Veteran actor Ken Marks talks about creating the role of Uncle Ben in the infamous musical Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark. Ken talks about the dangers and the adventure of not only surviving the huge technical spectacle that is the physical production of S

Theatre pundit and arts blogger Howard Sherman discusses the powers of social media, the value of backstage access, and the evolving nature of arts communications. Featuring behind-the-scenes tidbits from the American Theatre Wing's Downstage Center Podca

The New Victory Theatre in New York City presents fantastic theatre for all ages that is daring, challenging, entertaining, and (most importantly) affordable. Director of Programming Mary Rose Lloyd talks about the kind of work she sees all over the worl

The Reduced Shakespeare Company took time off from its successful run of The Complete World of Sports (abridged) at the New Victory Theatre in New York City to aim its satirical guns at the much-debated film "Anonymous" and the theories that underlie it.

Comedians walk the line of appropriateness all the time, but sometimes the line changes. We discuss the (surprisingly few) changes we made to make The Complete World of Sports (abridged) appropriate for our run at the family-friendly New Victory Theatre.

When Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor directed the non-RSC cast in the premiere of The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged), Kyle Stoner, Phil Ferrero, and Rafael Manzo were the understudies, and they talk about what it's like to rehearse a script that's sti

We performed excerpts from "The Complete World of Sports (abridged)" on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" this summer, and in anticipation of our run at the New Victory Theatre in New York, herewith are excerpts of the excerpts! Featuring impressive trivia, the

Dodds Delzell, Dan Saski, and Chad Yarish have performed many of our "Complete (abridged)" scripts with various theatre companies in the northern San Francisco Bay Area. They acted in the very first non-RSC productions of "The Complete World of Sports (ab

What does a playwright do after the script is completed? We have no idea. But we know what WE do with our "Complete (abridged)" scripts after they're written. Featuring the value of opinions from the right people, the value of casting the right people, an

Which comes first: the lyrics or the melody? Who writes the funny stuff and who creates the structure? Playwriting team Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor reveal these and other secrets as they talk about who brings what to the table when creating their seve