Thursday, July 15, 2010
In February 2010, director Michael Mayer, who won a Tony Award for "Spring Awakening" and recently directed "American Idiot", and choreographer Rob Ashford, who won a Tony for "Thoroughly Mo…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:32AMWednesday, July 14, 2010
As his play "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" marks the 25th anniversary of its opening at the Provincetown Playhouse, playwright and actor Charles Busch recalls the circumstances surrounding the …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:37AMTuesday, July 13, 2010
Actress Delores Hall talks about her Tony Award winning role in the gospel musical "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God", working with director Vinnette Carroll, and turning a "revival meeti…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:05PMMonday, July 12, 2010
The panel of actors -- Glenn Close ("Benefactors"), Maurice Hines ("Uptown...It's Hot"), Aidan Quinn ("A Lie of the Mind"), Marlo Thomas ("Social Security") -- discuss working with directors…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:31PMFriday, July 9, 2010
Tony Award winning Sound Designer Robert Kaplowitz is responsible for the sound system and sound content of a production. In a play, that content includes both music and sound effects. His…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:45AMWednesday, July 7, 2010
"Promises, Promises" scene stealer Katie Finneran talks about creating the character of Marge McDougall for only two scenes and why she had to be "the anti-Kristin," what it's like having so…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:45AMTuesday, July 6, 2010
Robert Wright and George Forrest, the songwriting team behind "Song of Norway" talk about adapting their 1953 Broadway musical "Kismet" into "Timbuktu!", a new musical set in West Africa in…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:49AMThursday, July 1, 2010
In January of 1994, Susan Stroman sat down for an hour-long discussion of her career as a choreographer. She talks about working on "Crazy For You", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", and "Show Boa…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:33AMWednesday, June 30, 2010
Trans-Atlantic star of "Chicago" Ruthie Henshall discusses her 14 year history with the show, from creating the role of Roxie in the original London company (opposite Ute Lemper) to subseque…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:30AMTuesday, June 29, 2010
Authors' respresentative Audrey Wood discusses the importance of regional theatres across America. For example, Studs Terkel's book "Working" was developed by the author and multiple compos…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:10PMMonday, June 28, 2010
The development and production of musical theatre was the focus of the discussion with our panel of producers - Sue Frost, Robyn Goodman, Paulette Haupt and Scott Sanders. They talk about wh…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:12AMWednesday, June 23, 2010
"Lend Me a Tenor"'s Tony Shalhoub talks about the challenge of playing farce, including the shifts from rehearsal room to theatre to playing in front of a live audience, how you can suddenly…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:53AMTuesday, June 22, 2010
1960s DJ/radio host Murray The K, also known as "The Fifth Beatle" talks about the Broadway show "Beatlemania", the show's premise and live presentation, and the demographics of the audience.
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:45AMMonday, June 21, 2010
Playwright Brian Clark ("The Petition"), playwright/director Emily Mann ("The Execution of Justice"), playwright Arthur Miller ("Death of a Salesman"), literary agent Gilbert Parker, directo…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 05:00PMThursday, June 17, 2010
In March of 1985, during the original Broadway run of Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George", Susan Einhorn interviewed Tony Award-winning librettist and director James Lapine about how…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:33AMWednesday, June 16, 2010
Playwright Sarah Ruhl, whose "Passion Play" made its New York City debut with the Epic Theater Center, talks about the roots of that play during her graduate work at Brown University, what i…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:54AMTuesday, June 15, 2010
Actress Hye-Young Choi who portrayed Lady Thiang in the 1977 Broadway revival of "The King And I" compares theatre in Korea to Broadway; audiences enjoy traditional Asian performances, Weste…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:54AMMonday, June 14, 2010
The "Precious Sons" production team - producers Marty Bell and Roger Berlind, legal respresentative Patricia Crown, press representative Joshua Ellis, advertising representative Peter LeDonn…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:39PMWednesday, June 9, 2010
Douglas Hodge, who appears as Albin in the current Broadway revival of the musical "La Cage aux Folles", explains what appealed to him about the story and character, which he did not know, w…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:35AMTuesday, June 8, 2010
Three-time Tony winning composer for "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Applause" Charles Strouse talks about his hit musical "Annie" and its five year process to bring it to Broadway.
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:47AMMonday, June 7, 2010
Our panel of leading actors - David Alan Grier, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Jan Maxwell and Alfred Molina - shared their process about what they look for in a script; the kind and extent…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:19AMThursday, June 3, 2010
In October of 1984, Hungarian-Canadian director John Hirsch, who directed classical theatre for thirty-two years and served as Artistic Director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival from 19…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:44AMWednesday, June 2, 2010
Scenic designer Christine Jones, a Tony nominee for "American Idiot", discusses the development of the project from album to Broadway musical, including when she came into the creative proce…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:11AMTuesday, June 1, 2010
Theatre and film actress Estelle Parsons talks about performing the Brazillian solo play "Miss Margarida's Way"; the importance of performing a variety of material; and the difference in wri…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:31AMFriday, May 28, 2010
Casting Director Tara Rubin talks about the casting process, working with the director and creative team; her career beginnings at Johnson & Liff casting the original company of "Les Miserab…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:36AMWednesday, May 26, 2010
"Fences" director Kenny Leon discusses his long association with August Wilson, both personally and professionally, dating back to Leon's 1987 NEA Directing Fellowship which first introduced…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:32AMTuesday, May 25, 2010
New York Post theatre critic Martin Gottfried talks about how his career started at the Village Voice, becoming Women's Wear Daily's chief drama critic, replacing the Post's Richard Watts, …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:31AMMonday, May 24, 2010
Our distinguished panel of playwrights -- Charles Busch, David Ives, Donald Margulies and Suzan-Lori Parks -- discuss the moment when they realized they wanted to be writers; who influenced …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:37AMThursday, May 20, 2010
In December of 1987, famous avant-garde director Robert Wilson sat down for a One-on-One conversation with Tony Award-winning lighting designer Jennifer Tipton. They discuss Wilson's three m…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:45AMWednesday, May 19, 2010
"Collected Stories" star Linda Lavin discusses why she's playing the role of Ruth Steiner in Donald Margulies' play for a fourth time, likens the two-character play to a duet that changes wi…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:28AMTuesday, May 18, 2010
Book Writer/Lyricist Michael Stewart of Tony Award-winning Best Musicals "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Hello, Dolly!", and the new musical comedy "I Love My Wife", talks about his new novel "Belle",…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:30AM 
