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Monday, March 29, 2010

Production: Sweet Sue - April, 1987 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The production team of "Sweet Sue" - advertising representative Fred Golden, general manager Larry Goossen, playwright A.R. Gurney, casting director Donna Isaacson, and producer Arthur White…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:14PM
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Jordan Roth (#261) - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Jordan Roth, President of New York's Jujamcyn Theatres, discusses his ascension to the top spot running a quintet of Broadway houses, which makes him one of the handful of people who can dec…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:14AM
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Lenny Baker by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Stage and film actor Lenny Baker talks about starring in "I Love My Wife" his first Broadway musical; working with onstage musicians and no conductor; being compared to and influenced by vet…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:18AM
Monday, March 22, 2010

Performance - September, 1987 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The panel of performers - from "Driving Miss Daisy", Morgan Freeman and Dana Ivey; Robert LuPone ("Late Night Comic"); John Malkovitch ("Burn This"); Jane Summerhays ("Me and My Girl"); and …

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:58AM
Friday, March 19, 2010

Theatrical Photographer - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Theatrical Photographer T. Charles Erickson captures two-dimensional representations that become the historical record of live stage productions. Erickson grew up with a camera always by h…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:39AM
Thursday, March 18, 2010

JoAnne Akalaitis by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

In this One-on-One conversation with Lincoln Center Dramaturg Anne Cattaneo, Mabou Mines founder and famed director JoAnne Akalaitis shares her wisdom with a full room gathered at Arts Conne…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:50AM
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Jessica Hecht (#260) - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Jessica Hecht, now on Broadway as Eddie Carbone's long-suffering but cleared-eyed wife Beatrice in the Broadway revival of "A View From The Bridge", talks about her role in the play's tragic…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:18AM
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Laurence Luckinbill by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Actor Laurence Luckinbill who completed a run of "Poor Murderer" talks about the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Shadow Box". Despite the difficult subject matter of terminal…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:30AM
Monday, March 15, 2010

Production: A Few Good Men - September, 1990 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The production team for "A Few Good Men" - producer David Brown; president of the Shubert Organization, Bernard Jacobs; Serino Coyne advertising representative Linda Lehman; and general man…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:05AM
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Rondi Reed (#259) - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

The "resident character woman" of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Rondi Reed, talks about her current stint as Madame Morrible in the Broadway juggernaut "Wicked", a role she origina…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:58AM
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Frank Perry by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Film director Frank Perry who spent the first 10 years of his career directing for the stage, returns to Broadway to direct "Ladies at the Alamo". Perry explains why he has returned to Broa…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:03PM
Monday, March 8, 2010

Performance - September, 1991 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The panel of performers - Jane Alexander ("Shadowlands"), Stockard Channing ("Six Degrees of Separation"), Sarah Jessica Parker ("The Substance Of Fire"), Jonathan Pryce ("Miss Saigon"), Ron…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:41AM
Friday, March 5, 2010

Theatre Design Specialist - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Theatre Design Specialist Roger Morgan talks about how his education in scenic and lighting design and backstage experience helped determine his focus in the field of architecture. He works…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:43AM
Thursday, March 4, 2010

Scott Elliott by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

At the 2003 SDC Directing Symposium, Scott Elliott, Artistic Director of The New Group and Callaway Award winner for Excellence in Directing, spoke to a room full of young directors for 90 m…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:50AM
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Howard Sherman (#258) - March, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Turnabout is fair play, as actor Richard Thomas is the guest host for a conversation with Howard Sherman, Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing. The longtime friends discuss the ch…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:51AM
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Liv Ullmann by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Film actress Liv Ullmann talks about what she's found in the title character of "Anna Christie" and how the audience reacts to Eugene O'Neill's modern play.

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:12AM
Monday, March 1, 2010

Performance - September, 1991 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The panel of performers - Hinton Battle ("Miss Saigon"), Roy Dotrice ("The Homecoming"), Timothy Hutton ("Babylon Gardens"), Mary Louise Parker ("Babylon Gardens"), Teresa Wright ("On Borrow…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:11PM
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Gregory Mosher (#257) - February, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Gregory Mosher, director of the current Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge", talks about how he initiated the production himself, personally approached Liev Schreibe…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:42AM
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Tom Courtenay by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

English actor Tom Courtenay who is making his Broadway debut in Simon Gray's comedy "Otherwise Engaged" shares what the play is about, and his experience in "The Norman Conquests" in the Wes…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:55AM
Monday, February 22, 2010

Performance - April, 1992 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The panel of actors - Alan Alda (Neil Simon's "Jake's Women"), Jodi Benson ("Crazy For You"), Roscoe Lee Brown (August Wilson's "Two Trains Running"), Glenn Close ("Death and the Maiden"), R…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:23AM
Friday, February 19, 2010

Stage Automation Engineer - February, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Stage Automation Engineer Chuck Adomanis designs the modern automated system for moving theatrical scenery. He demonstrates the control system on the new set built for the "Billy Elliot" to…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:08AM
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Vinnette Carroll by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

In 1999, after receiving SDC's "Mr. Abbott Award," director/playwright/actress Vinnette Carroll spoke with SDC Executive Director David Diamond about her life as the first African American w…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:01AM
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

John Lee Beatty (#256) - February, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

Veteran scenic designer John Lee Beatty, currently represented in New York by "Time Stands Still", "A View from the Bridge" and "Venus in Fur", talks about why he thinks all American drama i…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:56AM
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Constance Towers by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Constance Towers who plays Anna in the revival of "The King and I" talks about working with Yul Brynner and the authentic casting of the 1977 production.

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:00AM
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Christine Lahti (#255) - February, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

One of "God of Carnage"'s current combatants on Broadway, Christine Lahti, talks about playing the range of emotions that consume her character over the course of the play's mere 80 minutes,…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:19AM
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Peter Yates by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

English director Peter Yates talks about Steve Tesich's basketball play "Passing Game" playing at the American Place Theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:57AM
Monday, February 8, 2010

The Play That Changed My Life - December, 2009 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

What was "The Play That Changed Your Life"? Not only the title of a new American Theatre Wing book, which posed that question to 19 of America's most distinguished playwrights, but the start…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:36AM
Friday, February 5, 2010

Aerial Choreographer - February, 2010 by American Theatre Wing

The aerial choreographer, Paul Rubin, creates flying sequences for the stage from start to finish. During a rehearsal of a new production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", R…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:54AM
Thursday, February 4, 2010

Andre Bishop by American Theatre Wing and SDCF

In this Directors Training Symposium from 1996, Lincoln Center Theater's artistic director Andre Bishop talks about his responsibilities as an artistic director, the qualities he looks for w…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:55AM
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Playwright and Director - April, 1992 by American Theatre Wing and CUNY

The panelists - playwright Jon Robin Baitz ("The End of the Day"), playwright Charles Grodin ("One of the All-Time Greats"), director Mark Lamos ("The End of the Day"), playwright Ken Ludwig…

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:05AM
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Martin Charnin by American Theatre Wing and Broadway League

Martin Charnin, director/lyricist of "Annie", discusses the challenges of child labor laws and age/height restrictions for the orphans in the cast.

SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:18PM