Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
John Kander Composer of The Scottsboro Boys. Composer John Kander talks about his decades-long collaboration with Fred Ebb, with particular focus on the four projects that were not fully completed before Ebb’s death in 2004: The Scottsboro Boys, The Visit, All About Us (aka Over and Over) and Curtains, speaking directly to the issues of [...]
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Monday, December 27th, 2010
In this quiet week between Christmas and New Year’s, the American Theatre Wing reaches a small milestone: the 300th interview on our podcast, “Downstage Center,” which will be released on Wednesday. I have to confess, when John von Soosten, who ran the “On Broadway” channel of the now extinct (I’m sorry, merged) XM Satellite Radio, [...]
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Monday, December 27th, 2010
Getting the Show on the Road The panel of producers, presenters and bookers — Meredith Blair, Mike Isaacson, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Steven Schnepp and Allan Williams — discuss what works and what doesn’t on the road; the challenges of educating audiences about a show; what content might be considered too risky for road productions; how important [...]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
David Esbjornson Director of Driving Miss Daisy. Having recently steered Driving Miss Daisy to Broadway, director David Esbjornson discusses what it’s like to direct a “brand,” why he thinks older actors can play younger much more easily than the other way around, and what it was like to work with powerhouse actors like Vanessa Redgrave [...]
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
I shouldn’t be feeling ornery as holiday spirit is in the air, but I just read producer Ken Davenport’s newest blog, on theatrical effects, and it’s gotten me a bit riled. Before citing a list of his top five theatrical effects, Ken quotes Spider-Man bookwriter Glen Berger, and, assuming Ken captured the quote accurately, I’ll [...]
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