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CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TVJeffrey Toobin, Homegrown and the Rise of Right-Wing ExtremismJeffrey Toobin discusses Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, who in 1995 bombed the Murrah Federal Building, in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, including 19 children. Toobin sites historic events: the government’s assault on Waco, racism, the Assault Weapons Ban as dynamics leading to the heinous crime. Linking the 90’s right-wing ideology to today, Toobin notes the ongoing fixation with guns, a belief that violence is justified, and an obsession with the Founding Fathers. "Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism,” a must-read!2023-09-2625 min
ATW - Working In The TheatreThe Tony Awards: History, Highlights and Backstage - June, 2012On a special Tony Awards edition of "Working in the Theatre" host Ted Chapin, Chairman of the American Theatre Wing, takes viewers behind the scenes with Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, Executive Producers of the Tony Awards, talks with past Tony winners Joel Grey and Jefferson Mays who share their feelings about winning and the TONY history-making achievement attached to each of their awards, and we'll hear from many of this year's nominees including Audra McDonald, John Lithgow, Cynthia Nixon, Linda Lavin, Nina Arianda, Harvey Fierstein and Christian Borle to name just a few!2012-06-0400 minATW - Working In The TheatreRegional Theatre - December, 2011Our guests -- representatives from theatres receiving the American Theatre Wing 2011 National Theatre Company Grants: Buntport Theater Company, FUSION, Mo´olelo Performing Arts Company, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Rude Mechanicals, Synchronicity Theatre, TheatreSquared, TimeLine Theatre, Transport Group and Watts Village Theater Company -- discuss the challenges they face in tough economic times; their community outreach; and the creativity and diversity in the works they present.2011-12-0500 min
Tony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreThrough Their Eyes: Actors 2011 - February, 2011Actors Colman Domingo, Elizabeth Marvel, Tony Award winner Michele Pawk (2003 for Featured Actress in Hollywood Arms), Daphne Rubin-Vega and David Zayas discuss the influence of their early training; how they challenge themselves for each role; their feelings about participating in readings and workshops; collaborating with directors; their relationship with the audience and how it affects their performance; and roles that they'd like to play.2011-02-2300 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreRevivals: Return to Broadway - April, 1996The panelists -- President/Executive Director of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin, President of the American Theatre Producers Cy Feuer (and four-time Tony winner for the original productions of Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying and a Special Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003), writer/critic Martin Gottfried, actor Nathan Lane (Tony winner for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Producers), actor Donna McKechnie (Tony winner for A Chorus Line), book writer Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof), five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman (for Crazy...2010-11-0200 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1996The panel of performers - Jessica Boevers (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Jim Dale (Candide, Tony winner for 1980’s Barnum), Justin Kirk (Love! Valour! Compassion!), Daniel Massey (Taking Sides), Jay Hunter Morris (Master Clas), Adam Pascal (Rent), and Jean Smart (Fit To Be Tied) - discuss their backgrounds in diverse areas of performance such as dance, opera, rock music, and repertory theatre; pursuing acting in New York compared to Chicago and Los Angeles; early roles, training, and getting an agent; and reciprocal reactions between the performer and audiences.2010-10-2500 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlayscript - April, 1980The panel of playwrights -- Edward Albee (Tony winner for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the 2005 recipient of the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), Eve Merriam (The Club), Samm-Art Williams (Home), Lanford Wilson (Talley's Folly), and Ruth Wolff (The Abdication) -- discuss producing their current plays, how much playwrights creatively collaborate with directors and producers, the responsibilities of an agent, how playwrights learn to direct, and advice for actors and new playwrights.2010-10-1800 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1982The panel of performers -- Karen Akers (Nine), Christine Baranski (Tony Awards for The Real Thing and Rumors), actor/playwright Harvey Fierstein (who won acting Tony Awards for Hairspray and Torch Song Trilogy -- for which he also won a Best Play Tony in addition to his best book Tony for La Cage Aux Folles), Ben Harney (Dreamgirls, Tony Award), Lonny Price (Master Harold...and the boys), and Liv Ullmann (Ghosts) -- discuss the strong themes of their respective productions; how demanding their roles are, from character development to physical challenges to the emotional intensity of a role; training and...2010-10-0400 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Dancing In The End Zone - April, 1984The business team for the play Dancing In The End Zone -- literary agent Mitch Douglas, producers Dasha Epstein and Morton Gottlieb, publicist Milly Schoenbaum, and general manager Richard Seader -- talk about the responsibilities of the producer, the benefits of a workshop versus going out-of-town, the role of a press agent, comparing large off-Broadway houses to Broadway, and the evolution of opening night events including critics now attending previews.2010-09-2700 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1984The panel of actors -- Sinead Cusack (Cyrano De Bergerac), Frank Langella (Tony winner for Seascape, Dracula and Frost/Nixon), Joe Mantegna (Glengarry Glen Ross, Tony Award), Theresa Merritt (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom), and Sigourney Weaver (Hurlyburly) -- talk about their training, auditioning for their first major roles, the rehearsal process, working in the ensemble, actors who are also playwrights, and establishing relationships as a result of stage work.2010-09-2000 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Hurlyburly - September, 1984The business team behind Hurlyburly -- advertising representative Rick Elice, agent Milton Goldman, legal counsel Jay S. Harris (Tony Winner for 1999’s Side Man), stage manager Peter Lawrence, press representative Sandra Manley, and producer Frederick Zollo (Tony Awards for Part One and Two of Angels in America and the 2002 revival of Private Lives) -- discuss how David Rabe's play found a producer, director, and high profile cast for its debut at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, its successful off-Broadway run prior to Broadway, producing with a profit pool plan, production costs including the advertising budget, and the present state of the American pl...2010-09-1300 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - April, 1985The panel of Broadway actors -- Matthew Broderick (two-time Tony winner for Brighton Beach Memoirs and How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying), Jim Dale (Candide, Tony winner for 1980’s Barnum), Charles S. Dutton (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom), Rosemary Harris (Tony Award winner in 1966 for The Lion in Winter), Glenda Jackson (Strange Interlude), and theatrical agent Lionel Larner -- discuss how they left their various layman jobs to begin performing, their audition experiences, how they became involved in their current productions, what they look for in an agent, how they obtained one, and the role of an agent.2010-08-3000 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Grind - April, 1985The producing team of the 1985 Broadway musical Grind -- advertising representative Jeffrey Ash, group sales executive Ronald S. Lee, executive producer Ruth