Production: Crazy For You (WIT #179)

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Production: Crazy For You
The production team of Crazy For You – advertising representative Nancy Coyne, press representative Bill Evans, general manager Tyler Gatchell, casting director Julie Hughes, and producer Elizabeth Williams – discuss how the show was adapted from the 1930’s Gershwin musical Girl Crazy, advertising as a new musical – not a revival, producing [...]

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Performance (WIT #181)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Performance
The panel consisting of casting director Jay Binder (Lost In Yonkers), and actors Lucie Arnaz (Lost In Yonkers), Hallie Foote (The Roads to Rome), Gregory Hines (Jelly’s Last Jam), Tonya Pinkins (Jelly’s Last Jam), and John Schneider (Grand Hotel) discuss how they started their careers, what casting directors look for, auditioning established actors, rehearsing [...]

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Next To Normal: The Road To Broadway (WIT #384)

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Next To Normal: The Road to Broadway
The creative team behind the hit musical Next To Normal – Director Michael Greif, Composer Tom Kitt, Producer David Stone and Book Writer/Lyricist Brian Yorkey – discuss the unique road the show took to Broadway beginning with its start at the BMI Workshop; the origin of the show’s subject [...]

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Playwright and Director (WIT #183)

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Playwright and Director
The panel – playwright/director P.J. Barry (A Distance From Calcutta), lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Jelly’s Last Jam), playwright/director Horton Foote (The Roads To Home), agent Wiley Hausam (International Creative Management), musical adaptor Luther Henderson (Jelly’s Last Jam), playwright/director George C. Wolfe (Jelly’s Last Jam) – discuss how and why they got started in [...]

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Production: Jelly’s Last Jam (WIT #185)

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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