Production: Love! Valour! Compassion! (WIT #229)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Production: Love! Valour! Compassion!
The production team of Love! Valour! Compassion! - general manager Victoria Bailey, press representative Helene Davis, managing director Barry Grove, director Joe Mantello, playwright Terrence McNally, and artistic director Lynne Meadow - discuss giving playwrights a home at Manhattan Theatre Club, director and playwright working together for the first time, transferring [...]

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Playwright, Director and Choreographer (WIT #235)

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Playwright, Director and Choreographer
The multi-disciplined panelists — director/choreographer Jeff Calhoun (Busker Alley), director/playwright Michael Leeds (Swinging on a Star), actor/playwright Anne Meara (After-Play), director Mike Ockrent (Big, Crazy For You, Me and My Girl), director/choreographer Lee Roy Reams (Hello, Dolly! revival), director Lloyd Richards (Fences), and director John Tillinger (Deathtrap) — discuss the director’s [...]

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Robert Whitehead and Brian Clark (SDCF Masters of the Stage #22)

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Robert Whitehead and Brian Clark
In April of 1986, the day after their play The Petition, staring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, began its short lived run on Broadway, writer/producer Brian Clark and producer/director Robert Whitehead sat down with colleague Robert Pesola to discuss bringing serious work to Broadway. The two frame the discussion somewhat ominously; [...]

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Playwright and Director (WIT #243)

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Playwright and Director
The discussion panel - director Leonard Foglia (Master Class), director Michael Greif (Rent), playwright Betsy Howie (Cowgirls), lyricist Tom Jones (The Fantasticks), composer/lyricist Mary Murfitt (Cowgirls), and director George C. Wolfe (Bring In ‘Da Noise, Bring In ‘Da Funk) - talk about how their pieces evolved from concept to production, the role [...]

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Playwright and Director (WIT #125)

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Playwright and Director
The panel - playwright Allan Knee (Late Night Comic), director Ron Lagomarsino (Driving Miss Daisy), director Lloyd Richards (Fences), casting director Meg Simon (Fences), playwright Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy), and playwright August Wilson (Fences) - discuss directing styles, collaboration between playwright and director, developing and casting their current productions, and the emergence [...]

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