Culture Interviews

"It's really important to me to use the arts to say that maybe we can change things and what a better future might look like. We can do it with joy and camaraderie, rather than thinking of it as going without."

"Make-believe fights are something that I grew up doing as a kid. Having a sword is amazing. It's a dream come true."

Michael Kahan's podcast combines thoughtful conversation with comedy in his interviews, exploring challenges and failures that celebrities encountered in their careers.

The singer and actor, based in Southern California, talks about keeping his dream alive during these troubled times.

San Antonio 'Hedwig' stars Roy Thomas and Morgan Clyde talk about the show's enduring popularity with the Roxie Theatre's Jonathan Pennington.

The award-winning musical by Robot Teammate will be performed at the SoHo Playhouse as part of a festival celebrating Fringe theater from around the world.

Four different perspectives on what it means, and what it takes, to be a writer were provided at the FEEcon Writers Panel presented by the Foundation for Economic Education.

In a delightful conversation spanning nearly two hours, celebrated actor Sir Derek Jacobi told stories about his life and career.

Sir Derek Jacobi explains why he majored in history at Cambridge and how he tackles making audiobooks. Richard Clifford joins in as I ask both men to rank each other's Top Three works.

'I was getting lots of scripts in which there was dementia or death. And I thought with some of them, I don’t want to settle into this and really didn’t. I’ve been fortunate. The last two characters I’ve played, one died, the other was terminal. There’s bound to be some of that.'