Bernard Telsey
Casting Director of [title of show] & Legally Blonde.
Prolific Broadway casting director (and recent reality TV judge) Bernard Telsey discusses his parallel careers as the head of Telsey + Company and the artistic director of Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater. He shares some tidbits about his own training as an actor, his few acting gigs (including understudying Matthew Broderick) and how that training effects his casting work; the impetus behind MCC Theater and what his plans are for the company; what he thinks of casting theatre by reality TV in general and the Legally Blonde program in particular; and he talks about the varied challenges of casting, with particular focus on the actor-musicians of both the John Doyle-directed Company and the original cast and many companies of Rent over its 12 year run, as well as the distinctive characters of Wicked.
Original airdate – September 19, 2008.
Running time – 57:28.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to Downstage Center’s Bernard Telsey program page.
You can also download directly the Bernard Telsey program (mp3).
Posted on Monday, September 22nd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
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American Theatre Wing
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