Monday, October 6th, 2008
Lynne Meadow
Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre Club.
Just after returning from a year-long sabbatical, Manhattan Theatre Club artistic director Lynne Meadow talks about what she did and didn’t do during her hiatus and explains how she shared planning for last season and the coming year with interim artistic director Daniel Sullivan. She also recalls her childhood [...]
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Diane Paulus
Director of the 40th Anniversary Concert Production of Hair.
Diane Paulus, director of the acclaimed 40th anniversary revival of the musical Hair in Central Park, talks about her long-standing love of the musical — despite the fact that she’d never actually seen it — and how she indoctrinated her youthful cast with the spirit of [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Todd Haimes
Artistic Director, Roundabout Theatre Company.
25 years after coming to New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, artistic director Todd Haimes talks about the company’s growth from a financially troubled Off-Broadway group into one of the country’s largest not-for-profit theatres; his own transition from managing the business side to setting the artistic agenda; the relationship of the [...]
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Michael Boyd
Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company.
Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Michael Boyd gives an overview of the company’s work, including its acclaimed Complete Works Festival and the recent two-year journey of the Histories cycle. He also talks about his own evolution as a theatre artist, with significant stints in Moscow and Glasgow; the experience [...]
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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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