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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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 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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Monday, April 28th, 2008
David Zippel
Lyricist of Pamela’s First Musical.
Lyricist David Zippel discusses the development of Pamela’s First Musical, the challenges posed by the untimely passing of two of his collaborators on the project — composer Cy Coleman and author Wendy Wasserstein, and the upcoming benefit performance which will mark the show’s first public performance. He also talks about [...]
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Unexpectedly Theatre
With backgrounds rooted in rock and roll, television comedy and comics, our 4 guests have made the leap from their day jobs to the stages of Broadway and Off Broadway with their musicals. Ben Katchor (The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island), David Javerbaum (Cry-Baby), Heidi Rodewald (Passing Strange) and Stew (Passing Strange) discuss [...]
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