Thomas Kail
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“Working with him, you know you’re going to have somebody who’s going to approach the work in the most comprehensive way, and he’s also going to do so in the most human way,”
WashingtonPost Wednesday, August 3, 2022 4:28:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“We’ve had many of our happiest and most fulfilling creative moments working on freestyle love supreme and are excited to see its next chapter unfold on this national tour,”
eurweb Monday, July 25, 2022 3:26:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“I was not born in a trunk; I was born in the basement of the Drama Book Shop,” “All of my early creative conversations and relationships were forged in that shop, and the thought of it not existing was painful. I couldn’t imagine New York City without it, and I didn’t want to imagine New York City without it”
expressindia Monday, June 7, 2021 10:47:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“As all the theaters are starting to put dates out there, it feels like we’re part of that opening gesture,”
nytimes Sunday, June 6, 2021 9:49:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“the play that just won a prize and the play that no one’s heard about,”
nytimes Sunday, June 6, 2021 9:49:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail recalled
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“It was like watching this meteor shower,”
nytimes Wednesday, May 26, 2021 8:33:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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“It was like a signal, that so much energy could be anticipating something,” “Then when we started doing those first couple of shows through the first weekend, you could feel the rumble a little bit”
theherald-au Sunday, March 21, 2021 2:11:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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about In The
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“The benefit of having done this for almost a decade and casting the productions for five or six years is you have a sense of what to look for but you also leave yourself open to be surprised,”
theherald-au Sunday, March 21, 2021 2:11:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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“It was like a signal, that so much energy could be anticipating something,” “Then when we started doing those first couple of shows through the first weekend, you could feel the rumble a little bit”
brisbanetimes Saturday, March 20, 2021 9:11:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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about In The
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“The benefit of having done this for almost a decade and casting the productions for five or six years is you have a sense of what to look for but you also leave yourself open to be surprised,”
brisbanetimes Saturday, March 20, 2021 9:11:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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“It was like a signal, that so much energy could be anticipating something,” “Then when we started doing those first couple of shows through the first weekend, you could feel the rumble a little bit”
theage Saturday, March 20, 2021 8:35:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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about In The
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“The benefit of having done this for almost a decade and casting the productions for five or six years is you have a sense of what to look for but you also leave yourself open to be surprised,”
theage Saturday, March 20, 2021 8:35:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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“It was like a signal, that so much energy could be anticipating something,” “Then when we started doing those first couple of shows through the first weekend, you could feel the rumble a little bit”
smh Saturday, March 20, 2021 8:29:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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about In The
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“The benefit of having done this for almost a decade and casting the productions for five or six years is you have a sense of what to look for but you also leave yourself open to be surprised,”
smh Saturday, March 20, 2021 8:29:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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"It was a way to not have this be a story about ancient dusty white men,"
abc-au Thursday, March 18, 2021 1:13:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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"And we need to embrace the conversations that come from that, and recognise and talk about the things that are in the show, and the things that are not in the show, and ask questions about why they're not,"
abc-au Thursday, March 18, 2021 1:13:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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"It was a way to not have this be a story about ancient dusty white men,"
abc-au Wednesday, March 17, 2021 9:28:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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"And we need to embrace the conversations that come from that, and recognise and talk about the things that are in the show, and the things that are not in the show, and ask questions about why they're not,"
abc-au Wednesday, March 17, 2021 9:28:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“We look at this as an opportunity to mount the safest and best production we can there,”
WashingtonPost Friday, February 19, 2021 4:10:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail added
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“It was thrilling just to go on screen and see the set’s turntable,”
WashingtonPost Friday, February 19, 2021 4:10:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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about In The
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“I have been deeply impressed by the exceptionally talented and diverse candidates from all over Australia and New Zealand. The level of talent that will play in Sydney is first-rate – rivalling both Broadway and the West End. I cannot wait for audiences to watch this dynamic cast dazzle eight times a week”
guardian Monday, November 9, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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“There’s a good chance no one will know who you are,”
utsandiego Saturday, July 25, 2020 4:13:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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“There’s a good chance no one will ever know who you are,”
usaToday Thursday, July 16, 2020 2:31:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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about Jonathan Groff
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“It felt to me like this entire endeavor was about trying to memorialize and honor this show and this company. If you looked at all the takes that we had from Jonathan, that was not the least amount, and it was definitely not the most that he would do. But it felt like an amount that was indicative and representative of how he performs,”
yahoo-au Monday, July 13, 2020 2:16:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"The task for me was to try to create a document of what it felt like to be in that room,"
ibtimes-uk Friday, July 3, 2020 9:02:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“We’re not cutting for time and we’re not moving scenes around,” “What I was trying to do is use the lens to give the audience intimacy and also remind them of what it felt like to be in the theater at that moment in time”
