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
Michael Ball (#80) December, 2005
Michael Ball discusses straddling the worlds of musical theatre and pop music in his native England, as well as the irony of returning to the Broadway stage after 15 years to gain greater recognition…
00:46:49 |
Tue 27 Dec 2005
Oskar Eustis (#81) December, 2005
Early in his first season at the helm, Oskar Eustis, the new artistic director of The Public Theater, talks about his plans for that seminal theatrical institution, both on stage and off, lets slip p…
00:29:28 |
Tue 27 Dec 2005
Matthew Broderick (#32) December, 2004
During the Off-Broadway run of "The Foreigner", Matthew Broderick addresses whether he's really as shy as news reports would portray him, talks about his early years growing up in New York and on bot…
00:39:06 |
Thu 15 Dec 2005
Susan Stroman (#23) October, 2004
Director-choreographer Susan Stroman charts her career from her early days as a chorus member in regional theatre to her triumph with "The Producers" to her work with Nathan Lane bringing Stephen Son…
00:49:20 |
Thu 15 Dec 2005
Gary Beach (#41) February, 2005
Gary Beach takes off his "La Cage aux Folles" feathers to discuss playing Zaza in the musical's first Broadway revival, his Tony-winning success in "The Producers" and even his lesser known history i…
00:53:07 |
Thu 15 Dec 2005
Christopher Durang (#79) December, 2005
Playwright Christopher Durang contemplates issues of faith, family, humor and falling space debris during the concurrent runs of his new play "Miss Witherspoon" in New York and his new musical "Adrif…
01:01:28 |
Tue 13 Dec 2005
Judy Kaye (#78) November, 2005
Judy Kaye talks about recreating the spirit and decidedly unique voice of 1940s-era vocal phenomenon Florence Foster Jenkins in "Souvenir", and talks about her star-making experience taking over the …
00:39:05 |
Thu 08 Dec 2005
Jill Clayburgh (#77) November, 2005
Jill Clayburgh talks about the joys of returning to the Broadway stage for the first time in two decades in Richard Greeenberg's "A Naked Girl on the Appian Way", her anticipation of her immediate fo…
00:29:28 |
Tue 22 Nov 2005
Craig Lucas (#76) November, 2005
On the eve of his debut as a film director, Craig Lucas discusses transforming "The Dying Gaul" from play to screenplay and talks about his journey from a narrow-minded Philadelphia suburb to the cho…
00:36:53 |
Thu 17 Nov 2005
Lea Salonga (#75) November, 2005
On the eve of her solo concert at Carnegie Hall, Lea Salonga chronicles her journey from the Philippines to the West End to Broadway with "Miss Saigon", the experience of being in a "new" Rodgers & H…
00:43:24 |
Wed 09 Nov 2005
David Rockwell (#72) October, 2005
Noted architect David Rockwell talks about branching into scenic design ("Hairspray", "All Shook Up") as an extension of his childhood love of theatre, which included working on amateur productions i…
00:31:39 |
Wed 02 Nov 2005
John Simon (#73) October, 2005
Veteran critic John Simon reflects on decades of theatregoing, including 38 years with New York Magazine, as he marks the publication of "John Simon On Theatre," a comprehensive anthology of his revi…
00:33:16 |
Wed 02 Nov 2005
Carol Channing (#74) October, 2005
Stage legend Carol Channing reminisces about her extraordinary career, ranging from her naive yet successful audition for the William Morris Agency (which she briefly recreates) to her early success …
01:02:55 |
Wed 19 Oct 2005
Gerard Alessandrini (#71) September, 2005
Gerard Alessandrini shares the process of turning Broadway into "Forbidden Broadway" and why after all these years of skewering stage stars and shows, he's still an optimistic fan of the theatre. Ori…
00:34:02 |
Tue 11 Oct 2005
Chris Sarandon (#70) September, 2005
Returning to the New York stage for the first time in more than a decade, Chris Sarandon talks about joining the company of "A Light In The Piazza" and reflects on his early stage work in regional th…
00:33:41 |
Tue 04 Oct 2005
Jane Alexander (#48) April, 2005
During the run of her one-woman show "What Of The Night", Jane Alexander discusses the challenges of portraying the life and words of Djuna Barnes, and talks about the effect of her years as head of …
00:35:55 |
Mon 03 Oct 2005
Galt MacDermot (#69) September, 2005
With "Two Gentlemen of Verona" back on stage at The Public Theater's Delacorte in Central Park, Galt MacDermot reminisces about the great successes of "Hair" and "Two Gents", as well as the brief run…
00:41:58 |
Wed 14 Sep 2005
Charles Strouse (#68) August, 2005
Charles Strouse takes listeners back to the creation of "Bye Bye Birdie", including the behind the scenes challenges of retooling the musical for Chita Rivera and figuring out how to make Dick Van Dy…
01:01:28 |
Wed 07 Sep 2005
Joanna Gleason (#67) August, 2005
Joanna Gleason talks about signing on to "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" before her part was fully written, recalls her Broadway debut in "I Love My Wife" and the thrill of premiering "Into The Woods", and…
00:36:08 |
Wed 31 Aug 2005
John Lithgow (#49) April, 2005
John Lithgow talks about his plunge back into theatre after years of absence from the New York stage, with a succession of acclaimed performance in "Sweet Smell of Success", "The Retreat from Moscow"…
00:38:25 |
Mon 29 Aug 2005
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