Monday, January 14th, 2008
Norbert Leo Butz
From Is He Dead?
Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz talks about his first reaction on being approached about appearing in a “new” Mark Twain play, Is He Dead?, and about the construction of farce and how David Ives crafted the version of the play currently on Broadway; recalls his classical training at the [...]
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Performance
Actors Jennifer Ehle (Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing), Cherry Jones (Moon for the Misbegotten, The Heiress), Adam Pascal (Aida, Rent), Tonya Pinkins (The Wild Party, Jelly’s Last Jam), John Shea (The Director), and Patrick Stewart (A Christmas Carol, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan) discuss how and why they chose to be performers, their education and [...]
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
Tony Walton
Director of The Devil’s Disciple.
Designer turned director Tony Walton talks about his work directing the plays of George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward for New York’s Irish Repertory Theatre; considers how his work as a designer influences his work as a director — and vice versa; remembers his earliest days both at [...]
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Playwright, Director and Choreographer
Playwrights David Auburn (Proof) and Charles Busch (The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife), director/choreographer George Faison (For Colored Girls), choreographers David Marques (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) and Jerry Mitchell (The Full Monty), and director John Rando (The Dinner Party) discuss their experiences in professional theatre, including their backgrounds, creative processes, [...]
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