ATW - Working In The Theatre show

ATW - Working In The Theatre

Summary: For more than 30 years the American Theatre Wing has been bringing together performers, directors, playwrights, designers, choreographers, producers and behind-the-scenes personnel from the American and international theatre, the seminars offer a rare opportunity for students and audiences to see the people who create theatre engaged in thoughtful conversation with one another. With more than 600 past guests, the seminars have become an unequalled archive of theatrical talk, a chance to hear from the people behind the characters, stories and productions that draw us to the theatre.

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Podcasts:

 Stage Veterans - January, 2005 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

Four actors with long and varied careers on stage—Richard Easton, Robert Prosky, Marian Seldes and Frances Sternhagen—recall their own experiences starting out in the business and offer a few tips on how to sustain a life in the theatre.

 Off-Broadway - February, 2005 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

Five off-Broadway artistic directors—Tisa Chang of Pan Asian Repertory, Loretta Greco of The Women's Project, Eduardo Machado of INTAR, James C. Nicola of New York Theatre Workshop and Neil Pepe of the Atlantic Theatre Company—join with Virginia Louloudes of ART/NY for a discussion of the state of Off-Broadway's institutional theatres.

 Musicals: Directors and Choreographers - March, 2005 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

Choreographer Rob Ashford, Director Chris Ashley, Director/Choreographer John Carrafa and Choreographer Gillian Lynne talk about making musical speak, move and sing.

 Interpreting Tennessee Williams - April, 2005 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

A remarkable one-time-only meeting of cast members from two concurrent Williams revivals on Broadway—Natasha Richardson, John C. Reilly and Chris Bauer of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and Jessica Lange and Christian Slater of "The Glass Menagerie".

 Production: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - April, 2005 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

An in-depth look at the creation of the Broadway musical comedy with authors Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek, director Jack O'Brien, choreographer Jerry Mitchell and actors Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott.

 Performance - May, 2005 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

A lively roundtable on the actors' craft with Billy Crudup ("The Pillowman"), Raúl Esparza ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"), Cherry Jones ("Doubt"), Marsha Mason ("Steel Magnolias") and David Hyde Pierce ("Spamalot").

 Exploring Summer Theatre - June, 2005 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

Far from the fabled days of summer stock, today's summer theatres are ambitious artistic institutions that aren't really just for summer anymore. A discussion with Sybil Christopher of the Bay Street Theatre, Alison Harris of Westport Country Playhouse, Kate Maguire of the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Jackie Maxwell of Canada's Shaw Festival and Max Mayer of New York Stage and Film.

 Directing - June, 2006 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

How an audience can discern the often invisible hand of the director is the starting point for this discussion with Scott Elliott ("The Threepenny Opera"), Doug Hughes ("Doubt"), Joe Mantello ("Wicked"), John Rando ("The Wedding Singer") and Leigh Silverman ("Well").

 Design - May, 2006 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

The creation of new worlds on stage and the work of their creators is explored with lighting designer Peggy Eisenhauer ("Assassins"), costume designer Jess Goldstein ("Jersey Boys"), set designer David Korins ("Bridge and Tunnel"), set designer Derek McLane ("The Pajama Game") and costume designer Carrie Robbins ("White Christmas").

 Actors on Performing - April, 2006 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

Experiences on stage in America and England are the core of this conversation with actors Eileen Atkins ("Doubt"), Richard Griffiths ("The History Boys"), Jonathan Pryce ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"), Lynn Redgrave ("The Importance of Being Earnest") and Zoë Wanamaker ("Awake and Sing").

 Production: The Drowsy Chaperone - April, 2006 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

Originally created as a skit for a bachelor party, "The Drowsy Chaperone" has traveled from Toronto to Los Angeles to Broadway, growing in size along the way without sacrificing its skewed view of classic musicals. The ATW Working in the Theatre seminar will explore Chaperone's journey from one-off entertainment into that rarest of musicals—one not based on a book, play or movie.

 The Playwright - February, 2006 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

The writers' life is the topic for authors Christopher Durang ("Miss Witherspoon"), Lisa Kron ("Well"), Marsha Norman ("The Color Purple"), John Patrick Shanley ("Defiance") and Diana Son ("Satellites").

 Critics - January, 2006 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

Some of the country's most read critics—Melissa Rose Bernardo of Entertainment Weekly, Michael Feingold of The Village Voice, Elysa Gardner of USA Today, Michael Kuchwara of the Associated Press and Jeremy McCarter of New York Magazine—share how they came to their current positions and what they look for when they go to a show.

 Actors on Performing - December, 2005 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

A free-ranging conversation on the actors' life with Michael Cerveris ("Sweeney Todd"), Victoria Clark ("A Light in the Piazza"), Jill Clayburgh ("Naked Girl on the Appian Way"), George Grizzard ("Seascape") and Brían F. O'Byrne ("Doubt").

 Producing Commercial Theatre - December, 2005 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 1:30:00

Five prolific commercial producers—Susan Gallin ("Woman Before a Glass"), Elizabeth McCann ("Well"), Kevin McCollum ("Avenue Q"), David Stone ("Wicked") and Tom Viertel ("Sweeney Todd")—explore the business of bringing shows to the stage.

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