Friday, June 23rd, 2006
Liev Schreiber
From Macbeth.
Liev Schreiber takes time out from The Public Theatre’s production of Macbeth to reflect on the humanity of that villainous role, his love for the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, how directing his first film has informed his own work as an actor, and why he thinks Pinter and Mamet are similar […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2006
Kate Burton
From The Water’s Edge.
Three-time Tony nominee Kate Burton discusses her newest show, the family drama The Water’s Edge by Theresa Rebeck, and why she’s drawn to characters who are once dark and witty, and she talks about other family matters as well, including how her famous father Richard felt about her entering the […]
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Friday, June 16th, 2006
Angela Lansbury
From Mame and Gypsy.
Stage and screen legend Angela Lansbury surveys her theatre career, from her wartime drama school scholarship (courtesy of the American Theatre Wing) to her acclaimed work in the musicals of Stephen Sondheim (Anyone Can Whistle and Sweeney Todd) and Jerry Herman (Mame and Dear World) to dramatic roles in Shakespeare […]
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Bob Martin
Author of The Drowsy Chaperone.
Actor and author Bob Martin chronicles the journey of The Drowsy Chaperone from sophisticated bachelor party entertainment to success on the Toronto fringe to its current berth as a full-scale Broadway musical, and talks about the creation of his critically acclaimed television series Slings & Arrows, which portrays life […]
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Sunday, June 4th, 2006
Maria Friedman
From The Woman In White.
During the run of her solo gig at the Café Carlyle in New York, Maria Friedman talks about her extensive relationship with the work of Stephen Sondheim, including English productions of Merrily We Roll Along and Passion; the health challenge that faced her during the Broadway run of The […]
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