Dan Rubins

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!) currently featured on New York stages. Each episode spotlights the writer(s) of a new play or musical running in New York City, inviting each guest to explore the genesis and development of the script, the transition from page to stage, and the questions that animate each work. With its focus on plays and musicals still running in New York, The Present Stage offers listeners a closer look at current...

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Gwendolyn Warnock & Kirjan Waage — DEAD AS A DODO 29.01.2025 34:25

Dead As A Dodo runs at the Baruch Performing Arts Center through February 9th. Dead As A Dodo is presented with the Under the Radar Festival. For more information, please visit https://bpac.baruch.cuny.edu . 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 ....

Sol Ruiz – POSITIVE VIBRATION NATION 29.01.2025 29:42

Positive Vibration Nation ran at the HERE Arts Center as a production of the Prototype Festival in January 2025. 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 No...

Jonathan Spector — EUREKA DAY 14.01.2025 49:55

Eureka Day is running on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre through February 16th. Visit www.manhattantheatreclub.org for more information. 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 ...

Robert O'Hara — SHIT. MEET. FAN. 13.12.2024 34:09

Shit. Meet. Fan. is running at MCC Theater through December 15th. To learn more, visit www.mcctheater.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...

Manuel Oliver — GUAC 29.10.2024 35:54

Guac is playing at the Public Theater through November 3rd. For more information, please 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 Brie...

Douglas Lyons — TABLE 17 04.10.2024 28:46

Table 17 played at MCC through September 29th. For more information, please visit www.mcctheater.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...

Chisa Hutchinson — REDEEMED 02.10.2024 52:21

Redeemed plays at 59E59's Theater B through October 5th. For more information, visit www.59e59.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. T...

Todd Almond — I'M ALMOST HERE 02.10.2024 40:53

I'm Almost Here runs at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre through October 5th. For more information, visit www.imalmosttheremusical.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 Ne...

Matthew Freeman — THE ASK 27.09.2024 39:48

The Ask is running at The Wild Project through September 28th. For more information, please visit www.thewildproject.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...

Basil Twist — DOGUGAESHI 13.09.2024 46:45

Dogugaeshi plays at the Japan Society through September 19th. For more information, visit www.japansociety.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 No...

S. Shakthidharan — COUNTING AND CRACKING 12.09.2024 57:51

Counting and Cracking , a co-production of The Public Theater and NYU Skirball runs at NYU Skirball through September 22nd. You can learn more information at www.nyuskirball.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 revi...

Neil Berg — THE SABBATH GIRL 28.08.2024 41:10

The Sabbath Girl is running at 59E59 through September 1st. For more information, please visit www.59e59.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 Not...

Phillip Howze — SIX CHARACTERS 22.08.2024 54:53

Six Characters is currently running at the Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center through August 25th. Find out more information at www.lct.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...

Mario Correa — N/A & Catherine Gropper — THE MEETING: THE INTERPRETER 13.08.2024 56:32

N/A runs at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center Theater through September 1st. Find out more at www.natheplay.com . The Meeting: The Interpreter runs at the Theater at St. Clements through August 25th. Find out more at www.meetinginterpreterplay.com . Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstage The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins...

Rebecca Martínez and Julián Mesri — THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/LA COMEDIA DE ERRORES 22.06.2024 58:19

Find out more about this Mobile Unit production of The Comedy of Errors/La Comedia de Errors at 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 Bri...

Rachel Bonds and Zoe Sarnak — THE LONELY FEW 03.06.2024 54:44

The Lonely Few runs off-Broadway at MCC through June 9th. For more information, visit mcctheater.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 colum...

José Rivera — THE HOURS ARE FEMININE 27.05.2024 53:35

The Hours Are Feminine runs off-Broadway at INTAR through June 9th. Find out more information at www.intartheatre.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 Br...

Laura Winters — ALL OF ME 20.05.2024 49:23

All Of Me runs off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Theater, a production of The New Group, through June 16th. For more information, visit www.thenewgroup.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 Cas...

Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich — HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES 13.05.2024 54:42

Here There Are Blueberries runs off-Broadway at New York Theater Workshop through June 16th. For more information, 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 N...

Peregrine Teng Heard – REDEMPTION STORY 13.05.2024 40:45

Redemption Story , a production of The Associates Theater Ensemble, runs Off-Broadway at the the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres through May 19. For more information, visit www.theassociatestheater.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 Theate...

Oliver Richman — THE FAKE HUSBAND: A MUSICAL COMEDY 11.05.2024 31:28

The Fake Husband: A Musical Comedy , a production of Soft Brain Theatre Company, runs at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater through May 19th. For more information, visit www.softbraintheatrecompany.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 a...

Angelica Chéri — GUN AND POWDER 26.04.2024 40:53

Gun and Powder is running at the Paper Mill Playhouse through May 5th. Find out more at www.papermill.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 c...

Kia Corthron — FISH 21.04.2024 39:19

Fish ran at Theater Row, a co-production of Keen Company and the Working Theater, through April 20th. Learn more about Fish at www.keencompany.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 ...

JT Rogers — CORRUPTION 13.04.2024 44:44

Corruption runs at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi Newhouse Theater Off-Broadway until April 14. Find out more at www.lct.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...

Liza Birkenmeier — GRIEF HOTEL 06.04.2024 51:15

Grief Hotel is a production of Clubbed Thumb in partnership with New Georges. Clubbed Thumb is in residence at the Public Theater where the play runs through April 27th. Find out more at 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...