Posted on July 28th, 2010 at 8:54 am
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Jerry Zaks
Tony Award-winning Director.
Veteran director Jerry Zaks talks about his role as Creative Consultant on The Addams Family since joining the production after its opening in Chicago and the work he has planned for Sister Act as a result of seeing its current London staging. He also talks about his introduction to theatre while a student at Dartmouth; his early years as an actor in productions including Grease and Tintypes; his role in the founding of Ensemble Studio Theatre; finding Christopher Durang’s Sister Mary Ignatius and why a nice Jewish boy was drawn to a play about a nun; how he fully made the shift from acting to directing; his relationships with playwrights Durang (Beyond Therapy, Baby With the Bathwater, The Marriage of Bette and Boo), Larry Shue (The Foreigner, Wenceslas Square) and John Guare (The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation); how he approached productions of such revered classics as Guys and Dolls and Anything Goes; why he likens his relationship with actor Nathan Lane to that of orchestra conductor and concertmaster; his plans for the new revue of Randy Newman songs Harps and Angels; and why he’s always hoping to provide his audience with an “ecstatic experience.”
Original airdate – July 28, 2010.
Running time – 1:02:46.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to Downstage Center’s Jerry Zaks program page.
You can also download directly the Jerry Zaks program (mp3).
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Posted on July 27th, 2010 at 10:39 am
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Laurence Luckinbill
Actor Laurence Luckinbill, the star of Poor Murderer and now the Pulitzer Prize winning play The Shadow Box, talks about how Broadway plays are thriving, thanks in part to plays developed at regional theatres such as the Mark Taper Forum and the Long Wharf Theatre.
Running time – 03:45.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to TBL This Is Broadway’s Laurence Luckinbill program page.
You can also download directly the Laurence Luckinbill program (mp3).
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Posted on July 26th, 2010 at 10:00 am
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The Next Generation 2010
Our panel of some of Broadway’s brightest new performers – Jennifer Damiano, Robin de Jesús, John Gallagher, Jr., Jon Michael Hill and Krysta Rodriguez – discuss the first professional show they ever saw; the moment they realized they wanted to perform and how their families responded to the news; how their very first jobs came about; the challenges of choosing between school and work; whether they like to go to other shows and what kind of audience member they are; and what they learn from their professional colleagues.
Original airdate – June 25, 2010.
Running time – 1:00:00.
For more information, to watch online, or to download the episode go to Working in the Theatre’s The Next Generation 2010 program page.
You can also download directly the The Next Generation 2010 program (mp4).
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Posted on July 23rd, 2010 at 8:37 am
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Wig Maker
Theatrical Wig Maker Paul Huntley explains the multitude of advantages of using wigs on stage; how he started his career in theatre; his preference for a natural look; working on the long-running musical Cats; and his ability to be a prolific designer. Huntley demonstrates tying hair to create a new wig; and shows how a wig helps transform an actor into character.
Original airdate – July 23, 2010.
Running time – 07:19.
For more information, to watch online, or to download the episode go to In The Wings’ Wig Maker program page.
You can also download directly the Wig Maker program (mp4).
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Posted on July 21st, 2010 at 8:25 am
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Penny Fuller
From Love, Loss, and What I Wore.
While playing the “anchor role” in Off-Broadway’s Love, Loss and What I Wore, actress Penny Fuller talked about her wide-ranging career, noting (even to her own surprise) how many times she got roles because someone else dropped out or was let go fairly late in the production process. She recalls her first Broadway break, understudying Elizabeth Ashley (who would later play her mother in Dividing the Estate) in the original production of Barefoot in the Park; standing by for Jill Haworth and going on more than 100 times in the original Cabaret, performing Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 in repertory in Central Park with Sam Waterston as Prince Hal and Stacy Keach as Falstaff; playing the world’s most infamous understudy, Eve Harrington, opposite Lauren Bacall in Applause; the challenges that faced the ill-fated musical Rex; the thrill of appearing in William Finn’s A New Brain; playing Mrs. Kendal both on stage and on TV in Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man; and why she’s a leading lady in the theatre but a character actress on television.
Original airdate – July 21, 2010.
Running time – 1:02:53.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to Downstage Center’s Penny Fuller program page.
You can also download directly the Penny Fuller program (mp3).
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