ATW - This Is Broadway
"This is Broadway" is a series of more than 70 short radio interviews created by The Broadway League, as an effort to promote Broadway theatre, some 32 years ago. The program consisted of weekly three-and-a-half minute interviews with Broadway luminaries, hosted by Isobel Robins and Richard Seff, and syndicated to radio stations around the country.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 3 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2010
Michael Stewart
Book Writer/Lyricist Michael Stewart of Tony Award-winning Best Musicals "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Hello, Dolly!", and the new musical comedy "I Love My Wife", talks about his new novel "Belle", and how …
00:03:48 |
Tue 18 May 2010
Tiger Haynes
Actor Tiger Haynes discusses his ongoing run as the original Tinman in the hit musical "The Wiz" and its move from the Majestic to the Broadway Theatre; his experience as a musician and "saloon perfo…
00:03:39 |
Tue 11 May 2010
Reid Shelton
Television, film, and stage actor Reid Shelton talks about playing Daddy Oliver Warbucks in the hit Broadway musical "Annie", how director Martin Charnin shaped the production from a 1976 pre-Broadwa…
00:03:42 |
Tue 04 May 2010
Adolph Green
Lyricist/writer Adolph Green, one half of the musical-comedy team Comden and Green, talks about their current revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green" at the Morosco Theatre which includes …
00:03:49 |
Tue 27 Apr 2010
Donald Pippin
Tony Award winning musical director for "Oliver!", vocal arranger/musical director Donald Pippin talks about "A Chorus Line"'s development by director Michael Bennett and composer Marvin Hamlisch; cr…
00:03:46 |
Tue 20 Apr 2010
Millicent Martin
English actress Millicent Martin, one of the stars of "Side by Side by Sondheim", discusses the revue's transfer from London to Broadway with the original British cast, obtaining permission from Acto…
00:03:43 |
Tue 13 Apr 2010
Gretchen Wyler
Actress Gretchen Wyler, who replaced Gwen Verdon in "Damn Yankees" and Chita Rivera in "Bye Bye Birdie", talks about welcoming Robert Preston into the title role of the Broadway comedy "Sly Fox"; how…
00:03:46 |
Tue 06 Apr 2010
Harvey Sabinson
Veteran Broadway press agent Harvey Sabinson talks about his book "Darling, You Were Wonderful", his insider account of working with over 500 Broadway performers such as Carol Channing in "Hello, Dol…
00:03:46 |
Tue 30 Mar 2010
Lenny Baker
Stage and film actor Lenny Baker talks about starring in "I Love My Wife" his first Broadway musical; working with onstage musicians and no conductor; being compared to and influenced by veteran acto…
00:03:43 |
Tue 23 Mar 2010
Laurence Luckinbill
Actor Laurence Luckinbill who completed a run of "Poor Murderer" talks about the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Shadow Box". Despite the difficult subject matter of terminal illness,…
00:03:47 |
Tue 16 Mar 2010
Frank Perry
Film director Frank Perry who spent the first 10 years of his career directing for the stage, returns to Broadway to direct "Ladies at the Alamo". Perry explains why he has returned to Broadway now,…
00:03:42 |
Tue 09 Mar 2010
Liv Ullmann
Film actress Liv Ullmann talks about what she's found in the title character of "Anna Christie" and how the audience reacts to Eugene O'Neill's modern play.
00:03:45 |
Tue 02 Mar 2010
Tom Courtenay
English actor Tom Courtenay who is making his Broadway debut in Simon Gray's comedy "Otherwise Engaged" shares what the play is about, and his experience in "The Norman Conquests" in the West End.
00:03:42 |
Tue 23 Feb 2010
Constance Towers
Constance Towers who plays Anna in the revival of "The King and I" talks about working with Yul Brynner and the authentic casting of the 1977 production.
00:03:45 |
Tue 16 Feb 2010
Peter Yates
English director Peter Yates talks about Steve Tesich's basketball play "Passing Game" playing at the American Place Theatre.
00:03:44 |
Tue 09 Feb 2010
Martin Charnin
Martin Charnin, director/lyricist of "Annie", discusses the challenges of child labor laws and age/height restrictions for the orphans in the cast.
00:03:43 |
Tue 02 Feb 2010
Richard Kiley
The "Man of La Mancha" Richard Kiley recreated his Tony Award-winning title role in the Broadway revival 12 years later, followed by a national tour.
00:03:38 |
Tue 26 Jan 2010
Dennis Rosa
Director Dennis Rosa talks about the unique look of "Dracula" by set designer/illustrator Edward Gorey.
00:03:45 |
Tue 19 Jan 2010
Cecilia Hart
Cecilia Hart while starring in Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", reveals how she shed her self-consciousness of appearing scantily clad in front of audiences; how her costume helped to enhance her charac…
00:03:38 |
Tue 12 Jan 2010
Cy Coleman
Composer Cy Coleman, during the run of "I Love My Wife", talks about how the show slipped into town after appearing out of town, and how he recieved the good news of his rave reviews from almost all …
00:03:45 |
Tue 05 Jan 2010
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