The Year in Interviews

This year we interviewed just under 300 people. From die hard New Yorkers to those just passing through our fair city, here are some our faves. And if you really wanna get reflective, here's our best of interview post from 2007.

Sarah Benson, the artistic director of Soho Rep, talked about her theater's hit production of Sarah Kane's controversial play Blasted.

Why do you feel this play is important? Why were you driven to produce it? I was very passionate about the fact that it was a play that could only happen in the theater. And that felt incredibly unpredictable and surprising and frightening at times; I think they are all incredibly theatrical things that can only happen in a live situation. I reread it about two years ago and was expecting it to feel dated, to be honest, because you know it's from 1995. When I read it, it reminded me of the Northern Irish conflict because that was happening when I was growing up. But I was kind of shocked to find that it felt really contemporary. And so I just felt like it was the right time to do it. Unfortunately, the play doesn't get any less relevant.

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