Monday, May 14th, 2007
Jerry Mitchell
Director of Legally Blonde.
Tony Award-winning choreographer Jerry Mitchell talks about taking on the dual roles of director and choreographer for the first time with Legally Blonde and charts the development of the musical from the selection of the writing team to its San Francisco tryout to its Broadway debut. He also shares his experience [...]
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Design
Costume designer Suzy Benzinger (Movin’ Out), lighting designer Beverly Emmons (Jekyll and Hyde), scenic designer Adrianne Lobel (A Year With Frog and Toad), sound designer David Meschter (Medea), lighting designer Rui Rita (Enchanted April) and scenic designer David Rockwell (Hairspray) talk about the practicalities of design – including how to approach a new design job, [...]
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Monday, May 7th, 2007
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg
Authors of The Pirate Queen and Les Misérables.
The team of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil talk about why they broke from their usual practice of originating their own projects and took on writing The Pirate Queen; how they first began to collaborate in the wake of Jesus Christ Superstar; the immediate [...]
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Performance
Actors from both sides of the Atlantic – Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Clare Higgins (Vincent in Brixton), Eddie Izzard (A Day in the Death of Joe Egg), Brian Stokes Mitchell (Man of La Mancha) and Brent Spiner (Life (x) 3) – share some of the high points and quite a few humorous moments (including [...]
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