All Of It: Conversations With Tony Nominees
Today, we present conversations we've had with some of the nominees from this year's Tony Awards.
For transcripts, see individual segment pages.
[REBROADCAST FROM May 15, 2023] Actor Sean Hayes has been nominated for a Tony for his role as musician and talk show mainstay Oscar Levant in the new play, "Good Night, Oscar." Hayes joins us to discuss the role, which allows him to show off his skills as a classically trained pianist. The play follows Levant after he leaves a mental hospital to appear on Jack Paar's show.
[REBROADCAST FROM Jan. 4, 2022] A new play at the Atlantic Theater is charming critics and viewers alike. It's called "Kimberly Akimbo" and it's about a young girl with a rare disease that causes her to age over 4x faster than normal. We'll speak to its lead Victoria Clark, and director Jessica Stone.
[REBROADCAST FROM Nov. 30, 2022] A new pop jukebox musical imagines what might have happened if Juliet survived her love affair with Romeo... and if Anne Hathaway had more say in Shakespeare's plays. David West Read, the Emmy Award winning writer behind "Schitt's Creek," wrote the book and joins us to discuss, alongside Betsy Wolf, who stars as Anne Hathaway. "& Juliet" is on Broadway now.
[REBROADCAST FROM April 17, 2023] The Pulitzer Prize-winning retelling of "Hamlet," "Fat Ham," is now on Broadway! Playwright James Ijames and director Saheem Ali have turned the classic Shakespeare show into a comedy about a queer Black college student named Juicy who is reluctant to avenge his father's murder. Joining us to discuss the show is Marcel Spears, who plays Juicy, and Nikki Crawford, who plays his mother. "Fat Ham" is running at American Airlines Theater until June 25.
[REBROADCAST FROM Jan. 20, 2023] The new Broadway musical "Some Like It Hot" updates the original 1959 film and turns the show into a rollicking celebration of embracing your true self. Adrianna Hicks, who stars as Sugar Kane, and J. Harrison Ghee, who stars as Jerry/Daphne, join us to discuss the show, running now at the Shubert Theater.
