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Lynn Nottage speaks with the cast members who both have played the title role and how Nottage reimagined her play as an opera.
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Beyond classic musicals like "The Sound of Music" and "South Pacific," writer Laurence Maslon breaks down the unparalleled career and influence of composer Richard Rodgers. Among some notes …
On July 12, 2012, Tracey Ullman sat down with director Robert Trachtenberg to discuss the joys of working with Mel Brooks for "American Masters " Mel Brooks: Make a Noise" (2013). Chapters: …
Playwright, librettist and screenwriter David Henry Hwang shares his experience working with theater producer Joe Papp, who produced his first play, "FOB." "FOB," which premiered in 1980, ex…
Meryl Streep was touched, but perplexed when Joe Papp asked her to take over The Public Theater after his passing. "What he wanted was bigger than what could be, which was sort of always wha…
"I believe that great art is for everyone"not just the rich or the middle class. When I go into East Harlem or Bedford-Stuyvesant and see the kids who come to see our shows, I see nothing so…
Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty recalls his time as an intern at The Public Theater under the indomitable Joe Papp, reflecting on the 1989-1990 season amidst the AIDS crisis…
Theater critic David Cote explores the legacy of Joe Papp, the man who brought free Shakespeare to Central Park and nurtured new talent in the American theater. The visionary and benevol…
Joe Papp built a stage on a 35 foot portable truck so he could bring Shakespeare to other communities. "I found myself directing all the plays on the mobile unit, because I felt this was the…
In his search for a home for new American theater, producer Joseph Papp saved a historic building in "ruins" from demolition. It was once the Astor Library, which became the first free publi…
Get a behind-the-scenes look into the rehearsal room of "Company" with Marianne Elliott, Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk.
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On January 17, 2001, actress and dancer Baayork Lee discussed landing her first role on Broadway at age 5, working with Richard Rodgers and other Broadway greats, and her passion for choreog…
From 1954 until his death in 1991, Joe Papp brought more theater to more people than any other producer in history. In his eyes, art was for everyone, not just a privileged few. "We have pub…
Composer Stephen Sondheim, actress Cynthia Nixon and theatre critic Hilton Als discuss the character of Bobby, and how Sondheim's own relationship to his heterosexual, married friends may ha…
When developing Shakespeare in the Park, it was important to Joe Papp that people felt represented in the theater. "Joe wanted to fill the stage with the same kind of people he was gonna fil…
Listen to Katrina Lenk (Bobbie), Cynthia Nixon and the Company cast discuss switching the gender of the character of Bobbie, and how it opened the door to switch other roles in the cast as w…
Listen to star Sutton Foster and director Kathleen Marshall discuss what it took to revive "Anything Goes."
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Preview this season of Broadway's Best, featuring "Anything Goes," "Merry Wives," and "Keeping Company with Sondheim."
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Matt Doyle, Patti LuPone and Etai Benson discuss what went into gender-bending "I'm Not Getting Married Today," and how the added anxiety surrounding gay marriage added to the overall anxiet…
Inspired by public libraries, Joe Papp made it his mission to have theater be accessible to the public. "I just don't do shows," he said. "They must have meaning."
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Watch as Sutton Foster (as Reno Sweeney) and Robert Lindsey (as Moonface Martin) perform the song "Friendship" from Cole Porter's "Anything Goes."
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Joe Papp in Five Acts Pulls Back the Curtain on the Career, Social Vision and Impact of The Public Theater's Joe Papp. Ahead of the 60th Anniversary Season of Free Shakespeare in The Park at…
Sutton Foster and the cast of "Anything Goes" performs the Cole Porter classic, "Blow, Gabriel, Blow."
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Watch Sutton Foster and the cast of Anything Goes perform the show-stopping Act 1 finale.
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On May 29, 2007, comedian Betty White discussed the groundbreaking work of Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball. She delves into the history of women in comedy in this extended outtake from the Am…
