Thursday, August 11, 2011
In May 2011 SDCF hosted a One on One Conversation with freelance director David Cromer and Artistic Director of Writers' Theater Michael Halberstam. The conversation covers how they come to …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:13PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 28, 2011
This 2003 panel discussion includes artistic leaders Clinton Turner Davis, Diane Paulus, Sabrina Peck, Neil Pepe (Atlantic Theater Company), Scott Elliot (The New Group), and Tisa Chang (Pan…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:11AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Eugene Lee, resident designer for Rhode Island's Trinity Rep since 1967, set designer for "Saturday Night Live (SNL)" since its inception, and three-time TONY Award winner, talks about the …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:44AM[SHARE]Monday, July 18, 2011
Directors Jo Bonney, Sheldon Epps, Michael Halberstam and Gregory Mosher talk about how they got started in the business; choosing their projects; their process when starting a new show; how…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 14, 2011
In 2003, SDCF hosted a panel moderated by Karen Azenberg featuring choreographers Hope Clarke, Devanand Janki, and Peter Pucci. The discussion centers on where work for choreographers is exp…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 13, 2011
American actress Lois Smith, whose career in theatre, film, and television spans five decades, talks about her experience of playing the originally male role, Alcandre, in the Signature The…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:25AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 30, 2011
At its 2003 Symposium, SDCF hosted a panel moderated by Arthur Bartow and featuring playwright Steve Drukman, director Fritz Ertl, producer Chris Jaehnig, tech designer Tom Igoe, and stage m…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:21AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Returning to Downstage Center five years after a 2006 conversation, the legendary Angela Lansbury talks about her most recent Broadway roles, in Terrence McNally's "Deuce", Noel Coward's "Bl…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:25AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 22, 2011
John Guare talks about his two Broadway plays of the past season: considering how the world has caught up with and changed audience responses to "The House of Blue Leaves" and which portion …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 16, 2011
At its 2003 Directing Sympsium, SDCF hosted a panel moderated by Rubén Polendo and featuring producer Jordan Roth ("The Rocky Horror Show", "The Donkey Show"), Artistic Director Jim Nicola …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Just as she departed for Massachusetts and her first season as the Williamstown Theatre Festival's first female artistic director Jenny Gersten discussed her plans for the company under her …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:39AM[SHARE]Friday, June 10, 2011
Child Wrangler Felicia Velasco is the guardian for a show's young cast members while they're at the theatre for performances and rehearsals. As a combined authority figure and assistant, sh…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:50AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 8, 2011
"Priscilla Queen of the Desert"'s Tony Sheldon talks about his six year journey with the show, from his dislike of the original film on which it's based to his transcontinental success as Be…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:28AM[SHARE]Monday, June 6, 2011
Actors Bobby Cannavale ("The Motherf**ker with the Hat"), Renée Elise Goldsberry ("Good People"), Judith Light ("Lombardi"), Lia Williams ("Arcadia") and Tom Wopat ("Catch Me If You Can") t…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:48AM[SHARE]Friday, June 3, 2011
At its 2003 Directing Symposium, SDCF hosted a panel moderated by Mary Catherine Burke and featuring directors Christopher Ashley, Jo Bonney, Susan Einhorn, Leah Gardiner, David Warren and L…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:39AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Bookwriter John Weidman talks about creating a new book in the 1980s with Timothy Crouse for the 1930s musical "Anything Goes", now playing in revival at Roundabout Theatre Company in New Yo…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:51AM[SHARE]Monday, May 30, 2011
Associate Lighting Designer Caroline Chao takes care of all the details for a lighting designer, including handling the production schedule, helping to draft the lighting plot, and keeping t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:57PM[SHARE]Friday, May 27, 2011
Associate Lighting Designer Caroline Chao takes care of all the details for a lighting designer, including handling the production schedule, helping to draft the lighting plot, and keeping t…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 26, 2011
At its 2003 Directing Symposium, SDCF hosted a panel featuring the design team from Theater Mitu: Artistic Director Ruben Polendo, composer and shadow mask designer Jef Evans, costume, mask …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Marc Kudisch, currently appearing in "A Minister's Wife" at Lincoln Center Theater, talks about performing in a musical where the transitions between speaking and singing are instant and flu…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Joe Mantello talks about returning to the Broadway stage as an actor after a 17-year hiatus to play the role of Ned Weeks in Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart" -- and what it's like to play a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:52AM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2011
Theatrical Sculptor Nino Novellino specializes in creating sculpture and costume armor for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. Costume armor was first developed for the original production of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PM[SHARE]The opportunities and challenges of online arts journalism started off the discussion for our panel - Chris Caggiano, Scott Heller, David J. Loehr, Jan Simpson and Terry Teachout. They also …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Jason Robert Brown, who prefers the title "songwriter" over "composer," talks about why he spends so much time performing his own material and engaging directly with his fans. He discusses …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:26AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 5, 2011
At its 2002 Musical Theatre Symposium, SDCF hosted a panel moderated by SDC Executive Director Barbara Hauptman featuring directors David Warren, Christopher Ashley, Gabriel Barre, Jeff Calh…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire talks about returning to his South Boston roots with the play "Good People", how the characters are amalgams of the people he grew up with in that private nei…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:39AM[SHARE]Friday, April 29, 2011
Theatrical Sculptor Nino Novellino specializes in creating sculpture and costume armour for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. Costume armour was first developed for the original production o…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:20AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Laurie Metcalf talks about her role in Sharr White's play "The Other Place" at MCC Theater, and the challenge of playing someone whose mental faculties are diminishing in a non-linear play, …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:14AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 23, 2011
Special Effects Designer Gregory Meeh uses a vast array of technologies to build illusions for live stage productions. He has created pyrotechnic explosions and atmospheric effects such as r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 21, 2011
At its 2002 Musical Theatre Symposium, SDCF hosted a panel on the writer-director relationship featuring "Urinetown" composer/lyricist Greg Kotis, "The Wild Party" composer Andrew Lippa and …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:26AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Co-director and choreographer of Broadway's "The Book of Mormon", Casey Nicholaw, talks about his initial reaction on reading the irreverent new musical and how it was to work with Matt Park…
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