Tony Award Winners on 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. We have collected the Tony Award winners who have appeared on Downstage Center.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 158
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2011
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
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
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
Dan Fogler and Sarah Saltzberg (#66) August, 2005
Tony Award-winner Dan Fogler and castmate Sarah Saltzberg track the creation of the hit musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee", and the many fortunate meetings that made the musical pos…
00:39:13 |
Tue 16 Aug 2005
Robyn Goodman (#65) August, 2005
Producer Robyn Goodman discusses her role in the creation of the musicals "Avenue Q" and "Altar Boyz", talks about her transition from running the not-for-profit Second Stage Theatre to the commercia…
00:36:27 |
Mon 08 Aug 2005
Arielle Tepper (#61) July, 2005
Broadway Producer Arielle Tepper ("Spamalot", "The Pillowman") talks about complexity of mounting her labor of love, New York's Summer Play Festival, now in its second season of introducing new plays…
00:34:01 |
Thu 21 Jul 2005
Roger Rees (#58) June, 2005
Tony Award winning actor ("The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby"), Roger Rees, joins "Downstage Center" to talk acting in the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as on Broadway, and about his …
00:47:51 |
Tue 19 Jul 2005
Denis O'Hare (#59) June, 2005
Denis O'Hare, Tony Award winning actor from "Take Me Out", and currently starring in the Broadway revival of "Sweet Charity", shares his thoughts on working in both plays and musicals - and what draw…
00:37:04 |
Tue 19 Jul 2005
Sutton Foster (#54) May, 2005
The Tony Award winning actress (Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, "Thoroughly Modern Millie"), Sutton Foster, talks about many of her roles including the most recent, Jo in "Little …
00:39:23 |
Tue 19 Jul 2005
Barbara Cook (#52) May, 2005
This week Barbara Cook (currently in "Tribute" at the Cafe Carlyle), visits "Downstage Center" to talk about her five decade career - from intimate cabarets to the Broadway stage; the people she has …
00:55:20 |
Tue 19 Jul 2005
Victoria Clark (#55) May, 2005
The Tony Award nominee (Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, "The Light in the Piazza") Victoria Clark, describes the trip that she took with "A Light In The Piazza" from a small works…
00:39:43 |
Tue 19 Jul 2005
Alan Ayckbourn (#57) June, 2005
Alan Ayckbourn, who is back in the United States for the US premiere of his newest play, "Private Fears in Public Places", joins the hosts of "Downstage Center" to talk about how he approaches being …
00:50:49 |
Tue 19 Jul 2005
Cherry Jones (#56) June, 2005
Yet another Tony Award winner (Best Performance by an Actress in a Play, "The Heiress"), Cherry Jones, talks with "Downstage Center" about her voyage from a small town in Tennessee to Broadway stage,…
00:45:10 |
Tue 19 Jul 2005
Bill Irwin (#60) July, 2005
Bill Irwin, details his journey from being a clown in a San Francisco troupe to winning a Tony Award for starring opposite Kathleen Turner in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Original airdate - Jul…
00:45:45 |
Tue 19 Jul 2005
Leslie Uggams (#51) April, 2005
New blog offering Downstage Center podcasts. The American Theatre Wing, in association with XM Satellite Radio, presents "Downstage Center" a weekly theatrical interview show, featuring the top artis…
00:46:55 |
Tue 19 Jul 2005
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