Jeff Daniels
From Blackbird.
Jeff Daniels talks about his return to the New York stage after a 14 year absence in David Harrower’s Olivier Award-winning Blackbird at Manhattan Theatre Club, including how he works himself up to a performance level of fear and anger for the very first moment in the play; recalls being taken out for a drink while still in college by director Marshall Mason and invited to join the Circle Repertory Company as an apprentice, and the extraordinary ensemble feeling fostered at Circle Rep; discusses his lengthy relationship with playwright Lanford Wilson and how it has influenced his own playwriting for his Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea Michigan; and describes how he has built the Purple Rose as both an arts resource and economic engine for his community.
Original airdate – April 20, 2007.
Running time – 55:00.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to Downstage Center’s Jeff Daniels program page.
You can also download directly the Jeff Daniels program (mp3).
Posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2007 at 1:12 pm
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