![]() ![]() ![]() To hear the full conversation, listen at the link above or download and subscribe to “Stagecraft” on podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and the Broadway Podcast Network. ![]() “It’s our superpower, and we toss it away to just be what they used to call glee men, the ones who entertain only and feed each other sugar and get you to buy shit that we don’t need. “These works that we’re are encouraging people to be human and to continue to create civilization, which is one of things that we as artists can do,” she said. Parks added that artists, like plays, also have superpowers - and argued against squandering those gifts. And then you can go and see Stoppard’s work and see all of the stories. “You can see ‘Topdog’ on 45th Street and then go to 48th and see ‘Ohio State Murders’ and then go see ‘The Piano Lesson’ on 47th and then go see ‘Death of a Salesman‘ on 44th. “All these plays will talk to each other,” he said. Appearing with Parks on Stagecraft, Leon said he considers both those projects, plus other plays now running on Broadway, as works that are all in conversation. It’s directed by Kenny Leon, who is also directing an upcoming production of Adrienne Kennedy’s “Ohio State Murders” this fall. The story of the tight, rivalrous bond between two brothers, “Topdog/Underdog” is back on Broadway this season in a new production starring Corey Hawkins (“In the Heights”) and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (“Watchmen”). ![]()
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