Broadway Podcast Network

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

Arts EN ↓ 257 episodes

Behind the scenes with the biggest stars on Broadway, Off Broadway and beyond. Hosted by Gordon Cox.

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Oct 22, 2025

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Episodes

This Musical is a Videogame 22.08.2023

And now for something completely different: I talk with three of the creators behind Stray Gods, the new videogame that describes itself as a "Roleplaying Musical." Taking us behind the scenes (behind the code?) of this unusual genre mashup are Summerfall Studios creative director David Gaider, composer Austin Wintory and actor Anjali Bhimani. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Theater Is (Not) Doomed 08.08.2023

In the trenches with three theater leaders from organizations around the US and in the UK as they battle the economic crisis facing theaters everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Alexander Has So Much Theater in the Works 25.07.2023

Alexander, the “Seinfeld” star who directed the new Broadway comedy “The Cottage,” talks the choreography of comedy and spills details on all the theater projects he’s developing for Broadway and beyond.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Theater Kids Improvised an Entire Movie 11.07.2023

"Theater Camp" co-creator and star Molly Gordon talks kissing gay boys at camp, improv comedy with kids, and crushing on Ben Platt.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conrad Ricamora Hates to Break Up the Party 27.06.2023

The "Here Lies Love" actor on queer characters, Filipino pride and the cognitive dissonance of singing about the Marcos regime in a karaoke dance party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Busy in Theater, On Strike in TV 13.06.2023

Writer Tori Sampson, whose play “This Land Was Made” is now running off Broadway, shares her POV as one of the many writers who love the theater but make most of their living in TV.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Chastain is Trapped in 'A Doll's House' 30.05.2023

The Tony-nominated actress offers a deep-dive into her performance's signature moments – and why one of them made her think of “Evil Dead.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Platt Had Tony Advice for Micaela Diamond 23.05.2023

The Tony-nominated duo on the urgency of "Parade," owning their Jewish identities and living in the awards-season moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Corey Hawkins Chose Fearlessness 15.05.2023

The actor talks Tony nominations, “Topdog/Underdog,” a surprise dinner with Patti LuPone and an inspiration from Mark Rylance.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“The Thanksgiving Play” is Just the Beginning 18.04.2023

It's the year of Larissa FastHorse, Broadway’s first known Native American female playwright, with six(!) plays coming up in 2023.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Secrets and Tricks of Broadway's 'Life of Pi' 04.04.2023

Three of the Olivier Award-winning play's creators reveal the techniques, the illusions and the cheats that make a puppet feel alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Stoppard's Wine of Life 21.03.2023

The celebrated playwright talks the Broadway success of "Leopoldstadt," plays vs. politics, and how you too can drink the "wine of life." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nathan Lane Shares His Acting Secrets 07.03.2023

The Tony-winning actor, now starring in “Pictures From Home,” reveals how he crafted performances in “Angels in America” and “The Iceman Cometh.”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Rent,’ ‘Star Trek’ and the Art of Reliving Loss 21.02.2023

Original “Rent” cast member and current “Star Trek” trailblazer Anthony Rapp talks bringing his stage memoir “Without You” to New York, and along the way pinpoints what “Rent” and “Star Trek” have in common and shares the reasons behind his ongoing advocacy for survivors of Hollywood abuse.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

National Black Theater and the Antidote We All Needed 07.02.2023

Leaders of the 55-year-old Harlem institution on stepping up to Broadway for the first time with "Fat Ham," community, care and creating a home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Stephen McKinley Henderson Hears the Music in a Playwright 24.01.2023

The celebrated actor and August Wilson regular on finding the rhythms of "Between Riverside and Crazy." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Audra McDonald's Art and Activism Came Together for 'Ohio State Murders' 10.01.2023

The six-time Tony winner on Adrienne Kennedy, Black Theatre United and her fancy new dressing rooms at the James Earl Jones Theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Deirdre O'Connell's Tony Award Hasn't Changed Her Life 13.12.2022

The actor ("Dana H."), now starring in "Becky Nurse of Salem," on making a career off Broadway and her search for un-self-consciousness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Joshua Dela Cruz Brought Broadway to 'Blue's Clues' 06.12.2022

The host and star of 'Blue's Big City Adventure' on Broadway role models, backstage 'Aladdin' antics, and Times Square dance numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Produce a Museum of Broadway 22.11.2022

The co-founders of the new museum on the story it's telling, the philosophy behind it, and why it's like Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘The Lion King’ Turns 25 08.11.2022

Director Julie Taymor celebrates the Disney musical’s Broadway birthday, revealing how she did it, what she learned and what’s next.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Business of Broadway with Samuel L. Jackson, LaChanze, Lee Daniels and Many More 25.10.2022

In this supersized episode, we present three of the panels and keynote conversations from Variety's 2022 Business of Broadway breakfast: 3:25: A conversation with producers LaChanze ("Topdog/Underdog," "Kimberly Akimbo"), Lee Daniels ("Ain't No' Mo'"), Cindy Tolan ("Death of a Salesman") and Ken Davenport ("A Beautiful Noise"), moderated by Eric Piecuch of City National Bank. 29:00: A panel discus...

'Topdog/Underdog' Has a Superpower 11.10.2022

Writer Suzan-Lori Parks and director Kenny Leon on spiritual inspiration, making work that matters and why this Pulitzer-winning play is like 'Doctor Strange.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting Intimate in ‘Cost of Living’ 27.09.2022

Actors Gregg Mozgala and Kara Young talk care and connection in the award-winning Broadway play.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Patina Miller Made ‘Into the Woods’ Her Own 13.09.2022

The Tony winner and star of TV’s “Raising Kanan” talks Sondheim, motherhood and getting the Witch’s Rap right.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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