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Charles Kirsch

Charles Kirsch Charles Kirsch is the 17-year-old host of the theater podcast Backstage Babble, which has presented over 250 in-depth interviews with theater legends including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Carol Burnett, and Joel Grey. Kirsch has also hosted game night benefits for the non-profit organization Dancers Over 40, and his YouTube reunions of Follies, Applause, and On the Twentieth Century have garnered thousands of viewers. He has hosted sold-out events at 54 Below, The Drama Book Shop, BroadwayCon, The Museum of Broadway, and more, and contributed to Cast Album Reviews, Encore Magazine, and 50 Key Stage Musicals (Routledge Press). He is also the youngest voting member of the Drama Desk.

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Stage Direction: Unpacking the Many Works of Lear DeBessonet 

Stage Direction: Unpacking the Many Works of Lear DeBessonet 

March 27, 2026

Any theater lover should be well acquainted with the meteoric rise of Tony nominee Lear DeBessonet: from founding the Public Works program at the Public Theater to spearheading the Encores! series at New York City Center to her current role as artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater.

Stage Direction: Unpacking the Many Works of David Cromer

Stage Direction: Unpacking the Many Works of David Cromer

November 6, 2025

Not many directors could helm a blockbuster stage adaptation of a hit film starring George Clooney, the Broadway transfer of a dark and quirky musical about a Dead Outlaw, and an off-Broadway meditation on the root and consequences of AI all in the span of four months.

Stage Direction: The Legendary Hal Prince

Stage Direction: The Legendary Hal Prince

September 3, 2025

Charles Kirsch is the 17-year-old host of the theater podcast Backstage Babble, where he has conducted over 250 in-depth interviews with some of Broadway’s best.




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