As soon as I heard about the passing of Mike Nichols I knew who my last post for “Curtain Speech” should be about. For those who have not read his biography or obituary or seen his work, I highly recommend that you do so as soon as possible. His life, work, and wisdom have set […]
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Hal Prince was born on January 30th, 1928. He began as a producer on The Pajama Game and soon won Tony awards for his work on West Side Story and Damn Yankees, and he also produced the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiorello!. Prince’s career as a director did not start until later and began with a series […]
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Joe Mantello began his career as an actor in Angels in America but soon moved on to direct major musicals on and off-Broadway including 9 to 5, Assassins (Tony Award), Wicked, Dogfight, and most recently The Last Ship. “As director, I’ve got to put aside any particular biases or prejudices that, as a moral human […]
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Julie Taymor is widely known for her success in theatre and film with triumphs like The Lion King, Frita, Across the Universe, and The Magic Flute. She was the first woman to win the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 1998 for The Lion King. She has garnered a MacArthur Fellowship, a […]
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“CURTAIN SPEECH” is a recurring series where I will focus on a Tony Award-winning director from the last 25 years and examine how their work has shaped the NMT landscape. Today: Diane Paulus! Diane Paulus won the Tony Award in 2013 for her work on Pippin and in 2014 was listed as one of TIME […]
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The first show I saw after moving into my new Manhattan apartment was Fly By Night at Playwrights Horizons. After a week of unpacking, job hunting and bill paying the ONLY thing I missed about my upstate NY backwoods hometown was the night sky and how bright the stars get when there are no other […]
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