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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.

Thomas Schumacher
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Thomas Schumacher

Late in the run of Disney's Aida and two years before Tarzan began swinging on 46th Street, Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions, discusses the Disney approach to theatrical production and the process that brought Beauty And The Beast and The Lion King to stage life—and brought Disney to Broadway.

Original air date - August 13, 2004
Running Time - 48:16



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