Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Playwright and Director
The panel — playwright Douglas Carter Beane (As Bees In Honey Drown), director Mark Brokaw (As Bees In Honey Drown, How I Learned To Drive), playwright/lyricist Bill Russell (Side Show) and playwright Paula Vogel (How I Learned To Drive) — talk about their backgrounds and developing their crafts, the advantages of writing for [...]
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Randy Graff
From Damn Yankees.
Tony Award winning actress Randy Graff talks about her role as Meg Boyd in the current Encores! revival of Damn Yankees, including what she learned from reading the novel on which the show is based and what she thinks of the enhanced intimacy between her character and the youthful Joe Hardy. [...]
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Production: Side Show
The production team for the musical Side Show — producer Emanuel Azenberg, press representative Bill Evans, and general manager Abbie M. Strassler — talk about the show’s journey from presentation to workshop to Broadway; the role of producer, casting director, general manager, company manager, and press agent; casting principal and chorus members; and [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Todd Haimes
Artistic Director, Roundabout Theatre Company.
25 years after coming to New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, artistic director Todd Haimes talks about the company’s growth from a financially troubled Off-Broadway group into one of the country’s largest not-for-profit theatres; his own transition from managing the business side to setting the artistic agenda; the relationship of the [...]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Design
The panel — Tony Award winning lighting designer Beverly Emmons for Amadeus, Passion and The Heiress; costume designer Danny Gates (When Pigs Fly); 1997 Tony Award winners for Best Scenic Design for Jekyll and Hyde James Noone and director/designer Robin Phillips; puppeteer Basil Twist (Peter and Wendy); director Mark Waldrop (When Pigs Fly); [...]
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