Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Demystifying the Classics
A trio of classical theatre veterans - Kate Fleetwood, Peter Francis James and Laila Robins - share their thoughts about the importance of language in performing the classics and the physical connection they feel to the language; why the classics force audiences to think; the reaction of younger audiences to classical theatre; […]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Patrick Stewart
From Macbeth.
Shakespeare veteran Patrick Stewart talks about finally having the opportunity to play the title role in Macbeth, some 50 years after he first memorized the play’s great speeches, and chronicles the production’s swift journey from Chichester to London to Brooklyn to Broadway. He also talks about his decades-long association with the […]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Performing Musicals
Actors Roger Bart (Young Frankenstein), Brian d’Arcy James (Next To Normal), Priscilla Lopez (In The Heights) and Sherie Rene Scott (The Little Mermaid) — collectively veterans of more than 30 Broadway and off-Broadway musicals — talk about the differences between performing in musicals and straight plays; acting techniques and voice training; how they […]
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Performance
The panel of performers talk about their training and when they decided to become actors. Power Plays co-stars Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss talk about working together at Northwestern. Both Billy Crudup and Dana Reeve (More To Love: A Big Fat Comedy) pursued Master of Fine Arts degrees in order to […]
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
James Earl Jones
From Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
In a startlingly candid interview, actor James Earl Jones talks about what drew him to playing the role of Big Daddy in the current revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and his views on the play being performed by African-American actors. He also […]
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