Three on the Aisle: Side With Hope
The critics return to consider when theatre will return, how to cover it when it does, and how not to succumb to Zoom despair.
Three on the Aisle
Three on the Aisle is a podcast from New York about theatre in America, featuring drama critics Peter Marks, Terry Teachout, and Elisabeth Vincentelli.
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Three on the Aisle: Tamilla Woodard on Doing the Work
The critics talk to Tamilla Woodard, co-artistic director of Working Theater, about her experience of racism in the theatre and her recommendations of how to fight it.
Three on the Aisle: No Shortcut to Normal
The critics talk with Jeremy Wein of Play-PerView, take a question about theatre safety, and recommend shows they’ve viewed.
Three on the Aisle: Do Streams Come True?
This week the critics debate streamed and recorded theatre vs. live, and dip into the reader mailbag.
Three on the Aisle: Solving a Problem With Maria
The critics talk to Woolly Mammoth’s Maria Manuela Goyanes about theatre in the age of COVID-19, and discuss the relative merits of online theatre.
Three on the Aisle: Alone Together Edition
This week the critics sign in remotely to talk about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on theatre, and what they’re doing with no shows to see.
Three on the Aisle: Conor McPherson and His Ghosts
The critics talk with the ‘Girl From the North Country’ playwright about his work and its meanings, and discuss ‘Mockingbird’ at MSG, a new take on ‘Dracula,’ and a James Baldwin revival in D.C.
Three on the Aisle: This Time It’s Personal
This week the topic is how personal experiences inform criticism, as the critics touch on ‘Mac Beth’ at Hunter Theater Project, ‘Gun and Powder’ at Signature Theatre, and ‘Medea’ at BAM
Three on the Aisle: Not Throwing Away Their Aughts
The critics look back on a decade of change in the American theatre, and discuss ‘Greater Clements,’ ‘Sing Street,’ and the ‘My Fair Lady’ tour.
Three on the Aisle: Sam Hunter Mines His Past
The critics chat with the acclaimed Idahoan dramatist, and compare notes on Stephen Adly Guirgis, Harry Connick Jr., and Lauren Gunderson.