Monday, July 14th, 2008
Michael Yeargan
Set Designer of South Pacific.
South Pacific’s Tony Award-winning set designer Michael Yeargan discusses the visual approach taken for the first Broadway revival of this classic musical, including the negotiation behind the dramatic reveal of the show’s orchestra, as well as the lessons he learned about working in the vast space of Lincoln Center’s Vivian [...]
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Playwright, Director and Choreographer
The panel of theatre professionals - playwright Michael J. Chepiga (Getting and Spending), choreographer Graciela Daniele (Ragtime), playwright/director Christopher Durang (Sex and Longing), director Garry Hynes (The Beauty Queen of Leenane), and director Joe Mantello (Corpus Christi) - discuss how they got their start, auditioning actors, controversy surrounding a play, and taking [...]
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Michael Boyd
Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company.
Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Michael Boyd gives an overview of the company’s work, including its acclaimed Complete Works Festival and the recent two-year journey of the Histories cycle. He also talks about his own evolution as a theatre artist, with significant stints in Moscow and Glasgow; the experience [...]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Production: Side Man
The Side Man production team — general manager Roy Gabay, producer Jay S. Harris, advertising representative, Drew Hodges, producer Peter Manning, marketing representative Nancy Richards, and press representative Gary Springer — discuss moving the Roundabout production to a commercial Broadway run, marketing tactics, ticket pricing, breakdown of the production budget, working on multiple [...]
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