Olivier Award and two-time Tony Award-winning actor Brian Dennehy recently closed the epic Goodman Theatre production of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, which co-starred Nathan Lane as Hickey and ran for almost five hours. Brian made a long day even l

We get a backstage tour of York Theatre Royal, site of the European premiere of The Complete World of Sports (abridged), and the 268-year-old center of theatrical life in this ancient city. Featuring guidance from YTR Artistic Director Damian Cruden, advi

Tomorrow we leave for our eleven-week twenty-two city tour of The Complete World of Sports (abridged) in Great Britain, so today we check in with each other and see how the packing is going. Featuring tips on how to squeeze extra weight on the plane, the

Comedy author and West Wing nerd Gary Rudoren joins us this week to remember Aaron Sorkin's television classic The West Wing. Featuring the prescience of certain story lines, behind-the-scenes gossip from the first season's thirteenth episode "He Shall,

There ain't nothin' like an Oklahoma hello! We made our Sooner State debut last weekend at Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre, and Founding Artistic Director Donald Jordan told us about the history of the company, the consequences of a misspent youth, the ad

For this Mother's Day, we remember all mothers, even the ones who are gone. Every Sunday, Matthew Croke blogs about his experiences as a widower and father at Widow's Voice, a website dedicated to examining "the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of life a

Actor Mark Dold talks about his surprising journey in the role of C. S. Lewis in the long-running off-Broadway play Freud's Last Session. Featuring the benefits of always saying yes, the mixed blessings of undergraduate training programs, the unimportanc

Every actor gets 'em; this week we get ours. After a recent performance of The Complete World of Sports (abridged), we met in a crowded noisy bar in Santa Rosa, California with Dodds Delzell, Chad Yarish, and April George, all of whom worked on the origin

Ever have the feeling that the thing everyone says is so awesome you just don't 'get'? Join the club. This week, we share our blasphemous opinions about plays, musicals, lionized authors and composers we can't believe we're saying out loud. Featuring here

Sportswriter, columnist, and nerd's nerd AJ Mass returns to talk about his book How Fantasy Sports Explains The World: What Pujols and Peyton Can Teach Us About Wookiees and Wall Street. Featuring wisdom from the likes of Neil Degrasse Tyson and Jane Espe