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Costume designer Martin Pakledinaz talks about creating the clothes for the recent Broadway revival of "Lend Me A Tenor", the commencement of planning for the spring 2011 production of "Anyt…
Actor Yul Brynner talks about returning to his Academy and Tony Award winning role in the Broadway revival of "The King and I" 25 years later, how his life experience has changed his perform…
The producing team of the 1985 Broadway musical "Grind" - advertising representative Jeffrey Ash, group sales executive Ronald S. Lee, executive producer Ruth Mitchell, and producers Michael…
Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of television legends Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, talks about how Angela Lansbury and Vivian Vance prompted her towards a career on the stage. She recalls her earl…
The panel of actors - Don Correia ("Singin' in the Rain"), Tovah Feldshuh ("Springtime for Henry"), Glenne Headly ("Arms and the Man"), Judd Hirsch ("I'm Not Rappaport"), Barnard Hughes ("Th…
Jerry Orbach, star of "Chicago", talks about his continuing loyalty to the stage compared to Hollywood, and how his Broadway schedule works well with being a family man.
Voice Teacher Linda Benanti shows performers how to develop their voice to make their singing sound easy and natural. Singing requires both athletic and mental abilities, along with dedicat…
The panelists - director Clinton Turner Davis ("Two Can Play"), playwright Herb Gardner ("I'm Not Rappaport"), playwright/lyricist Tom Jones ("The Fantasticks"), playwright Shirley Lauro ("O…
Three-time Tony Award winning costume designer Florence Klotz for "Follies", "A Little Night Music", and "Pacific Overtures" talks about costuming the musical comedy "On The 20th Century" se…
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 "Sist…
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 develope…
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 sh…
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 sh…
Hermione Gingold talks about understudying the role of the narrator (normally played by a male actor, Ned Sherrin) in "Side By Side By Sondheim" on Broadway, and using her married name Ferna…
The 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'…
In February 2010, director Michael Mayer, who won a Tony Award for "Spring Awakening" and recently directed "American Idiot", and choreographer Rob Ashford, who won a Tony for "Thoroughly Mo…
As his play "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" marks the 25th anniversary of its opening at the Provincetown Playhouse, playwright and actor Charles Busch recalls the circumstances surrounding the …
Actress Delores Hall talks about her Tony Award winning role in the gospel musical "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God", working with director Vinnette Carroll, and turning a "revival meeti…
The panel of actors -- Glenn Close ("Benefactors"), Maurice Hines ("Uptown...It's Hot"), Aidan Quinn ("A Lie of the Mind"), Marlo Thomas ("Social Security") -- discuss working with directors…
Tony Award winning Sound Designer Robert Kaplowitz is responsible for the sound system and sound content of a production. In a play, that content includes both music and sound effects. His…
"Promises, Promises" scene stealer Katie Finneran talks about creating the character of Marge McDougall for only two scenes and why she had to be "the anti-Kristin," what it's like having so…
Robert Wright and George Forrest, the songwriting team behind "Song of Norway" talk about adapting their 1953 Broadway musical "Kismet" into "Timbuktu!", a new musical set in West Africa in…
In January of 1994, Susan Stroman sat down for an hour-long discussion of her career as a choreographer. She talks about working on "Crazy For You", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", and "Show Boa…
Trans-Atlantic star of "Chicago" Ruthie Henshall discusses her 14 year history with the show, from creating the role of Roxie in the original London company (opposite Ute Lemper) to subseque…
Authors' respresentative Audrey Wood discusses the importance of regional theatres across America. For example, Studs Terkel's book "Working" was developed by the author and multiple compos…
