Though Michael Cera was the cover boy for the issue, I had a fun chat with his “This Is Our Youth” costars Tavi Gevinson and Kieran Culkin for Time Out just before the play’s Broadway opening.

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/this-is-our-youths-tavi-gevinson-and-kieran-culkin-talk-80s-new-york-wrestlemania-and-backstage-shenanigans

One thing that didn’t make the cut here: Kieran mentioned that the script was his “favorite book” and confessed that he’d been carrying it around for years. Before the interview, I re-read it myself and was struck again by Kenneth Lonergan’s artistry–the careful portrait of characters twitching and glumping toward adulthood, the offhanded dialogue that rewards a reader for making sense of the underlying subtext and thematic information.

My head is often buried in novels and story collections, so it’s nice to be reminded that play-reading is its own pursuit. The whole exercise has me excited about seeing what the production team has done with the show.