John Smith

as a musical, it's something to look into. I'm not really sure I'm the person to make it happen, but.

as a musical, it's something to look into. I'm not really sure I'm the person to make it happen, but.

Without question, there is a huge, you know, DNA relationship between the work of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Aaron Sorkin.

Without question, there is a huge, you know, DNA relationship between the work of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Aaron Sorkin.

Without question, there is a huge, you know, DNA relationship between the work of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Aaron Sorkin.

That was my first writer's room where I was not an assistant. I had been in one writer's room before that, and my job was to take notes. So I was what was called a baby writer, and I was there to be seen and not heard and do research.

That was my first writer's room where I was not an assistant. I had been in one writer's room before that, and my job was to take notes. So I was what was called a baby writer, and I was there to be seen and not heard and do research.

That was my first writer's room where I was not an assistant. I had been in one writer's room before that, and my job was to take notes. So I was what was called a baby writer, and I was there to be seen and not heard and do research.

Yeah. On this show, I have what I guess would be called a hybrid room, which is I have two-thirds of the staff here in New York. We actually meet in the room that I'm sitting in, and we sit around old school on a bunch of couches and talk about what the story should be. And we do have two people on Zoom because they live in L.A. And...

Yeah. On this show, I have what I guess would be called a hybrid room, which is I have two-thirds of the staff here in New York. We actually meet in the room that I'm sitting in, and we sit around old school on a bunch of couches and talk about what the story should be. And we do have two people on Zoom because they live in L.A. And...

Yeah. On this show, I have what I guess would be called a hybrid room, which is I have two-thirds of the staff here in New York. We actually meet in the room that I'm sitting in, and we sit around old school on a bunch of couches and talk about what the story should be. And we do have two people on Zoom because they live in L.A. And...

you know we there are some writers rooms where you're in there all day we don't do that we we are together for about uh two or three hours a day and we have a conversation there's something that's nice about first of all when there's only two people on zoom it's you don't feel like you're sort of married to the screen you're having a conversation you probably are actually have a hard time keeping the two people on zoom and uh forgetting that they're there i imagine sometimes

you know we there are some writers rooms where you're in there all day we don't do that we we are together for about uh two or three hours a day and we have a conversation there's something that's nice about first of all when there's only two people on zoom it's you don't feel like you're sort of married to the screen you're having a conversation you probably are actually have a hard time keeping the two people on zoom and uh forgetting that they're there i imagine sometimes

you know we there are some writers rooms where you're in there all day we don't do that we we are together for about uh two or three hours a day and we have a conversation there's something that's nice about first of all when there's only two people on zoom it's you don't feel like you're sort of married to the screen you're having a conversation you probably are actually have a hard time keeping the two people on zoom and uh forgetting that they're there i imagine sometimes

You know, like everybody has it like it's their job to stay engaged and it's their job in conversation. And they do. The people who have continued to do that over the time are the ones who are good at finding what the role can be from a distance. So, but yeah, I mean, in-person is, it's definitely a major, major improvement. We started the show in the very, very beginning.

You know, like everybody has it like it's their job to stay engaged and it's their job in conversation. And they do. The people who have continued to do that over the time are the ones who are good at finding what the role can be from a distance. So, but yeah, I mean, in-person is, it's definitely a major, major improvement. We started the show in the very, very beginning.

You know, like everybody has it like it's their job to stay engaged and it's their job in conversation. And they do. The people who have continued to do that over the time are the ones who are good at finding what the role can be from a distance. So, but yeah, I mean, in-person is, it's definitely a major, major improvement. We started the show in the very, very beginning.

We were exclusively online and it was absolutely miserable.

We were exclusively online and it was absolutely miserable.

We were exclusively online and it was absolutely miserable.