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Go in-depth with the leading artists and professionals working on stage today when you go "Downstage Center." Downstage Center, a collaboration of the American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio, is a weekly theatrical interview program that spotlights the creative talents on Broadway, Off-Broadway, across the country and around the world, with in-depth conversations that simply can"t be found anywhere else.
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Downstage Center is heard weekly on XM Satellite Radio's Channel 28, On Broadway, with new programs debuting Fridays at 6 pm, followed by encores on Saturday at 12 noon, Sunday at 7 and Wednesday at midnight (all times eastern).
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Tony Meola |
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Sound Designer of Wicked and The Lion King.
Original air date - August 8, 2008
Running Time - 55:52.
Bio of Tony Meola
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 something with the rise of the amplified voice, microphone placement at the hairline vs. the jawline, and why its hard to have two performers singing a romantic song face to face, only inches apart, on stage. He also describes his own growth as a designer, from his earliest days on the electrics crew at The Public Theater on a new show called A Chorus Line to his "big break" thanks to Jerry Zaks on the 1987 revival of Anything Goes to the nuances of sound in his design of the recent revival of The Ritz to what factors he uses to decide whether to sign on to design a production.
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