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Monday, August 3, 2009

Gregory Jbara (#228) - August, 2009 by American Theatre Wing

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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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Brian Murray by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

Days before the close of 1986's Tony Award winner for "Best Reproduction of a Play or Musical" "Hay Fever", Director Brian Murray sat down with Ada Brown Mather to discuss Mr. Coward's retur…

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Design - September, 1994 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

The design panel - lighting designer Beverly Emmons, costume designer Ann Hould-Ward, and scenic designers David Schulder and Tony Walton - and co-moderater lighting designer Jules Fisher t…

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Jerry Zaks by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

Just two months after the opening of his Tony Award winning production of "The House of Blue Leaves", Director Jerry Zaks spoke to a packed house at Westside Arts Theater in the first instal…

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Performance - April, 1995 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

The panel of performers - Mary Alice ("Having Our Say"), Matthew Broderick ("How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying"), Alan Campbell ("Sunset Boulevard"), Gloria Foster ("Having Ou…

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Richard Foreman and Wilford Leach by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

SDCF's James Furlong sat down with two preeminent stage directors who also design, Richard Foreman and Wilford Leach, for a 90 minute discussion about navigating the often contentious relati…

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

First and Loudest: The Marketing of Broadway - June, 2009 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

Our guests - John Barlow, Damian Bazadona, Nancy Coyne and Drew Hodges - discuss what is involved in marketing, advertising and publicizing a Broadway show; how they work one-on-one with pr…

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Geraldine Fitzgerald and John Houseman by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

At St. Mary's Church in Manhattan on September 19, 1986 SDCF hosted the second installation in a series of interviews with "Actors Who Direct". This interview moderated by Ike Schambelan, f…

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Playwright and Director - April, 1995 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

The panel - playwright/actor Dan Butler ("The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me"), playwright Tom Dulack ("Breaking Legs"), director Scott Ellis ("A Month In The Country"), playwright …

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Production: Love! Valour! Compassion! - April, 1995 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

The production team of "Love! Valour! Compassion!" - general manager Victoria Bailey, press representative Helene Davis, managing director Barry Grove, director Joe Mantello, playwright Ter…

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Friday, June 26, 2009

Ellen Stewart by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

Off-Off Broadway pioneer Ellen Stewart gave a candid interview to SDCF Executive Director David Diamond for a packed audience of theatre artists at ArtsConnection on June 13, 1994. The cent…

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Regional Theatre: Goodspeed Opera House - April, 1995 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

Goodspeed Opera House's team - director/lyricist Martin Charnin ("Annie"), press representative Max Eisen, associate producer Sue Frost, musical supervisor Michael O'Flaherty, director Charl…

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Performance - September, 1995 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

The panel of performers - Betty Buckley ("Sunset Blvd"), Liz Callaway ("Cats"), Valerie Harper ("Death Defying Acts"), Brian Murray ("Racing Demon"), Roger Rees (Tom Stoppard's "Indiscretion…

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Friday, June 12, 2009

Gillian Lynne by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

On February 4, 1996 the Drama League Directors Project co-hosted with SDCF a moderated discussion between Director/Choreographer Gillian Lynne and musical Director/Arranger Marvin Laird. In …

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1995 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

The multi-disciplined panelists -- director/choreographer Jeff Calhoun ("Busker Alley"), director/playwright Michael Leeds ("Swinging on a Star"), actor/playwright Anne Meara ("After-Play"),…

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Friday, June 5, 2009

Ron Lagomarsino by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

Fresh off of the successful opening of "Driving Miss Daisy" starring Dana Ivey and Morgan Freeman, Director Ron Lagomarsino sat down with SDCF's Steve Kaplan in January of 1988 to discuss di…

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Fluidity and Change: Directors 2009 - May, 2009 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

Five of the stage's most talented Directors - Thomas Kail, Moisés Kaufman, Bartlett Sher, Leigh Silverman and Kate Whoriskey - talk about how they work with, and interpret, the author's wor…

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Production: Moon Over Buffalo - September, 1995 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

The "Moon Over Buffalo" production team -- press representative Adrian Bryan-Brown, designer/producer Heidi Landesman, producer Elizabeth Williams, general managers Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey …

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Friday, May 22, 2009

Robert Whitehead and Brian Clark by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

In April of 1986, the day after their play "The Petition", staring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, began its short lived run on Broadway, writer/producer Brian Clark and producer/director Rob…

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Design Awards - September, 1995 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

The design team of "The Heiress" -- scenic designer John Lee Beatty, lightning designer Beverly Emmons, costume designer Jane Greenwood, director Gerald Gutierrez and actor Cherry Jones -- …

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Friday, May 15, 2009

Directing Shepard by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

Fritz Ertl sat down with George Ferencz to discuss Sam Shepard at New Dramatists in January of 1985. The conversation begins dominated by questions concerning the musicality of Shepard's ea…

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

At Work and Play: Lead Actors 2009 - April, 2009 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

Beginning the discussion with the question of when, or if, work becomes fun, our guests, lead actors all--Jane Alexander, Bill Irwin, Angela Lansbury, Cynthia Nixon, and Geoffrey Rush--also …

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Friday, May 8, 2009

Richard Foreman by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

Professor/Playwright Steven Drukman sat down with theatre artist Richard Foreman in April of 1997 at Artsconnection to discuss theatrical innovation in an interview co-sponsored by SDCF and …

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Playwright and Director - April, 1996 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

The discussion panel - director Leonard Foglia ("Master Class"), director Michael Greif ("Rent"), playwright Betsy Howie ("Cowgirls"), lyricist Tom Jones ("The Fantasticks"), composer/lyric…

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

For The Record: Inside Cast Albums - April, 2009 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

Our guests -- Ted Chapin, Kurt Deutsch, Brian Drutman, and Thomas Z. Shepard -- take us inside the world of producing cast albums. Highlights of the discussion center on how these albums ge…

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Friday, April 24, 2009

Mitchell, Ashley, and Mayer on Directing by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

In 2001, Charles Repole and Joe Miloscia of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation had the opportunity to bring together a trio of Broadway's hottest hit-makers for a special conv…

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Playwright and Director - September, 1987 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

The panel - playwright Allan Knee ("Late Night Comic"), director Ron Lagomarsino ("Driving Miss Daisy"), director Lloyd Richards ("Fences"), casting director Meg Simon ("Fences"), playwright…

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Friday, April 17, 2009

Directing O'Neill by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

On April 27, 1986 frequent SDCF interviewer and legendary acting coach Ada Brown Mather sat down with director Sir Jonathan Miller to discuss Eugene O'Neill's work one day before his revival…

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Crafting Worlds: Theatrical Design - March, 2009 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

Our guests - Scenic Designer David Gallo, Sound Designer John Gromada, Costume Designer Susan Hilferty and Lighting Designer Peter Kaczorowski - discuss how a design team enhances a producti…

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Friday, April 3, 2009

Directing Coward by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

In November of 1986, legendary acting coach Ada Brown Mather sat down with Roderick Cook at Westside Arts Theatre to discuss his affinity for acting, directing and presenting the words and w…

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

New Writers, New Musicals: Jonathan Larson Grants 2009 - March, 2009 by Mailbox@americantheatrewing.org (american Theatre Wing and Cuny)

Our guests - 2009 Jonathan Larson Grant® recipients Mark Allen, Dave Malloy, Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore - tell us what these Grants and others mean to them and their work; how they bec…

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