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The BSR Podcast: Talking Philly Theatre Week 2025 with Theatre Philadelphia's CJ Higgins
Go behind the scenes of Philly's spring theater fest (it's Pay What You Can!)
BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Theatre Philadelphia's CJ Higgins to talk all things Philly Theatre Week 2025 (the eighth annual), including shows, workshops, and other industry events.
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Dive into Philly's winter theater scene with interviews featuring the Wilma's Suli Holum and BRT's Phyllis Johnson
Go behind-the-scenes on The Half-God of Rainfall and Fires in the Mirror
On these podcast episodes, Darnelle takes you inside two exciting regional productions: the Wilma's Half-God of Rainfall, by Inua Ellams, and BRT's Fires in the Mirror, by Anna Deavere Smith.
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The BSR Podcast, season 9, episode 10: EgoPo reimagines Mae West's The Drag
Kicking off a season of "Queer Revolutions"
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with director Rebecca Wright, playwright AZ Espinoza, and performer/composer Pax Ressler to hear all about this timely revival of a queer story from the Roaring 20s.
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The BSR Podcast, season 9, episode 7: the world premiere of The Complete Works of Christmas (Abridged)
Shakespeare in Clark Park tackles Christmas
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Shakespeare in Clark Park artistic director Shamus to hear all about a new Christmas-themed show at the Drake starring Amanda Schoonover.
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The BSR Podcast, season 9, episode 6: The Wilma's Comeuppance with actor Taysha Marie Canales
Go behind the scenes with the Wilma's Hothouse acting company
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with actor Taysha Marie Canales for a backstage look at the Wilma and Woolly Mammoth co-production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's The Comeuppance, now extended through Saturday, December 14, 2024.
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The BSR Podcast, season 9, episode 5: Directors Seth Rozin and J Paul Nicholas on InterAct's Moreno
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Seth Rozin and J Paul Nicholas, co-directors of the American premiere of Pravin Wilkins's Moreno.
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The BSR Podcast: season 9, episode 4: Simone Lawrence on The Coronation: An All-Black Drag King Show and Art Exhibition
Fine art, Black excellence, and the diversity of Philly's own Black drag kings
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Philly drag king Simone Lawrence about a Saturday, November 16, event at Prism Arts Philadelphia featuring fine art, drag, and the community we need.
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The BSR Podcast: season 9, episode 3: Morgan Bassichis presents Can I Be Frank? at the Wilma
Exploring the life of historic queer comedian Frank Mara
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Morgan Bassichis, the creator of a new show about comedian Frank Maya, one of the first openly gay performers on mainstream airwaves like MTV. Can I Be Frank? comes to Philly from October 25-26, 2024.
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The BSR Podcast: season 9, episode 2: Widener University and Lone Brick Theatre Company's Frankenstein
Hear all about a limited engagement of an imaginative new take on Mary Shelley
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Dave Ebersole and Mick Loro, who share about their new adaptation of Frankenstein, onstage at Widener University from October 10-20, 2024.
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The BSR Podcast: season 9, episode 1: Erlina Ortiz on the Philly premiere of her La Egoísta
Philly playwright Erlina Ortiz talks with Darnelle Radford about her new show
Erlina Ortiz's new play, La Egoísta, gets its Philly premiere at Philadelphia Theatre Company. She sat down with podcast host Darnelle Radford ahead of the October 9, 2024, opening.
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