Friday, July 21, 2006
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 10:00AMWednesday, 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 05:00PMMonday, 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 04:00PMFriday, 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 04:00PMAmerican-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 04:00PMTuesday, 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 12:30PMFriday, 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 01:30PMTonya 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 01:30PMSome 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…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PMFive prolific commercial producers—Susan Gallin ("Woman Before a Glass"), Elizabeth McCann ("Well"), Kevin McCollum ("Avenue Q"), David Stone ("Wicked") and Tom Viertel ("Sweeney Todd")—…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PMAn 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 12:00PMThe 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…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PMExperiences on stage in America and England are the core of this conversation with actors Eileen Atkins ("Doubt"), Richard Griffiths ("The History Boys"), Jonathan Pryce ("Dirty Rotten Scoun…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PMA free-ranging conversation on the actors' life with Michael Cerveris ("Sweeney Todd"), Victoria Clark ("A Light in the Piazza"), Jill Clayburgh ("Naked Girl on the Appian Way"), George Griz…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PMOriginally created as a skit for a bachelor party, "The Drowsy Chaperone" has traveled from Toronto to Los Angeles to Broadway, growing in size along the way without sacrificing its skewed v…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PMMaking classic work come alive for today's audiences is the topic for directors Anne Bogart, Barbara Gaines, Mark Lamos and Bartlett Sher.
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PMThe writers' life is the topic for authors Christopher Durang ("Miss Witherspoon"), Lisa Kron ("Well"), Marsha Norman ("The Color Purple"), John Patrick Shanley ("Defiance") and Diana Son ("…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PMArtists with their feet in both pop music and musical theatre—Stephen Bray and Allee Willis ("The Color Purple"), Rupert Holmes ("The Mystery of Edwin Drood"), Lucy Simon ("The Secret Gard…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:00PMWednesday, July 5, 2006
Martha Plimpton talks about her acting journey from "The Goonies" to "Hedda Gable", exploring her experience growing up in the theatre, with childhood performances at The Public; the importa…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:22PMFriday, June 23, 2006
Liev Schreiber takes time out from The Public Theatre's production of "Macbeth" to reflect on the humanity of that villainous role, his love for the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, how di…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:21AMMonday, June 19, 2006
Three-time Tony nominee Kate Burton discusses her newest show, the family drama "The Water's Edge" by Theresa Rebeck, and why she's drawn to characters who are once dark and witty, and she t…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:52AMFriday, June 16, 2006
Stage and screen legend Angela Lansbury surveys her theatre career, from her wartime drama school scholarship (courtesy of the American Theatre Wing) to her acclaimed work in the musicals of…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:12PMTuesday, June 6, 2006
Actor and author Bob Martin chronicles the journey of "The Drowsy Chaperone" from sophisticated bachelor party entertainment to success on the Toronto fringe to its current berth as a full-s…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:25PMSunday, June 4, 2006
During the run of her solo gig at the Cafe Carlyle in New York, Maria Friedman talks about her extensive relationship with the work of Stephen Sondheim, including English productions of "Mer…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:32PMSaturday, May 27, 2006
One of America's most prolific playwrights, Richard Greenberg discusses the wave of media attention that has accompanied the current Broadway revival of "Three Days of Rain", and its effect …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 06:10PMThursday, May 25, 2006
Zoe Wanamaker reflects on her personal connection to the drama of "Awake And Sing", remembers her journey from Chichester to London to Princeton to Broadway in "Electra", describes her exper…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:50PMFriday, May 19, 2006
Broadway's current Macheath, Alan Cumming, talks about the political relevance of "The Threepenny Opera" in America today, chronicles his experiences after drama school as part of a comedy d…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:53PMWednesday, May 17, 2006
Andrea Martin talks about her great successes in shows she was originally inclined to turn down, including "Oklahoma", "Candide" and "Fiddler on the Roof", as well as her start in the legend…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:32AMJoel Grey recalls creating the role of the Master of Ceremonies both and stage and in the film of "Cabaret", along with his performances in musicals as varied as "George M!", "The Grand Tour…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:32AMThursday, May 11, 2006
Kelli O'Hara discusses her transition from ingenue to leading lady in "The Pajama Game", the personal and professional challenge of taking over the role of Clara in "The Light in the Piazza"…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:43PMSunday, May 7, 2006
On Downstage Center's debut program from April 2004, Bernadette Peters surveys her career from childhood performer to her role as the ultimate stage mother in Sam Mendes' revival of "Gypsy".…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:10AM 
