Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Making Ogre Broadway
In a broadcast devoted to an in-depth look at one Broadway show, our guests are the creative team behind Shrek The Musical — Book writer and Lyricist David Lindsay-Abaire, Producer Bill Damaschke, Director Jason Moore, Producer Caro Newling and Composer Jeanine Tesori. Highlights of the discussion centered on how the team was [...]
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Arias to Showstoppers: The Worlds of Opera and Theatre
Composer Michael John LaChiusa, and directors Diane Paulus and Stephen Wadsworth have all worked in the once mutually-exclusive worlds of opera and theatre. They share their thoughts about the nature of each of these entertainment forms, how they differ and what they share; the use of amplification [...]
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
Producing
The panel — A Few Good Men’s director Don Scardino and playwright Aaron Sorkin, director George C. Wolfe (Spunk) and director Luke Yankee (The Cherry Orchard) — discusses their current productions and how each show was conceived. The creative team of Once On This Island — book writer/lyricist Lynn Ahrens, director/choreographer Graciela Daniele, and [...]
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Production: The Lion King
The Lion King production team — press representative Chris Boneau, composer Lebo M, advertising representative Rick Elice, producers Peter Schneider and Thomas Schumacher, and director, costume and mask designer Julie Taymor — talk about the development of the animated film, the subsequent development of the theatrical show led by Taymor’s vision, forming [...]
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Production: Ragtime
Lyricist Lynn Ahrens, producer Garth Drabinsky, composer Stephen Flaherty, director Frank Galati, book writer Terrence McNally, and advertising representative Jon Wilner discuss the journey of the American musical Ragtime — from adapting E.L. Doctorow’s novel, to comparisons with the 1981 film, through numerous workshops, to the full-scale Toronto and Broadway productions.
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