Mitchell (Tony Awards for Cabaret and Candide), and producers Michael Frazier, Kenneth Greenblatt (three-time Tony winner in 1982 for Nine, in 1984 for La Cage aux Folles and in 2005 for the revival of La Cage aux Folles), Mary Lea Johnson (Tony winner for Sweeney Todd), and John Pomerantz -- talks about bringing the nearly $5 million production to Broadway after a tryout in Baltimore, working with director Hal Prince, the importance of advertising and group ticket sales in light of mixed...2010-08-1600 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1985The panel of actors -- Don Correia (Singin' in the Rain), Tovah Feldshuh (Springtime for Henry), Glenne Headly (Arms and the Man), Judd Hirsch (Tony Awards for I'm Not Rappaport and Conversations With My Father), Barnard Hughes (The Iceman Cometh and a Tony Award winner for Da), Cleavon Little (I'm Not Rappaport and Tony winner for Purlie), Elizabeth McGovern (Map of the World) -- and casting director Vincent G. Liff discuss how they have dealt with mishaps and missed lines, the extent of research done for roles, schooling and formal acting training, starting out in regional theatre such as Chicago...2010-08-1000 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - September, 1985The panelists -- director Clinton Turner Davis (Two Can Play), playwright Herb Gardner (1986 Tony Award for I'm Not Rappaport), playwright/lyricist Tom Jones (The Fantasticks), playwright Shirley Lauro (Open Admissions), lyricist/director Richard Maltby Jr. (Tony Award winner in 1978 for Ain’t Misbehavin’), playwright Marsha Norman (Night Mother and a Tony Award for The Secret Garden) and composer Harvey Schmidt (The Fantasticks) -- discuss how a playwright chooses a director, the role of a playwright, how much structure is provided by the text, and the varying degrees of collaboration between director, playwright, and actor.2010-08-0200 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreThe Next Generation 2010 - June, 2010Our panel of some of Broadway's brightest new performers -- Jennifer Damiano, Robin de Jesús, Tony Award winner John Gallagher Jr. (2007 for Spring Awakening), 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.2010-07-2600 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreDesign - September, 1985The 1985 Joseph Maharam Foundation Awards for Scenic, Costume, and Lighting Design are awarded to Lawrence Eichler, Charles Ludlam, and Everett Quinton for The Ridiculous Theatrical Company's The Mystery of Irma Vep; Mel Carpenter, Angus Moss, and Blu for Ping Chong's Fiji Theatre Company's NOSFERATU: A Symphony of Darkness; and Heidi Landesman (Tony winner for her scenic designs of Big River and The Secret Garden), Patricia McGourty, and Richard Riddell (Tony winner) for Broadway's Big River. The designers discuss their respective productions in-depth. In addition, Henry Hewes receives an award for Outstanding Service For His Recognition Of Theatre Design.2010-07-1900 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - April, 1986The panel of actors -- Glenn Close (three-time Tony winner for The Real Thing, Death and the Maiden and Sunset Boulevard), Maurice Hines (Uptown...It's Hot), Aidan Quinn (A Lie of the Mind), Marlo Thomas (Social Security) -- discuss working with directors, agents, formal education and technical training, and the beginnings of their individual acting careers.2010-07-1200 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreDeveloping Musical Theatre - April, 2010The development and production of musical theatre was the focus of the discussion with our panel of producers -- Sue Frost (2010 Tony winner for Memphis), Robyn Goodman (2004 Tony for Best Musical for Avenue Q), Paulette Haupt and Scott Sanders. They talk about what attracts them to a project; if playing on Broadway is the ultimate success for a show; whether going out of town is helpful, or necessary, for a new show; the impact of audiences on the show; dealing with critical reviews that remain on line when trying to get a show launched; the difficulty of closing a show...2010-06-2800 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - April, 1986Playwright Brian Clark (The Petition), playwright/director Emily Mann (The Execution of Justice), five-time Tony Award-winning playwright Arthur Miller (for All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999), literary agent Gilbert Parker, director Norman René (Precious Sons), and director John Tillinger (Loot and The Perfect Party) discuss the division of responsibilities between playwright and director, how casting effects the original script, the significance of play titles, playing regional theatres versus New York versus London, escalating ticket prices, and whether working in theatre is preferred to film and television.2010-06-2100 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Precious Sons - April, 1986The Precious Sons production team -- producers Marty Bell and Tony Award winner Roger Berlind (2005 Best Play for Doubt and 2006 Best Play for The History Boys), legal respresentative Patricia Crown, press representative Joshua Ellis, advertising representative Peter LeDonne, and general manager Peter Neufeld (2005 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre) -- discuss the steps taken to bring the show to Broadway such as obtaining rights, building a creative team, the casting process, Broadway versus off-Broadway, the risks in mounting a production, marketing planning and costs, varying advertising, and experimental ticket pricing.2010-06-1400 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreEqual Exchange: Actors 2010 - April, 2010Our panel of leading actors -- David Alan Grier, Tony Award winner Anthony Lapaglia (1998 for Best Actor in A View From The Bridge), Laura Linney, Jan Maxwell and Alfred Molina -- shared their process about what they look for in a script; the kind and extent of the research they do for a role; how the audience influences their performance; handling a director's return to the show after opening; their collaboration with both the director and the playwright; and what they've learned that they'd share with actors just starting out.2010-06-0700 minATW - Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1986The panel of performers - Vondie Curtis-Hall ("Raisin In The Sun"), Ossie Davis ("I'm Not Rappaport"), Swoosie Kurtz ("The House of Blue Leaves"), Jean Stapleton ("Arsenic and Old Lace", and Loretta Swit ("The Mystery of Edwin Drood") - discuss how they got started in the business, Stapleton's experience working at the Stage Door Canteen and attending the American Theatre Wing school, how dance training contributes to overall performance, working with agents and experiences with typecasting, and balancing a film and television career with stage work.2010-05-1700 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1986The panel of performers -- Vondie Curtis-Hall (Raisin In The Sun), Ossie Davis (I'm Not Rappaport), Swoosie Kurtz (1981 Featured Actress Tony for Fifth of July and 1986 Featured Actress Tony for the original production of The House of Blue Leaves), Jean Stapleton (Arsenic and Old Lace, and Loretta Swit (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) -- discuss how they got started in the business, Stapleton's experience working at the Stage Door Canteen and attending the American Theatre Wing school, how dance training contributes to overall performance, working with agents and experiences with typecasting, and balancing a film and television career with stage...2010-05-1700 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - September, 1986The Playscript/Director panelists -- Long Wharf Theatre artistic director Arvin Brown, playwright Howard Fast (Citizen Tom Paine), director/dramaturg Susan Gregg, playwright Israel Horovitz (Today, I Am A Fountain Pen), Tony-winning director Wilford Leach (for The Pirates of Penzance and The Mystery of Edwin Drood), playwright Leslie Lee (The War Party), playwright John Pielmeier (Agnes of God), and director Jim Simpson (Citizen Tom Paine) -- compare directing with the director's concept versus collaborating with the playwright and their vision; different interpretations and approaches in directing the same