ATW - Downstage Center
The American Theatre Wing presents Downstage Center a weekly theatrical interview show, featuring the top artists working in theatre, both on and Off-Broadway and around the country.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 357
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2013
Catherine Zuber (#157) June, 2007
Three-time Tony Award-winning costume designer Catherine Zuber talks about the process of costume design and the nature of the collaboration between designers and a director; explains how she chooses…
00:48:39 |
Mon 02 Jul 2007
Douglas Carter Beane (#156) June, 2007
Playwright Douglas Carter Beane talks about how his fascination with Greek myths dovetailed with a producer's overture to adapt a famously bad movie, resulting in the new musical "Xanadu"; describes …
00:56:59 |
Mon 25 Jun 2007
Marian Seldes (#155) June, 2007
Revered stage veteran Marian Seldes touches upon a few of the highlights of her storied career, from her current role on Broadway opposite Angela Lansbury in "Deuce" (a role written specifically for …
00:56:16 |
Mon 18 Jun 2007
Joe Dowling (#154) June, 2007
Guthrie Theatre Artistic Director Joe Dowling talks about the company's move from its historic home into a brand new facility, including the reaction of the Minneapolis audiences to the shift; his ow…
00:58:40 |
Mon 11 Jun 2007
Mary Louise Wilson (#153) June, 2007
Tony nominee Mary Louise Wilson discusses her journey from workshop to Broadway with the musical "Grey Gardens"; recalls her Broadway debut in the troubled Judy Holliday vehicle "Hot Spot"; describes…
00:46:10 |
Mon 04 Jun 2007
David Hyde Pierce (#152) May, 2007
David Hyde Pierce talks about joining in the development of the long-aborning "Curtains" and how he faced the challenge of a full-fledged character-driven musical on Broadway; recalls the circumstanc…
00:40:34 |
Mon 28 May 2007
Frank Langella (#151) May, 2007
Frank Langella talks about the challenge of making the character of Richard Nixon in "Frost/Nixon" more than just a caricature, and whether it was easier to develop his performance as such a pivotal …
00:47:57 |
Thu 17 May 2007
Jerry Mitchell (#150) May, 2007
Tony Award-winning choreographer Jerry Mitchell talks about taking on the dual roles of director and choreographer for the first time with "Legally Blonde" and charts the development of the musical f…
00:58:09 |
Mon 14 May 2007
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (#149) May, 2007
The team of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil talk about why they broke from their usual practice of originating their own projects and took on writing "The Pirate Queen"; how they first bega…
00:51:24 |
Mon 07 May 2007
Richard M. Sherman and George Stiles (#148) April, 2007
Richard M. Sherman and George Stiles, the film and stage composers of "Mary Poppins", come together for a special program that explores the creation of the original film score and how it was adapted …
00:59:24 |
Mon 30 Apr 2007
Jeff Daniels (#147) April, 2007
Jeff Daniels talks about his return to the New York stage after a 14 year absence in David Harrower's Olivier Award-winning "Blackbird" at Manhattan Theatre Club, including how he works himself up to…
00:55:00 |
Mon 23 Apr 2007
Lee Blessing (#47) April, 2005
Playwright Lee Blessing talks about his play "Going to St. Ives" with its theme, of politics, women, and motherhood, and its similarities to his best-known play "A Walk In The Woods". Blessing expla…
00:38:44 |
Fri 20 Apr 2007
Judith Ivey (#146) April, 2007
Two-time Tony-winning actress Judith Ivey talks about her transition to directing; why she was drawn to direct Lee Thuna's "Fugue" at the Cherry Lane Theatre rather than play the leading role; what s…
00:49:59 |
Mon 16 Apr 2007
Michael Blakemore (#42) February, 2005
Acclaimed director Michael Blakemore discusses his ongoing collaboration with playwright Michael Frayn during the Broadway run of "Democracy" and explores his famed virtuosity staging both plays and …
00:58:09 |
Fri 13 Apr 2007
John Mahoney (#145) April, 2007
John Mahoney talks about returning to Broadway after a 20-year hiatus in the Roundabout Theatre production of "Prelude to a Kiss", including why he had to be conscious of not making his stage role of…
Mon 09 Apr 2007
Dominic Chianese (#36) December, 2004
Dominic Chianese, who plays Lou Wolf in Woody Allen's play "A Second Hand Memory", discusses Allen's style of directing, his character's anger and family conflicts, and compares Lou Wolf to Uncle Jun…
00:28:31 |
Fri 06 Apr 2007
Eric Bogosian (#144) March, 2007
Author and actor Eric Bogosian explains why he left the text of "Talk Radio" essentially unchanged for its current Broadway revival, but made more significant rewrites in "subUrbia" for its revival a…
00:50:22 |
Mon 02 Apr 2007
Jeffrey Hatcher (#25) October, 2004
Prolific playwright Jeffrey Hatcher talks about seeing one of his recent plays "Compleat Female Stage Beauty" come to the screen as "Stage Beauty"; his years developing plays at Connecticut's O'Neill…
00:33:49 |
Fri 30 Mar 2007
Walter Bobbie (#143) March, 2007
Director and actor Walter Bobbie talks about returning to the acting stage in the "Encores!" production of "Face The Music", and how he feels preparing to act in the famously brief "Encores" rehearsa…
00:52:49 |
Mon 26 Mar 2007
Tovah Feldshuh (#12) July, 2004
Tovah Feldshuh discusses her role in William Gibson's one-woman play "Golda's Balcony", including her research into the life of Israeli premier Golda Meir and her passion in presenting 100 years of …
00:37:39 |
Fri 23 Mar 2007
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