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Downstage Center
Go in-depth with the leading artists and professionals working on stage today when you go Downstage Center. Downstage Center is the American Theatre Wing's acclaimed weekly theatrical interview program that spotlights the creative talents on Broadway, Off-Broadway, across the country and around the world, with in-depth conversations that simply can't be found anywhere else. Now in its sixth year, Downstage Center, produced in association with CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, has been featured by the Associated Press and Slate.com as the place to go for theatrical talk. New editions will be available every Wednesday from this website, where you can listen online, download the programs or subscribe to the podcast.

Kerry Butler
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Kerry Butler

Xanadu star Kerry Butler talks about her childhood performances of Olivia Newton-John songs and how they've informed her Broadway role as Kira, as well as the ins and outs of roller-skating on stage; her deep affection for the musical Blood Brothers and her experience in the Broadway production; her separate appearances in two somewhat blood-thirsty musicals, Bat Boy and Little Shop Of Horrors; why she took the originally underdeveloped role of Penny in the original Hairspray; and which of her roles fans most frequently mention when she meets them at the stage door.

Original air date - September 7, 2007
Running Time - 42:50



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