play; how a new approach manifests and influences everything from casting to...2010-05-1000 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: House Of Blue Leaves - September, 1986The producing team of the 1986 Tony-nominated play The House of Blue Leaves -- press representative Merle Debuskey, executive producer Bernard Gersten (whose tenure as Executive Producer of Lincoln Center Theater has scored them numerous Tony Awards including the recent revival of South Pacific, Coast of Utopia and Contact), playwright John Guare (Sweet Smell of Success and Tony Winner for the 1972 musical version of Two Gentlemen of Verona), advertising representative James Russek, and director Jerry Zaks (Tony Award winner for Best Direction in 1986 for The House of Blue Leaves, 1989 for Lend Me a Tenor, 1991 for Six Degrees of Separation and 1992 for...2010-04-2600 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - April, 1987The panel of performers -- Trazana Beverley (Death and the King's Horseman), Mark Hamill (The Nerd), George S. Irving (Me and My Girl and Tony winner for Irene), Linda Lavin (Broadway Bound, 1987 Tony Award), Lynn Redgrave (Sweet Sue), and Colm Wilkinson (Les Miserables) -- discuss when they started performing and how they got their first roles; directors and effective directing styles; the power and influence of critics; audience response especially on opening night; finding the next job and how to cope with the audition process.2010-04-1900 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProducing's New Voices - March, 2010Injecting new energy and a new perspective into both commercial and not for profit theatre was among the topics discussed by our panel of producers -- Patrick Catullo, Tony Award winner Eric Falkenstein (in 2006 for The History Boys and in 2009 for the revival of The Norman Conquests), Jenny Gersten and Jill Furman Willis. They also talked about the role mentors' played in their development as producers; where they find new material; how they find investors for their shows; the need to be creative in selling tickets during tough economic times; using new media to promote their shows and to reach...2010-04-1200 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: A Few Good Men - September, 1990The production team for A Few Good Men -- producer David Brown; president of the Shubert Organization, Bernard Jacobs; Serino Coyne advertising representative Linda Lehman; and two-time Tony Award-winning producer and general manager Stuart Thompson (in 2001 for Proof and in 2009 for God of Carnage) -- talk about selecting a script by unknown playwright Aaron Sorkin; the details of general management including budget, advertising, ticket sales, government taxes; rising costs in the current economics of Broadway; film rights to plays and the effect of a film release; and what it takes to produce a Broadway show.2010-03-1500 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1991 #2The panel of performers -- Jane Alexander (1969 Tony winner for The Great White Hope), Stockard Channing (Six Degrees of Separation and 1985 Tony Award winner for Best Actress in Joe Egg), Sarah Jessica Parker (The Substance Of Fire), Jonathan Pryce (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and his Tony Award-winning performances in 1977’s Comedians and 1991’s Miss Saigon), Ron Rifkin (Tony winner for the 1998 revival of Cabaret), Mercedes Ruehl (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? and Best Actress Tony Award for Lost in Yonkers) and Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) -- discuss playing the same role over the years, finding a rhythm in one's perf...2010-03-0800 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1991The panel of performers -- Hinton Battle (Tony Awards for Sophisticated Ladies, The Tap Dance Kid and Miss Saigon), Roy Dotrice (The Homecoming and Tony winner for A Moon for the Misbegotten), Timothy Hutton (Babylon Gardens), Mary Louise Parker (Tony Award winner for Proof), Teresa Wright (On Borrowed Time), Stephanie Zimbalist (The Baby Dance) -- discuss working in regional and repertory theatre; where they started out in show business, if it was a family profession; the process of getting an agent; how the stage compares to television and film; and how different theatre spaces, sets, and stage sizes affect a...2010-03-0100 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - April, 1992The panel of actors -- Alan Alda (Neil Simon's Jake's Women), Jodi Benson (Crazy For You), Roscoe Lee Brown (August Wilson's Two Trains Running), Glenn Close (three-time Tony winner for The Real Thing, Death and the Maiden and Sunset Boulevard), Richard Dreyfuss (Death and the Maiden), Harry Groener (Crazy For You), Tracy Pollan (Neil Simon's Jake's Women), and Lynn Redgrave (Ibsen's The Master Builder) -- discuss how they got started in the business and their big break, the significance of the rehearsal process, keeping a role fresh and not repeating the same performance, doing classic plays and if they are...2010-02-2200 minATW - Working In The TheatreThe Play That Changed My Life - December, 2009What was "The Play That Changed Your Life"? Not only the title of a new American Theatre Wing book, which posed that question to 19 of America's most distinguished playwrights, but the start of a discussion by two of those playwrights, Tina Howe and Diana Son. They also talk about which of their own plays changed their lives; what role theatre played while growing up; if there were teachers who inspired them to get involved in theatre writing; what drew them to playwriting; how much of themselves are in their characters; and their role as mentors for young writers.2010-02-0800 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - April, 1992The panelists -- playwright Jon Robin Baitz (The End of the Day), playwright Charles Grodin (One of the All-Time Greats), director Mark Lamos (The End of the Day), playwright Ken Ludwig (Crazy For You, Lend Me A Tenor), director Tony Roberts (One of the All-Time Greats), five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman (for Crazy for You, Showboat, Contact, and 2 awards for The Producers), and International Creative Management Vice-President Victoria Traube -- discuss how they got started and their common backgrounds as actors and lawyers, directing the work of living and dead playwrights, the development and journey for each...2010-02-0300 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Crazy For You - April, 1992The production team of Crazy For You -- advertising representative Nancy Coyne, press representative Bill Evans, general manager Tyler Gatchell, casting director Julie Hughes, and producer Elizabeth Williams (three-time Tony winner for Crazy for You, The Real Thing and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) -- discuss how the show was adapted from the 1930's Gershwin musical Girl Crazy, advertising as a new musical - not a revival, producing a television commercial, the financial cost of the large production, the role of the casting director, and the effect of positive critical reviews.2010-01-2700 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1992The panel consisting of casting director Jay Binder (Lost In Yonkers), and actors Lucie Arnaz (Lost In Yonkers), Hallie Foote (The Roads to Rome), Gregory Hines (Tony winner for Jelly's Last Jam), Tonya Pinkins (Tony winner for Jelly’s Last Jam), and John Schneider (Grand Hotel) discuss how they started their careers, what casting directors look for, auditioning established actors, rehearsing and replacing in a role, and the panelists provide advice to people beginning in theatre.2010-01-2100 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreNext To Normal: The Road to Broadway - November, 2009The creative team behind the hit musical Next To Normal -- Director Michael Greif, Producer David Stone and Tony Award winners Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (2009 for Best Score for Next to Normal) -- discuss the unique road the show took to Broadway beginning with its start at the BMI Workshop; the origin of the show's subject matter and the challenges of getting acceptance for it; the reasons behind a title change and what that