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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.

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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.

    Katie Finneran and Anthony Warlow (#356) - January, 2013

    Katie Finneran and Anthony Warlow (#356) - January, 2013

    In the latest Downstage Center, "Annie" stars Katie Finneran (Miss Hannigan) and Anthony Warlow (Daddy Warbucks) discuss the current revival, James Lapine, past roles, the audition process, reputation, and awards, among other topics.

    • 30 min
    Bill Berloni -Encore (#355) - January, 2013

    Bill Berloni -Encore (#355) - January, 2013

    (A Special encore edition) Broadway’s premier animal trainer Bill Berloni got his foot in the door in 1976 as a teenager when he rescued and trained the original Sandy for the Goodspeed Opera House original production of "Annie." Sandy went to Broadway in 1977 and so did Mr. Berloni, and he never left. Michael Price, Goodspeed Musicals Executive Director, interviews the 2011 Special Tony Award winner and friend Mr. Berloni about his career in the theater: from "Annie" to "Camelot" (with Richard Burton) to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "Woman in White"; the work he’s most proud of; and the special pride he takes in being an advocate for his four legged co-stars.

    • 29 min
    Beth Leavel, Adam Heller, and Mark Jacoby - (#354) - December, 2012

    Beth Leavel, Adam Heller, and Mark Jacoby - (#354) - December, 2012

    Downstage Center celebrates the season with cast members from the hit holiday musical, "Elf." Cast members Beth Leavel, Adam Heller, and Mark Jacoby discuss the play, the adaptation from the film, tap dancing on stage, music in plays, other roles, and their lives in the theatre.

    • 30 min
    Pia Lindstrom and Phyllis Jeanne Creore - (#353) - December, 2012

    Pia Lindstrom and Phyllis Jeanne Creore - (#353) - December, 2012

    In this special Downstage Center, we celebrate the legendary Stage Door Canteen (a war relief effort founded by early members of the American Theatre Wing). Opened on March 2, 1942 in the 44th Street Theatre, the New York Stage Door Canteen serviced an average of 3,000 servicemen a night as a recreation center before many of the soldiers went off to war. In all, eight Stage Door Canteens throughout the United States as well as in London and Paris served soldiers. Theatrical luminaries gave of their time (as volunteers) and talents (singing, dancing) in the Canteens. Listen now as Pia Lindstrom talks with one of the original Canteen volunteers, Phyllis Jeanne Creore.

    • 22 min
    Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen - (#352) - November, 2012

    Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen - (#352) - November, 2012

    "Ten years after its New York premiere, The Exonerated still has the power to unsettle." - NY Times. Celebrating the ten year anniversary of their ground-breaking and thought-provoking docu-play, its writers, Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, talk about its creation, style, relevance, cast, and the latest production at NYC's Culture Project.

    • 30 min
    David Henry Hwang - Encore (#351) - November, 2012

    David Henry Hwang - Encore (#351) - November, 2012

    Currently in residence at the Signature Theatre, playwright (and Wing board member) David Henry Hwang is recent winner of the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. This edition of Downstage Center was originally recorded in 2007. Playwright David Henry Hwang talks about putting a version of himself -- and his father -- onstage in his new play "Yellowface" and why he doesn't want to reveal what in the play is fact and what is fiction; recalls his extraordinary leap from having his first play produced in his college dorm to having a series of plays done at The Public Theatre only a short time later; explains the origins of his award-winning Broadway hit "M. Butterfly"; reflects on his role in the controversy over the hiring of Jonathan Pryce to appear in "Miss Saigon"; shares his thoughts on the failure of his farce "Face Value"; describes his work on the musicals "Aida", "Flower Drum Song" and "Tarzan", and contemplates what he hopes to explore next on stage.

    • 58 min

Customer Reviews

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45 Ratings

45 Ratings

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Great show. Sad it’s gone.

But would recommend everyone to catch up on the many available.

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I love the podcast… I want more!

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Excellent podcast!

This podcast is first rate. Top guests, great interviews. I hope it comes back! I just discovered this podcast but there hasn't been a new addition for 6 months. I have a feeling I will be thru the archives soon and wanting more! A must listen for any theatre people out there!

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