Monday, January 28, 2008
Multiple Tony Award-winning playwright Sir Tom Stoppard talks about his latest work to appear on Broadway, "Rock 'n' Roll", including why he feels the play's love story, not its intellectual…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Our panel of stage performers -- Helen Carey, Elizabeth Franz, Jayne Houdyshell and Zeljko Ivanek -- discuss their roles as featured actors and actresses, the range of work available to the…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:58PM[SHARE]Two-time Tony-winner Frances Sternhagen surveys her six-decade career in the theatre, ranging from her decision to stop teaching "dramatics" to schoolchildren to her most recent Broadway app…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:54PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 16, 2008
The Artistic Directors of four off-Broadway not-for-profit theatre companies -- Douglas Aibel of Vineyard Theatre, Charlotte Moore of Irish Repertory Theatre, Tim Sanford of Playwrights Hori…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:14AM[SHARE]Monday, January 14, 2008
Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz talks about his first reaction on being approached about appearing in a "new" Mark Twain play, "Is He Dead?", and about the construction of farce and how …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:44PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Actors Jennifer Ehle (Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing"), Cherry Jones ("Moon for the Misbegotten", "The Heiress"), Adam Pascal ("Aida", "Rent"), Tonya Pinkins ("The Wild Party", "Jelly's Last…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:37AM[SHARE]Monday, January 7, 2008
Designer turned director Tony Walton talks about his work directing the plays of George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward for New York's Irish Repertory Theatre; considers how his wo…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:53PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Playwrights David Auburn ("Proof") and Charles Busch ("The Tale of the Allergist's Wife"), director/choreographer George Faison ("For Colored Girls"), choreographers David Marques ("The Adve…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:59PM[SHARE]Monday, December 31, 2007
Actor John Cullum, currently appearing in the title role of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" at Lincoln Center Theater, but better known for his musical performances, talks about his experiences in…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 26, 2007
A panel of acclaimed, Tony Award-winning composers and lyricists - Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, William Finn and Adam Guettel - discuss their first theatrical experiences, the process of w…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:16AM[SHARE]Monday, December 24, 2007
Alan Menken, composer of both the film and Broadway musical versions of "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty And The Beast", talks about going "under the sea" with Ariel so many years after writ…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:14PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The creative and production team of the Broadway musical "The Full Monty" -- producer Thomas Hall, press representative Michael Hartman, producer Lindsay Law, director Jack O'Brien, general …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:26AM[SHARE]Monday, December 17, 2007
Director Jack O'Brien announces his new title as Artistic Director Emeritus at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre and charts his quarter-century tenure as Artistic Director from his hiring in 198…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:19PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 12, 2007
A panel of current New Dramatists playwrights -- Carlyle Brown, David Grimm, Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes and Lucy Thurber -- talk about their differing styles of playwriting, what inspired them …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:26AM[SHARE]Monday, December 10, 2007
Playwright David Henry Hwang talks about putting a version of himself -- and his father -- onstage in his new play "Yellowface" and why he doesn't want to reveal what in the play is fact and…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:56PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Oscar, Emmy and five-time American Theatre Wing Tony Award winner, Peter Stone moderates this discussion with lyricist Susan Birkenhead ("Triumph of Love", "Jelly's Last Jam"), composers/lyr…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:54AM[SHARE]Monday, December 3, 2007
Lincoln Center Theater artistic director André Bishop talks about the selection of "Cymbeline" and "South Pacific" for the current season and the thread that unifies the work on the company…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Actors Len Cariou, Patrick Cassidy, Andre De Shields, Michael Learned, Mary Louise Parker, and Marian Seldes talk not only about their careers and their training, but also about the drive, t…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:49AM[SHARE]Monday, November 26, 2007
Shuler Hensley, the creature from "Young Frankenstein", talks about the development of his character in the new Mel Brooks musical, as well as his seeming affinity for playing monsters; sing…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 21, 2007
In a one-on-one interview with playwright Horton Foote he talks about his early career as an actor, who was responsible for his becoming a playwright, how his connection to the past inspires…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:37AM[SHARE]Monday, November 19, 2007
Terrence McNally talks about "The Ritz" then (1975) and now (the current Roundabout revival) and reveals his own cameo performance at the show's first opening night; describes his emergence …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:09PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Four of Broadway's newest and brightest stars - Ashley Brown ("Mary Poppins"), Jonathan Groff ("Spring Awakening"), Alison Pill ("Mauritius") and John Lloyd Young ("Jersey Boys") - discuss t…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:37AM[SHARE]The production team of Elton John and Tim Rice's "Aida" - musical director Paul Bogaev, press representative Chris Boneau, director Robert Falls, book writer David Henry Hwang, vice presiden…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:57AM[SHARE]Monday, November 12, 2007
Judy Kuhn reflects on returning to the cast of "Les Misérables" 20 years after appearing in the original Broadway cast and how her perspective has changed now that she's playing Fantine, th…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:06PM[SHARE]Monday, November 5, 2007
Kevin Chamberlin talks about his role in the Roundabout Theatre revival of Terrence McNally's "The Ritz", including whether his "midwestern" looks match up to his character of Gaetano Proclo…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:56PM[SHARE]Friday, November 2, 2007
This panel of artists - playwright/actress Pamela Gien, playwright/director/actor Lonny Price, choreographer/director Randy Skinner, director Rebecca Taylor, playwright August Wilson, and di…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:05PM[SHARE]Monday, October 29, 2007
The new artistic director of California's La Jolla Playhouse, Christopher Ashley, talks about his plans for the theatre, including whether he sees himself continuing or departing from the re…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 24, 2007
The production and creative team for the musical "The Producers" - press representative John Barlow, creator and producer Mel Brooks, producer Richard Frankel, general manager Laura Green, b…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:39AM[SHARE]Monday, October 22, 2007
F. Murray Abraham talks about his role as a dangerous yet avid stamp collector in Theresa Rebeck's "Mauritius", a role he compares to Shakespeare's Mercutio; describes his transition from ga…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Six leading performers - Alan Cumming ("Design For Living"), Daniel Davis (Tom Stoppard's "Invention Of Love"), Heather Headley ("Aida"), Faith Prince ("Bells Are Ringing"), Maximilian Schel…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:03AM[SHARE]Monday, October 15, 2007
Choreographers Rob Ashford and Wayne Cilento, playwright Michael Frayn, playwright/lyricist Greg Kotis, and directors Sean Mathias and Lynne Meadow discuss various aspects of their respectiv…
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