Monday, August 25th, 2008
William Ivey Long
Tony Award-winning Costume Designer.
Five time Tony-winner William Ivey Long talks about his extensive career as one of Broadway’s top costume designers, from his earliest days on stage — living in a dressing room at the Raleigh Little Theatre in North Carolina — to his upcoming projects 9 To 5 and Dreamgirls. Along [...]
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
David Stone
Producer of Wicked.
As Wicked approaches its fifth anniversary on Broadway, producer David Stone talks about the ever-expanding life of the international hit musical, including how the show first came into being, how the production quality is maintained across multiple companies, and whether the show has to be adjusted for local audiences when it plays [...]
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Tony Meola
Sound Designer of Wicked and The Lion King.
Veteran sound designer Tony Meola talks about the many issues involved in designing such musicals as Wicked and The Lion King on Broadway and around the world, dissecting such issues as changes in technology over the course of his 30 year career, whether the theatre has lost [...]
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
John Glover
From The Marriage of Bette and Boo.
Tony-winning actor John Glover talks about the revival of Christopher Durang’s The Marriage of Bette and Boo at the Roundabout, and how he grappled with the distinctly unpleasant aspects of his character, based upon Durang’s own grandfather. He also talks about why he found the prospect of [...]
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Randy Graff
From Damn Yankees.
Tony Award winning actress Randy Graff talks about her role as Meg Boyd in the current Encores! revival of Damn Yankees, including what she learned from reading the novel on which the show is based and what she thinks of the enhanced intimacy between her character and the youthful Joe Hardy. [...]
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