abs-cbnnews Thursday, July 2, 2020 2:08:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"We're not cutting for time and we're not moving scenes around," "What I was trying to do is use the lens to give the audience intimacy and also remind them of what it felt like to be in the theater at that moment in time"
wsau Wednesday, July 1, 2020 5:04:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"We're not cutting for time and we're not moving scenes around," "What I was trying to do is use the lens to give the audience intimacy and also remind them of what it felt like to be in the theater at that moment in time"
news-yahoo Wednesday, July 1, 2020 5:00:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail dijo
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“Hay un nivel de inspección de la obra que puede ser muy distinto a la ráfaga de endorfina de verla sabiendo que podría ser tu única oportunidad” “De alguna manera, esto nos permitirá asentarla porque ahora es de ustedes”
beaumontenterprise Wednesday, July 1, 2020 12:21:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail dijo
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“Quizás pueda ser de utilidad de una manera totalmente diferente que cuando tuvimos nuestra última actuación hace dos meses o abrimos hace cuatro” “El acceso siempre fue un reto para nosotros. El acceso siempre es el reto para el teatro. Aquí tuvimos la oportunidad de agrandar la puerta y bajar la barrera”
beaumontenterprise Wednesday, July 1, 2020 12:21:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"The cast was phenomenal as always," "They were so focused and so ready and my job was to try to honor that performance they were giving every night"
abc7ny Wednesday, July 1, 2020 11:17:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“We wanted to create a language that honored what it meant to be in the theater and honors what it means to be ‘cinema,’ ”
WashingtonPost Sunday, June 28, 2020 6:01:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"We didn't have the option to go back,"
firstpost Friday, June 26, 2020 5:16:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"We wanted to create a language that honored what it meant to be in the theater and honors what it means to be 'cinema,' "
beaumontenterprise Friday, June 26, 2020 5:14:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“We didn’t have the option to go back,”
nytimes Thursday, June 25, 2020 12:26:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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“There’s a good chance no one will ever know who you are,”
citynews-ca Wednesday, June 3, 2020 10:26:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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“There’s a good chance no one will ever know who you are,”
680news Wednesday, June 3, 2020 9:12:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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''It has been a life-long dream of mine to direct Fiddler, though I always imagined I would do it on stage. ''
contactmusic Friday, May 29, 2020 1:21:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“This is a complement to all the other versions of the show — in a way that the book and the documentary and the cast album are,”
nytimes Friday, February 7, 2020 4:37:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“This is a complement to all the other versions of the show in a way that the book and the documentary and the cast album are,”
HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, February 6, 2020 1:50:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail told
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about Richard Rodgers
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“We are thrilled for fans of the show, and new audiences across the world, to experience what it was like on stage ― and in the audience ― when we shot this at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June of 2016,”
huffingtonpost-us-en Tuesday, February 4, 2020 12:16:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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about Richard Rodgers
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“We are thrilled for fans of the show, and new audiences across the world, to experience what it was like on stage — and in the audience — when we shot this at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June of 2016. We wanted to give everyone the same seat, which is what this film can provide,”
foxnews Tuesday, February 4, 2020 4:43:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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about Richard Rodgers
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“We are thrilled for fans of the show, and new audiences across the world, to experience what it was like on stage — and in the audience — when we shot this at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June of 2016. We wanted to give everyone the same seat, which is what this film can provide,”
chicagotribune Monday, February 3, 2020 9:33:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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about Richard Rodgers
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“We are thrilled for fans of the show, and new audiences across the world, to experience what it was like on stage — and in the audience — when we shot this at The Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June of 2016. We wanted to give everyone the same seat, which is what this film can provide,”
suntimes Monday, February 3, 2020 9:04:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“We’re going to try to take all the feeling we captured downtown and put it in the middle of Times Square,”
nytimes Wednesday, June 19, 2019 7:25:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"Our hope is that our show is the fuse that leads you to go and want to dig into the past of this country,"
fox13memphis Saturday, April 27, 2019 4:31:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"Our hope is that our show is the fuse that leads you to go and want to dig into the past of this country,"
seattlepi Friday, April 26, 2019 11:25:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“She was incredible supportive of us trying to tell the best truth and the most honest truth that we could,”
citynews-ca Monday, April 8, 2019 7:20:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“She was incredible supportive of us trying to tell the best truth and the most honest truth that we could,”
tribtown Monday, April 8, 2019 6:49:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“She was incredible supportive of us trying to tell the best truth and the most honest truth that we could,”
dailyjournal Monday, April 8, 2019 6:33:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“She was incredible supportive of us trying to tell the best truth and the most honest truth that we could,”
seattletimes Monday, April 8, 2019 6:32:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“This idea of who you are in one place, and how different or similar that is to who you are in another place, has been present from the first conversation I had with him,”
repeatingislands Wednesday, January 2, 2019 8:04:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“It’s something Lin writes about in all of his shows — ‘Who am I?’, ‘Where am I from?’ and ‘Have I done enough’?” “Those are the questions he’s always thinking about”
repeatingislands Wednesday, January 2, 2019 8:04:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"Tommy has a way of setting a room where the best idea in the room wins. And you know, if I bring in a song and I see Andy's already leapt to his feet and Alex is already playing the variations, I'm like, 'Okay, we're pretty far along the course.' If I bring in a song and it's quiet, I go, 'Okay, swing and a miss!'"