represented for the creative process; why they took the unusual step of going from off-Broadway to out of town before Broadway; what influences the press...2010-01-1300 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - September, 1992The panel -- playwright/director P.J. Barry (A Distance From Calcutta), lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Jelly's Last Jam), playwright/director Horton Foote (The Roads To Home), agent Wiley Hausam (International Creative Management), musical adaptor Luther Henderson (Jelly's Last Jam), playwright/director George C. Wolfe (Tony Award winner for Best Direction for 1993’s Angels in America and 1996’s Bring in ‘da Noise/Bring in ‘da Funk) -- discuss how and why they got started in theatre, collaboration between authors and directors, whether playwrights should direct their own work, advice for young writers including how a play gets produced, finding a suitable director...2010-01-0600 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Jelly's Last Jam - September, 1992The Jelly's Last Jam production team -- general manager Michael David (who’s plays have won 49 Tony Awards), advertising representative Rick Elice of Serino Coyne, press agent Richard Kornberg, producers Pamela Koslow and Margo Lion (Tony Awards for Hairspray in 2003 and Elian Stritch at Liberty in 2002), and legal counsel Jean Ward -- discuss developing the musical for Music-Theater Group, working with director/performer Gregory Hines, creating a standout ad campaign, and fundraising with multiple workshops and finding corporate investors for the resulting $5 million production budget.2009-12-3000 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreDesign - September, 1992The panel - actress Brenda Braxton (Jelly's Last Jam), Mettawee River Theatre Company puppet/costume designers Casey Compton and Ralph Lee (Wichikapache Goes Walking), producer/lighting designer Jules Fisher (seven-time Tony Award winner for, among others, Pippin, Chicago, Dancin’ and Jelly’s Last Jam), director Michael Greif (Pericles), and costume designer Toni-Leslie James (Jelly's Last Jam) - discuss the significant roles of lighting and costume design, the relationship between designers and director, their education and early training, and design budgets; plus a demonstration of costumes and puppets.2009-12-0900 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Anna Christie - January, 1993The Anna Christie production team -- scenic designer John Lee Beatty (1980 Tony Award winner for Best Scenic Design for Talley’s Folley), O'Neill biographer Barbara Gelb, Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Todd Haimes (who has scored multiple Tonys while serving as Artistic Director for Roundabout Theatre Company), actors Anne Meara, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson (winner of Tony Award in the 1998 revival of Cabaret), and Rip Torn, and lighting designer Marc B. Weiss -- discuss in-depth the 1993 Tony Award-winning revival, including the scenic and lighting design, how the characters relate to contemporary lives, the actors' differing acting styles, and Eugene O'Neill's ea...2009-11-2500 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - April, 1993The panelists -- theatrical agent Joanne Nici, playwright Frank Pugliese (Aven'U Boys), director/writer Geraldine Fitzgerald (Sharon), Tony Award-winning choreographer Wayne Cilento (for The Who’s Tommy), and producer Frederick Zollo (Tony Awards for Part One and Two of Angels in America and the 2002 revival of Private Lives) -- discuss the expanse of their careers and their backgrounds, the role of an agent, and developing plays from the page through casting and rehearsals to production.2009-11-0400 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreLeading Ladies - September, 2009Our four Tony Award winning Leading Ladies -- Laura Benanti (for the 2008 revival of Gypsy), Beth Leavel (in 2006 for the Drowsy Chaperone), Bebe Neuwirth (for Sweet Charity and the 1997 revival of Chicago) and Alice Ripley (for Next to Normal in 2009) -- discuss performances they've seen that have made a lasting impact on them; the moment when they realized that a life in the theatre was what they wanted; what it's like originating a role, playing a character in a revival and replacing someone in a show; the roles they never seem to get cast in; their relationship with the audience...2009-10-2800 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Fool Moon - April, 1993The Fool Moon production team - producers Jeffrey Ash, Dori Berinstein (Tony winner for the 2001 revival of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), and James Freydberg, actor/creator Bill Irwin (2005 Tony Award for Best Actor in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), press representative Jackie Green, general manager Robert Kamlot, company manager Daniel Kearns, and actor/creator David Shiner - discuss bringing the two-man mime revue to Broadway, the responsibilities of each production member, the strategic marketing and publicity plans, ticket and production costs, and the wildly varied responses from audiences of all ages.2009-10-2100 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreRegional Theatre/New Play Development - April, 1993The panelists -- theatre critic Howard Kissel, Artistic Director of Manhattan Theatre Club Lynn Meadow (who steered the organization to Tony wins for Love! Valour! Compassion!, Proof and Doubt), actor/director Zakes Mokae (Tony winner for Mastor Harold… and the Boys), producer/general manager Dorothy Olim, producer/general manager Albert Poland, general manager Ben Sprecher, and playwright Wendy Wasserstein (The Sisters Rosensweig and Tony winner for The Heidi Chronicles) -- discuss how not-for-profit and regional theaters differ from commercial productions, developing plays out of town, escalating production costs, and viable stage careers compared to television and film.2009-10-1400 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1993The panel of performers -- David Cassidy and Petula Clark from Blood Brothers, six-time Tony winner Julie Harris (The Fiery Furnace), Jeff Hyslop (Kiss of the Spider Woman), and Joe Mantello (2003 Tony for Best Direction for Take Me Out and 2004 for Assassins) and Stephen Spinella (winner of back-to-back Tony Awards for both parts of Angels In America) -- talk about how their families encouraged them to pursue performing professionally, appearing on a Broadway stage for the first time, differing audience reactions between the West End and Broadway, and working on the multi-part play Angels in America.2009-10-0700 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - September, 1993The panelists -- playwright/director Edward Albee (Tony winner for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the 2005 recipient of the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), director Arvin Brown (The Twilight of the Golds), agent Joyce Ketay, playwright Tony Kushner (winner of two Tony Awards for both parts of Angels in America), playwright Timothy Mason (The Fiery Furnace), and playwright Jonathan Tolins (The Twilight of the Golds) -- talk about playwrights directing their own work, how directors and playwrights collaborate, gauging audience response, and the evolution of their respective productions.2009-09-3000 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Kiss of the Spider Woman - September, 1993The Kiss of the Spider Woman production team -- producer Garth Drabinsky (Tony Award winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman), lyricist Fred Ebb and composer John Kander (Tony Award winners for Best Original Score in 1967 for Cabaret, 1981 for Woman of the Year and 1993 for Kiss of the Spider-Woman) playwright Terrence McNally (four-time Tony Award winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class and Ragtime), director Harold Prince (who has won 21 Tony Awards), and actor Chita Rivera (Tony Award winner for The Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman) -- discuss adapting the novel and film...2009-09-2300 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreDesign - September, 1993The design panel -- scenic designer John Arnone (Tony Award winner