Production: Contact
Producer/Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater André Bishop, Marketing Director and Director of Special Projects for Lincoln Center Theater Thomas Cott, Executive Producer of Lincoln Center Theater Bernard Gersten, director/choreographer Susan Stroman and playwright John Weidman discuss the Tony Award winning Contact; from Lincoln Center Theater’s invitation to Stroman and Weidman to develop their original ideas, how the individual stories are connected, multiple workshops, the casting process, using pre-existing recorded music versus live musicians, deciding on the show’s name, as well as producing for non-commercial theatre with a longstanding member base.
Original airdate – September 1, 1999.
Running time – 1:30:00.
For more information, to watch online, or to download the episode go to Working in the Theatre’s Production: Contact program page.
You can also download directly the Production: Contact program (mp4).
Posted on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 at 10:06 am
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