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
Neil Pepe (#142) March, 2007
Neil Pepe, artistic director of New York's Atlantic Theater Company, discusses the development of the company as an outgrowth of acting classes led by playwright David Mamet and actor William H. Macy…
00:42:17 |
Mon 19 Mar 2007
Amy Irving (#141) March, 2007
Amy Irving talks about her experience seeing part two of "The Coast of Utopia" when it premiered in England, and her response when director Jack O'Brien asked her to play two roles in the trilogy's U…
00:42:57 |
Mon 12 Mar 2007
Patrick Cassidy (#9) June, 2004
During his run in the revival of "42nd Street", Patrick Cassidy talks about life in a performing family, including the legacy of his late father Jack and performing with his mother Shirley Jones; his…
00:35:28 |
Fri 09 Mar 2007
Billy Crudup (#140) March, 2007
Billy Crudup recalls how he messed up his first audition but still managed to be cast in his Broadway debut, "Arcadia"; describes the communal spirit that guided the 2002 production of "The Elephant …
00:49:34 |
Mon 05 Mar 2007
Kristin Chenoweth (#139) February, 2007
Kristin Chenoweth reminisces about her move from Oklahoma to Manhattan and how she was discovered after an all-day wait for an audition; tells how she was cast as Patty in the revival of "You're A Go…
00:53:12 |
Mon 26 Feb 2007
Mercedes Ruehl (#45) March, 2005
Mercedes Ruehl shares her passion for art and for playing art patron Peggy Guggenheim in "Woman Before A Glass" talks about her early training and her roles in regional theatre, her Off-Broadway succ…
00:48:07 |
Fri 23 Feb 2007
Kevin McCollum (#138) February, 2007
Kevin McCollum talks about how his "contrarian" nature applies to his work as a producer, including mounting the 22-actor musical "In The Heights" Off-Broadway when many say even small musicals can't…
00:58:31 |
Tue 20 Feb 2007
Jack Viertel (#39) January, 2005
Jack Viertel, artistic director of the "Encores!" series at New York City Center, traces the evolution of the acclaimed concert stagings of little-seen musicals and offers a glimpse into how their cl…
00:51:26 |
Fri 16 Feb 2007
Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell (#13) July, 2004
Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell discuss the genesis of "The Musical of MusicalsóThe Musical!" and whether they'll get to quit their day jobs as a result of its success. Original air date - July 16, 2…
00:27:50 |
Mon 12 Feb 2007
Alfred Molina (#30) November, 2004
Late in the run of his Broadway turn as Tevye in "Fiddler On The Roof", Alfred Molina discusses his role in that much-discussed production, recalls meeting his wife-to-be in the musical "Destry Rides…
00:47:56 |
Wed 07 Feb 2007
Len Cariou (#137) February, 2007
Len Cariou looks back over his career on stage, from his days with his own cabaret act in his native Canada to his immersion into classical theatre at the Manitoba Theatre Center and the Stratford Fe…
00:48:05 |
Mon 05 Feb 2007
Ted Chapin (#15) July, 2004
Ted Chapin wears two hats during this interview, one as he discusses his position as head of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, explaining his role in both promoting and defending the work of th…
00:45:37 |
Wed 31 Jan 2007
Rita Moreno (#136) January, 2007
Rita Moreno reflects on her career, from her Broadway debut at age 13; her efforts to break out of being constantly cast as a Latin spitfire; her arduous preparation for her audition for "West Side S…
00:54:48 |
Mon 29 Jan 2007
Melissa Errico and Tom Hewitt (#27) October, 2004
Melissa Errico and Tom Hewitt discuss their roles in Frank Wildhorn's "Dracula", and separately review their careers -- Errico's as a leading lady in numerous high profile revivals and Hewitt's as on…
00:46:45 |
Thu 25 Jan 2007
Margot Harley (#135) January, 2007
Margot Harley, co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Acting Company, talks about the troupe's origins as an outgrowth of the acting program at The Juilliard School in the early 70s, the c…
00:33:34 |
Mon 22 Jan 2007
Barbara Walsh (#134) January, 2007
Barbara Walsh, Joanne in the John Doyle revival of "Company", talks about taking on a role so indelibly associated with Elaine Stritch, explains why her character doesn't really "join the band" in th…
00:41:59 |
Tue 16 Jan 2007
John McDaniel (#29) November, 2004
Music Director John McDaniel talks about his first producing project, "Brooklyn The Musical"; reflects on his time working with Rosie O'Donnell on her talk show, and gives some insight into the work …
00:44:42 |
Thu 11 Jan 2007
Rebecca Luker (#133) January, 2007
Rebecca Luker confesses to not reading the original "Mary Poppins" books despite her role as Mrs. Banks in the current Broadway musical version; recalls her Broadway debut understudying and then assu…
00:43:53 |
Mon 08 Jan 2007
Blair Brown (#132) December, 2006
Blair Brown discusses her role on stage in the Lincoln Center Theatre production of Sarah Ruhl's "The Clean House", and her part in the play winning the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Award; expla…
00:56:59 |
Tue 02 Jan 2007
The Actors' Fund and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids (#131) December, 2006
The leaders of the two best known theatre-based charitable group, Joe Benincasa of The Actors' Fund and Tom Viola of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, talk about the wide range of work done by their…
00:42:48 |
Fri 22 Dec 2006
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