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Gerard Raymond

Gerard Raymond is a Sri Lankan-born travel and arts writer based in New York City. His writing can be found in TDF Stages, Broadway Direct, and at gerardraymond.com.

Ivo van Hove

Interview: Ivo van Hove on Adapting Visconti’s The Damned for the Stage

by Gerard Raymond
July 9, 2018

We spoke to the Belgian-born titan of the theater about the experience of bringing new life to Visconti’s provocative The Damned.

Revisiting the Past: An Interview with Master Puppeteer Basil Twist

Revisiting the Past: An Interview with Master Puppeteer Basil Twist

by Gerard Raymond
April 24, 2018

Twist discuss his work, new and old, and the direction he’s going in as we approaches 50.

Interview: Playwright Jordan Harrison on The Amateurs and Log Cabin

Interview: Playwright Jordan Harrison on The Amateurs and Log Cabin

by Gerard Raymond
February 14, 2018

If there’s a constant in Jordan Harrison’s body of work, it’s his ability to surprise.

Interview: Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver on Unexploded Ordnances (UXO)

Interview: Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver on Unexploded Ordnances (UXO)

by Gerard Raymond
January 10, 2018

Shaw and Weaver discuss the production and why it remains so important for them to keep the spirit of the Split Britches alive.

Interview: Michael Urie on Bringing Torch Song to the Second Stage Theater

Interview: Michael Urie on Bringing Torch Song to the Second Stage Theater

by Gerard Raymond
October 19, 2017

We talked to Urie about what it was like taking on the role originally made famous by the playwright Harvey Fierstein himself nearly four decades ago.

Interview: Lear deBessonet on Directing Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Park

Interview: Lear deBessonet on Directing A Midsummer Night’s Dream

by Gerard Raymond
July 11, 2017

DeBessonet sits down with us to discuss directing her first Shakespeare in the Park production.

Interview: Martin Sherman Talks Gently Down the Stream, Gay History, and More

Interview: Martin Sherman on Gently Down the Stream, Gay History, and More

by Gerard Raymond
March 20, 2017

The acclaimed playwright sat down with us to discuss his funny and moving love story, which will premiere at the Public Theater.

If They Could See Her Now: Director Leigh Silverman on Sweet Charity

If They Could See Her Now: Director Leigh Silverman on Sweet Charity

by Gerard Raymond
November 7, 2016

Silverman discusses her current production and her relatively new foray into the world of musicals.

Interview: Peter Brook on Battlefield and His Return to The Mahabharata

Interview: Peter Brook on Battlefield and His Return to The Mahabharata

by Gerard Raymond
September 26, 2016

From his home base in Paris, Brook discusses bringing back The Mahabharata to BAM in the form of Battlefield.

Richard Nelson on The Gabriels and the Hunger of Politics and Family

Richard Nelson on The Gabriels and the Hunger of Politics and Family

by Gerard Raymond
September 16, 2016

When we sat down with Nelson, he was in the midst of rehearsing What Did You Expect?, the second play of his current cycle at the Public.

Interview: Playwright Bess Wohl and Director Rachel Chavkin Talk Small Mouth Sounds

Interview: Playwright Bess Wohl and Director Rachel Chavkin Talk Small Mouth Sounds

by Gerard Raymond
July 21, 2016

We talked recently with Wohl and Chavkin about their collaboration on this unusual and compelling theater project.

An Archeologist on a Musical Dig: George C. Wolfe on Shuffle Along

An Archeologist on a Musical Dig: George C. Wolfe on Shuffle Along

by Gerard Raymond
April 21, 2016

Wolfe discusses the legendary musical from 95 years ago and what fires his enthusiasm for this current Broadway production.

Interview: Sanjit De Silva Talks Race, Acting, and His Role in Dry Powder

Interview: Sanjit De Silva Talks Race, Acting, and His Role in Dry Powder

by Gerard Raymond
March 22, 2016

De Silva discusses his experience establishing a career as an actor in his adopted country.

Spotlight on a Scandal: An Interview with Neal Huff

Spotlight on a Scandal: An Interview with Neal Huff

by Gerard Raymond
February 23, 2016

The actor discusses the making of Spotlight and his urgent desire to play his character in a way that was at once truthful and necessarily representative.

Occupied France Revisited: Richard Thomas and Michael Wilson Talk Incident at Vichy

Occupied France Revisited: Richard Thomas and Michael Wilson Talk Incident at Vichy

by Gerard Raymond
November 16, 2015

In a series of challenging roles on the stage, Thomas is carving out a new life for himself.

Interview: Tab Hunter Gets Confidential

Interview: Tab Hunter Gets Confidential

by Gerard Raymond
October 21, 2015

Affable, down to earth, and with no axes to grind, he spoke to us frankly about Tab Hunter: Confidential and his closeted gay life during the 1950s.

A Conversation with Love & Money Playwright A.R. Gurney

A Conversation with Love & Money Playwright A.R. Gurney

by Gerard Raymond
September 16, 2015

Gurney discusses how his plays have been labeled and the risk that often comes with putting so much of himself on the stage.

Interview: Mark Christopher on the Director’s Cut of 54

Interview: Mark Christopher on the Director’s Cut of 54

by Gerard Raymond
July 9, 2015

Christopher was eager to talk about how he was able to restore his 1998 film 54 to its original glory.

Larry Kramer

Interview: Larry Kramer Talks The American People, AIDS, Career, and More

by Gerard Raymond
June 25, 2015

At 80 years of age, the iconoclast evinces the same passion that has animated his provocative work up to this point.

Lypsinka Speaks: Interview with a Surrealist

Lypsinka Speaks: Interview with a Surrealist

by Gerard Raymond
November 24, 2014

The tall, diffident, Mississippi-born performer discusses the genesis of his mute but oh-so-expressive alter ego.

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