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In the October 2022 episode of “THEATER: All the Moving Parts, Patrick Pacheco hosts a lively and opinionated roundtable discussion of the Fall Theater Season with critics Helen Shaw of “The New Yorker” and Adam Feldman of “Time Out New York”, and Jan Simpson, theater journalist and host of BroadwayRadio podcasts, “Stagecraft” and “All the Drama”. 
 
The panel weighs in on the prospects of some the most highly-touted musicals, such as “Some Like It Hot,” “Almost Famous,” “& Juliet,”  “KPOP" and “Kimberly Akimbo." There is a lively discussion of the radical re-imagining of “1776,” with a cast of female and/or non-binary performers playing the founding fathers, as well as whether the use of 1990s pop hits, arguably dismissive of women in their day, can be repurposed as feminist anthems in “& Juliet.” The group especially welcomed the Broadway debut of 91-year-old Adrienne Kennedy in “The Ohio State Murders,” starring Audra McDonald, and of 27-year-old newcomer, Jordan E. Cooper with his play, “Ain’t No Mo'.”  Additionally, up for particular praise is “Leopoldstadt,” possibly Tom Stoppard’s swan song. As for Off-Broadway, who knew there had been Nazis on Long Island in the 1930s, as the new play “Camp Siegfried” explores? Also enthusiastically endorsed was “Catch As Catch Can,” Mia Chung’s “cyclone of a play.” 
 
"Theater: All the Moving Parts" is an hour CUNY TV show, featuring in-depth interviews with top theater artists including playwright Theresa Rebeck, book writer/director Michael R. Jackson, dramaturg Ken Cerniglia, intimacy director Claire Warden and lighting designer Natasha Katz.  Of Pacheco, Rebeck said, “I felt like I was being interviewed by someone who knows me better than I know myself.” Go to https://bit.ly/36hhnIu to see these and other episodes.  
 
PATRICK PACHECO is an Emmy-winning commentator and journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire.com, and many other periodicals. He wrote the 2009 Disney documentary “Waking Sleeping Beauty,” and is the co-writer, with Maria Cassi, of the play, “My Life with Men…and other animals.” He is the writer and editor of the Amazon best seller “American Theatre Wing, An Oral History: 100 Years, 100 Voices, 100 Million Miracles” and is currently working with the legendary Chita Rivera on her memoirs. “Chita” will be published by HarperOne in Spring, 2023.  He has also co-written with Erik Jackson, the new musical “Christmas in Connecticut” which will have its world premiere this fall at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. 
 
ADAM FELDMAN is the Theater and Dance Editor and chief theater critic at Time Out New York, where he has been on staff since 2003. For the past 16 years, he has also served as President of the New York Drama Critics' Circle.
 
HELEN SHAW is the theater critic for The New Yorker.  She has also written about theater for New York Magazine and its culture website, Vulture, Time Out New York (where she wrote for 15 years), 4Columns, Artforum, Art in America, American Theatre and The Village Voice. She is currently a member of the Hewes Design Award committee, the Drama Desk, and the New York Drama Critics Circle. She was co-awarded the 2017-2018 George Jean Nathan Award for theater criticism, and teaches at NYU. 
 
JANICE C. SIMPSON writes the theater blog Broadway & Me, hosts the Broadway Radio podcast All The Drama about the plays and musicals that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; and "Stagecraft," interviews with playwrights and musical book writers about the shows they've created. She is also a frequent contributor to TDF Stages, and reviews books about theater for the National Book Review. She currently sits on the executive board of the Outer Critics Circle, is a member of the American Theatre Wing's Advisory Committee, the Drama Desk, and the American Theatre Critics Association.

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