The Comeback Project

By: Broadway Podcast Network
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  • By bringing together experts from within the industry and equally, from beyond the industry, The Comeback Project hopes to provide resources and strategies for arts-workers from all corners of the theatrical world planning their return to in-person work. These thought-provoking conversations aim to respond to the challenges the theater community is facing in real time. The series’ first panel was “Reopening Theaters: Lessons from Countries Who’ve Done It” and future panels will include Indoor Rehearsal Protocol, Lessons from Sports and Television, and more. Part of the Broadway Podcast Network.
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Episodes
  • Actor and Activist André Jordan on a Better and Safer Broadway

    Actor and Activist André Jordan on a Better and Safer Broadway
    Jun 30 2021
    In this episode, The Comeback Project creators Rebecca Aparicio and Sammi Cannold sit down with actor and activist André Jordan to discuss Broadway's impending return and André's work to make equitable, safe, anti-racist, and inclusive work spaces in anticipation of that return. Using André's experience as a cast member in Diana the Musical, Rebecca, Sammi, and André discuss what's worked, what hasn't, and how we can learn from each other as we seek to build a better Broadway. More about The Comeback Project: The Comeback Project is a conversation series to help theatermakers restart in the wake of the pandemic. This premiere conversation features international theatermakers from countries in which theaters have partially or fully reopened during the pandemic. By bringing together experts from within the industry and equally, from beyond the industry, The Comeback Project hopes to provide resources and strategies for arts-workers from all corners of the theatrical world planning their return to in-person work. These thought-provoking conversations aim to respond to the challenges the theater community is facing in real time and future conversation topics will include: Returning to the Rehearsal Room (featuring those who’ve done it), Lessons from Sports and Television, Making Outdoor Theater, and more. Co-created by theater directors Sammi Cannold (Evita, New York City Center) & Rebecca Aparicio (Jack and the Beanstalk, A.R.T.) in partnership with Broadway Podcast Network. Visit BPN.fm/TheComebackProject for more information! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • Broadway Intimacy Director Claire Warden on Returning to the Rehearsal Room

    Broadway Intimacy Director Claire Warden on Returning to the Rehearsal Room
    Jun 4 2021
    Claire Warden works as an intimacy coordinator and consultant on numerous television productions under various studios including HBO, Hulu, Amazon, Showtime, as well major motion picture studios such as Sony and 20th Century Fox. She recently made history as the first intimacy director on a Broadway production, for Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, with Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon and has since worked on numerous other Broadway shows, including Slave Play, Jagged Little Pill, The Inheritance and Company. In the 2020 season, Claire was awarded a special Drama Desk award for "her pioneering work as an intimacy choreographer... and her leadership in the rapidly emerging movement of intimacy direction”  In this episode of The Comeback Project, we speak with Claire about the challenges facing theatremakers as we return to the rehearsal room after over a year. We candidly discuss how we as directors can make space for the challenges we have all collectively faced during the Covid-19 pandemic and how we can be a conduit of change within our industry.  More about The Comeback Project: The Comeback Project is a conversation series to help theatermakers restart in the wake of the pandemic. This premiere conversation features international theatermakers from countries in which theaters have partially or fully reopened during the pandemic. By bringing together experts from within the industry and equally, from beyond the industry, The Comeback Project hopes to provide resources and strategies for arts-workers from all corners of the theatrical world planning their return to in-person work. These thought-provoking conversations aim to respond to the challenges the theater community is facing in real time and future conversation topics will include: Returning to the Rehearsal Room (featuring those who’ve done it), Lessons from Sports and Television, Making Outdoor Theater, and more. Co-created by theater directors Sammi Cannold (Evita, New York City Center) & Rebecca Aparicio (Jack and the Beanstalk, A.R.T.) in partnership with Broadway Podcast Network. Visit BPN.fm/TheComebackProject for more information! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • Outdoor Performance: Lessons from Theatermakers Who've Done It

    Outdoor Performance: Lessons from Theatermakers Who've Done It
    May 20 2021
    Are you one of the many theatermakers around the world attempting to make--or perform in--outdoor productions for the first time this summer? This panel, featuring American theatermakers who are pioneers in creating outdoor productions during the pandemic, focuses on sharing best practices around both outdoor productions and audience health + safety. From our panelists, we'll learn about how they and their colleagues effectively and artistically created--or are planning to create--outdoor happenings, what new elements they've had to contend with, and thoughts for theatermakers looking to follow suit. Panelists will include Jessica Paz (Tony Award-Winning Sound Designer), Mike Isaacson (Artistic Director at St. Louis MUNY), Andy Mientus (Actor & Co-Deviser of Alien/Nation), and Gerry McIntyre (Choreographer of First AEA-Approved Pandemic Production). More about The Comeback Project: The Comeback Project is a conversation series to help theatermakers restart in the wake of the pandemic. This premiere conversation features international theatermakers from countries in which theaters have partially or fully reopened during the pandemic. By bringing together experts from within the industry and equally, from beyond the industry, The Comeback Project hopes to provide resources and strategies for arts-workers from all corners of the theatrical world planning their return to in-person work. These thought-provoking conversations aim to respond to the challenges the theater community is facing in real time and future conversation topics will include: Returning to the Rehearsal Room (featuring those who’ve done it), Lessons from Sports and Television, Making Outdoor Theater, and more. Co-created by theater directors Sammi Cannold (Evita, New York City Center) & Rebecca Aparicio (Jack and the Beanstalk, A.R.T.) in partnership with Broadway Podcast Network. Visit BPN.fm/TheComebackProject for more information! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 11 mins

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