641. What Does It Cost to Lead a Creative Life?
A Freakonomics Radio episode from July 2025 in which Stephen Dubner talks with playwright David Adjmi about the Broadway hit Stereophonic, a play about a band recording an album. They discuss decades of difficult, little-seen work, a cast and director bound by a trusting contract, a lawsuit over the play's subject, why the show closed after nine months despite selling out, the economics of Broadway, what theater is for, and Adjmi's plan to write the film version. The caption text covers the whole episode; this summary draws on the main passages rather than every line. Claims about the production, costs and a lawsuit are the guest's and host's statements, not independently checked. Captions are automatic with errors (the guest's surname is mis-transcribed as 'Ame'). Topics are untimed; metadata follows YouTube. Source: https://youtubetotranscript.com/transcript?v=d9KPlcpoWRc
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A Freakonomics Radio episode from July 2025 in which Stephen Dubner talks with playwright David Adjmi about the Broadway hit Stereophonic, a play about a band recording an album. They discuss decades of difficult, little-seen work, a cast and director bound by a trusting contract, a lawsuit over the play's subject, why the show closed after nine months despite selling out, the economics of Broadway, what theater is for, and Adjmi's plan to write the film version. The caption text covers the whole episode; this summary draws on the main passages rather than every line. Claims about the production, costs and a lawsuit are the guest's and host's statements, not independently checked. Captions are automatic with errors (the guest's surname is mis-transcribed as 'Ame'). Topics are untimed; metadata follows YouTube. Source: https://youtubetotranscript.com/transcript?v=d9KPlcpoWRc