592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway
Hit by Covid, runaway costs, and a zillion streams of competition, serious theater is in serious trouble. A new hit play called "Stereophonic" — the most Tony-nominated play in history — has something to say about that. We speak with the people who make it happen every night. (Part one of a two-part series.)
Episode 592 of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, hosted by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher, titled "592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway" was published on June 13, 2024 and runs 65 minutes.
June 13, 2024 ·65m · Freakonomics Radio
Summary
Hit by Covid, runaway costs, and a zillion streams of competition, serious theater is in serious trouble. A new hit play called "Stereophonic" — the most Tony-nominated play in history — has something to say about that. We speak with the people who make it happen every night. (Part one of a two-part series.)
Episode Description
Hit by Covid, runaway costs, and a zillion streams of competition, serious theater is in serious trouble. A new hit play called Stereophonic — the most Tony-nominated play in history — has something to say about that. We speak with the people who make it happen every night. (Part one of a two-part series.)
- SOURCES:
- David Adjmi, author and playwright.
- Sonia Friedman, theater producer and founder of Sonia Friedman Productions.
- John Johnson, theater producer and co-founder of Wagner Johnson Productions.
- Tom Pecinka, actor.
- Sarah Pidgeon, actor.
- RESOURCES:
- Stereophonic, by David Adjmi, Will Butler, and Daniel Aukin (2023).
- Lot Six: A Memoir, by David Adjmi (2020).
- "On the Performing Arts: The Anatomy of Their Economic Problems," by W. J. Baumol and W. G. Bowen (The American Economic Review, 1965).
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