Monday, August 31st, 2009
Ken Davenport
Broadway and Off-Broadway Producer.
Multi-tasking multi-hyphenate producer (and more) Ken Davenport talks about his varied projects, from stage to computer screen. He recalls his childhood years performing in community theatre and his acting studies at NYU; how his interest in company management helped him to learn the ropes of the theatre business and gave [...]
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Production: Beauty and the Beast
The Beauty and the Beast production team – press representative Chris Boneau, producer Michael David, associate producer Donald Frantz, production supervisor Jeremiah Harris, producer Robert W. McTyre, marketing consultant Margery Singer – discuss creating a stage musical from an animated film, costume designs, production budget and ticket prices, marketing and publicity [...]
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Douglas Aibel
Artistic Director of The Vineyard Theatre.
Douglas Aibel, artistic director of New York’s Vineyard Theatre, reflects upon the six year run and impending closing of the Broadway musical Avenue Q, which made its Off-Broadway debut at the Vineyard and has been the company’s longest-running commercial transfer — out of a field that also includes [title [...]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Performance
The panel of performers – Michel Bell (Show Boat), Charlotte D’Amboise (Damn Yankees), Rosemary Harris (An Inspector Calls), Audra McDonald (Carousel), and Lonette McKee (Show Boat) – discuss working with elaborate sets, their performing backgrounds, developing technique and discipline, and bringing classics back to the stage.
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
Allison Janney
From 9 to 5.
9 to 5 star Allison Janney talks about her transformation into a musical comedy performer, and why the dancing didn’t worry her but the singing did. She also discusses her theatrical education at Kenyon College, the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts; what it was like to [...]
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