Douglas Carter Beane
Author of Xanadu and The Little Dog Laughed
Playwright Douglas Carter Beane talks about how his fascination with Greek myths dovetailed with a producer’s overture to adapt a famously bad movie, resulting in the new musical Xanadu; describes his years of making ends meet by staffing the hearing device booths at Broadway theatres, and manning the stage door at the Neil Simon Theatre; recalls his break-through year as a writer with Advice From A Caterpiller and The Country Club; chronicles the origin of his influential Off-Broadway company The Drama Department; and considers why he’s managed to write roles with specific actresses in mind in both As Bees In Honey Drown and The Little Dog Laughed, only to have those shows play to great success with entirely different women in the leads.
Original airdate - June 22, 2007.
Running time - 56:59.
For more information see Downstage Center’s Douglas Carter Beane program page.
You can also download the Douglas Carter Beane program (mp3).
Posted on Monday, June 25th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
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American Theatre Wing
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