Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Christine Lahti
From God of Carnage.
One of God of Carnage’s current combatants on Broadway, Christine Lahti, talks about playing the range of emotions that consume her character over the course of the play’s mere 80 minutes, and how the new ensemble developed the rapport for such a physical and intimate work. She also discusses her college [...]
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
Andre De Shields
Two-time Tony nominated actor, writer, and director.
The multi-talented Andre De Shields describes the development of his new one-man show, Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance, and why it may be a work-in-progress for several years to come. He also talks about growing up in a family of 11 children [...]
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Doug Wright
Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright.
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award honored playwright Doug Wright discusses his virtually genetic passion for theatre and how that matched up with his conservative Texas childhood; his escape to New Haven and later New York for college and grad school; his early work at the O’Neill Theatre Center and the Yale Repertory [...]
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Emily Mann
Artistic Director of McCarter Theatre.
As she celebrates her 20th season as artistic director of Princeton’s McCarter Theatre, Emily Mann recalls the factors she considered when taking on the job; counsel she received at the time from directors Peter Hall and Mark Lamos; how she has evolved the McCarter audience in the direction of the [...]
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Scott Ellis
Roundabout Theatre Company Associate Artistic Director.
With Theresa Rebeck’s The Understudy soon to close at the Roundabout and Douglas Carter Beane’s Mr. & Mrs. Fitch beginning rehearsals at Second Stage, director Scott Ellis discusses his attraction to both projects and the delays and opportunities that caused each of them to land in New York a [...]
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