Episode 11: Jack is packing for London where he'll be putting up last year's Broadway hit (and Alan's favorite musical ever...) SHUCKED. Reminiscing about Jack's 1997 production of The Little Foxes leads the guys into a notes session about Jack's history with SHUCKED, his thought process when transferring a production, and why Jack believes laughter is the best thing God has done since cantaloupe...

Episode 10: Jack is still resting in Connecticut before heading to London to begin work on SHUCKED at Regent's Park Open Air Theater. Alan's intro sends the guys into a notes session that touches on Jack's incredible experience working with (and re-writing... yes, Jack's been a writer too) theater icon George Abbott, the value of humility, and Jack invites his British alter ego on the pod...

Episode 9: GHOSTS has opened and Jack is home in Connecticut getting some much needed the rest. This leads the guys into a notes session that starts by touching on Jack's breakthrough year in 1969. It was his Broadway debut, his Shakespeare debut at The Old Globe, and the time he filled in for his former lover and acted opposite Christopher Walken. The guys also touch on finding your own voice, why the truth is all you can aim for, and Jack tells us about the time he grew a beard...

Episode 8: Previews are ending, and Jack is beginning to step away from GHOSTS. This leads the guys into a notes session where Jack shares how he navigated the staging issues from our last episode, gives Alan advice on how to deal with a director passing on a passion project, and reveals how he managed to be the wingman for the entire Delta Tau Delta fraternity at Michigan...

Episode 7: It's the second week of previews for GHOSTS and Jack is dealing with some push back on a choice he made in the staging of the production. This leads the guys into a rather vulnerable notes session that touches on humility, knowing when to rip the bandaid, and why the audience is never wrong...

EPISODE 6: A few days after Alan sees the second preview of GHOSTS at Lincoln Center, he gives his feedback to Jack. This leads the guys into a notes session that includes what makes a good scene partner, why being exposed to how the sausage is made can stifle creativity, and the importance of protecting "the gift"...

Episode 5: GHOSTS is headed into it's first preview performance at Lincoln Center. This sends the guys into a notes session that touches on the double edge sword of truth, how Shakespeare was the ultimate matchmaker, and Alan shares his most embarrassing Valentines Day story...

Jack had the weekend off before heading into a ten day sprint before the first preview of GHOSTS. This leads the guys into a notes session that touches on how to incorporate the creative team into a production, how being an artist forces you to confront your own truth, and the guys try to figure out who Saginaw, Michigan's (Jack's hometown...) favorite son is (it might not be Jack...)

Episode 3: GHOSTS is in its third week of rehearsal and Jack has begun blocking the play. This leads the guys into a notes session that touches on the layers to a great play, the importance of structure and how it influences a director, and Coda makes her first appearance on the podcast…  

Episode 2: Jack has the cast of GHOSTS up on their feet for their second week of rehearsal at Lincoln Center. This leads the guys into a notes session that touches on protecting actors and actresses from themselves early in the process, being willing to try things, and whether or not birds have fun…

Episode 1: Jack just got back to New York to begin rehearsals for GHOSTS, his next play, going up at Lincoln Center in a few weeks. This leads the guys into a notes session that touches on mining a play for the unspoken emotions, creative breakthroughs at 3AM, and Warren Beatty's mouth...