Alexandra Silber Talks "After Anatevka" and more + Reed Birney On His Terrifying Role in "1984"

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Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

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4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This Week: A Two-Parter! First Up, the FABULOUS Alexandra Silber share stories from her amazing career on Broadway (2015's "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Master Class") and The West End ("The Woman in White" and Fiddler on the Roof"). And she shares how her own life story prepared her to write the new novel "After Anatevka" which follows the character Hodel after the events of "Fiddler on the Roof." In the second part of the show, Tony winner Reed Birney talks "1984," the terrifying and thrillin...

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the Theater People podcast is brought to you by Stage Door Manor.
0:04.1	For information on their summer theater programs, check them out at stagedore manner.com.
0:09.1	Also, Theater People is the official podcast of BroadwayCon 2018.
0:14.1	Tickets for BroadwayCon 2018 are now on sale and have never been less expensive.
0:19.6	Find information and tickets at Broadwaycon.com and stay tuned after the episode to hear
0:24.8	one young woman's favorite memory from BroadwayCon 2017.
0:30.3	Welcome to the Theater People podcast. I'm your host, Patrick Hines.
0:34.1	Today's episode is in two segments, you guys. First up, actress and now author Alexandra
0:39.3	Silber. And in the second half of the show, we'll chat with Tony Winter, Reed Bernie,
0:44.3	currently and terrifyingly starring as O'Brien in the unspeakably jarring and fantastic
0:50.4	1984. So I first met Alexander Silber back in 2015 when I went to the Broadway theater for my
0:58.0	interview with Adam Cantor, who was co-starring with Alexandra and Fiddler on the roof.
1:02.9	We walked in the stage door at the same time, and she just said, hi.
1:07.1	And I don't know what it was, but I just immediately was charmed by her and totally fell in love.
1:13.1	She has that kind of energy where you meet her and you just immediately want to be her best friend.
1:18.5	Anyway, she's written a new book, a novel, called After Anna Tevka, which follows the journey of the character Hodle, after the action of Fiddler on the Roof takes place.
1:28.5	She's an acclaimed performer who has starred in the West End productions of Fiddler on the
1:32.4	Roof and the woman in white. She made her Broadway debut alongside Time Daily and Sierra
1:37.4	Bogus in the 2011 production of Masterclass. And of course, she returned to Broadway in 2015
1:43.4	in Fiddler on the Roof. I'm
1:45.6	madly in love with her. Here's our conversation.
1:51.1	Hi, Alciber. Hello. How are you? I'm really well. Thank you. I'm so happy to see you. I'm so
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