Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Production: Jelly’s Last Jam
The Jelly’s Last Jam production team – general manager Michael David, advertising representative Rick Elice of Serino Coyne, press agent Richard Kornberg, producers Pamela Koslow and Margo Lion, and legal counsel Jean Ward – discuss developing the musical for Music-Theater Group, working with director/performer Gregory Hines, creating a standout ad campaign, and [...]
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Jules Feiffer
Cartoonist and playwright Jules Feiffer talks about his revue Hold Me, based on his cartoon work; the selection process; how each skit, while different, is connected thematically; and the response to the show nationally.
Running time – 03:44.
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
Beth Leavel
From Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!’s newest leading lady, Beth Leavel, talks about slipping into the polyester disco gear of Donna Sheridan, describing the rare opportunity of joining a long-running production and still getting a full rehearsal period, as well as the benefit of coming in with an almost entirely new set of leading actors. [...]
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Amazing Affinity: Actors 2009
Our panel of actors — Danny Burstein, Malcolm Gets, Bill Pullman and John Douglas Thompson — share the particular moment when they realized they wanted to be actors; how the language of a play influences their portrayal of a character; what it’s like to work in a show with just one or [...]
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Directing Shakespeare
In May of 1988, esteemed Shakespearean acting teacher Ada Brown Mather discussed the bard’s work with three of its contemporary master directors: Zoe Caldwell, Gerald Freedman, and Stuart Vaughn. Mather first introduces us to the work of the panelists, and then she begins a discussion framed by the questions “why do we get [...]
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