Monday, July 24th, 2006
Bartlett Sher Director of Awake and Sing and The Light in the Piazza. As The Light In The Piazza prepares for its national tour, director Bartlett Sher talks about the experience of living with and working on the show for more than three years, explains his approach to Awake And Sing and why he felt [...]
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Friday, July 21st, 2006
Thomas Schumacher President, Disney Theatrical Productions. Late in the run of Disney’s Aida and two years before Tarzan began swinging on 46th Street, Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions, discusses the Disney approach to theatrical production and the process that brought Beauty And The Beast and The Lion King to stage life—and brought Disney [...]
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Friday, July 21st, 2006
Directing 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 Mantello (Wicked), John Rando (The Wedding Singer) and Leigh Silverman (Well). Original airdate – June 15, 2006.Running time – 1:30:00. var addthis_pub = “AmericanTheatreWing”; For [...]
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
Elena K. Holy Producing artistic Director, New York International Fringe Festival. 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 a vehicle for new work in New York, amidst the endless logistics of the 2004 [...]
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Monday, July 17th, 2006
Brian Stokes Mitchell From Man of La Mancha and Ragtime. 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.D. to David Merrick’s production of Oh, Kay to his rapid succession [...]
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