Monday, February 11th, 2008
Edward Albee
Award-winning American Playwright.
Multiple Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee talks about the “inadvertent festival” of his works in the New York area, explaining why he declined to allow any synopsis of Me, Myself and I for its production at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre, whether The American Dream and The Sandbox at New York’s Cherry [...]
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Performance
Performers Bryan Batt (Saturday Night Fever), Kristin Chenoweth (Epic Proportions), Boyd Gaines (Contact), Marin Mazzie (Kiss Me Kate), Tom Wopat (Annie Get Your Gun) and Deborah Yates (Contact) discuss working on preview performances, how audiences can vary wildly, the pros and cons of live music and amplification, reconceiving shows for revivals, and stories [...]
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Richard Easton
From New Jerusalem.
Tony Award-winning actor Richard Easton talks about his role in David Ives’ play New Jerusalem and why he didn’t spend much time trying to parse Spinoza’s philosophy in preparation for the show (and why audiences needn’t either); recalls how an off-hand contest entry as a schoolboy set him off on a theatrical [...]
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