Monday, October 13th, 2008
Gregg Edelman
From A Tale of Two Cities.
Multiple Tony nominee Gregg Edelman describes about the creation of the new Broadway musical A Tale of Two Cities, including a song that was cut and that he misses terribly, and explains to Dickens purists where the musical’s plot diverges a bit from the novel. He also talks [...]
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Performance
The panel of actors — Nell Carter (Annie), Willem Dafoe (The Hairy Ape), Andre De Shields (Play On!), Paul Giamatti (Three Sisters), Joel Grey (Chicago), and Dana Ivey (Last Night of Ballyhoo) — talk about their past and present productions, their performing background and training, and finding the rhythm of a play.
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club.
Just after returning from a year-long sabbatical, Manhattan Theatre Club artistic director Lynne Meadow talks about what she did and didn’t do during her hiatus and explains how she shared planning for last season and the coming year with interim artistic director Daniel Sullivan. She also recalls her childhood [...]
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Playwright, Director and Choreographer
The panel of directors Walter Bobbie (Chicago), director/choreographer Wayne Cilento (Dream), Scott Elliott (Present Laughter), Ron Lagomarsino (Last Night at Ballyhoo), Gene Saks (Barrymore), and playwright Alfred Uhry (Last Night at Ballyhoo) talk about how they got started, developing their current productions, a show’s relevance to contemporary audiences, determining the [...]
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