Marks & Vincentelli: A Theatre Podcast

This week we welcomed the wondrous Jennifer Simard to the swanky M&V virtual studio. Jennifer has nabbed a Tony nomination for her performance as the jujitsu fiend Sarah in Marianne Elliott’s revival of “Company.” This is her second nomination after her tour de force as the slot-machine-humping Sister Mary Downy in “Disaster!” Jennifer describes herself as a character actress, and we were happy to...

In this episode we welcomed Helen Shaw , the drama critic for New York magazine and Vulture, to chat about the Broadway season’s musicals and discuss the Tony nominations — which you can check out here . And what a season it was, with tuners as crazily diverse as “Six,” “Diana,” “Paradise Square,” “A Strange Loop,” “MJ,” “Flying Over Sunset” and, of course, everybody’s favorite couple: “Mrs. Doubt...

As the Broadway season started heating up this spring, so did Covid-19 cases, creating delays and headaches for several productions — so many people were out at “Macbeth” at one point that director Sam Gold had to step in and handle a couple of roles. So where does this leave theater? Is it safe to go to a show? Is it safe to be in a show? To get some answers, we invited infectious-disease epidemi...

Dear listeners, It is us, Peter Marks , chief theater critic at the Washington Post, and Elisabeth Vincentelli , contributor to the New York Times, and we are happy to be chatting about theater again! As many of you know, we used to co-host the “Three on the Aisle” podcast with our dear colleague Terry Teachout. Last December we decided to end that show after a four-year run hosted by American The...