Episode 26: Mary Testa

Theater People

Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Tony Awards, Nyc, Musicals, Actors, Creative, Arts, Plays, Writers, Broadway, Theater, Society & Culture, Interview, Comedy, Producers, Performing Arts

4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2014

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Today's guest, the great Mary Testa, has 13 Broadway credits, 2 Tony Award nominations, 26 off-Broadway credits, 2 Obie awards, and a Drama Desk award for her nearly four decades of outstanding work in the New York Theater. She talks to Theater People about her new album "Have Faith," which is her collaboration with Tony-winning orchestrator Michael Starobin ("Next to Normal," "Sunday in the Park with George"), and her work with the great composer/orchestrators William Finn, Aherns & Flah...

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0:00.0	Hello, fellow theater people.
0:08.9	Before we get to today's show, I wanted to share some really exciting news.
0:13.0	As part of the NYC Podfest, the Theater People podcast will be having our first live show.
0:18.6	The event is being held on January 11, 2015, at 5.30 p.m. at Fontana's Bar in New York City.
0:25.4	Our guest for this live event will be the amazing, beautiful, talented, hilarious, two-time
0:30.5	Tony nominee, our friend Laura Osnes.
0:33.9	Tickets are only $10 and there's only 100 of them.
0:37.2	They're going fast already, so head over to our website where you'll find the link to buy tickets.
0:41.7	We're at theaterpeople.com.
0:43.7	That's theater with an ERPPL.com.
0:47.9	We hope to see all of you there.
0:49.2	Things are happening every day.
1:17.4	Hello, fellow theater people. Welcome to episode 26 of the theater people podcast. I'm Patrick Heinz, your host. Today's guest, Mary Testa, has 12 Broadway credits, over 26 off-Broadway credits,
1:24.4	two Tony nominations, two OBB awards, and a drama desk for her over three
1:28.2	decades of outstanding work in the New York theater. In addition to all of this, she's created
1:32.9	and performed her solo shows and cabarets and has thrived as a recording artist. She's here
1:37.9	today to talk to us about her new album, Have Faith, which is a collaboration with Tony-winning
1:42.0	orchestrator Michael Sterrobin, and to take a little trip down memory lane as we discuss some of her career highlights
1:47.3	and find out exactly how she's been able to sustain such an incredible, lengthy career.
1:51.7	We're so excited to have her on the podcast. Here's our conversation.
1:54.5	We're in Together, Mother-Rah! together my bride.
2:03.6	You can come tell me to meet you.
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