"Macbeth" Back on Broadway, Tony Awards Recap, Phoebe Bridgers Tours on the East Coast, Finding Work after 50, "End of the Line" Documentary
"Macbeth" is back on Broadway, with star Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga taking the stage under the direction of Sam Gold. Gold joins us to discuss his unconventional staging of the show. We're also joined by composer Gaelynn Lea, who was selected by Gold to create the score for the show after he saw her on NPR's Tiny Desk. "Macbeth" runs at the Longacre theater through July 10.
The 75th Tony Awards took place this past Sunday. We recap who took home the most awards, listen to a performance from Joaquina Kalukongo from "Paradise Square," and revisit a conversation with Best Musical Winner "A Strange Loop" creator Michael R. Jackson and director Stephen Brackett.
Since releasing her album, Punisher, in 2020, Phoebe Bridgers has started her own label, received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, appeared on releases from Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, and Lorde, and gone on tour. This week her tour stops in Asbury Park, Prospect Park, and Forest Hills. She joins us to preview those shows.
Early on in the pandemic, economists thought the public health crisis would contribute to a wave of early retirements. However, today, many workers at retirement age have returned to work. Lindsey Pollak joins NYT writer Ben Casselman to take listener calls about getting back into the workforce in middle age.
There are few things that unite New Yorkers more than the city's subway system, both as a means of travel and as something on which to commiserate. The documentary, "End of the Line," explores how a transportation system already suffering from deteriorating infrastructure and leadership issues has also navigated a global pandemic. Director Emmett Adler joins us on the day of the film's on-demand release.
