Playwright David Henry Hwang and composer Jeanine Tesori discuss their latest project, an original musical titled “Soft Power,” which played at the Curran Theatre June 20-July 8, 2018, with host Richard Wolinsky. Originally posted June 8, 2018.
Bay Area Theater
During the Corona Virus lockdown, new podcasts will go live Sunday afternoons. New and recent interviews focused primarily on local Bay Area theatre venues, with playwrights, actors, directors and artistic directors, hosted by KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky. Pre-pandemic podcasts also feature theatre reviews by Richard Wolinsky along with interviews conducted by KPFA associate theatre critic C.S. Soong. Dates of theatre reviews can be found at http://bookwaves.homestead.com/Theatre_Reviews.html
Octavio Solis, whose play “Quixote Nuevo” was performed at at California Shakespeare Theatre in June 2018, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Jeanine Tesori and Alison Bechdel discuss their Tony Award winning muiscal “Fun Home” with host Richard Wolinsky. The touring company of “Fun Home” played at the Curran Theatre in early 2017, and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presented its own production in 2018.
Liz Diamond, Chair of the Directing Department at the Yale School of Drama, interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky. First posted May 9, 2018 while she was directing Suzan Lori-Park’s “Father Comes Home from the Wars, Parts I, II and II” at ACT’s Geary Theatre.
Playwright Jessica Hagedorn is interviewed about “The Gangster of Love, which premiered at the Magic Theatre in spring, 2018, and about her career, with host Richard Wolinsky.
Playwright John Kolvenbach discusses his play “Reel to Reel” and his career in this interview which originally posted on January 22, 2018. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
From December 2017, actress Judith Ivey discusses her career and her work on Pinter’s “The Birthday Party” at ACT with host Richard Wolinsky.
Robert Hurwitt, former drama critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, and before that the San Francisco Examiner and the East Bay Express, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. Encore podcast, originally posted April 9, 2017.
Bill English, Artistic Director of San Francisco Playhouse, discusses how his theatre company has dealt with the Covid pandemic shutdown, and its current move into streaming plays. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
From November, 2018, an interview with Taylor Mac about “Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce.” A revised version of the show,” Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce … Pandemic!” runs on demand through January 3, 2021 through the Curran website. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.