Thursday, December 29th, 2005
Audra McDonald
From Ragtime and Raisin In The Sun.
Audra McDonald recounts her start in theatre as an alternative to therapy for childhood hyperactivity, her teenage years at small theatres in northern California (including her performance as Eva in Evita), balancing her stage and concert careers, and the wide variety of musical styles to which she […]
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2005
Oskar Eustis
Artistic Director, The Public Theater.
Early in his first season at the helm, Oskar Eustis, the new artistic director of The Public Theater, talks about his plans for that seminal theatrical institution, both on stage and off, lets slip plans to pay tribute to the company’s original traveling Shakespeare mandate with new theatrical ventures […]
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2005
Michael Ball
From The Woman In White.
Michael Ball discusses straddling the worlds of musical theatre and pop music in his native England, as well as the irony of returning to the Broadway stage after 15 years to gain greater recognition in the U.S. in the role of Count Fosco in The Woman in White—where he’s […]
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Thursday, December 15th, 2005
Matthew Broderick
From The Foreigner and The Producers.
During the Off-Broadway run of The Foreigner, Matthew Broderick addresses whether he’s really as shy as news reports would portray him, talks about his early years growing up in New York and on both stage and screen, and reflects upon the runaway success of The Producers.
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Thursday, December 15th, 2005
Susan Stroman
Director and Choreographer of Frogs and The Producers.
Director—choreographer Susan Stroman charts her career from her early days as a chorus member in regional theatre to her triumph with The Producers to her work with Nathan Lane bringing Stephen Sondheim’s legendary but little seen The Frogs to life at Lincoln Center Theatre.
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