Two-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell talks about whether she`s been influenced by Carole Lombard and Anne Bancroft, her film predecessors as the leading ladies of "To Be or Not To Be", as well as the difficulty of working in a new play when the author was...
Tom Viertel (#226) - October, 2008
Prolific producer Tom Viertel, who with his partners Richard Frankel, Steve Baruch and Marc Routh have been responsible for such shows as "The Producers", "Hairspray", and the John Doyle-directed "Company" and "Sweeney Todd", talks abut producing on...
James Naughton (#225) - October, 2008
Two-time Tony Award-winner James Naughton explains why he`s at home in the Irish Repertory Theatre`s "The Master Builder" and why it`s his three Broadway musical appearances which are really the anomalies in his long stage career. He also shares how a...
Lanford Wilson (#224) - October, 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson discusses the creation of his famed "Talley trilogy," including "Fifth of July", which stemmed in part from his equating an Eskimo folk tale with the war in Vietnam, and "Talley`s Folly", now in revival at...
Gregg Edelman (#223) - October, 2008
Multiple Tony nominee Gregg Edelman describes about the creation of the new Broadway musical "A Tale of Two Cities", including a song that was cut and that he misses terribly, and explains to Dickens purists where the musical`s plot diverges a bit from...
Lynne Meadow (#222) - October, 2008
Just after returning from a year-long sabbatical, Manhattan Theatre Club artistic director Lynne Meadow talks about what she did and didn`t do during her hiatus and explains how she shared planning for last season and the coming year with interim...
B.D. Wong (#221) - September, 2008
Tony-winner B.D. Wong talks about his ongoing fascination with the 11-character, one-actor musical "Herringbone", from seeing the original production in 1981 through appearing in it for the third time, currently at New Jersey`s McCarter Theater Center. ...
Bernard Telsey (#220) - September, 2008
Prolific Broadway casting director (and recent reality TV judge) Bernard Telsey discusses his parallel careers as the head of Telsey + Company and the artistic director of Off-Broadway`s MCC Theater. He shares some tidbits about his own training as an...
Estelle Parsons (#219) - September, 2008
Oscar-winner Estelle Parsons talks about taking on the role of the pill-popping Violet Weston in Broadway`s "August: Osage County", noting that she`s played many drinkers in her career but this is her first drug addict, and also describes the incredible...
Diane Paulus (#218) September, 2008
Diane Paulus, director of the acclaimed 40th anniversary revival of the musical "Hair" in Central Park, talks about her long-standing love of the musical -- despite the fact that she`d never actually seen it -- and how she indoctrinated her youthful cast...
Michael Berresse (#217) August, 2008
Michael Berresse, director of the musical "[title of show]", talks about the show`s journey from speed-writing exercise to Broadway hit and whether the self-referential story ever included the character of a director named Michael. He also talks about...
William Ivey Long (#216) August, 2008
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...
David Stone (#215) August, 2008
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...
Tony Meola (#214) August, 2008
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,...
John Glover (#213) August, 2008
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...
Randy Graff (#212) July, 2008
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...
Todd Haimes (#211) July, 2008
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...
Michael Yeargan (#210) July, 2008
"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...
Michael Boyd (#209) July, 2008
Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Michael Boyd gives an overview of the company`s work, including its acclaimed "Complete Works" Festival and the recent two-year journey of the "Histories" cycle. He also talks about his own evolution as a...
Boyd Gaines (#208) June, 2008
On the eve of his fourth Tony Award win, actor Boyd Gaines talks about his busy year, including "Journey`s End", "Pygmalion" and both the Encores and Broadway runs of "Gypsy". He also describes his early training and extensive work in regional theatre,...
Barbara Gaines (#207) June, 2008
Barbara Gaines, founder and artistic director of the newly Tony-recognized Chicago Shakespeare Theater, talks about the company`s evolution from a classical acting workshop to a major institution with an impressive home on Chicago`s Navy Pier. She...
Priscilla Lopez (#206) June, 2008
Tony-winner Priscilla Lopez talks about what drew her to the new musical "In The Heights" and talks about her patience and faith that by the time it reached Broadway, she`d have her own song in the show. She also talks about her early training,...
Harriet Harris (#205) June, 2008
Tony-winner Harriet Harris talks about being "the adult" in a company of kids in the Broadway musical "Cry-Baby" and reveals which of the musical numbers in the show convinced her that she needed to be in the production. She also talks about being sent...
Laura Benanti (#204) May, 2008
Broadway`s newest Gypsy Rose Lee, Laura Benanti, talks about playing the title role in "Gypsy" both last summer at City Center and again this year on Broadway, including her thoughts on formidable author and director Arthur Laurents, as well as a few...
Laura Linney (#203) May, 2008
Actress Laura Linney talks about returning to Broadway as the Marquise de Merteuil in the Roundabout production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" and whether she thinks her character is truly evil. She also discusses her earliest theatrical experiences,...
Sherie Rene Scott (#202) May, 2008
"The Little Mermaid"`s Sherie Rene Scott talks about creating the role of Ursula in the stage version of the beloved animated film, including what she believes the character thinks of herself. She also talks about her earliest dreams of being on stage...
Patrick Stewart (#201) May, 2008
Shakespeare veteran Patrick Stewart talks about finally having the opportunity to play the title role in "Macbeth", some 50 years after he first memorized the play`s great speeches, and chronicles the production`s swift journey from Chichester to London...
Harold Prince (#200) May, 2008
Legendary producer and director Harold Prince surveys his career from his start in 1948 working for another legendary theatrical figure, George Abbott, to his newest project, the musical "Paradise Found", which was presented in a workshop in New York...
David Zippel (#199) April, 2008
Lyricist David Zippel discusses the development of "Pamela`s First Musical", the challenges posed by the untimely passing of two of his collaborators on the project -- composer Cy Coleman and author Wendy Wasserstein, and the upcoming benefit performance...
