Estelle Parsons
From August: Osage County.
Oscar-winner Estelle Parsons talks about taking on the role of the pill-popping Violet Weston in Broadway’s August: Osage County, noting that she’s played many drinkers in her career but this is her first drug addict, and also describes the incredible challenge of joining members of the original cast in the midst of the run. She also recounts her earliest days in theatre and her original dreams of musical stardom, why she has directed but doesn’t like directing, how she came to play her signature role in Miss Margarida’s Way, her experience creating the title role in Tennessee Williams’ The Seven Descents of Myrtle, her work with the famed Actor’s Studio, and the job — not on stage — that first got her noticed when she came to New York in the early 50s.
Original airdate – September 12, 2008.
Running time – 57:02.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to Downstage Center’s Estelle Parsons program page.
You can also download directly the Estelle Parsons program (mp3).
Posted on Monday, September 15th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
by
American Theatre Wing
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