for The Who’s Tommy), costume designer Elizabeth Fried (Brother Truckers), special effects designer Wendall K. Harrington (The Who's Tommy), lighting designer Mimi Jordan Sherin (New York Shakespeare Festival) -- moderated by three-time Tony Award-winning costume designer Patricia Zipprodt (in 1965 for Fiddler on the Roof, in 1967 for Cabaret and in 1986 for Sweet Charity), Professor Tish Dace, and author/designer/producer Jean Dalrymple discuss their creative childhoods; how the role of designers has evolved from directors, stage managers, and technicians; working with varying production budgets; and the colors and projections us...2009-09-1600 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreNew Play Development - April, 1994The resident theatre panelists -- Randall Arney, Artistic Director of Steppenwolf Theatre; Zelda Fichandler, Artistic Director of the Acting Company; Emily Mann, Artistic Director of McCarter Theater; Mac Pirkle, Artistic Director of Tennessee Repertory Theatre; Michael P. Price, Executive Director of Goodspeed Opera House; and Tony Award winner Lloyd Richards (for Fences), Artistic Director of Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center -- discuss the beginnings of regional theatre as a place to develop new plays and playwrights, relationships with commercial theatre, marketing and building a subscriber base, and diversity in playwrights and audiences.2009-09-0900 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright, Director and Choreographer - April, 1994The panel -- Tony Award-winning director and lyricist Martin Charnin (for Annie), Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public playwright Larry L. King and director/co-writer Peter Masterson, choreographer Rob Marshall (Kiss of the Spiderwoman), director/writer Lonny Price (Sally Marr and Her Escorts), Second Stage Theatre dramaturg/literary manager Erin Sanders, director Robert Jess Roth (Beauty and the Beast), Ernest Schier director of the National Critics' Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, and Tazewell Thompson Artistic Director of the Syracuse Stage -- talk about the different ways that writers collaborate, the role of a dramaturg, how choreography and directing can...2009-09-0200 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Beauty and the Beast - April, 1994The Beauty and the Beast production team -- press representative Chris Boneau, producer Michael David (who’s plays have won 49 Tony Awards), associate producer Donald Frantz, production supervisor Jeremiah Harris, producer Robert W. McTyre, marketing consultant Margery Singer -- discuss creating a stage musical from an animated film, costume designs, production budget and ticket prices, marketing and publicity including a literacy program, and Disney's plans on Broadway2009-08-2600 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1994The panel of performers - Michel Bell (Show Boat), Charlotte D'Amboise (Damn Yankees), Rosemary Harris (Tony Award winner in 1966 for The Lion in Winter), Audra McDonald (four-time Tony winner for Carousel, Master Class, Ragtime and A Raisin in the Sun), and Lonette McKee (Show Boat) - discuss working with elaborate sets, their performing backgrounds, developing technique and discipline, and bringing classics back to the stage.2009-08-1900 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreDesign - September, 1994The design panel -- lighting designer Beverly Emmons, costume designer Ann Hould-Ward (Tony Award for Beauty and the Beast), and scenic designers David Schulder and Tony Walton (Tony Award winner for, among others, Pippin, the original House of Blue Leaves and 1992’s revival of Guys and Dolls) -- and co-moderater lighting designer Jules Fisher (seven-time Tony Award winner for, among others, Pippin, Chicago, Dancin’ and Jelly’s Last Jam) -- talk about where they studied their craft, how the props can overlap with costuming, how lighting design has evolved, the Ridiculous Theatrical Company's production of Movieland, and a demonstration of Gary B...2009-07-2900 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - April, 1995The panel of performers -- Mary Alice (Having Our Say and Tony winner for Fences), Matthew Broderick (two-time Tony winner for Brighton Beach Memoirs and How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying), Alan Campbell (Sunset Boulevard), Gloria Foster (Having Our Say), John Glover (Love! Valour! Compassion! for which he won a Tony Award in 1995), Robert Sean Leonard (Arcadia and Tony winner for The Invention of Love)), and Helen Mirren (A Month In The Country) -- talk about how they got started performing, what lessons and training they had, the challenges of working on their current productions, and the playwright's...2009-07-2200 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - April, 1995The panel -- playwright/actor Dan Butler (The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me), playwright Tom Dulack (Breaking Legs), director Scott Ellis (A Month In The Country), playwright Keith Glover (Dancing On Moonlight), director Sean Mathias (Indiscretions), director Gregory Mosher (Tony Award winner for his revivals of Anything Goes in 1988 and Our Town in 1989), director Lisa Peterson (Slavs), and literary agent Jack Tantleff -- talk about where they began their careers, playwrights who direct their own work, funding for non-profit and regional theatres, and the role of casting directors.2009-07-0800 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Love! Valour! Compassion! - April, 1995The production team of Love! Valour! Compassion! -- general manager Victoria Bailey, press representative Helene Davis, Manhattan Theatre Club’s Executive Producer Barry Grove (Tony Award winner for Best Play in 2005 for Doubt, 2001 for Proof, and 1995 for Love! Valour! Compassion!), director Joe Mantello (2003 for Best Direction for Take Me Out and 2004 for Assassins), playwright Terrence McNally (four-time Tony Award winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class and Ragtime), and artistic director Lynne Meadow (who steered the organization to Tony wins for Love! Valour! Compassion!, Proof and Doubt) -- discuss giving playwrights a home at Manhattan Th...2009-07-0100 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreRegional Theatre: Goodspeed Opera House - April, 1995Goodspeed Opera House's team -- Tony Award-winning director and lyricist Martin Charnin (for Annie), press representative Max Eisen, associate producer Sue Frost, musical supervisor Michael O'Flaherty, director Charles Repole (Gentleman Prefer Blondes), and general manager Howard Sherman -- discuss Goodspeed's history and focus on the American musical, the business aspects of a regional theatre, being a part of the community, and the advantages of developing production at a distance from New York.2009-06-2400 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1995The panel of performers -- Betty Buckley (Sunset Boulevard and a Tony Award winner for her performance in Cats), Liz Callaway (Cats), Valerie Harper (Death Defying Acts), Brian Murray (Racing Demon), Roger Rees (Nicholas Nickleby, for which he won a Best Actor Tony), two-time Tony-winner Frances Sternhagen (for The Good Doctor and The Heiress) - talk about the different ways they started in the business, training at the Royal Shakespeare Company, notable acting teachers, how to prepare for auditions, replacing in a show with an abbreviated rehearsal period, and how to keep performances fresh during a long run.2009-06-1700 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1995The multi-disciplined panelists -- director/choreographer Jeff Calhoun (Busker Alley), director/playwright Michael Leeds (Swinging on a Star), actor/playwright Anne Meara (After-Play), director Mike Ockrent (Big, Crazy For You, Me and My Girl), director/choreographer Lee Roy Reams (Hello, Dolly! revival), Tony Award winning-director Lloyd Richards (for Fences), and director John Tillinger (Deathtrap) -- discuss the director's role in relationship to the playwright, the differences in developing of musicals and plays, directing revivals, the challenges of auditions, and the pros and cons of workshops.2009-06-1000 