Posted on July 24th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
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Production: Side Show
The production team for the musical Side Show — producer Emanuel Azenberg, press representative Bill Evans, and general manager Abbie M. Strassler — talk about the show’s journey from presentation to workshop to Broadway; the role of producer, casting director, general manager, company manager, and press agent; casting principal and chorus members; and marketing a new show.
Original airdate - September 1, 1997.
Running time - 90 minutes.
For more information see Working in the Theatre’s Production: Side Show program page.
You can also download the Production: Side Show program (mp4).
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 at 10:37 am
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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 company to the world of commercial theatre, since both produce on Broadway; how he manages to attract top level artists to work at Roundabout for relatively minimal salaries; why he planned to leave the company 10 years ago — and why he ended up staying put; and how the company expanded its repertoire from Ibsen, Shaw and Shakespeare into more modern works, musicals and even brand-new plays.
Original airdate - July 18, 2008.
Running time - 55:41.
For more information see Downstage Center’s Todd Haimes program page.
You can also download the Todd Haimes program (mp3).
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Posted on July 17th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
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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); and producer/playwright Liza Lorwin (Peter and Wendy) — talk about how designers work with directors, producers and writers; directing in addition to designing; creating pop-up sets; working with the late Howard Crabtree on When Pigs Fly, with a detailed demonstration of costumes; Jekyll and Hyde’s movable plexiglass towers, backdrops, and lighting with new Varilights technology; and the unanswerable question of “what makes good design?”
Original airdate - September 1, 1997.
Running time - 90 minutes.
For more information see Working in the Theatre’s Design program page.
You can also download the Design program (mp4).
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Posted on July 14th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
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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 Beaumont Theatre on both South Pacific and The Light In The Piazza. Yeargan also recalls his introduction to theatre and opera as a youth in Dallas; his studies — and later his teachings — at the Yale School of Drama; his early Broadway experiences with Terrence McNally’s Bad Habits and The Ritz; and his sustained collaborations with directors Andrei Serban, Mark Lamos and Bartlett Sher.
Original airdate - July 11, 2008.
Running time - 57:11.
For more information see Downstage Center’s Michael Yeargan program page.
You can also download the Michael Yeargan program (mp3).
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Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
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Playwright, Director and Choreographer
The panel of theatre professionals - playwright Michael J. Chepiga (Getting and Spending), choreographer Graciela Daniele (Ragtime), playwright/director Christopher Durang (Sex and Longing), director Garry Hynes (The Beauty Queen of Leenane), and director Joe Mantello (Corpus Christi) - discuss how they got their start, auditioning actors, controversy surrounding a play, and taking on alternate roles of choreographer, actor, or director.
Original airdate - September 1, 1998.
Running time - 60 minutes.
For more information see Working in the Theatre’s Playwright, Director and Choreographer program page.
You can also download the Playwright, Director and Choreographer program (mp4).
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