Friday, July 27th, 2007
Stephen Lang
From Beyond Glory.
Actor Stephen Lang describes his process developing the book Beyond Glory for the stage, why he was drawn to portray eight recipients of the Medal of Honor, and how his tribute is perceived amidst present-day war politics; considers why, with no military background of his own, many of his major roles have [...]
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Performance
Actors Frank Langella (Fortune’s Fool), John Lithgow (Sweet Smell of Success), Andrea Martin (Oklahoma!), Estelle Parsons (Mornings at Seven), Mercedes Ruehl (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?), Jeffrey Wright (Top Dog/Under Dog) discuss playing a range of roles, what influences their performances including daily life and audience response, how to prepare for a performance, and [...]
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Watching the YouTube founders on The Today Show this morning, my mind wandered to the fact that theatre, with its ancient and personal form of storytelling, may turn out to have a certain business advantage in this era of endlessly duplicable electronic entertainment. As the media conglomerates grapple with the erosion of sales and [...]
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
For those who see the theatre experience on Broadway and the West End as merging into a single stage, given the constant flow of productions back and forth across the Atlantic, two recent articles give lie to the idea that theatergoing itself is the same in each of the theatre capitals.
While the New York Times [...]
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Dori Berinstein
Producer of Show Business.
Producer Dori Berinstein discusses the process behind creating the film ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway, her unprecedented chronicle of the 2003-2004 theatrical season, including how she winnowed 250 hours of film down to less than two and why the film’s narrator Alan Cumming largely ended up on the cutting room floor; [...]
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