Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
B.D. Wong
From Herringbone.
Tony-winner B.D. Wong talks about his ongoing fascination with the 11-character, one-actor musical Herringbone, from seeing the original production in 1981 through appearing in it for the third time, currently at New Jersey’s McCarter Theater Center. He also recalls his earliest appearances on stage in high school musicals in San Francisco; his [...]
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Production: Stanley
The production team of Stanley — press representative Bill Evans, producers Gregory Mosher and Edgar Rosenblum, and marketing representative Evan Shapiro — discuss the process of bringing the play from the Royal National Theatre in London to Broadway, working with director John Caird, extensive press coverage, and target marketing including a new $10 ticket [...]
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Bernard Telsey
Casting Director of [title of show] & Legally Blonde.
Prolific Broadway casting director (and recent reality TV judge) Bernard Telsey discusses his parallel careers as the head of Telsey + Company and the artistic director of Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater. He shares some tidbits about his own training as an actor, his few acting gigs [...]
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Unions and Guilds
The panelists — Julianne Boyd (Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers); Dean Brown and Muriel Stockdale (United Scenic Artisis); Shirley Herz and Bernice Weiler (Assoc. of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers); Conard Fowkes (Actors’ Equity Association); and Barry Moss (Casting Society of America) — talk about how and why their organizations were formed, [...]
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Estelle Parsons
From August: Osage County.
Oscar-winner Estelle Parsons talks about taking on the role of the pill-popping Violet Weston in Broadway’s August: Osage County, noting that she’s played many drinkers in her career but this is her first drug addict, and also describes the incredible challenge of joining members of the original cast in the midst [...]
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