Drama club

Studio 360
Santino Fontana and company in the Broadway production of “Tootsie.”

Theater magic, starting with “Tootsie” composer David Yazbek and musical theater obsessive John McWhorter on the art and wonder of tongue-twisting patter songs. Kurt Andersen talks with performance artist Taylor Mac on writing the new Broadway play, “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus.” And the odd mixture of religious fervor, class concerns and gender politics that made performing Shakespeare outdoors so popular in the United States.

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