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…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 2, 2009
The panel - director Martin Charnin ("The Flowering Peach"), "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" playwright Larry L. King and director/co-writer Peter Masterson, choreographer Rob Marshall …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:45AM[SHARE]Monday, August 31, 2009
Multi-tasking multi-hyphenate producer (and more) Ken Davenport talks about his varied projects, from stage to computer screen. He recalls his childhood years performing in community theatr…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The "Beauty and the Beast" production team - press representative Chris Boneau, producer Michael David, associate producer Donald Frantz, production supervisor Jeremiah Harris, producer Robe…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:47PM[SHARE]Monday, August 24, 2009
Douglas Aibel, artistic director of New York's Vineyard Theatre, reflects upon the six year run and impending closing of the Broadway musical "Avenue Q", which made its Off-Broadway debut at…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:32AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The panel of performers - Michel Bell ("Show Boat"), Charlotte D'Amboise ("Damn Yankees"), Rosemary Harris ("An Inspector Calls"), Audra McDonald ("Carousel"), and Lonette McKee ("Show Boat"…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:36AM[SHARE]Monday, August 17, 2009
"9 to 5" star Allison Janney talks about her transformation into a musical comedy performer, and why the dancing didn't worry her but the singing did. She also discusses her theatrical educ…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 13, 2009
In June of 1995, SDCF brought one of Broadway's most beloved directors to New Dramatists for a conversation about comedy. Collaborators are quoted as saying "I would like to be surgically a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The panelists - director/playwright Vernel Bagneris ("Jelly Roll!"), playwright David Ives ("All in the Timing"), actor Nancy Opel ("All in the Timing"), director Lawrence Sacharow ("Three T…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:41PM[SHARE]Monday, August 10, 2009
"Shrek"'s big green hero, Brian d'Arcy James, talks about the opportunities and limitations of creating the title character in the Broadway musical drawn from the first of the blockbuster an…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 6, 2009
Renowned stage and film actor and Tony nominated stage director Austin Pendleton made time for an interview in April of 1999 with former SDCF Executive Director David Diamond. This 90 minut…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 5, 2009
The "Damn Yankees" production team - legal counsel Robert Barandes, press representative Peter Cromarty, advertising representative Rick Elice, producers Mitchell Maxwell and Victoria Maxel…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:21AM[SHARE]Monday, August 3, 2009
Gregory Jbara traces his stage career from his first grade appearance as the title role in "Frosty the Snowman" all the way to his Tony Award-winning turn in the current Broadway musical "Bi…
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