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreFluidity and Change: Directors 2009 - May, 2009Five of the stage's most talented Directors -- Thomas Kail, Moisés Kaufman, Bartlett Sher (who won a Tony for his work on the 2008 revival of South Pacific), Leigh Silverman and Kate Whoriskey -- talk about how they work with, and interpret, the author's work; the relationship between directors and designers; managing change as the work evolves; why they feel actors should be more involved in the process; the different approach they take when working with classics as opposed to original works; how they work with casting directors and then work with the various actors and acting techniques; their desire...2009-06-0300 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Moon Over Buffalo - September, 1995The Moon Over Buffalo production team -- press representative Adrian Bryan-Brown, designer/producer Heidi Landesman (Tony winner for her scenic designs of Big River and The Secret Garden), producer Elizabeth Williams (three-time Tony winner for Crazy for You, The Real Thing and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), general managers Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson of 101 Productions, and Serino Coyne advertising representative Ruth Rosenberg -- discuss the process of bringing Ken Ludwig's play to Broadway, from the first reading, casting Carol Burnett, finding a director, creating the $2.4 million budget including an out-of-town tryout, to advertising, press coverage and op...2009-05-2700 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreDesign Awards - September, 1995The design team of The Heiress -- scenic designer John Lee Beatty (1980 Tony Award winner for Best Scenic Design for Talley’s Folley), lightning designer Beverly Emmons, costume designer Jane Greenwood, two-time Tony-winning director Gerald Gutierrez (in 1995 for The Heiress and in 1996 for A Delicate Balance) and actor Cherry Jones (Tony Award winner for her performances in Doubt and The Heiress) -- discuss the interwoven details of their production, from natural period lighting for the enclosed sets, to background colors complementing the costumes, and the advantages of collaborating on previous works. Mask/puppet designer Ralph Lee demonstrates the large puppets wo...2009-05-2100 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreAt Work and Play: Lead Actors 2009 - April, 2009Beginning the discussion with the question of when, or if, work becomes fun, our guests, lead actors and Tony Award winners -- Jane Alexander (1969 for The Great White Hope), Bill Irwin (2005 for Best Actor for Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), Angela Lansbury (five-time winner including for Mame, Gypsy and Sweeney Todd), Cynthia Nixon (2006 Best Actress for Rabbit Hole), and Geoffrey Rush (2009 Best Actor winner for Exit the King) -- also talk about how they choose roles and whether they'd consider playing smaller roles on the stage today; what they feel from an audience and how they reac...2009-05-1300 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - April, 1996The discussion panel -- director Leonard Foglia (Master Class), director Michael Greif (Rent), playwright Betsy Howie (Cowgirls), lyricist Tom Jones (The Fantasticks), composer/lyricist Mary Murfitt (Cowgirls), and director George C. Wolfe (Tony Award winner for Best Direction for 1993’s Angels in America and 1996’s Bring in ‘da Noise/Bring in ‘da Funk) -- talk about how their pieces evolved from concept to production, the role of a dramaturg, casting performers with a range of experience, and bringing actors into the creative process.2009-05-0600 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - September, 1987The panel -- playwright Allan Knee (Late Night Comic), director Ron Lagomarsino (Driving Miss Daisy), Tony Award winning-director Lloyd Richards (for Fences), casting director Meg Simon (Fences), Tony Award winning-playwright Alfred Uhry (1999 for Parade and 1997 for his play The Last Night of Ballyhoo), and playwright August Wilson (Tony winner for Fences) -- discuss directing styles, collaboration between playwright and director, developing and casting their current productions, and the emergence of casting directors for the stage.2009-04-2200 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreCrafting Worlds: Theatrical Design - March, 2009Our Tony Award-winning guests –- scenic designer David Gallo (2006 for The Drowsy Chaperone), sound designer John Gromada, costume designer Susan Hilferty (2004 for Wicked) and lighting designer Peter Kaczorowski (2001 for the Producers) -- discuss how a design team enhances a production; when they are brought into the production and how they interact with one another as the show unfolds; their process in preparing for each show; their collaboration not only with each other but also with the director and the actors; the logistical challenges they face with each new show; how they got involved in theatre design and what training they di...2009-04-1500 minATW - Working In The TheatreDesign - September, 1987The 23rd annual American Theatre Wing Design Awards honor the best theatrical design in New York for the 1986-1987 season. The award winning designs are demonstrated by "Starlight Express" assistant costume designer Ann Emonts, "Worstward Ho" assistant lighting designer Mary Louise Geiger, "The Hunger Artist" actor Anthony Holland, Brooklyn Academy of Music's "The Civil Wars - Act 5: The Trees" production manager Paul King, and "Fences" scenic designer James D. Sandefur.2009-03-2500 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - April, 1988Broadway performers Patti Cohenour, and Tony Award winners Michael Crawford and Judy Kaye (for their roles in Phantom of the Opera); Blythe Danner (1970 Tony Award for Butterflies Are Free); M. Butterfly's Tony-winners John Lithgow (for his roles in The Changing Room and Sweet Smell of Success) and B.D. Wong (for Best Actor in a Featured Role for 1988’s M. Butterfly); and agent Erica Spellman (ICM) discuss auditioning, preparing special skills for unique roles, crossing over from drama to musicals to opera, and working on different types of stages.2009-03-1900 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - April, 1988Director Paul Benedict (Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune), playwright Timothy Crouse (Anything Goes), playwright David Henry Hwang (who won a Tony for his play M. Butterfly), director Robert Kalfin (Rashomon), playwright Terrence McNally (four-time Tony Award winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class and Ragtime), legal representative Jeremy Nussbaum, and playwright John Weidman (Anything Goes) talk about how they began their careers in theatre, writing stage directions, revising Anything Goes, the real life inspiration for M. Butterfly, and the advantages of a lengthy preview period.2009-03-0400 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: M. Butterfly - April, 1988The production team of M. Butterfly -- advertising representative Jeffrey Ash, stage manager Bob Borod, general manager Steve Goldstein, producer Stuart Ostrow (winner of a Tony Award for 1776 and M. Butterfly), and press agent John Springer -- talk about the many components involved in bringing the groundbreaking play to Broadway, including the play's themes, casting, ad design, publicity campaign, costume design, budget and ticket prices.2009-02-2500 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1988The actors -- David Dukes (M Butterfly), Anne Jackson (Cafe Crown), Sylvia Miles (Tea with Mommy and Jack), Kate Nelligan (Spoils of War), Eli Wallach (Cafe Crown and Tony winner for The Rose Tattoo), and Paul Winfield (Checkmates) -- discuss how they first became interested in acting, auditions, and performing in front of an audience.2009-02-1800 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Spoils Of War - September, 1988The Spoils Of War production team -- legal representative John Breglio, press representative Joshua Ellis, producer Robyn Goodman (2004 Tony for Best Musical for Avenue Q), producer David Mirvish, and general manager Peter Neufeld (2005 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre) -- discuss