Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Yul Brynner, at the time starring in the iconic role of the King in the Broadway revival of "The King And I", talks about how Oscar Hammerstein was ahead of his time and how audiences are ca…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:12PM[SHARE]Monday, October 19, 2009
Producer Emanuel Azenberg talks about the upcoming repertory production of "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Broadway Bound", including the choice of David Cromer as director, whether the plays …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The panelists - theatre critic Howard Kissel, Artistic Director of Manhattan Theatre Club Lynn Meadow, actor/director Zakes Mokae ("The Song Of Jacob Zulu"), producer/general manager Dorothy…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Actor John Wood, at that time, the star of the Broadway production of"Tartuffe" explains how Moliere's plays work better in America than in Britain, how the play is universal and how audienc…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:16PM[SHARE]Monday, October 12, 2009
Actress Charlayne Woodard (who declines to call herself a playwright) talks about the creation of her one-actor shows "Pretty Fire", "Neat", "In Real Life" and her newest, "The Night Watcher…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 8, 2009
World renowned designer for the stage Ming Cho Lee spoke to a crowd of early career directors and choreographers in April of 1999 at SDCF's annual Symposium. The focus of this discussion was…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:37AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The panel of performers - David Cassidy and Petula Clark from "Blood Brothers", Julie Harris ("The Fiery Furnace"), Jeff Hyslop ("Kiss of the Spider Woman"), and Joe Mantello and Stephen Spi…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Actress Betsy Palmer having just finished a run in "Eccentricities of a Nightingale", discusses her time on "I've Got A Secret", the wide range of emotions in Bernard Slade's "Same Time Next…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:28AM[SHARE]Monday, October 5, 2009
Producer Daryl Roth, talks about her current and upcoming projects, including the Off-Broadway plays "Vigil", "The Temperamentals" and "Love, Loss and What I Wore". She also discusses how s…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 07:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 1, 2009
Famed playwright Edward Albee sat for an interview with frequent collaborator Larry Sacharow before an audience of professional theatre artists and students at Fordham University in December…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The panelists - playwright/director Edward Albee ("Marriage Play"), director Arvin Brown ("The Twilight of the Golds"), agent Joyce Ketay, playwright Tony Kushner ("Angels In America"), play…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:16PM[SHARE]Monday, September 28, 2009
Veteran Broadway press agent Adrian Bryan-Brown ranges over his 30 year career as one of theatre's most successful "drumbeaters," from his first Broadway show, the 1979 "A Taste of Honey" t…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 24, 2009
Beginning in January 1985, SDCF held a series of interviews with Actors Who Direct in order to explore with live audiences of theatre enthusiasts, professional theatre artists, and SDC Membe…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:25PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 23, 2009
"The Kiss of the Spider Woman" production team - producer Garth Drabinsky, lyricist Fred Ebb, composer John Kander, playwright Terrence McNally, director Harold Prince, and actor Chita Rive…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:56PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Just two years out of Yale Drama School, Meryl Streep discusses her first musical in New York "Happy End", which was just after her renowned production of "The Cherry Orchard" at The Public …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:19PM[SHARE]Composer John Kander, having just opened "The Act", talks about his and Fred Ebb's history working with Liza Minnelli in "Flora The Red Menace", "Cabaret" and "New York, New York"; and how L…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:18PM[SHARE]Comic actor, Jack Gilford, while appearing in "Sly Fox", talks about his backstage life, spontaneity on stage and his respect for George C. Scott and Gretchen Wyler, his co-stars at the time.
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:18PM[SHARE]The original "Zach", Robert LuPone explains the unique gestation of Michael Bennett's seminal work, "A Chorus Line", how all of the actor's stories were the same and yet different, how it is…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:18PM[SHARE]Playbill publisher Arthur T. Birsh describes the evolution of his publication over the years, how it is more than just a "program", and how he is able to make it available free to theatre au…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:18PM[SHARE]Composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz, with three shows running simultaneously on Broadway ("Pippin", "Godspell" and "The Magic Show"), explains the composing-lyric writing process that he uses…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:17PM[SHARE]Costume designer Florence Klotz talks about the vast amount of research needed just to get started on a design, her trip to Japan to research "Pacific Overtures", working with other designer…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:17PM[SHARE]The legendary team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, having just opened "A Party", discuss some of their lesser-known lyrics; their occasional onstage performances and how "A Party" grew fro…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:17PM[SHARE]Actress Hermione Gingold, while appearing in "Side BySide By Sondheim" on Broadway, explains the difference in tone between the British and American casts, her "double entendre" filled song …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:17PM[SHARE]Playwright and actor Richard Seff, prior to his out of town opening, talks about his first foray into writing a libretto for a new musical, "Spotlight", his background in various theatrical …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:16PM[SHARE]Monday, September 21, 2009
Choreographer Sergio Trujillo talks about the development of the new Broadway musical "Memphis" and how the dance styles he employs in it draw upon research he'd already done for several oth…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:26AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 17, 2009
In January of 2000, Joe Dowling met with SDC Members and guests at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre to discuss his career in the classics. It is a career that began long before his appointment a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The design panel - scenic designer John Arnone ("The Who's Tommy"), costume designer Elizabeth Fried ("Brother Truckers"), special effects designer Wendall K. Harrington ("The Who's Tommy"),…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:58AM[SHARE]Monday, September 14, 2009
Theatre Development Fund executive director Victoria Bailey talks about the newest icon of Broadway, the red steps of the redesigned TKTS Booth in Times Square, and talks about both how the …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:32AM[SHARE]Friday, September 11, 2009
In 2002, theatre icon Harold Prince gave the opening remarks to a packed house of esteemed theatre artists, professional directors and choreographers, and aspiring early-career post graduate…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:57PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The resident theatre panelists - Randall Arney, Artistic Director of Steppenwolf Theatre; Zelda Fichandler, Artistic Director of the Acting Company; Emily Mann, Artistic Director of McCarter…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 8, 2009
With her Tony-winning costume designs for the hit musical "Wicked" virtually circling the globe, costume designer Susan Hilferty describes the detailed process by which the show's creative t…
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