A silver microphone hovers behind soundproof studio glass, just above the singer, amplifying her velvet pipes for the album it will soon occupy for posterity. But despite her voice’s celestial sheen, imperfections built from pressures and brutal insecurities derail take after take, and turn her microphone into an unreachable deity.

In the masterful production of the 13-time Tony-nominated play Stereophonic, Diana’s unnamed 1970s rock band faces a reckoning while recording a follow-up to their massively successful breakout album. Working long hours within the wood-paneled walls of a recording studio in Sausalito, personal and creative conflicts directly parallel the infamous process of recording Fleetwood Mac’s iconic 1977 album Rumours. While every guitar lick and rock groove contains sel

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