I'm Alan Alder, and this is clear and vivid conversations about connecting and communicating.

Most of our cast, what 95% of them were, they went through that program.

A lot of them went through that program at Sing Sing Prison.

And they joined this theater because they feel like,

oh, it's a way to express themselves, do something different, create some art.

And then also they started to notice that it was changing,

having a profound change on their lives,

you know, giving them more access and agency to feel, to transform, to name feelings.

That's Coleman Domingo talking about the movie Sing Sing. It was a movie he produced,

and he just received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for acting in it. He's now appearing in

something very dear to my heart.

Tina Fey's Netflix series based on a movie I wrote and directed a while back called The Four Seasons.

Coleman Domingo is an actor, a playwright, and a producer, and he's fun to have a conversation with.

This is going to be great to talk with you because I get on this show, because it's about communication, in a very real way, acting in theater's communication.

And I get to talk to actors I admire, and you're right at the top of the list.

You're just terrific.

Oh, thank you, Alan.

I really appreciate that coming from you. You've inspired me, and I admire you for some of the list. You're just terrific. Oh, thank you, Alan. I really appreciate that coming from you. You've

inspired me and I admire you for so long. Oh, well, that's really good to hear. When you were

nominated for the second time in a row for Sing Sing, and I was rooting for you to win the

Oscar and voting for you. After you're nominated the third time in a row,

that's going to be a win, I'm sure.

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