Revivals: Return to Broadway
The panelists – President/Executive Director of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin, President of the American Theatre Producers Cy Feuer, writer/critic Martin Gottfried, actor Nathan Lane (Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), actor Donna McKechnie (State Fair), book writer Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof), director/choreographer Susan Stroman (Big, Show Boat), and composer/lyricist Charles Strouse (Annie) – discuss musical revivals in-depth, comparisons to new musicals such as Big, the state of musical theatre compared to the 1960s, script revisions and new designs for revivals, and the overall economics of producing Broadway musicals including the need for out-of-town tryouts.
Original airdate – April 1, 1996.
Running time – 1:30:00.
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You can also download directly the Revivals: Return to Broadway program (mp4).
