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 be directed in her very first college show by Paul Newman and her subsequent tutelage under mentor Joanne Woodward; her challenge in finding an agent; what an aptitude test said she was most suited for professionally; how the movie Hoosiers helped her conquer her fear of making her Broadway debut opposite Frank Langella in Present Laughter; why she’s not a Shakespeare aficionado in general and why we’ll never again see her performing in Central Park, where she starred in The Taming of the Shrew; how The West Wing‘s “walk and talk” sequences reminded her of theatre; and “the truth” about how she scarred Anthony LaPaglia for life when they appeared on Broadway in A View from the Bridge.
Original airdate – August 17, 2009.
Running time – 51:53.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to Downstage Center’s Allison Janney program page.
You can also download directly the Allison Janney program (mp3).
Posted on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 11:16 am
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