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Robert Longbottom |
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Robert Longbottom
Guest host Ted Chapin, chairman of the board of the American Theatre Wing, talks with director Robert Longbottom about his current Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie at The Roundabout, including the challenge of auditioning 1400 teenagers, as well as his new revival of Dreamgirls, which like the story itself. starts its national climb to fame at New York's Apollo Theater, but only after a truly out of town tryout in South Korea. Longbottom also talks about how he managed to get his Equity card at age 10, despite being raised in Maine; his years as a dancer in Broadway ensembles and national tours; developing the piece that ultimately became Pageant while on tour with 42nd Street; the joy of both workshopping and rehearsing Side Show directly on Broadway stages, as opposed to rehearsal rooms; his work on plays including Hay Fever and Mr. Roberts (asking when first approached about the latter, "Who wrote music for it?"); and why he thinks the "revisal" of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song was such a success in Los Angeles but didn't work as well in New York.
Original air date - November 23, 2009
Running Time - 1:00:42
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