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Oskar Eustis: Bringing “Hamilton” to the Stage and Making Theater Accessible to All
Manage episode 412794807 series 3398731
Oskar Eustis is the Artistic Director at the Public Theater in New York City. He sits down with Guy to talk about “falling into the avant-garde rat hole” early in his career; convincing Lin-Manuel Miranda that Hamilton was more than a concept album; bringing theater to senior centers, women’s shelters, and prisons; and why he believes performing arts are essential to democracy.
See what the Public theater has playing here: https://publictheater.org/
Links from the Show:
- Lin-Manuel Miranda debuts Hamilton at the White House in 2009
- Oskar’s TED Talk
- Brief profile of the Public Theater’s Public Works program
- Shakespeare in the Park
For more conversations like this – including interviews with theater legends like Audra McDonald and Nathan Lane – go to https://www.thegreatcreators.com.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
86 episodes
Manage episode 412794807 series 3398731
Oskar Eustis is the Artistic Director at the Public Theater in New York City. He sits down with Guy to talk about “falling into the avant-garde rat hole” early in his career; convincing Lin-Manuel Miranda that Hamilton was more than a concept album; bringing theater to senior centers, women’s shelters, and prisons; and why he believes performing arts are essential to democracy.
See what the Public theater has playing here: https://publictheater.org/
Links from the Show:
- Lin-Manuel Miranda debuts Hamilton at the White House in 2009
- Oskar’s TED Talk
- Brief profile of the Public Theater’s Public Works program
- Shakespeare in the Park
For more conversations like this – including interviews with theater legends like Audra McDonald and Nathan Lane – go to https://www.thegreatcreators.com.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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