Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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 12:18PMMonday, February 1, 2010
The multi-talented Andre De Shields describes the development of his new one-man show, "Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance", and why it may be a work-in-progress for…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:54AMWednesday, January 27, 2010
The production team of "Crazy For You" - advertising representative Nancy Coyne, press representative Bill Evans, general manager Tyler Gatchell, casting director Julie Hughes, and producer …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:42AMTuesday, January 26, 2010
The "Man of La Mancha" Richard Kiley recreated his Tony Award-winning title role in the Broadway revival 12 years later, followed by a national tour.
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:53AMMonday, January 25, 2010
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award honored playwright Doug Wright discusses his virtually genetic passion for theatre and how that matched up with his conservative Texas childhood; his escape to …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:04AMFriday, January 22, 2010
In May of 1988, Peter Van Zandt moderated a talk with director and Lincoln Center Theatre artistic director Gregory Mosher, just weeks after the opening of the Broadway production of David M…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:44AMTextile Artisan Gene Mignola works closely with costume designers, taking patterns and creating fabric that ultimately conveys their vision. He explains how printing fabric has evolved over…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:16AMThursday, January 21, 2010
The panel consisting of casting director Jay Binder ("Lost In Yonkers"), and actors Lucie Arnaz ("Lost In Yonkers"), Hallie Foote ("The Roads to Rome"), Gregory Hines ("Jelly's Last Jam"), …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:39AMTuesday, January 19, 2010
Director Dennis Rosa talks about the unique look of "Dracula" by set designer/illustrator Edward Gorey.
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:20AMMonday, January 18, 2010
As she celebrates her 20th season as artistic director of Princeton's McCarter Theatre, Emily Mann recalls the factors she considered when taking on the job; counsel she received at the time…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:10AMWednesday, January 13, 2010
The creative team behind the hit musical "Next To Normal" - Director Michael Greif, Composer Tom Kitt, Producer David Stone and Book Writer/Lyricist Brian Yorkey - discuss the unique road th…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:57AMTuesday, January 12, 2010
Cecilia Hart while starring in Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", reveals how she shed her self-consciousness of appearing scantily clad in front of audiences; how her costume helped to enhance h…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:47AMMonday, January 11, 2010
With Theresa Rebeck's "The Understudy" soon to close at the Roundabout and Douglas Carter Beane's "Mr. and Mrs. Fitch" beginning rehearsals at Second Stage, director Scott Ellis discusses hi…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:43AMThursday, January 7, 2010
In January of 1987, noted director, educator and SDC Board Member Mary Robinson met with directors Mark Lamos and Nagle Jackson to discuss running regional theatres. At the time, these two …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:52AMWednesday, January 6, 2010
The panel - playwright/director P.J. Barry ("A Distance From Calcutta"), lyricist Susan Birkenhead ("Jelly's Last Jam"), playwright/director Horton Foote ("The Roads To Home"), agent Wiley …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:14AMTuesday, January 5, 2010
Composer Cy Coleman, during the run of "I Love My Wife", talks about how the show slipped into town after appearing out of town, and how he recieved the good news of his rave reviews from al…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:03AMMonday, January 4, 2010
Legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is the guest for the 250th "Downstage Center" interview. He discusses a wide range of topics, including whether, as many have asserted, he a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:50AMWednesday, December 30, 2009
The "Jelly's Last Jam" production team - general manager Michael David, advertising representative Rick Elice of Serino Coyne, press agent Richard Kornberg, producers Pamela Koslow and Margo…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:46AMTuesday, December 29, 2009
Cartoonist and playwright Jules Feiffer talks about his revue "Hold Me", based on his cartoon work; the selection process; how each skit, while different, is connected thematically; and the…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:52AMMonday, December 28, 2009
"Mamma Mia!"'s newest leading lady, Beth Leavel, talks about slipping into the polyester disco gear of Donna Sheridan, describing the rare opportunity of joining a long-running production an…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:49AMWednesday, December 23, 2009
Our panel of actors -- Danny Burstein, Malcolm Gets, Bill Pullman and John Douglas Thompson -- share the particular moment when they realized they wanted to be actors; how the language of a …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:05AMTuesday, December 22, 2009
In May of 1988, esteemed Shakespearean acting teacher Ada Brown Mather discussed the bard's work with three of its contemporary master directors: Zoe Caldwell, Gerald Freedman, and Stuart Va…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:52AMMarge Redmond, at the time co-starring with her husband Jack Weston in Neil Simon's "California Suite", tells why she likes working on stage, and how it takes more work to act on stage than …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:40AMMonday, December 21, 2009
Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer of Lincoln Center Theater, takes listeners on a highly condensed tour of his 60-year career in the theatre, including his joining Maurice Evans' US Army S…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:25AMWednesday, December 16, 2009
The panel of union and guild representatives - Jean Dalrymple, member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM); Alan Eisenberg, Executive Secretary of Actors' Equit…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:12AMTuesday, December 15, 2009
As "Chicago"'s original Billy Flynn, Jerry Orbach is careful not to fit into any one mold, turning down roles too similar to previous ones, and instead showing his versatility in musicals an…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:26PMMonday, December 14, 2009
Actor Jim Norton, Tony and Olivier Award winner for "The Seafarer" and now on Broadway in the notably sunnier current revival of "Finian's Rainbow", discusses how the Irish view that Irish-i…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:52AMWednesday, December 9, 2009
The panel - actress Brenda Braxton ("Jelly's Last Jam"), Mettawee River Theatre Company puppet/costume designers Casey Compton and Ralph Lee ("Wichikapache Goes Walking"), producer/lighting …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:55PMTuesday, December 8, 2009
Award-winning actor James Earl Jones talks about portraying the real-life historical actor and political artist in the solo play "Paul Robeson" which toured before arriving on Broadway.
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:40AMMonday, December 7, 2009
"Ordinary Days"' Hunter Foster talks about performing a musical in such an intimate space (Roundabout Underground's black box) and why the unusually close proximity makes the audience into t…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:25AMThursday, December 3, 2009
In March of 1994, not long after the close of her hit Broadway production of "The Secret Garden", Susan H. Schulman sat down with Director Melvin Bernhardt to discuss her life in the theatre…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:38AM 
