Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Production: Avenue Q
Members of the creative team of the Tony-winning musical Avenue Q — Robert Lopez (Composer/Lyricist), Rick Lyon (Puppet Designer/Actor), Jeff Marx (Composer/Lyricist),and Jeff Whitty (Book Writer) — along with producers Robyn Goodman and Jeffrey Seller explain how the pieces came together to create this unique puppet musical, the journey from its early days [...]
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Monday, February 12th, 2007
Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell
Creators of The Musical of Musicals - The Musical!.
Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell discuss the genesis of The Musical of Musicals—The Musical! and whether they’ll get to quit their day jobs as a result of its success.
Original airdate - July 16, 2004.Running time - 27:50.
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
Production: Caroline, or Change
The development of the musical Caroline, or Change and its move from The Public Theatre to Broadway is explored with Tony Kushner (writing a musical book and lyrics for the first time), composer Jeanine Tesori, choreographer Hope Clarke and actors Tonya Pinkins and Veanne Cox.
Original airdate - April 1, 2004.Running time - [...]
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Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Production: Grey Gardens
The Grey Gardens‘ creative team, Scott Frankel (composer), Michael Korie (lyricist) and Doug Wright (book writer) discuss the genesis of this new, highly acclaimed Broadway musical - why they chose this “cult” documentary to be the basis for a musical; how they all came together as collaborators; and what it took to make [...]
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Sheldon Harnick
Author and Lyricist of The Apple Tree.
Lyricist Sheldon Harnick explains the genesis of The Apple Tree as he prepares for its first Broadway revival, recalls his days as a writer of revue songs and his early encouragement from famed broadcaster Dave Garroway, recounts how he began his collaboration with composer Jerry Bock, shares why [...]
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