CBSnews Monday, December 17, 2018 5:07:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“If you have 300 people in the theater, then the odds are someone is there on the anniversary of someone they loved passing away, or maybe of a relationship ending,” “So something that may mean nothing to you might resonate deeply with the person sitting behind you”
nytimes Wednesday, October 25, 2017 10:25:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"It was one of those moments when you sit up straight in your chair and you know that you are witnessing something," "We throw a lot of material at people when we're auditioning and there are certain people who rise to meet that. And he just rose to meet it"
sltrib Thursday, March 9, 2017 11:05:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"Her diligence, her approach to the work, her seriousness about making theater, was at an incredibly high level," "Mandy was always at rehearsal 10 minutes before you and she would stay 10 minutes later. She was always there, she was always ready"
nzherald Tuesday, October 18, 2016 5:47:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“He cares about theater as deeply as anyone I’ve ever met — this idea that you sit in the dark with a group of strangers and something galvanizing happens,”
nytimes Saturday, October 15, 2016 8:14:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“He cares about theater as deeply as anyone I’ve ever met — this idea that you sit in the dark with a group of strangers and something galvanizing happens,”
nytimes Thursday, October 13, 2016 8:09:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“He cares about theater as deeply as anyone I’ve ever met — this idea that you sit in the dark with a group of strangers and something galvanizing happens,”
nytimes Thursday, October 13, 2016 4:43:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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"the show will one day need us to get out of the way"
chicagotribune Friday, September 23, 2016 12:58:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail says
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"the show will one day need us to get out of the way"
chicagotribune Friday, September 23, 2016 12:01:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"His design is one of these unconscious and yet deeply felt parts of our show,"
ABCnews Thursday, May 26, 2016 12:55:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"With a turntable, we could have stillness and movement relative to each other," "It allowed us to express the inevitability of time. That we could be standing still and yet we move"
ABCnews Thursday, May 26, 2016 12:55:00 AM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“His design is one of these unconscious and yet deeply felt parts of our show,”
baltimore-cbslocal Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:56:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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“With a turntable, we could have stillness and movement relative to each other,” “It allowed us to express the inevitability of time. That we could be standing still and yet we move”
baltimore-cbslocal Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:56:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"His design is one of these unconscious and yet deeply felt parts of our show,"
nzherald Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:10:00 PM EAT
Thomas Kail said
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"With a turntable, we could have stillness and movement relative to each other," "It allowed us to express the inevitability of time. That we could be standing still and yet we move"
nzherald Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:10:00 PM EAT
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director | 1.56% | ES | 06/16/200816/06/2008 |
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Thomas Kail | EN | 95.57% |
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Michael De Luca added
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''MGM's nearly centuries-long legacy of great film musicals continues with the great Tommy Kail's new feature adaptation of one of Broadway's most enduring classics. ''
contactmusic Friday, May 29, 2020 1:21:00 PM EAT
Lin-Manuel Miranda said
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“I’m so proud of how beautifully Tommy Kail has brought ‘Hamilton’ to the screen. He’s given everyone who watches this film the best seat in the house,”
fox59 Tuesday, May 12, 2020 7:51:00 PM EAT
Lin-Manuel Miranda said
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"I'm so proud of how beautifully Tommy Kail has brought 'Hamilton' to the screen. He's given everyone who watches this film the best seat in the house,"
wtva Tuesday, May 12, 2020 7:25:00 PM EAT
Lin-Manuel Miranda said
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about Thomas Kail
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“I’m so proud of how beautifully Tommy Kail has brought ‘Hamilton’ to the screen. He’s given everyone who watches this film the best seat in the house,”
wishtv Tuesday, May 12, 2020 5:05:00 PM EAT
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