Eric Schaeffer
Artistic Director, Signature Theatre, VA.
Eric Schaeffer, founder and artistic director of Virginia’s Signature Theatre, discusses the company’s growth and acclaim as a home for musical theatre in the Washington DC area; the company’s impending move from their 136-garage space into a two-theatre state of the art facility; how he’s developed relationships with theatre royalty like Stephen Sondheim and Cameron Mackintosh; his view on the rumored Broadway move of his Kennedy Center Mame; and why he’s looking forward to revisiting the musical The Witches Of Eastwick in a theatre roughly 1/6th the size of its original London home.
Original airdate - September 1, 2006.
Running time - 39:27.
For more information see Downstage Center’s Eric Schaeffer program page.
You can also download the Eric Schaeffer program (mp3).
Posted on Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 at 4:17 pm
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American Theatre Wing
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