theatre (6:13) The Shows Must Go On, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new YouTube channel (9:08) The New York Neo Futurists’ Hit Play podcast (12:35) The Infinite Wrench Goes Viral by The Neo Futurusts (13:25) The Schaubuehne in Berlin (15:25) Subway Plays and Ferry Play by This Is Not a Theatre Company (21:26) (We also mention this pr ..read more

Jose and PennyMaria are joined by author Warren Hoffman to discuss the newly published second edition of his book The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical. Their conversation includes a closer look at West Side Story, both historically and through the lens of the revival Ivo Von Hove directed for Broadway this season. The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical (second edition) is available wherever books are sold, including from Rutgers University Press or your local independent bookstore. If you’d like to hear the couple of songs cut from West Side Story during its deve ..read more

All 9 of our regular contributors have gathered: Aurin, Ben, David, Jack, Jose, Liz, Nicole, Patty, and PennyMaria! We’re back together for our year-end spectacular, our annual episode in which we discuss the best and worst theater of the year. If you have trouble telling any voices apart, we’re seated in a circle and the order we answer questions in is, roughly: Liz, Nicole, Jose, Jack, PennyMaria, Aurin, Ben, David, Patty. (Jack had to leave early, so don’t get freaked out when he disappears half-way through the episode.) See below for timecodes o ..read more

All 9 of our regular contributors have gathered: Aurin, Ben, David, Jack, Jose, Liz, Nicole, Patty, and PennyMaria! We’re back together for our year-end spectacular, our annual episode in which we discuss the best and worst theater of the year. If you have trouble telling any voices apart, we’re seated in a circle and the order we answer questions in is, roughly: Liz, Nicole, Jose, Jack, PennyMaria, Aurin, Ben, David, Patty. Each question we rotate who answers first; so Liz is the first person to answer the first question, Nicole is the first to answer the second question, and so on. See below ..read more

Aurin, Nicole, and PennyMaria discuss 2 shows shows on Broadway and 2 shows Off-Broadway.   Introductions (0:00) The Inheritance on Broadway (1:10) for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf at the Public Theater (16:10) Fires in the Mirror at Signature Theatre (37:41) Tina on Broadway (51:59) Things we’re excited for (1:05:18) • Keep at St. Ann’s Warehouse • Greater Clements at Lincoln Center Theater • Measure for Measure at the Public Theater • One in Two produced by The New Group at Signature Center • The Thin Place at Pl ..read more

Liz, David, and Jack talk about what they’re excited to see in December and January! We talk about: Virgo Star by Pioneers Go East Collective at La Mama (1:13) Fefu and Her Friends by María Irene Fornés at Theatre for a New Audience (2:49) The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath at Playwrights Horizon (9:37) Conway by Rory McGregor at Theaterlab (16:16) Greater Clements by Samuel D. Hunter at Lincoln Center Theater (19:29) One in Two by Donja R. Love at The New Group (22:48) King Lear Project by William Shakespeare, adapted by Bryan Doerries at Theater of War (26:09) Sing Street – Book by Enda Walsh, Mu ..read more

  Jose talks to musical theatre composer Jaime Lozano about his career, and how he went from disliking Jesus Christ Superstar when he was growing up in Monterrey, Mexico, to becoming one of the most prolific composers living in the United States. Lozano shares insights about his process and shares exclusive tracks from his upcoming album A Never-Ending Line. If you’re in NYC don’t miss Jaime Lozano at The Green Room 42 on November 24, where he will present Songs by an Immigrant, featuring special guests like Mauricio Martínez. All songs in this episode are property of Jaime Lozano and hav ..read more

David is joined by Rachel Godfrey of Ludus NYC to discuss our first Official Maxamoo Book Club Selection: Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-Up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts – For Actors, Performers, Writers and Artists of Every Kind by Anna Deavere Smith. Visit the book’s official website for more information. We hope you enjoy the discussion. Share you thoughts about the book – or about other books you’d like us to discuss on future book club episodes – with us on Twitter and Facebook.   Subscribe to Maxamoo’s Theater and Performance Podcast for free on Apple Podcasts ..read more

  Nicole, Ben, and newcomer Linda talk about 2 immersive shows and 2 shows Off-Broadway. Introductions (0:00) Theatre In The Dark at TheatreLab (2:21) Our Dear Dead Drug Lord at WP Theater (17:13) Heroes of the Fourth Turning at Playwrights Horizons (31:22) Found at the cell (45:59) Things we’re excited for (59:34) • Little Shop Of Horrors at the Westside Theatre Upstairs • Soft Power at the Public Theater • Scotland, PA at Roundabout Theatre Company • Hamnet at BAM • The Rose Tattoo at Roundabout Theatre Company on Broadway • The Sound Inside at Roundabout Theatre Company ..read more

  Aurin, David, and Ben come together to talk about shows that’re coming up in the next few months.   Introductions (0:00) Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven at Atlantic Theater Company (1:24) Fires in the Mirror at Signature Theatre (9:41) Is This A Room at the Vineyard Theatre (15:01) Quick mention of Looking at You at HERE Arts Center (20:40) Soft Power at the Public Theater (21:23) Scotland, PA at Roundabout Theatre Company (28:11) Georgia Mertching Is Dead at Ensemble Studio Theatre (36:52) The Underlying Chris at 2nd Stage (39:09) Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation ..read more