Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Gene Saks In January of 1987, SDCF brought one of Broadway’s most beloved directors to New Dramatists for a conversation about comedy. Collaborators are quoted as saying “I would like to be surgically attached to his hip” and “I wouldn’t mind if I never worked with another director again”. In this 90 minute interview, you’ll [...]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Playwright and Director The panelists – director/playwright Vernel Bagneris (Jelly Roll!), playwright David Ives (All in the Timing), actor Nancy Opel (All in the Timing), director Lawrence Sacharow (Three Tall Women), Playwrights Horizons artistic director Don Scardino (A Cheever Evening), choreographer Matthew West (Beauty and the Beast) – discuss their current productions, the relationship between [...]
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Brian d’Arcy James From Shrek. Shrek‘s big green hero, Brian d’Arcy James, talks about the opportunities and limitations of creating the title character in the Broadway musical drawn from the first of the blockbuster animated films. He also discusses his journey from Michigan to the New York stage and the two dominant strains on his [...]
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Austin Pendleton Renowned stage and film actor and Tony nominated stage director Austin Pendleton made time for an interview in April of 1999 with former SDCF Executive Director David Diamond. This 90 minute discussion features the always candid Pendleton discussing his life in the theatre. The conversation begins with an explanation of his origins in [...]
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Production: Damn Yankees The Damn Yankees production team – legal counsel Robert Barandes, press representative Peter Cromarty, advertising representative Rick Elice, producers Mitchell Maxwell and Victoria Maxell, and general manager Charlotte Wilcox – discuss obtaining the rights, using a two-level structure of producing starting with an out-of-town production at the Old Globe, the finances of [...]
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