This edition: Amazing Affinity: Actors 2009
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Original tape date: November 6, 2009.Our panel of actors -- Danny Burstein, Malcolm Gets, Bill Pullman and John Douglas Thompson -- share the particular moment when they realized they wanted to be actors; how the language of a play influences their portrayal of a character; what it's like to work in a show with just one or two other actors; how they recoup after going “off script”; what kind of pre-show rituals they go through; the most useful - and least useful - director's note they received; how it feels to step into a role made famous by another actor; and what kind of research they do to prepare for a role.
Guest List
Danny Burstein Actor
Gordon Cox Moderator
Malcolm Gets Actor
Bill Pullman Actor
John Douglas Thompson Actor
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- Monday, April 21 - 4:00am
- Leading Ladies 2009
- Sunday, April 20 - 4:00am
- Beyond Broadway: International Theatre
- Tuesday, April 22 - 4:00am
- Thursday, April 24 - 4:00am
- Amazing Affinity: Actors 2009
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- Friday, April 25 - 4:00am
- "Next to Normal": The Road to Broadway
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- Monday, April 28 - 4:00am
- The Play that Changed My Life
- Sunday, April 27 - 4:00am
- Tuesday, April 29 - 4:00am
- Producing's New Voices
- Wednesday, April 30 - 4:00am
- Friday, May 2 - 4:00am
- Waiting in the Wings
- Thursday, May 1 - 4:00am
- Saturday, May 3 - 4:00am
- Developing Musical Theatre
- Sunday, May 4 - 4:00am
- Tuesday, May 6 - 4:00am
- Through Their Eyes: Actors 2011
- Monday, May 5 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, May 7 - 4:00am
- The Characters Start Talking: Playwrights 2011
- Thursday, May 8 - 4:00am
- Saturday, May 10 - 4:00am
- Don't Be Afraid: Stage Veterans 2011
- Friday, May 9 - 4:00am
- Sunday, May 11 - 4:00am
- Theatre Journalism: Online and Off
- Monday, May 12 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, May 14 - 4:00am
- Passion and Compassion: Actors 2011
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- Thursday, May 15 - 4:00am
- The Anatomy of a Song
- Friday, May 16 - 4:00am
- Reimagining Musicals
- Saturday, May 17 - 4:00am
- Leading Ladies 2009
- Friday, April 18 - 4:00am
- Fluidity and Change: Directors 2009
- Tuesday, April 15 - 4:00am
- Thursday, April 17 - 4:00am
- At Work and Play: Lead Actors 2009
- Monday, April 14 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, April 16 - 4:00am
- Crafting Worlds: Theatrical Design
- Friday, April 11 - 4:00am
- Sunday, April 13 - 4:00am
- New Writers, New Musicals: The 2009 Jonathan Larson® Grants
- Thursday, April 10 - 4:00am
- Saturday, April 12 - 4:00am
- Consolation and Provocation: Playwrights 2009
- Monday, April 7 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, April 9 - 4:00am
- Stage Veterans 2009
- Sunday, April 6 - 4:00am
- Tuesday, April 8 - 4:00am
- Actors' Words, Writer's Voice
- Thursday, April 3 - 4:00am
- Saturday, April 5 - 4:00am
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- Monday, March 31 - 4:00am
- Tuesday, April 1 - 4:00am
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- Friday, March 28 - 4:00am
- Saturday, March 29 - 4:00am
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- Tuesday, March 25 - 4:00am
- Wednesday, March 26 - 4:00am
- Critics (Fall 1999)
- Friday, March 21 - 4:00am
- Saturday, March 22 - 4:00am
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- Setting the Stage
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- Thursday, March 20 - 4:05am