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 09:37AMMonday, 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 01:09PMWednesday, 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 10:37AMThe 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 09:57AMMonday, 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 02:06PMMonday, 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 01:56PMFriday, 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 12:05PMMonday, 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 02:04PMWednesday, 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 11:39AMMonday, 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 02:04PMWednesday, 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 09:03AMMonday, 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…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:14PMKristen Johnston talks about her nightly mantra that prepares her to go on stage in the current Atlantic Theatre Company production of Lucy Thurber's "Scarcity"; recalls her early years as d…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:03PMWednesday, October 10, 2007
James Houghton, the founding artistic director of New York's Signature Theater Company discusses the impulse that began the acclaimed Off-Broadway theater, which each season produces the wor…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:19AMWednesday, October 3, 2007
The creative team of worldwide hit musical "Mamma Mia!" - press representative Adrian Bryan-Brown, producer Judy Craymer, book writer Catherine Johnson, director Phyllida Lloyd, and composer…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:24AMMonday, October 1, 2007
Playwright Horton Foote reflects on his long career, including the traveling tent shows that first inspired his love of theatre; the contrast between his Texas neighbors' responses to his wi…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:41PMWednesday, September 26, 2007
Actors Kate Burton ("Hedda Gabler"), Christine Ebersole ("42nd Street"), Peter Gallagher ("Noises Off"), Valerie Harper ("The Tale of the Allergist's Wife"), and Robert Sean Leonard ("The Mu…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:53AMWednesday, September 19, 2007
The panelists -- lighting designer Ken Billington, costume and set designer Robert Jones, costume designer William Ivey Long, scenery designer Thomas Lynch, costume and scenery designer Tony…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:09AMMonday, September 17, 2007
Upon her return to the Broadway production, "Wicked"'s original Madame Morrible, Carole Shelley, talks about whether she's hissed as a villain by fans on the street; explains how a childhood…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:19AMWednesday, September 12, 2007
This panel of producers (all of whom just happen to be women) -- Tisa Chang, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Amy Nederlander, Daryl Roth, Fran Weissler, and Elizabeth Williams -- talks about the r…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:34AMMonday, September 10, 2007
"Xanadu" star Kerry Butler talks about her childhood performances of Olivia Newton-John songs and how they've informed her Broadway role as Kira, as well as the ins and outs of roller-skatin…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:47PMMonday, September 3, 2007
Days after joining the "Hairspray" cast as Velma von Tussle, Michele Pawk talks about the experience of being "put into" a long-running show and how one finds their character in that situati…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 06:10PMMonday, August 27, 2007
"Wall Street Journal" drama critic Terry Teachout talks about his theatergoing experiences over the four years he's held that position, including what he's learned and what has surprised him…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:24AMMonday, August 20, 2007
Stage and film actor Anthony Rapp, upon his return to the long-running show "Rent", talks about working with the show's composer Jonathan Larson; the longevity and impact of "Rent"; getting …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:06AMWednesday, August 15, 2007
The international panel consisting of Valery Fokin (Artistic Director of The Meyerhold Centre in Moscow and the Alexandrinksy Theatre in St. Petersburg), Marita Gochman (writer/director, Nor…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:42AMMonday, August 13, 2007
Actress Debra Monk talks about her six year journey through the development of the musical "Curtains", and passionately reflects on the things she learned from the legendary team of Kander a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:17PMWednesday, August 8, 2007
Playwrights Jon Robin Baitz ("Hedda Gabbler"), John Guare ("Sweet Smell of Success"), Peter Parnell ("Q.E.D."), and directors Gene Saks ("Mr. Goldwyn"), Daniel Sullivan ("Proof"), and Mary Z…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:00PMMonday, August 6, 2007
John P. Connolly, the new executive director of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers, talks about the challenges and concerns facing the union and i…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:46AMWednesday, August 1, 2007
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"'s creative and production team -- choreographer Rob Ashford, general manager Nina Lannan, producer Hal Luftig, director Michael Mayer, book writer/lyricist Dick Sc…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:30AMMonday, July 30, 2007
Actor Stephen Lang describes his process developing the book "Beyond Glory" for the stage, why he was drawn to portray eight recipients of the Medal of Honor, and how his tribute is perceive…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:32AMWednesday, July 25, 2007
Actors Frank Langella ("Fortune's Fool"), John Lithgow ("Sweet Smell of Success"), Andrea Martin ("Oklahoma!"), Estelle Parsons ("Mornings at Seven"), Mercedes Ruehl ("The Goat, Or Who Is S…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:22AM 
