ATW - SDCF Masters of the Stage
Rare insights into the working process of America's most seminal directors and choreographers are the focus of "Masters of the Stage." This series features more than three decades of priceless One-on-One interviews and panel discussions with theatre's most distinguished luminaries. Listen to these never before broadcast programs and hear the story of the American theater told by those who helped chart its course.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 76 minutes
- Episodes
- 132
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2013
Harold Prince
In 2002, theatre icon Harold Prince gave the opening remarks to a packed house of esteemed theatre artists, professional directors and choreographers, and aspiring early-career post graduates at SDCF…
01:19:55 |
Fri 11 Sep 2009
Gene Saks
In June of 1995, SDCF brought one of Broadway's most beloved directors to New Dramatists for a conversation about comedy. Collaborators are quoted as saying "I would like to be surgically attached t…
01:11:09 |
Fri 14 Aug 2009
Austin Pendleton
Renowned stage and film actor and Tony nominated stage director Austin Pendleton made time for an interview in April of 1999 with former SDCF Executive Director David Diamond. This 90 minute discuss…
01:30:40 |
Thu 06 Aug 2009
Brian Murray
Days before the close of 1986's Tony Award winner for "Best Reproduction of a Play or Musical" "Hay Fever", Director Brian Murray sat down with Ada Brown Mather to discuss Mr. Coward's return to Broa…
01:16:01 |
Thu 30 Jul 2009
Jerry Zaks
Just two months after the opening of his Tony Award winning production of "The House of Blue Leaves", Director Jerry Zaks spoke to a packed house at Westside Arts Theater in the first installment of …
01:30:45 |
Thu 23 Jul 2009
Richard Foreman and Wilford Leach
SDCF's James Furlong sat down with two preeminent stage directors who also design, Richard Foreman and Wilford Leach, for a 90 minute discussion about navigating the often contentious relationship of…
01:14:19 |
Thu 16 Jul 2009
Geraldine Fitzgerald and John Houseman
At St. Mary's Church in Manhattan on September 19, 1986 SDCF hosted the second installation in a series of interviews with "Actors Who Direct". This interview moderated by Ike Schambelan, features a…
01:19:59 |
Thu 09 Jul 2009
Ellen Stewart
Off-Off Broadway pioneer Ellen Stewart gave a candid interview to SDCF Executive Director David Diamond for a packed audience of theatre artists at ArtsConnection on June 13, 1994. The central focus…
01:17:56 |
Fri 26 Jun 2009
Gillian Lynne
On February 4, 1996 the Drama League Directors Project co-hosted with SDCF a moderated discussion between Director/Choreographer Gillian Lynne and musical Director/Arranger Marvin Laird. In this cand…
01:18:15 |
Fri 12 Jun 2009
Ron Lagomarsino
Fresh off of the successful opening of "Driving Miss Daisy" starring Dana Ivey and Morgan Freeman, Director Ron Lagomarsino sat down with SDCF's Steve Kaplan in January of 1988 to discuss directing c…
01:15:13 |
Fri 05 Jun 2009
Robert Whitehead and Brian Clark
In April of 1986, the day after their play "The Petition", staring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, began its short lived run on Broadway, writer/producer Brian Clark and producer/director Robert White…
01:16:25 |
Fri 22 May 2009
Directing Shepard
Fritz Ertl sat down with George Ferencz to discuss Sam Shepard at New Dramatists in January of 1985. The conversation begins dominated by questions concerning the musicality of Shepard's earlier wor…
01:24:24 |
Fri 15 May 2009
Richard Foreman
Professor/Playwright Steven Drukman sat down with theatre artist Richard Foreman in April of 1997 at Artsconnection to discuss theatrical innovation in an interview co-sponsored by SDCF and the Drama…
01:23:40 |
Sat 09 May 2009
Mitchell, Ashley, and Mayer on Directing
In 2001, Charles Repole and Joe Miloscia of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation had the opportunity to bring together a trio of Broadway's hottest hit-makers for a special conversation.…
01:22:50 |
Fri 24 Apr 2009
Directing O'Neill
On April 27, 1986 frequent SDCF interviewer and legendary acting coach Ada Brown Mather sat down with director Sir Jonathan Miller to discuss Eugene O'Neill's work one day before his revival of "Long…
01:29:46 |
Fri 17 Apr 2009
Directing Coward
In November of 1986, legendary acting coach Ada Brown Mather sat down with Roderick Cook at Westside Arts Theatre to discuss his affinity for acting, directing and presenting the words and work of No…
01:08:10 |
Fri 03 Apr 2009
Jack O'Brien
In December of 2001, renowned director Jack O'Brien was interviewed by his former protégé, John Rando, as part of SDCF's One-on-One conversation series. In this 30-minute session Rando and O'Brien s…
00:32:07 |
Fri 27 Mar 2009
Austin Pendleton
On November 28, 1988 Elinor Renfield sat down with Austin Pendelton at Westside Arts Theatre to discuss the experience of directing Michael Weller's "Spoils of War". In this candid in-depth intervie…
01:21:16 |
Fri 20 Mar 2009
David Mamet
In December of 1992 a conversation with David Mamet was presented in New York City at Marymount Manhattan College. In this candid discussion Mamet covers writing, directing, the critics and theatre's…
01:00:12 |
Fri 13 Mar 2009
Doug Hughes and Daniel Sullivan
In Spring of 2006, Tony-award winning directors Daniel Sullivan and Doug Hughes were both in the midst of mounting shows at the Manhattan Theatre Club and agreed to sit down with MTC director of Arti…
01:20:37 |
Fri 27 Feb 2009
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