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
John Lee Beatty (#256) - February, 2010
Veteran scenic designer John Lee Beatty, currently represented in New York by "Time Stands Still", "A View from the Bridge" and "Venus in Fur", talks about why he thinks all American drama is about r…
00:59:01 |
Wed 17 Feb 2010
Christine Lahti (#255) - February, 2010
One of "God of Carnage"'s current combatants on Broadway, Christine Lahti, talks about playing the range of emotions that consume her character over the course of the play's mere 80 minutes, and how …
00:57:12 |
Wed 10 Feb 2010
Andre De Shields (#254) - February, 2010
The multi-talented Andre De Shields describes the development of his new one-man show, "Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance", and why it may be a work-in-progress for several …
01:07:09 |
Mon 01 Feb 2010
Doug Wright (#253) - January, 2010
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award honored playwright Doug Wright discusses his virtually genetic passion for theatre and how that matched up with his conservative Texas childhood; his escape to New Haven…
01:05:28 |
Mon 25 Jan 2010
Emily Mann (#252) - January, 2010
As she celebrates her 20th season as artistic director of Princeton's McCarter Theatre, Emily Mann recalls the factors she considered when taking on the job; counsel she received at the time from dir…
00:59:58 |
Mon 18 Jan 2010
Scott Ellis (#251) - January, 2010
With Theresa Rebeck's "The Understudy" soon to close at the Roundabout and Douglas Carter Beane's "Mr. and Mrs. Fitch" beginning rehearsals at Second Stage, director Scott Ellis discusses his attract…
01:00:50 |
Mon 11 Jan 2010
Stephen Sondheim (#250) - January, 2010
Legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is the guest for the 250th "Downstage Center" interview. He discusses a wide range of topics, including whether, as many have asserted, he actually d…
00:59:37 |
Mon 04 Jan 2010
Beth Leavel (#249) - December, 2009
"Mamma Mia!"'s newest leading lady, Beth Leavel, talks about slipping into the polyester disco gear of Donna Sheridan, describing the rare opportunity of joining a long-running production and still g…
00:59:15 |
Mon 28 Dec 2009
Bernard Gersten (#248) - December, 2009
Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer of Lincoln Center Theater, takes listeners on a highly condensed tour of his 60-year career in the theatre, including his joining Maurice Evans' US Army Special Se…
01:12:13 |
Mon 21 Dec 2009
Jim Norton (#247) - December, 2009
Actor Jim Norton, Tony and Olivier Award winner for "The Seafarer" and now on Broadway in the notably sunnier current revival of "Finian's Rainbow", discusses how the Irish view that Irish-inflected …
00:58:16 |
Mon 14 Dec 2009
Hunter Foster (#246) - December, 2009
"Ordinary Days"' Hunter Foster talks about performing a musical in such an intimate space (Roundabout Underground's black box) and why the unusually close proximity makes the audience into the fifth …
01:02:04 |
Mon 07 Dec 2009
Anna Deavere Smith (#245) - November, 2009
America's leading practitioner of "documentary theatre," Anna Deavere Smith, discusses her newest work, "Let Me Down Easy", and how it developed from its original commission by the Yale Medical Schoo…
01:00:52 |
Mon 30 Nov 2009
Robert Longbottom (#244) - November, 2009
Guest host Ted Chapin, chairman of the board of the American Theatre Wing, talks with director Robert Longbottom about his current Broadway production of "Bye Bye Birdie" at The Roundabout, including…
01:00:42 |
Mon 23 Nov 2009
Jayne Houdyshell (#243) - November, 2009
"Bye Bye Birdie"'s domineering mom, Jayne Houdyshell, talks about finding the good in meddling Mae Peterson, who she calls "Archie Bunker in a mink coat" and whether she'd ever appeared in "Birdie" p…
01:00:02 |
Mon 16 Nov 2009
Rosemary Harris (#242) - November, 2009
"The Royal Family"'s own theatre royalty Rosemary Harris talks about her current role as Fanny Cavendish at Manhattan Theatre Club and her 1975 performance as Julie Cavendish with such costars as Sam…
01:03:58 |
Mon 09 Nov 2009
Tracy Letts (#241) - November, 2009
"Superior Donuts" and "August: Osage County" playwright Tracy Letts. talks about writing "Donuts" as his first "Chicago" play in homage to his adopted home city. He also discusses his childhood with …
01:00:03 |
Mon 02 Nov 2009
Anne Bogart (#240) - October, 2009
Director Anne Bogart discusses the formation of her SITI Company and why, after 16 years of existence, they're only now staging their first New York season at Dance Theatre Workshop. She also talks …
01:00:46 |
Mon 26 Oct 2009
Emanuel Azenberg (#239) - October, 2009
Producer Emanuel Azenberg talks about the upcoming repertory production of "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Broadway Bound", including the choice of David Cromer as director, whether the plays are being…
01:03:34 |
Mon 19 Oct 2009
Charlayne Woodard (#238) - October, 2009
Actress Charlayne Woodard (who declines to call herself a playwright) talks about the creation of her one-actor shows "Pretty Fire", "Neat", "In Real Life" and her newest, "The Night Watcher", curren…
00:58:28 |
Mon 12 Oct 2009
Daryl Roth (#237) - October, 2009
Producer Daryl Roth, talks about her current and upcoming projects, including the Off-Broadway plays "Vigil", "The Temperamentals" and "Love, Loss and What I Wore". She also discusses how she plunge…
01:00:22 |
Mon 05 Oct 2009
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