Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Production: Master Class
The production team of Master Class — producer Lewis Allen, producing associate Doris Blum, actress Karen Day Cody, press agent Bill Evans, casting director Alan Filderman, stage manager Dianne Trulock, and advertising representative Jim Weiner — traces the show from its Montana workshop, to stagings in Philadelphia, L.A., and D.C., to opening in [...]
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Arias to Showstoppers: The Worlds of Opera and Theatre
Composer Michael John LaChiusa, and directors Diane Paulus and Stephen Wadsworth have all worked in the once mutually-exclusive worlds of opera and theatre. They share their thoughts about the nature of each of these entertainment forms, how they differ and what they share; the use of amplification [...]
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Playwright, Director and Choreographer
The panel - director Melvin Bernhardt (The Blues Are Running), playwright David Henry Hwang (Golden Child, M. Butterfly), composer Mary Rodgers (Once Upon A Mattress), playwright Nicky Silver (Fit To Be Tied), director David Warren (Fit To Be Tied), and choreographer Marlies Yearby (Rent) - discuss how directors collaborate with playwrights, how [...]
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Jan Maxwell
From To Be Or Not To Be.
Two-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell talks about whether she’s been influenced by Carole Lombard and Anne Bancroft, her film predecessors as the leading ladies of To Be or Not To Be, as well as the difficulty of working in a new play when the author was on the [...]
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Actors Words, Writers Voice
Daniel Jenkins, Lisa Kron and David Pittu - who have appeared both on stage and written works for the stage - talk about how they balance these dual roles; what they learn about being playwrights from their acting; where they get inspiration for their plays; how audiences help them enhance their [...]
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