transferring the play from not-for-profit Second Stage Theatre off-Broadway to a $1.5 million commercial Broadway production.2009-02-1100 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreStage Veterans 2009 - February, 2009With more than 200 years of combined theatre experience among them, our guests - stage veterans Philip Bosco (1999 Best Actor Tony for Lend Me a Tenor), two-time Tony Award-winning actor John Cullum (for Shenandoah and On the Twentieth Century), Marian Seldes (who won a Tony for 1967’s A Delicate Balance and received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2010) and Tony Award Winner Carole Shelley (1979 Best Actress Tony for The Elephant Man) -- discuss the breaks that got each of their careers started; how they handle the situation on stage when they or their co-stars forget their lines; how they fe...2009-02-0400 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - April, 1989The panel of Broadway actors -- Joan Allen (The Heidi Chronicles and 1988 Best Actress Tony winner for Burn This), Ed Asner (Born Yesterday), Philip Bosco (1999 Best Actor Tony for Lend Me a Tenor), Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine), Nancy Dussault (Into The Woods) and Madeline Kahn (Born Yesterday and Tony winner for The Sisters Rosensweig) -- talk about the first time they fell in love with performing, auditions, how their careers have evolved, and the difference in stage and film work.2009-01-2800 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1988The creative teams of Legs Diamond: director Robert Allan Ackermam, playwright Harvey Fierstein (who won acting Tony Awards for Hairspray and Torch Song Trilogy—for which he also won a Best Play Tony in addition to his best book Tony for La Cage Aux Folles), and choreographer Alan Johnson, Paul Robeson: playwright Phillip Hayes Dean and director Harold Scott, and Spoils of War: director Austin Pendleton and playwright Michael Weller -- discuss their productions, and how they began their careers in theatre.2009-01-2200 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright and Director - April, 1989Director Pamela Berlin (Steel Magnolias, Crossing Delancey), playwright Cindy Lou Johnson (Brilliant Traces), playwright/director Garson Kanin (Born Yesterday) and playwright Wendy Wasserstein (Tony winner for The Heidi Chronicles) discuss how they first got involved in playwriting and directing from other areas of writing and theatre, their first professional shows, and play development at Playwrights Horizons and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Playwrights Conference.2009-01-0700 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: The Heidi Chronicles - April, 1989Playwrights Horizons artistic director André Bishop, legal counsel Marsha Brooks, stage manager Roy Harris, advertising representative Mike Mones, and producer James Walsh (Tony Awards for I’m Not Rappaport and The Will Rogers Follies) discuss Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Heidi Chronicles and its transfer to Broadway.2008-12-3100 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1989Stage performers Blair Brown Blair Brown (Best Featured Actress Tony Award for Copenhagen in 2000), Kevin Conway (Other People's Money), Beth Fowler and Bob Gunton from Sweeney Todd, Pamela Payton-Wright and Tony Randall from M. Butterfly, Vanessa Redgrave (Orpheus Descending and Tony winner for the 2003 revival of Long Day’s Journey into Night), Elaine Stritch (Love Letters and Tony winner for her Elaine Stritch at Liberty in 2002), and casting director Rosemarie Tichler talk about their chosen careers, how they got started in theatre, and the differences and challenges that audiences bring to each performance.2008-12-2400 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Orpheus Descending - September, 1989The production team of Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending -- attorney John Breglio, advertising representative Nancy Coyne, general manager Barbara Darwall, press representative Joshua Ellis, and producer Elizabeth Ireland McCann (numerous Tony Awards including Copenhagen, Morning’s at Seven and Amadeus) -- talk about the steps taken in bringing Peter Hall's revival with actress Vanessa Redgrave to Broadway.2008-12-1700 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - April, 1996The panel of performers -- Mark Linn-Baker (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum), Two-time Tony Award-winning actor John Cullum (for Shenandoah and On the Twentieth Century), Ann Duquesnay (Tony Award for Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk), Judith Ivey (Tony winner for Steaming and Hurlyburly), Donna Murphy (Tony winner for Best Actress in The King and I and Passion), Michael Nouri (Victor/Victoria) and Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent) -- discuss how they auditioned for their current roles, and what education and training they received at the start of their careers.2008-12-0300 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Master Class - April, 1996The production team of Master Class -- three-time Tony Award-winning producer Lewis Allen (for Annie in 1977, I’m Not Rappaport in 1986 and Master Class in 1996), producing associate Doris Blum, actress Karen Day Cody, press agent Bill Evans, casting director Alan Filderman, stage manager Dianne Trulock, and advertising representative Jim Weiner -- traces the show from its Montana workshop, to stagings in Philadelphia, L.A., and D.C., to opening in New York; how the creators, designers, and operatic cast were put together; developing the publicity and advertising campaigns including the casting of Zoe Caldwell's replacement Patti LuPone; and producing under th...2008-11-2600 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1996The panel -- director Melvin Bernhardt (The Blues Are Running), playwright David Henry Hwang (who won a Tony for his play M. Butterfly), composer Mary Rodgers (Once Upon A Mattress), playwright Nicky Silver (Fit To Be Tied), director David Warren (Fit To Be Tied), and choreographer Marlies Yearby (Rent) -- discuss how directors collaborate with playwrights, how actors may influence how a role is written, the purpose of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers union and Dramatists' Guild, and the panelists' individual education and training.2008-11-1300 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - April, 1990Kate Burton (Some Americans Abroad), Tyne Daly (Gypsy, Tony Award), Tom Hulce (A Few Good Men and Tony winner for 2007’s Best Musical, Spring Awakening), Robert Morse (Tony Award winner for Tru and How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying), Kathleen Turner (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), and Irene Worth (Tony Awards for Tiny Alice, Sweet Bird Of Youth and Lost in Yonkers) talk about being a part of an ensemble cast, the difference between screen and stage, the stamina needed for stage performances, and how they got their start in performing.2008-10-2900 minATW - Working In The TheatreDesign - September, 1996The panel of American Theatre Wing Design Award-winners -- Julie Archer, special effects designer for "Mabou Mines"; Christopher H. Barreca, scenic designer of "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"; Ruth Maleczech, actor/director/playwright/designer for "Mabou Mines"; Karen Ten Eyck, scenic designer of "An Epidog"; and Angela Wendt, "Rent" costume designer with "Rent" actor Aiko Nakasone -- talk about how they got started as designers, then demonstrate projections and a puppet from "An Epidog", a model set of "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", and a costume from "Rent".2008-10-1500 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - April, 1997The panel of actors -- Nell Carter (Annie and 1978 Tony winner for Ain’t Misbehavin’), Willem Dafoe (The Hairy Ape), Andre De Shields (Play On!), Paul Giamatti (Three Sisters), Joel Grey (Chicago and Tony winner for Cabaret), and Dana Ivey (Last Night of Ballyhoo) -- talk about their past and present productions, their performing background and training, and finding the rhythm of a play.2008-10-0800 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright, Director