Tuesday, September 26, 2006
New York Musical Theatre Festival founders Kris Stewart and Isaac Robert Hurwitz talk about the original impulse to start the festival and place it in the context of New York City's other th…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:30PM[SHARE]A remarkable one-time-only meeting of cast members from two concurrent Williams revivals on Broadway"Natasha Richardson, John C. Reilly and Chris Bauer of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and Jess…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 13, 2006
With the world's longest-running musical, "The Fantasticks", back on stage in New York after a short hiatus, author Tom Jones recounts the time-honored tale of how he and Harvey Schmidt crea…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 05:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Eric Schaeffer, founder and artistic director of Virginia's Signature Theatre, discusses the company's growth and acclaim as a home for musical theatre in the Washington DC area; the company…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 05:00PM[SHARE]Monday, August 28, 2006
Tony Award-winning actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson talks about his responsibility as part of the fraternity of "August Wilson actors"; his desire to direct the complete 10-play Wilson cycle of p…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 22, 2006
An in-depth look at the creation of the Broadway musical comedy with authors Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek, director Jack O'Brien, choreographer Jerry Mitchell and actors Norbert Leo Butz an…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, August 21, 2006
Hinton Battle, a three-time Tony winner for "Sophisticated Ladies", "The Tap Dance Kid" and "Miss Saigon", surveys his career from his Broadway debut at age 15 in "The Wiz" to a trio of new …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 05:00PM[SHARE]Friday, August 18, 2006
he work of a theatre critic is explored with two of America's most-read theatre journalists: Michael Kuchwara> of the Associated Press and Charles Isherwood of Variety -- the latter just as …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 16, 2006
A lively roundtable on the actors' craft with Billy Crudup ("The Pillowman"), Raúl Esparza ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"), Cherry Jones ("Doubt"), Marsha Mason ("Steel Magnolias") and David …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:20PM[SHARE]John Selya and Ashley Tuttle, original cast members of the dance musical "Movin' Out", discuss the development of Twyla Tharp's unique show, the difference between classical dance and the re…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:30PM[SHARE]Monday, August 14, 2006
Director Mark Lamos explores his affinity for the W.A.S.P. world portrayed by playwright A.R. Gurney as he directs the world premiere of "Indian Blood" at New York's Primary Stages, and talk…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:30PM[SHARE]Friday, August 11, 2006
Before "Avenue Q"'s Tony Awards triumph, original cast members Stephanie D'Abruzzo and John Tartaglia chronicle the show's journey from workshop to Broadway, share their own paths to leading…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Far from the fabled days of summer stock, today's summer theatres are ambitious artistic institutions that aren't really just for summer anymore. A discussion with Sybil Christopher of the B…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:30AM[SHARE]Michael Ritchie, artistic director of Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group, talks about taking the reins of the city's largest theatre organization and considers his tenure as head of the accla…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 7, 2006
With the "DruidSynge" circle of plays visiting briefly in the United States, director Garry Hynes describes the process of melding six works by John Millington Synge into a marathon theatric…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:30PM[SHARE]Friday, August 4, 2006
During the Broadway run of Michael Frayn's "Democracy", Emmy winner Richard Thomas talks about his decision to move back to his hometown of New York after 30 years on the west coast, his acc…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 2, 2006
"Spamalot"'s newest king, Harry Groener, talks about the process of slipping into the cast (and the chain-mail costume) of the hit musical, recalls his Broadway debut in "Oklahoma" - includi…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 05:00PM[SHARE]Monday, July 24, 2006
As "The Light In The Piazza" prepares for its national tour, director Bartlett Sher talks about the experience of living with and working on the show for more than three years, explains his …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:00PM[SHARE]Friday, July 21, 2006
Late in the run of Disney's "Aida" and two years before "Tarzan" began swinging on 46th Street, Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions, discusses the Disney approach t…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:00AM[SHARE]How an audience can discern the often invisible hand of the director is the starting point for this discussion with Scott Elliott ("The Threepenny Opera"), Doug Hughes ("Doubt"), Joe Mantell…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Elena K. Holy, artistic director of New York's International Fringe Festival, discusses the genesis of the Fringe as part of the Off-Off-Broadway Present Company, and its explosive growth as…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 05:00PM[SHARE]Monday, July 17, 2006
With his debut solo CD now on sale, Brian Stokes Mitchell ranges over his career, from his first performances with a youth theatre in San Diego to seven years on television's "Trapper John M…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:00PM[SHARE]Friday, July 14, 2006
With Des McAnuff the toast of Broadway for "Jersey Boys" and set to join the artistic leadership at Canada's Stratford Festival, this Downstage Center interview from late 2004 captures the a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:00PM[SHARE]American-raised but acclaimed in England for his work in musicals, John Barrowman visited Downstage Center in 2004 to talk about his trans-Atlantic career, his new solo album, and the experi…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Director Michael Mayer explains the juxtaposition of turn of the 20th century German teenage angst with modern rock and roll in "Spring Awakening", recounts his first meeting with master pla…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:30PM[SHARE]Friday, July 7, 2006
Director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall discusses remounting "Wonderful Town" for Broadway following its resounding success at Encores! two seasons earlier, growing up in Pittsburgh with he…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:30PM[SHARE]Tonya Pinkins takes listeners from the triumph of "Jelly's Last Jam" to the extraordinary personal challenges that faced her on her return to Broadway as the title character in Tony Kushner …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:30PM[SHARE]Some of the country's most read critics"Melissa Rose Bernardo of Entertainment Weekly, Michael Feingold of The Village Voice, Elysa Gardner of USA Today, Michael Kuchwara of the Associated P…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PM[SHARE]Five prolific commercial producers"Susan Gallin ("Woman Before a Glass"), Elizabeth McCann ("Well"), Kevin McCollum ("Avenue Q"), David Stone ("Wicked") and Tom Viertel ("Sweeney Todd")"expl…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PM[SHARE]An in-depth look at the creation of the Off-Broadway musical, with author Michael John LaChiusa, director Ted Sperling, musical stager Jonathan Butterell and actors Marc Kudisch and Mary Tes…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PM[SHARE]The creation of new worlds on stage and the work of their creators is explored with lighting designer Peggy Eisenhauer ("Assassins"), costume designer Jess Goldstein ("Jersey Boys"), set des…
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