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 (including understudying Matthew Broderick) and how that training effects his casting work; the impetus behind MCC Theater and what his plans are for the company; what he thinks of casting theatre by reality TV in general and the Legally Blonde program in particular; and he talks about the varied challenges of casting, with particular focus on the actor-musicians of both the John Doyle-directed Company and the original cast and many companies of Rent over its 12 year run, as well as the distinctive characters of Wicked.
Original airdate - September 19, 2008.
Running time - 57:28.
For more information see Downstage Center’s Bernard Telsey program page.
You can also download the Bernard Telsey program (mp3).
Posted on Monday, September 22nd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
by
American Theatre Wing
Filed under:
Audio,
Casting Director,
Downstage Center.
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