Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
Jill Clayburgh
From Naked Girl on the Appian Way and Barefoot In The Park.
Jill Clayburgh talks about the joys of returning to the Broadway stage for the first time in two decades in Richard Greeenberg’s A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, her anticipation of her immediate follow-up with Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park, and [...]
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Thursday, November 17th, 2005
Craig Lucas
Author of The Dying Gaul and The Light in the Piazza.
On the eve of his debut as a film director, Craig Lucas discusses transforming The Dying Gaul from play to screenplay and talks about his journey from a narrow-minded Philadelphia suburb to the chorus of musicals like Sweeney Todd and Shenandoah to his place [...]
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2005
Lea Salonga
From Lea Salonga at Carnegie Hall and Miss Saigon.
On the eve of her solo concert at Carnegie Hall, Lea Salonga chronicles her journey from the Philippines to the West End to Broadway with Miss Saigon, the experience of being in a “new” Rodgers & Hammerstein show with the revised Flower Drum Song, and the [...]
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
David Rockwell
Scenic designer of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Hairspray.
Noted architect David Rockwell talks about branching into scenic design (Hairspray, All Shook Up) as an extension of his childhood love of theatre, which included working on amateur productions in his mother’s New Jersey troupe and his teenage years soaking in the “theatre of open spaces” in [...]
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
John Simon
Author of John Simon on Theater, Film and Music.
Veteran critic John Simon reflects on decades of theatregoing, including 38 years with New York Magazine, as he marks the publication of John Simon On Theatre, a comprehensive anthology of his reviews.
Original airdate – October 14, 2005.Running time – 33:16.
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