Great Producers

Visionaries of American Theater

Iris Dorbian

• Publisher: Allworth
• Year: 2010
• ISBN:
  9781581157529
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Theatre History & Criticism

Up close and personal with Broadway's brightest lights of the past, present, and future.* Firsthand accounts, rare interviews, backstage anecdotes
* Insider ideas from Disney, Jujamcyn, Mackintosh, Weissler, Papp, Merrick, Ziegfeld, more!Broadway's most esteemed visionaries tell all—how they got started in the business, how they chose projects, how they raise money, why some of their shows were huge hits and others flopped, and much more. From Flo Ziegfeld and David Merrick, from Joseph Papp, from Cameron Mackintosh, from today's up-and-coming new generation of producers—here are priceless words of wisdom. Readers will find insights on how to deal with investors, work in a team, troubleshoot, and learn from mistakes. Filled with entertaining backstage anecdotes, this book is a must-have primer for educators, students, and budding producers.

INDEX

A

Abbott, George, 33

About.com, 12

Actors’ Equity, 34, 39, 124, 138, 157, 185

Actor’s Lab, 57

Adler, Richard, 33

Ahmanson Theatre, 38

Aida, 156, 160, 164

AIDS, 66

Akalaitis, JoAnne, 66

University of Alabama/Alabama Shakespeare Festival, 183

Albee, Edward, 99, 105, 106, 161, 166, 171

Alberghetti, Anna Maria, 22

The Albery (West End theater), 136

Albion College, 140

Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 38

Allegro, 133

Amadeus, 33, 39

American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 13

American Place Theatre, 69

American Shakespeare Theater, 112

American Theatre Hall of Fame, 27

American Theatre Wing, 185

Anderson, Jane, 103

Andrews, Julie, 135

Angels in America (Millennium Approaches and Perestroika), 39, 47, 49, 52, 86, 89–90, 95, 116, 147

Annie, 43

Anyone Can Whistle, 43

Anything Goes, 128

Applegate, Christina, 117

Arizona State University, 183

Astor Library, 56, 62, 64, 67

Ates, Nejla, 19

At Home with the Dales, 128

Atkinson, Brooks (theater critic), 21, 59

Auburn, David, 37, 104

Auburn University, 183

August Wilson Theatre, 149

Austin, Lyn, 86, 95

A View from the Bridge, 173, 180

Awake and Sing, 13, 77–78

B

Babe, Thomas, 56, 67

The Baby Dance, 103

Bacharach, Burt, 20

Bailey, Pearl, 22

Baitz, Jon Robin, 81

Baldwin–Wallace College, 183

Barrington Stage, 162

Bates, Blanche, 13

Battle, Hinton, 34

Beane, Douglas, 176

Becket, 27

Belasco, David, 10–15, 56; as technical innovator, 11–12, 15; and the casting couch, 12; ghost hauntings, 12; as theater owner, 12, 15; as tyrant, 13; and Broadway, 13–14; and naturalism, 13–15...