Sunday, 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 12:10AMPhylicia Rashad discusses her rededication to theatre in the wake of her television success with Bill Cosby, and the honor of appearing in the first Broadway revival of "A Raisin in the Sun"…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:10AMBebe Neuwirth discusses creating the musical "Here Lies Jenny" with her "Chicago" co-star Ann Reinking and "Cheers" co-star Roger Rees, as well as her work on stage in "Sweet Charity" and "D…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:10AMDonna Murphy discusses the great roles sheís played, from Fosca in "Passion" to Anna in "The King and I" to Ruth in "Wonderful Town" and emphatically responds to being portrayed in the medi…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:10AMFriday, April 28, 2006
A veteran of the original Broadway production of "Barefoot in the Park" and now appearing in the current revival, Tony Roberts reflects on the nature of Neil Simon's play both then and now, …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:50AMWednesday, April 12, 2006
Lyricist and director Richard Maltby, Jr. talks about how he grew to be fond of Johnny Cash (who he never met) as he developed the musical "Ring of Fire", recalls creating "Ain't Misbehavin'…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:02PMWith his newest play Defiance premiering at Manhattan Theatre Club and the award-winning Doubt entering its second year on Broadway, John Patrick Shanley talks about the evolution of his tri…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:02PMThursday, April 6, 2006
Nearing the end of her run in David Lindsay Abaire's "Rabbit Hole", Cynthia Nixon discusses the experience of listening to audiences at every performance of this emotional play, how she chos…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:20PMMonday, April 3, 2006
Composer Michael John LaChiusa explains his longtime fascination with the works of Lorca, which led to his new musical work "Bernarda Alba"; how he transformed a trio of Japanese stories int…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:35PMFriday, March 24, 2006
Two-time Tony winner Jonathan Pryce describes his journey from a small political theatre company in England to being the star of such musicals as "My Fair Lady" in London, "Miss Saigon" in L…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:55PMFriday, March 17, 2006
During previews for the new musical "Bernarda Alba", director-choreographer Graciela Daniele recalls being compelled to explore American musical theatre after encountering "West Side Story" …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:09AMFriday, March 10, 2006
Malcolm Gets talks about being groomed for musical comedy from his very earliest years, his sudden transition from Radio City Christmas Spectacular dancer to Yale School of Drama graduate st…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:25AMFriday, March 3, 2006
"The Color Purple"'s LaChanze talks about The Oprah Effect on that show, as well as her personal identification with the challenges faced by her character Celie; reflects on her fruitful art…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:12AMThursday, February 23, 2006
With Adam Rapp's "Red Light Winter" marking another export from Chicago to New York for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Steppenwolf's artistic director Martha Lavey talks about the company'…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:01AMFriday, February 17, 2006
While Mrs. Lovett playing the tuba may seem strange to some, "Sweeney Todd"'s Patti LuPone explains that she's no stranger to the tuba, as she recalls her years in the high school band, as w…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 05:16PMThursday, February 16, 2006
When theatre fans peruse the Sunday New York Times, the vast majority of Broadway ads they see are the work of the dominant theatre agencies: Serino Coyne and SpotCo. The CEOs of each compan…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:25PMTuesday, February 7, 2006
Sarah Jones talks about the shift from slam poet to Broadway star, performing at United Nations, the melting pot of Queens, NY, and what its like to have Meryl Streep as your number one fan.…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 03:50PMSaturday, February 4, 2006
In the midst of a retrospective season at Signature Theatre in New York in 2004-2005, Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel talks about her "overnight success" with "How I Learned to Drive" afte…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:45AMDonald Margulies talks about his Broadway experiences during the run of "Brooklyn Boy" in 2005, as well as the experience of revisiting "Sight Unseen" with Manhattan Theatre Club more than a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:45AMFriday, January 20, 2006
Straddling the worlds of musical comedy and rock and roll, "Sweeney Todd"'s Michael Cerveris talks about how his extensive work with Stephen Sondheim makes it hard to sing more conventional …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:45PMTuesday, January 17, 2006
Legendary composer Jerry Herman plays and sings snippets of some of his most famous compositions as he recalls the creation of such seminal musicals as "Hello Dolly", "Mame" and "La Cage aux…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:15AMWith the cast album of "Dessa Rose" now in stores, here's the "Downstage Center" March 2005 interview with Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty in which they survey their career from jingle writ…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:15AMThursday, January 12, 2006
One of the busiest directors in New York, Tony-winner Doug Hughes, talks about revisiting "Doubt" with a new cast; how he handles the heightened expectations for "Defiance", his next collabo…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:42AMStage veterans Rosemary Harris and John Cullum talk about meeting for the very first time to play husband and wife in Ariel Dorfman's "The Other Side", discuss their feelings about seeing th…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:42AMThursday, December 29, 2005
Audra McDonald recounts her start in theatre as an alternative to therapy for childhood hyperactivity, her teenage years at small theatres in northern California (including her performance a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:20PMTuesday, December 27, 2005
Early in his first season at the helm, Oskar Eustis, the new artistic director of The Public Theater, talks about his plans for that seminal theatrical institution, both on stage and off, le…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:34PMMichael Ball discusses straddling the worlds of musical theatre and pop music in his native England, as well as the irony of returning to the Broadway stage after 15 years to gain greater re…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:34PMThursday, December 15, 2005
Director-choreographer Susan Stroman charts her career from her early days as a chorus member in regional theatre to her triumph with "The Producers" to her work with Nathan Lane bringing St…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:38AMGary Beach takes off his "La Cage aux Folles" feathers to discuss playing Zaza in the musical's first Broadway revival, his Tony-winning success in "The Producers" and even his lesser known …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:38AMDuring the Off-Broadway run of "The Foreigner", Matthew Broderick addresses whether he's really as shy as news reports would portray him, talks about his early years growing up in New York a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:38AMTuesday, December 13, 2005
Playwright Christopher Durang contemplates issues of faith, family, humor and falling space debris during the concurrent runs of his new play "Miss Witherspoon" in New York and his new music…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:31PM 
