|
 |
Go in-depth with the leading artists and professionals working on stage today when you go "Downstage Center." Downstage Center, a collaboration of the American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio, is a 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.
Read More
Now in its fourth year, Downstage Center has been featured by the Associated Press and Slate.com as the place to go for theatrical talk.
Downstage Center is heard weekly on XM Satellite Radio's Channel 28, On Broadway, with new programs debuting Fridays at 6 pm, followed by encores on Saturday at 12 noon, Sunday at 7 and Wednesday at midnight (all times eastern).
Following their initial run on XM, you can listen to the programs here in Real Media streaming audio format, download the mp3 files or you can subscribe to our podcast feed.
Please note that due to copyright restrictions, any pre-recorded music that was used in the interview has been deleted from all audio files.
|
|
|
|
Lanford Wilson |
|
|
|
 
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
Original air date - October 17, 2008
Running Time - 1:00:07
Bio of Lanford Wilson
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson discusses the creation of his famed "Talley trilogy," including Fifth of July, which stemmed in part from his equating an Eskimo folk tale with the war in Vietnam, and Talley's Folly, now in revival at the McCarter Theatre, and how it grew out of an acting suggestion made to one of the original cast members of Fifth of July. He also talks about his original aspirations of being an artist, with writing being simply something to fall back on; his move from Chicago to New York and his introduction to Off-Broadway's famed Cafe Cino in the mid-60s; the genesis of his landmark plays Balm in Gilead and The Hot l Baltimore; how he came to write Burn This to break away from his growing reputation as a "suburban" playwright and as the antithesis of Talley's Folly; and whether we'll be seeing new plays from him any time soon.
If you enjoyed this episode of Downstage Center you may want to:
 Subscribe to our podcasts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
