This edition: Production: "Hairspray" (Fall 2002)
Episode Details
Original tape date: December 9, 2002.The creative team behind the Broadway musical "Hairspray", producers Richard Frankel and Margo Lion, co-book writer Thomas Meehan, choreographer Jerry Mitchell, director Jack O'Brien, co-book writer Mark O'Donnell, composer Marc Shaiman and lyricist Scott Wittman outline the journey the piece took from being a John Waters and Divine cult movie to hitting the Broadway stage; offer a peek at the process that created this smash hit and discuss the social messages that the show sends, both in its content and it's non-traditional casting.
Guest List
Theodore Chapin Moderator
Richard Frankel Producer
Margo Lion Producer
Thomas Meehan Writer
Jerry Mitchell Choreographer
Jack O'Brien Director
Mark O'Donnell Writer
Marc Shaiman Composer
Isabelle Stevenson Host, American Theater Wing
Scott Wittman Lyricist
- Setting the Stage
- Thursday, June 11 - 4:00am
- Saturday, June 13 - 4:00am
- Monday, June 15 - 4:00am
- Critics and Social Media
- Friday, June 12 - 4:00am
- Sunday, June 14 - 4:00am
- Critics (Fall 1999)
- Tuesday, June 16 - 4:00am
- Thursday, June 18 - 4:00am
- Saturday, June 20 - 4:00am
- Production: "Contact" (Fall 1999)
- Wednesday, June 17 - 4:00am
- Friday, June 19 - 4:00am
- Sunday, June 21 - 4:00am
- Women Producers (Fall 2002)
- Monday, June 22 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, June 24 - 4:00am
- Friday, June 26 - 4:00am
- World Theatre Seminar (Winter 2003)
- Tuesday, June 23 - 4:00am
- Thursday, June 25 - 4:00am
- Saturday, June 27 - 4:00am
- Composers and Lyricists
- Sunday, June 28 - 4:00am
- Tuesday, June 30 - 4:00am
- Thursday, July 2 - 4:00am
- Actors' Words, Writer's Voice
- Monday, June 29 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, July 1 - 4:00am
- Friday, July 3 - 4:00am
- Stage Veterans 2009
- Saturday, July 4 - 4:00am
- Monday, July 6 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, July 8 - 4:00am
- Consolation and Provocation: Playwrights 2009
- Sunday, July 5 - 4:00am
- Tuesday, July 7 - 4:00am
- Thursday, July 9 - 4:00am
- Critics and Social Media
- Wednesday, June 10 - 4:00am
- Reimagining Musicals
- Friday, June 5 - 4:00am
- Sunday, June 7 - 4:00am
- Tuesday, June 9 - 4:00am
- The Anatomy of a Song
- Thursday, June 4 - 4:00am
- Saturday, June 6 - 4:00am
- Monday, June 8 - 4:00am
- Passion and Compassion: Actors 2011
- Saturday, May 30 - 4:00am
- Monday, June 1 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, June 3 - 4:00am
- Theatre Journalism: Online and Off
- Friday, May 29 - 4:00am
- Sunday, May 31 - 4:00am
- Tuesday, June 2 - 4:00am
- Don't Be Afraid: Stage Veterans 2011
- Sunday, May 24 - 4:00am
- Tuesday, May 26 - 4:00am
- Thursday, May 28 - 4:00am
- The Characters Start Talking: Playwrights 2011
- Saturday, May 23 - 4:05am
- Monday, May 25 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, May 27 - 4:00am
- Through Their Eyes: Actors 2011
- Monday, May 18 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, May 20 - 4:00am
- Friday, May 22 - 4:00am
- Developing Musical Theatre
- Sunday, May 17 - 4:00am
- Tuesday, May 19 - 4:00am
- Thursday, May 21 - 4:00am
- Waiting in the Wings
- Tuesday, May 12 - 4:00am
- Thursday, May 14 - 4:00am
- Saturday, May 16 - 4:00am
- Producing's New Voices
- Monday, May 11 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, May 13 - 4:00am
- Friday, May 15 - 4:05am
