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The singular New York voice of Stephen Adly Guirgis
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The singular New York voice of Stephen Adly Guirgis

One of our favorite playwrights stopped by the podcast to talk about "Between Riverside and Crazy" and so much more

Fasten your seatbelts: There’s never a dull moment when Stephen Adly Guirgis is behind the mic!

We both loved Stephen’s latest play, the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Between Riverside and Crazy.” The show is running at the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway until Feb. 19. It’s also available as a simulcast until Feb. 12, which is fantastic news for our listeners around the country.

He was remarkably candid and we covered a lot ground in our chat: growing up in New York, what happened when he saw “Burn This,” working with the LAByrinth Theater Company, his enduring collaboration with Philip Seymour Hoffman. We also spent quality time discussing the play “Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven,” which Elisabeth particularly loves.

Some links:

Follow Stephen on Twitter.

Elisabeth reviewed a couple of retro-oriented shows: Anthony Rapp’s “Without You” and Eduardo Machado’s “Not About Me.” Spoiler alert: She liked the puppet show “The Immortal Jellyfish Girl” a lot more.

Peter wrote about a version of “The Tempest” directed by Teller and Aaron Posner that features a Caliban played simultaneously — and Pilobolus-choreographed — by two actors.

Thanks to Christian Huygen for our theme music.

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