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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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Design
The panel — Tony Award winning lighting designer Beverly Emmons for Amadeus, Passion and The Heiress; costume designer Danny Gates (When Pigs Fly); 1997 Tony Award winners for Best Scenic Design for Jekyll and Hyde James Noone and director/designer Robin Phillips; puppeteer Basil Twist (Peter and Wendy); director Mark Waldrop (When Pigs Fly); [...]
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Michael Yeargan
Set Designer of South Pacific.
South Pacific’s Tony Award-winning set designer Michael Yeargan discusses the visual approach taken for the first Broadway revival of this classic musical, including the negotiation behind the dramatic reveal of the show’s orchestra, as well as the lessons he learned about working in the vast space of Lincoln Center’s Vivian [...]
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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 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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