and Choreographer - April, 1997The panel of directors Walter Bobbie (Chicago, Tony Award), Tony Award-winning choreographer Wayne Cilento (for The Who’s Tommy), Scott Elliott (Present Laughter), Ron Lagomarsino (Last Night at Ballyhoo), Gene Saks (Tony Award winner for Best Direction for I Love My Wife, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues), and Tony Award winning-playwright Alfred Uhry (1999 for Parade and 1997 for his play The Last Night of Ballyhoo) talk about how they got started, developing their current productions, a show's relevance to contemporary audiences, determining the length of a play, and how directors maintain an ongoing show.2008-10-0300 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Stanley - April, 1997The production team of Stanley -- press representative Bill Evans, producers Gregory Mosher (Tony Award winner for his revivals of Anything Goes in 1988 and Our Town in 1989) and Edgar Rosenblum, and marketing representative Evan Shapiro -- discuss the process of bringing the play from the Royal National Theatre in London to Broadway, working with director John Caird, extensive press coverage, and target marketing including a new $10 ticket program aimed at young people.2008-09-2500 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProducing - April, 1990The panel -- A Few Good Men's director Don Scardino and playwright Aaron Sorkin, director George C. Wolfe (Tony Award winner for Best Direction for 1993’s Angels in America and 1996’s Bring in ‘da Noise/Bring in ‘da Funk) and director Luke Yankee (The Cherry Orchard) -- discusses their current productions and how each show was conceived. The creative team of Once On This Island -- book writer/lyricist/composer team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (1998 Tonys for Best Original Score with Ragtime), director/choreographer Graciela Daniele -- talk about adapting the musical from a novel, and the show's development at Playw...2008-09-1200 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Gypsy and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - April, 1990The production team of Gypsy and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof -- publicist Shirley Herz, casting director Stuart Howard, playwright/director Arthur Laurents (Tony winner for Hallelujah, Baby! and La Cage aux Folles), general manager/associate producer Alecia Parker, and six-time Tony Award-winning producers Barry Weissler and Fran Weissler -- talk about many aspects of production from casting to advertising to corporate investors, booking pre-Broadway tour stops, and their other productions of Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles, and My One and Only.2008-09-0400 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1990Stage actors Mike Hodge (A Few Good Men), Robin Morse (Six Degrees of Separation), Ron Perlman (A Few Good Men), Faith Prince (Falsettoland and a Tony Award for the revival of Guys and Dolls), Margaret Tyzack (Lettice and Lovage, Tony Award), and James Whitmore (1948 Tony Award for Best Performance by Newcomers for Command Decision) talk about their education and when they began performing, the effect of cast size, audience response, and positive feedback.2008-08-2800 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1990The panel of playwrights Vernel Bagneris (Further Mo') and Tom Cole (About Time), lyricist John Driver (Shogun), director Tony Giordano (About Time & Handy Dandy), lyricist Sheldon Harnick (Tony winner for Fiorello! and two Tonys for Fiddler on the Roof), Executive Director of the Dramatists Guild David LeVine, and director Lonny Price (The Rothschilds) discuss how they got started in their careers, writing for the stage, and the role of the Dramatists Guild.2008-08-2100 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - April, 1994Broadway performers F. Murray Abraham (Angels In America), Susan Egan (Beauty and the Beast), Victor Garber (Damn Yankees), Nathan Lane (Tony winner for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Producers), Michael Learned (The Sisters Rosensweig), Burke Moses (Beauty and the Beast), and Bebe Neuwirth (Tony Awards for Sweet Charity and the 1997 revival of Chicago) talk about how they got started in performing, their current roles, and teaching acting courses.2008-08-1500 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePerformance - September, 1997Broadway performers -- Chuck Cooper (Tony Award winner for The Life), Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde), Pat Hingle (1776), Pamela Isaacs (The Life), Jeff McCarthy (Side Show), and J. Smith-Cameron (As Bees in Honey Drown) -- talk about how they got their start and have built their careers, the challenge of memorizing lines, the importance of discipline and stamina, and the support of family and friends.2008-08-0700 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Side Show - September, 1997The production team for the musical Side Show -- producer Emanuel Azenberg (with numerous Tony Awards including Children of a Lesser God, The Real Thing, Lost in Yonkers and many more), 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.2008-07-2400 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreDesign - September, 1997The panel -- lighting designer Beverly Emmons; 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...2008-07-1700 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatrePlaywright, Director and Choreographer - September, 1998The 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 (Best Director Tony Award for The Beauty Queen of Leenane), and director Joe Mantello (2003 for Best Direction for Take Me Out and 2004 for Assassins) -- discuss how they got their start, auditioning actors, controversy surrounding a play, and taking on alternate roles of choreographer, actor, or director.2008-07-1100 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreProduction: Side Man - September, 1998The Side Man production team -- general manager Roy Gabay (Tony winner for the 1998 revival of A View From the Bridge), producer Jay S. Harris (Tony Winner for 1999’s Side Man), advertising representative, Drew Hodges, producer Peter Manning (Tony Winner for 1999’s Side Man), marketing representative Nancy Richards, and press representative Gary Springer -- discuss moving the Roundabout production to a commercial Broadway run, marketing tactics, ticket pricing, breakdown of the production budget, working on multiple shows simultaneously, and the differences between not-for-profit and commercial theatre.2008-07-0200 minTony Award Winners on Working In The TheatreComposer and Lyricist - September, 2000Oscar, Emmy and five-time American Theatre Wing Tony Award winner, Peter Stone (Tony Awards for 1776, Woman of the Year and Titanic) moderates this discussion with lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Triumph of Love, Jelly's Last Jam), composers/lyricists John Kander and Fred Ebb (Tony Award winner for Best Original Score in 1967 for Cabaret, 1981 for Woman of the Year and 1993 for Kiss of the Spider-Woman), composer Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line, for which he won a Tony, They're Playing Our Song, Sweet Smell of Success), and award-winning country songwriter/composer Don Schlitz (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer). The panel talks about the process...2007-12-0500 minATW - Working In The TheatreComposer and Lyricist - September, 2000Oscar, Emmy and five-time American Theatre Wing Tony Award winner, Peter Stone moderates this discussion with lyricist Susan Birkenhead ("Triumph of Love", "Jelly's Last Jam"), composers/lyricists John Kander and Fred Ebb ("Cabaret", "Chicago", "Woman of the Year", "Steel Pier", "The Act"), composer Marvin Hamlisch ("A Chorus Line", "They're Playing Our Song", "The Sweet Smell of Success"), and award-winning country songwriter/composer Don Schlitz ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"). The panel talks about the process of musical songwriting, collaboration with other writers, writing songs in conjunction with the book, learning from influential composers, through-composed shows compared to book musicals, pros...2007-12-0500 min