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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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Boyd Gaines
From Gypsy.
On the eve of his fourth Tony Award win, actor Boyd Gaines talks about his busy year, including Journey’s End, Pygmalion and both the Encores and Broadway runs of Gypsy. He also describes his early training and extensive work in regional theatre, both before and after his years on the sitcom One [...]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Design
The panel of lighting designers Jules Fisher (Ragtime) and Donald Holder (The Lion King), scenic designers Eugene Lee (Ragtime) and Ming Cho Lee (The Public Theater), and The Lion King associate costume designer Mary Peterson discuss the challenges of designing their current shows, how sets, lighting, and costumes complement each other, display and [...]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Barbara Gaines
Artistic Director, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.
Barbara Gaines, founder and artistic director of the newly Tony-recognized Chicago Shakespeare Theater, talks about the company’s evolution from a classical acting workshop to a major institution with an impressive home on Chicago’s Navy Pier. She discusses her own background, including training at Northwestern University and an acting stint [...]
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Performance
The international panel of performers — Scottish actor Iain Glen (The Blue Room), Australian actress Nicole Kidman (The Blue Room), Irish actress Anna Manahan (The Beauty Queen of Leenane), and Filipino actress Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon) — discuss their training, the rehearsal process, taking a whole approach to both film and stage work, overcoming stage [...]
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