Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
From New Dramatists
A panel of current New Dramatists playwrights — Carlyle Brown, David Grimm, Quiara Alegría Hudes and Lucy Thurber — talk about their differing styles of playwriting, what inspired them to start writing, how the world of the playwright has evolved and changed, what influences their writing and the challenges in getting their work [...]
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
David Henry Hwang
Author of Yellow Face.
Playwright David Henry Hwang talks about putting a version of himself — and his father — onstage in his new play Yellowface and why he doesn’t want to reveal what in the play is fact and what is fiction; recalls his extraordinary leap from having his first play produced in [...]
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Composer and Lyricist
Oscar, Emmy and five-time American Theatre Wing Tony Award winner, Peter Stone moderates this discussion with lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Triumph of Love, Jelly’s Last Jam), composers/lyricists John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago, Woman of the Year, Steel Pier, The Act), composer Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line, They’re Playing Our Song, The Sweet [...]
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
André Bishop
Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theater
Lincoln Center Theater artistic director André Bishop talks about the selection of Cymbeline and South Pacific for the current season and the thread that unifies the work on the company’s two stages; explains why its unlikely we’ll see certain types of plays in their Lincoln Center complex; recalls his start [...]
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