178 stories by "League of Professional Theatre Women"
LPTW’s Blog30 was created to highlight the diversity, passion and brilliance of the individual members of the League of Professional Theatre Women in celebration of the organization…
Playwright, Novelist, Editor New York, New York USA Where do I look for inspiration? Deep, emotional life experiences. What is closest to me, whether personal or situations I observe that to…
Composer, Lyricist, Poet New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? It comes unannounced! What's your favorite book / movie / line from a play / pop culture guilty pleasure / …
Composer New York, New York USA I get my inspiration from words, feelings, other music. My favorite movie is The Young Philadelphians. The production that changed my life happened when as a …
Founder, Artistic Director of Cherry Lane Alternative since 1997; Executive Director, Cherry Lane Theatre since 1996; Actress, Dancer, Singer since age 4! New York, New York USA My favor…
Playwright, Actor, Teacher, Drama Therapist New York, New York and Western Massachusetts, USA Books inspire me: As a playwright, I am a bit of a research junkie. I am fascinated by science, …
Theatre & Cabaret Critic, Producer New York, New York USA My inspiration comes daily as world events keep spiraling and it’s like “beat the clock” – continue to h…
LPTW’s Blog30 was created to highlight the diversity, passion and brilliance of the individual members of the League of Professional Theatre Women in celebration of the organization…
Playwright, Screenwriter, Poet, Director, Professor (Screenwriting and Playwriting) New York, New York USA Inspiration is really a mystical demon, so to speak. I haven’t a clue where t…
Playwright Brooklyn, New York USA In the fall of 2006, I saw Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus performed at Wilton’s Music Hall in London, directed by John Doyle and starring Matthew Kelly…
Author, Editor, Public Relations Director New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Plays, novels, myself. What's your favorite book / movie / line from a play / pop culture …
Producer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? My family What's your favorite book? The Bridges of Madison County What play or production changed your life? The Bad Seed …
Playwright/Writer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? I'm often inspired by overheard conversations on buses or on line at the supermarket. Cell phones can work well fo…
Playwright/Librettist New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? For so long it was opera and Roma gypsy music always but lately I’ve been obsessed with paintings. There…
LPTW’s Blog30 was created to highlight the diversity, passion and brilliance of the individual members of the League of Professional Theatre Women in celebration of the organization…
Director, Producer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? This question asks us what sparks that creative flame which kindles the passion to make theater. So much inspirat…
Director New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Friends, books, art, music, the sun and the sea all inspire me. What's your favorite line from a play? A tie betwee…
Entertainment Attorney, with particular expertise in theater New York, New York USA In my earliest days as a young attorney, I faced an international crisis: one of our clients, a performing…
Director, Writer, Producer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Art, life, people around me, everything everywhere is fodder for my imagination. What's your favorite boo…
Executive Director, The Moth New York, New York USA I was born into a family that prized creativity and the arts, where the pursuit of any artistic discipline was supported over acquiring pr…
Producer New York, New York / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA When Bob Donnalley and I produced A Shayna Maidel in New York more than 20 years ago, we knew that the play had “legs.̶…
Artistic & Administrative Director of NY Artists Unlimited, Playwright-Director-Actress New York, New York USA A relic of the Warhol days, ex-”Queen of off-off-Broadway,” and…
Performer, playwright, professor of acting New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? I look to my dreams for inspiration – they are full of strange beauty. What's your …
Director / Dramaturg New York, New York USA I grew up in England. My primary school Head Mistress insisted I have Speech and Drama lessons, when she heard me speaking English with a Spanish-…
Playwright, Composer, Director New York, New York USA I dreamed of being a concert pianist. So I could stay at home and practice, I started a mail order business selling celebrity photos. I …
