Adrian Bryan-Brown
Broadway Press Agent.
Veteran Broadway press agent Adrian Bryan-Brown ranges over his 30 year career as one of theatre’s most successful “drumbeaters,” from his first Broadway show, the 1979 A Taste of Honey through the 1985 Big River and 1992 Guys and Dolls to this season’s most-discussed new musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. He also discusses how the role of the press agent has changed as the media has evolved, how social networking has reestablished word of mouth as a key promotional tool, and why when Twittering he can be neither Perez Hilton nor Pollyanna; whether he invests emotionally in the shows he represents; what he has to say to critics after they’ve beaten up on one of his shows; if he’s even been tempted to produce a show himself; how he works with actors facing the press and who he considers the real pros at that game; why he got a degree in zoology when he was planning to embark on a career in film — and he reveals his special talent for making an iconic NYC-area ice cream cake character.
Original airdate – September 28, 2009.
Running time – 59:57.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to Downstage Center’s Adrian Bryan-Brown program page.
You can also download directly the Adrian Bryan-Brown program (mp3).
Posted on Monday, September 28th, 2009 at 8:50 am
by
American Theatre Wing
Filed under:
Audio,
Downstage Center,
Press Representative.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the
RSS 2.0 feed.
You can
leave a response, or
trackback from your own site.
Leave a Reply
