Eric Schaeffer
Artistic Director, Signature Theatre, VA.
Eric Schaeffer, founder and artistic director of Virginia’s Signature Theatre, discusses the company’s growth and acclaim as a home for musical theatre in the Washington DC area; the company’s impending move from their 136-garage space into a two-theatre state of the art facility; how he’s developed relationships with theatre royalty like Stephen Sondheim and Cameron Mackintosh; his view on the rumored Broadway move of his Kennedy Center Mame; and why he’s looking forward to revisiting the musical The Witches Of Eastwick in a theatre roughly 1/6th the size of its original London home.
Original airdate – September 1, 2006.
Running time – 39:27.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to Downstage Center’s Eric Schaeffer program page.
You can also download directly the Eric Schaeffer program (mp3).
Posted on Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 at 4:17 pm
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