Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Playwright/director Geroge C. Wolfe discusses the seven year development of John Guare's "A Free Man of Color", from approaching Guare with the idea of merging Restoration comedies and life …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 13, 2011
Cast Album Producer Kurt Deutsch, co-founder of Sh-K-Boom Records, preserves musical theatre history by overseeing entire production of cast recordings, including hiring the engineer, direct…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Ticket Sales Manager Cinda Barbuto oversees all aspects of ticketing including the box office, group sales, and telemarketing. She worked her way up from the box office at Goodspeed Musical…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Musical Director Carmel Dean is responsible for many different aspects in a musical production, from collaborating with the director to overseeing music rehearsals and conducting performance…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Greg Graham, Dance Captain of "Billy Elliot", talks about the ongoing task of maintaining the choreography of the show; how one becomes a dance captain; the mix of civilian movement and trad…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Orchestrator Christopher Jahnke shares how he creates the way a show musically feels by breaking it down into individual instrumental parts; learned from his mentor William Brohn, orchestra…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Sound Engineer Carin Ford ensures the sound design of a production is transparent to audiences while effecting the mood and feel of a show. Ford traces her career from her early interest in…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Production Manager Ruth Sternberg is the primary facilitator in executing a stage production within its given financial parameters. She discusses with the director and designers what they w…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Model Builder Steven Kemp explains how a model is the main communication tool in visualizing and building a show's set. Kemp works with scenic designer David Gallo in turning his design sket…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Theatrical Shoe Designer Phil LaDuca worked as a Broadway dancer, choreographer and dance teacher before creating LaDuca dance shoes. He has created character shoes with the needed flexibil…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Theatrical dialect coach Stephen Gabis talks about his craft and how he started by listening to his Irish-Lithuanian family and early television; why he describes "The 39 Steps" as "an aerob…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Theatrical Wig Maker Paul Huntley explains the multitude of advantages of using wigs on stage; how he started his career in theatre; his preference for a natural look; working on the long-ru…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Fight director Rick Sordelet creates the action in "Superior Donuts" that is an integral part of the storytelling; demonstrates the visual and audible illusions of onstage fighting; breaks …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Dramaturg Anne Cattaneo explains her primary responsibilities, and likens her job to an acquisitions editor in a publishing house. Cattaneo has developed an extensive knowledge of languages,…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Make Up Designer Angelina Avallone outlines her design process; the research that goes into a design; how desinging the "no-make up" look can be much more of a challenge than chaacter make u…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]At its 2002 Musical Theatre Symposium, SDCF hosted a panel on directing revivals featuring director/choreographers Jeff Calhoun ("Big River" 2003 Revival), Robert Longbottom ("Flower Drum So…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:09AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 12, 2011
"The Addams Family" and "Elf"'s lighting designer Natasha Katz talks about the path of her career, beginning with a high school community service requirement that saw her volunteering at a (…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Lighting Supervisor Dan Montano facilitates the lighting designs created for productions at Two River Theater Company. Previously an actor, Montano took a 10-day job as a carpenter, then sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:33PM[SHARE]Friday, January 7, 2011
Lighting Supervisor Dan Montano facilitates the lighting designs created for productions at Two River Theater Company. Previously an actor, Montano took a 10-day job as a carpenter, then st…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:41AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 5, 2011
From his home base in Scarborough, England, playwright and director Sir Alan Ayckbourn makes a return visit to "Downstage Center" during the run of his 74th play, "Life of Riley". He discuss…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:55AM[SHARE]Monday, January 3, 2011
At its 3-day Musical Theatre Symposium in June of 2002, SDCF hosted a panel on assembling creative teams moderated by Arthur Bartow. Speakers included producers Marty Bell ("Ragtime") and Sa…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Composer John Kander talks about his decades-long collaboration with Fred Ebb, with particular focus on the four projects that were not fully completed before Ebb's death in 2004: "The Scott…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:14AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 23, 2010
The panel of producers, presenters and bookers -- Meredith Blair, Mike Isaacson, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Steven Schnepp and Allan Williams -- discuss what works and what doesn't on the …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:08AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Having recently steered "Driving Miss Daisy" to Broadway, director David Esbjornson discusses what it's like to direct a "brand," why he thinks older actors can play younger much more easily…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:37AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Founding artistic director of both the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven and the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Robert Brustein discusses how each of those organizations came int…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:22AM[SHARE]Monday, December 13, 2010
A panel of directors - Stafford Arima, Anne Kauffman, Rebecca Taichman and Henry Wishcamper - discusses the dynamic between themselves and the playwrights with whom they work; their first pa…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 9, 2010
In June 2002, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation hosted a panel discussion on how Broadway directors and choreographers got their starts as part of its 3-day Musical Theatre S…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Stephen Ouimette, who plays Bejart in the current Broadway revival of "La Bête", talks about what it takes to hold the stage, with little dialogue, throughout the show's fabled 30 minute …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:20AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Executive Director of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), Teresa Eyring, talks about the work of the 50 year old service organization which boasts membership if some 500 of the country's…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:21AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 24, 2010
In November 1992, SDC Foundation hosted a conversation with the creative team behind "Jelly's Last Jam" on Broadway: George C. Wolfe (book and direction), Hope Clarke (choreography), Susan B…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:38AM[SHARE]"Lombardi"'s leading lady Judith Light talks about her research into both the role and the real-life Marie Lombardi, and whether she thinks "Lombardi" is a "football play." She also talks ab…
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