|
 |
Go in-depth with the leading artists and professionals working on stage today when you go Downstage Center. Downstage Center is the American Theatre Wing's acclaimed weekly theatrical interview program that spotlights the creative talents on Broadway, Off-Broadway, across the country and around the world, with in-depth conversations that simply can't be found anywhere else. Now in its sixth year, Downstage Center, produced in association with CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, has been featured by the Associated Press and Slate.com as the place to go for theatrical talk. New editions will be available every other Wednesday from this website, where you can listen online, download the programs or subscribe to the podcast. |
|
|
|
Alfred Uhry |
|
|
|
|
With:
Alfred Uhry
Playwright Alfred Uhry recalls the original production of Driving Miss Daisy in 1987 at Playwrights Horizons, lists the actresses he's had the opportunity to see play the title role - based directly on his own grandmother - and discusses the cast of the play's Broadway premiere. He also talks about his Atlanta upbringing and being the beneficiary of his mother's love of the stage; moving to New York after graduating from Brown University and his apprenticeship under the great Frank Loesser; the Broadway musical he regularly leaves out of his bio and resume, which featured a book by another novice, Terrence McNally; the good fortune that smiled on The Robber Bridegroom, which featured Raul Julia, Kevin Kline and Barry Bostwick in successive New York incarnations; how the failure of his Al Capone musical America's Sweetheart led him to shift away from musicals towards playwriting with Daisy; drawing once again on his own family for The Last Night of Ballyhoo; collaborating with director Hal Prince and one living composer (Jason Robert Brown) and one deceased (Kurt Weill) for the musicals Parade and LoveMusik; and how his fact-based drama Edgardo Mine has now become Divine Intervention.
Original air date - October 13, 2010
Running Time - 55:28
If you enjoyed this episode of Downstage Center you may want to:
Subscribe to our podcasts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
