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It Took John Lithgow Less Than 24 Hours to Know He Needed to Play Roald Dahl in ‘Giant’

It Took John Lithgow Less Than 24 Hours to Know He Needed to Play Roald Dahl in ‘Giant’

Published by Sam Flores

Escola was excited to catch up on New York theater and see one performance in particular: Laurie Metcalf, currently starring as Linda Loman in a celebrated Death of a Salesman revival. “I saw her twice in Doll’s House Part Two, and in Three Tall Women,” says Escola. “I think she’s my favorite stage performer working right now.” Which doesn’t mean they aren’t head over heels with Maya Rudolph, who currently stars in Escola’s hit play Oh Mary, and Meg Stalter, who will take over the role next on Broadway. “I just keep thinking that, well, now no one will want to do it,” said Escola, since each Mary has been so strong. “Every person that does it, I’m like, well now people don’t want to do it.” Clearly, Escola is wrong. Although the mood at the Moss was light and amiable, Giant’s subject matter is rather heavy, speaking directly toward ongoing strife in the Middle East—even though it takes place more than 40 years ago. “It’s simply incredible how immediate the subject is, how urgent …

Kara Young Is Still Broadway’s Not–So-Secret Weapon

Kara Young Is Still Broadway’s Not–So-Secret Weapon

Published by Sam Flores

Looking back on it, there were some cosmic signs that Young was destined to join the Proof. “I was shooting I Love Boosters…. I’m on set, and I’m, like, chopping it up with this older Black gentleman. We’re just talking about life. And then Boots is like, “‘Yo, that’s Don Cheadle over there.’” Yes, Young was completely unaware that she was chopping it up with her Proof future costar, who also appears in I Love Boosters in a ton of makeup. “He was in a ton of prosthetics,” she says. “I had no idea.” Young also played Claire in a reading with the cast months prior. “It was less than a few hours, and we just did the reading for a small group of people,” she recalls. “And that was that.” Initially, Orange Is the New Black star Samira Wiley was supposed to play Claire. On March 17, she announced that she had to exit the production due to “a treatable medical condition that calls for her full attention.” “No, I don’t know what happened, …

“Shall We Go For It?” How ‘Titaníque’ Sailed From a Grocery Store Basement to Broadway

“Shall We Go For It?” How ‘Titaníque’ Sailed From a Grocery Store Basement to Broadway

Published by Sam Flores

A word-of-mouth downtown hit, Titaníque bears more than a passing resemblance to another buzzy show that made it to Broadway, the Tony-winning Oh, Mary! Both projects take a particularly tragic moment in the nation’s history—in this case, the sinking of the Titanic—and tell the story from a different, kookier perspective. But unlike its Broadway predecessor, Titaníque has more than just American history to mine for comedy—it also lampoons James Cameron’s 1997 Oscar-winning blockbuster, Titanic, starring a young Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio as star-crossed lovers Rose and Jack. As if that weren’t enough, Titaníque also dares to ask this question: What if Céline Dion, the iconic French Canadian chanteuse who sang the movie’s timeless anthem, “My Heart Will Go On,” were actually aboard the Titanic in 1912? And, what’s more, what if Jack and Rose’s fictional love story were set to Dion’s inimitable catalogue, which includes but is not limited to certified adult-contemporary bops like “Taking Chances,” “I Surrender,” and “All by Myself”? With that hyperspecific, insanely stupid premise, Titaníque set sail. Of course, an …

“Shall We Go For It?” How ‘Titaníque’ Sailed From a Grocery Store Basement to Broadway

“Shall We Go For It?” How ‘Titaníque’ Sailed From a Grocery Store Basement to Broadway

Published by Sam Flores

A word-of-mouth downtown hit, Titaníque bears more than a passing resemblance to another buzzy show that made it to Broadway, the Tony-winning Oh, Mary! Both projects take a particularly tragic moment in the nation’s history—in this case, the sinking of the Titanic—and tell the story from a different, kookier perspective. But unlike its Broadway predecessor, Titaníque has more than just American history to mine for comedy—it also lampoons James Cameron’s 1997 Oscar-winning blockbuster, Titanic, starring a young Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio as star-crossed lovers Rose and Jack. As if that weren’t enough, Titaníque also dares to ask this question: What if Céline Dion, the iconic French Canadian chanteuse who sang the movie’s timeless anthem, “My Heart Will Go On,” were actually aboard the Titanic in 1912? And, what’s more, what if Jack and Rose’s fictional love story were set to Dion’s inimitable catalogue, which includes but is not limited to certified adult-contemporary bops like “Taking Chances,” “I Surrender,” and “All by Myself”? With that hyperspecific, insanely stupid premise, Titaníque set sail. Of course, an …

Tony’s Chocolonely: Chocolate bar favourite says it will not shrink size to weather cocoa crisis

Tony’s Chocolonely: Chocolate bar favourite says it will not shrink size to weather cocoa crisis

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sign up to IndyEat’s free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free A chocolate brand has vowed not to reduce the size or distinctive ‘chunkiness’ of its chocolate bars, even after raising prices due to escalating cocoa costs. Dutch chocolatier, Tony’s Chocolonely, has consistently spoken out about the challenges facing West African cocoa farming amidst rising expenses for chocolate producers. The brand is known for its chunky chocolate bars in innovative flavours, such as milk chocolate rice crisp caramel and the “everything” bar, currently retailing at £4 for a 180 gram bar. Douglas Lamont, Tony’s Chocolonely’s chief executive, said “everyone has paid the price” for the problems, which were worsened by poor harvests as a result of extreme weather conditions. “It was such a big economic shock in terms of the change; when your core commodity, the thing that makes up 50% of your cost, goes up five times, you have to respond and that has to …