Mark Lamos (SDCF Masters of the Stage #9)

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Mark Lamos In June of 2000, Hartford Stage’s longtime Artistic Director Mark Lamos sat down with the SDCF for a One-on-One interview. In this conversation Lamos speaks candidly about a recent production of Edward II for A.C.T, his early career and his tenure at Hartford Stage, and the art and craft of directing for opera. [...]

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Performance (WIT #141)

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Performance The panel of Broadway actors – Joan Allen (The Heidi Chronicles), Ed Asner (Born Yesterday), Philip Bosco (Lend Me A Tenor), Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine), Nancy Dussault (Into The Woods) and Madeline Kahn (Born Yesterday) – talk about the first time they fell in love with performing, auditions, how their careers have evolved, and [...]

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Playwright, Director and Choreographer (WIT #137)

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Playwright, Director and Choreographer The creative teams of Legs Diamond: director Robert Allan Ackermam, playwright Harvey Fierstein, and choreographer Alan Johnson, Paul Robeson: playwright Phillip Hayes Dean and director Harold Scott, and Spoils of War: director Austin Pendleton and playwright Michael Weller — discuss their productions, and how they began their careers in theatre. Original [...]

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Julie Taymor (SDCF Masters of the Stage #8)

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Julie Taymor On March 12, 1997, eight months before the opening of Lion King on Broadway, Julie Taymor was interviewed by author and collaborator Alexis Greene at Fordham University. In this One-on-One conversation Ms. Taymor reflects on her history as a performer in the collaborative theatre companies of the late 60′s and 70′s. She speaks [...]

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Making Ogre Broadway (WIT #371)

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Making Ogre Broadway In a broadcast devoted to an in-depth look at one Broadway show, our guests are the creative team behind Shrek The Musical — Book writer and Lyricist David Lindsay-Abaire, Producer Bill Damaschke, Director Jason Moore, Producer Caro Newling and Composer Jeanine Tesori. Highlights of the discussion centered on how the team was [...]

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