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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Reid Shelton by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Television, film, and stage actor Reid Shelton talks about playing Daddy Oliver Warbucks in the hit Broadway musical "Annie", how director Martin Charnin shaped the production from a 1976 pr…

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Monday, May 3, 2010

Waiting In The Wings - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

Their roles as understudies on Broadway was the focal point for this panel of actors -- Tony Carlin ("Lend Me A Tenor"), Bryan Fenkart ("Memphis"), Corinne Melançon ("Mamma Mia"), Jay Rus…

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Friday, April 30, 2010

House Manager - April, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

House Manager Brian Gaynair handles the day-to-day operations of the Shubert Theatre, is the primary liasion between the production and the theatre owner, and coordinates between all the fro…

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Shirley Knight (#266) - April, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

During her month in the cast of the Off-Broadway comedy "Love, Loss and What I Wore", Shirley Knight discusses the appeal of the "stool and music stand" style of presentation while pointing …

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Adolph Green by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Lyricist/writer Adolph Green, one half of the musical-comedy team Comden and Green, talks about their current revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green" at the Morosco Theatre which …

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Monday, April 26, 2010

Production: House Of Blue Leaves - September, 1986 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The producing team of the 1986 Tony-nominated play "The House of Blue Leaves" - press representative Merle Debuskey, executive producer Bernard Gersten, playwright John Guare, advertising r…

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Arthur Penn by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

In 2002, Arthur Penn sat down for a One-on-One conversation with SDCF Executive Director David Diamond to discuss his triple-threat career in theatre, television and film. He tells the story…

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Janet McTeer (#265) - April, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Janet McTeer talks about her experiences in "God of Carnage", having starred in the play's London premiere (where the characters were still French) and now playing it on Broadway (as an Amer…

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Donald Pippin by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Tony Award winning musical director for "Oliver!", vocal arranger/musical director Donald Pippin talks about "A Chorus Line"'s development by director Michael Bennett and composer Marvin Ham…

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Monday, April 19, 2010

Performance - April, 1987 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The panel of performers - Trazana Beverley ("Death and the King's Horseman"), Mark Hamill ("The Nerd"), George S. Irving ("Me and My Girl"), Linda Lavin ("Broadway Bound"), Lynn Redgrave ("…

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Friday, April 16, 2010

Sign Language Interpreter - April, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Sign Language Interpreter Alan Champion combines his performing skills with his sign language background to interpret live theatre. He stresses the importance of being a good listener, and …

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

David Cromer (#264) - April, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Director David Cromer discusses his most recent New York project, Andrew Bovell's "When The Rain Stops Falling" at Lincoln Center Theater, and how even he had to be reassured that the play's…

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Millicent Martin by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

English actress Millicent Martin, one of the stars of "Side by Side by Sondheim", discusses the revue's transfer from London to Broadway with the original British cast, obtaining permission …

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Monday, April 12, 2010

Producing's New Voices - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

Injecting new energy and a new perspective into both commercial and not for profit theatre was among the topics discussed by our panel of producers - Patrick Catullo, Eric Falkenstein, Jenny…

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Hallie Foote (#263) - April, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Hallie Foote, perhaps the leading interpreter of the works of her father, the late Horton Foote, talks about her past year of work on "The Orphans' Home Cycle", the epic compilation of nine …

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Gretchen Wyler by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Actress Gretchen Wyler, who replaced Gwen Verdon in "Damn Yankees" and Chita Rivera in "Bye Bye Birdie", talks about welcoming Robert Preston into the title role of the Broadway comedy "Sly …

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Monday, April 5, 2010

Playwright and Director - April, 1987 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The panel - director Melvin Bernhardt ("The Beach House"), playwright Alice Childress ("Moms"), director Walter Dallas ("Moms"), playwright Nancy Donohue ("The Beach House"), playwright Patr…

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Friday, April 2, 2010

Art Director - April, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Art Director Gail Anderson of advertising agency SpotCo brings her passion for graphic design to create visual identities for theatrical works. Anderson traces her career from the School of …

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Gene Saks by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

In June 1995 three-time Tony Award-winning director Gene Saks spoke with David Diamond in a One-on-One Interview about his journey through the many aspects of his directing career. Topics of…

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Marsha Mason (#262) - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

During rehearsals for Keen Company's revival of "I Never Sang For My Father", Marsha Mason talks about the differences between playing in a Broadway house and a small Theatre Row venue. She …

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Harvey Sabinson by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Veteran Broadway press agent Harvey Sabinson talks about his book "Darling, You Were Wonderful", his insider account of working with over 500 Broadway performers such as Carol Channing in "H…

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Production: Sweet Sue - April, 1987 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The production team of "Sweet Sue" - advertising representative Fred Golden, general manager Larry Goossen, playwright A.R. Gurney, casting director Donna Isaacson, and producer Arthur White…

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Jordan Roth (#261) - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Jordan Roth, President of New York's Jujamcyn Theatres, discusses his ascension to the top spot running a quintet of Broadway houses, which makes him one of the handful of people who can dec…

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Lenny Baker by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Stage and film actor Lenny Baker talks about starring in "I Love My Wife" his first Broadway musical; working with onstage musicians and no conductor; being compared to and influenced by vet…

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Performance - September, 1987 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The panel of performers - from "Driving Miss Daisy", Morgan Freeman and Dana Ivey; Robert LuPone ("Late Night Comic"); John Malkovitch ("Burn This"); Jane Summerhays ("Me and My Girl"); and …

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Friday, March 19, 2010

Theatrical Photographer - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Theatrical Photographer T. Charles Erickson captures two-dimensional representations that become the historical record of live stage productions. Erickson grew up with a camera always by h…

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

JoAnne Akalaitis by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

In this One-on-One conversation with Lincoln Center Dramaturg Anne Cattaneo, Mabou Mines founder and famed director JoAnne Akalaitis shares her wisdom with a full room gathered at Arts Conne…

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Jessica Hecht (#260) - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Jessica Hecht, now on Broadway as Eddie Carbone's long-suffering but cleared-eyed wife Beatrice in the Broadway revival of "A View From The Bridge", talks about her role in the play's tragic…

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Laurence Luckinbill by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Actor Laurence Luckinbill who completed a run of "Poor Murderer" talks about the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Shadow Box". Despite the difficult subject matter of terminal…

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Monday, March 15, 2010

Production: A Few Good Men - September, 1990 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The production team for "A Few Good Men" - producer David Brown; president of the Shubert Organization, Bernard Jacobs; Serino Coyne advertising representative Linda Lehman; and general man…

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Rondi Reed (#259) - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

The "resident character woman" of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Rondi Reed, talks about her current stint as Madame Morrible in the Broadway juggernaut "Wicked", a role she origina…

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