Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Performance
Actors Len Cariou, Patrick Cassidy, Andre De Shields, Michael Learned, Mary Louise Parker, and Marian Seldes talk not only about their careers and their training, but also about the drive, the passion, and the knowledge needed to achieve a career in the theatre.
Original airdate - September 1, 2000.Running time - 90 minutes.
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
Shuler Hensley
From Young Frankenstein.
Shuler Hensley, the creature from Young Frankenstein, talks about the development of his character in the new Mel Brooks musical, as well as his seeming affinity for playing monsters; sings a bit from The Phantom Of The Opera in German, recreating the role he played in Hamburg a decade ago; recalls […]
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Horton Foote’s America
In a one-on-one interview with playwright Horton Foote he talks about his early career as an actor, who was responsible for his becoming a playwright, how his connection to the past inspires his writing, what it was like to write for television’s Golden Age, writing for different mediums, including his Oscar winning […]
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
Terrence McNally
Author of The Ritz.
Terrence McNally talks about The Ritz then (1975) and now (the current Roundabout revival) and reveals his own cameo performance at the show’s first opening night; describes his emergence as a playwright in the Off-Off-Broadway scene of the 1960s; considers the extraordinary run of productions he had at Manhattan Theatre […]
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Production: Aida
The production team of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida - musical director Paul Bogaev, press representative Chris Boneau, director Robert Falls, book writer David Henry Hwang, vice president of creative affairs Stuart Oken, and producer Thomas Schumacher - follows the show from its creative inception, through its early production at the Alliance […]
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