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Drama club
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
May 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Theater magic, starting with “Tootsie” composer David Yazbek and musical theater obsessive John McWhorter on the art and wonder of tongue-twisting patter songs. Kurt Andersen talks with performance artist Taylor Mac on writing the new Broadway play, "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus." And the odd mixture of religious fervor, class concerns and gender politics that made performing Shakespeare outdoors so popular in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
May 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Remembering Ultra-American Musician Leon Russell: Leon Russell passed away last week — he was 74. During the 1970s, he forged a musical career unlike almost anyone else’s before or since: an ultra-American mix of country, blues, gospel, and rock n’ roll, collaborating with musicians from all those genre by Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen