ATW - This Is Broadway
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ATW - This Is Broadway
"This is Broadway" is a series of more than 70 short radio interviews created by The Broadway League, as an effort to promote Broadway theatre, some 32 years ago. The program consisted of weekly three-and-a-half minute interviews with Broadway luminaries, hosted by Isobel Robins and Richard Seff, an...
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Liv Ullmann
Actress Liv Ullmann who starred in Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie" talks about the different techniques required for stage acting versus film acting,...
Stephen Schwartz
Composer Stephen Schwartz talks about bringing "Pippin" to New York after a school production at Carnegie Tech, writing songs for "Godspell" off-Broad...
Jack Gilford
Veteran Broadway actor Jack Gilford, while appearing in "Sly Fox", talks about how important Broadway is to the city of New York and how the 1961 Acto...
Lenny Baker
"I Love My Wife" star Lenny Baker talks about the difference between playing large and intimate theatres, and the reactions of matinee audiences.
Harvey Sabinson
Top New York press agent Harvey Sabinson talks about his memoir "Darling, You Were Wonderful", the origin of the book title, and the behind-the-scenes...
Cy Coleman
"Sweet Charity" composer Cy Coleman discusses his 1977 musical "I Love My Wife" comprised of 4 characters and 4 musicians performing a "contemporary,...
Robert LuPone
Tony nominated actor Robert LuPone talks about the Backstage On Broadway educational program, and the time when former first lady Betty Ford attended...
Yul Brynner
Actor Yul Brynner talks about returning to his Academy and Tony Award winning role in the Broadway revival of "The King and I" 25 years later, how his...
Jerry Orbach
Jerry Orbach, star of "Chicago", talks about his continuing loyalty to the stage compared to Hollywood, and how his Broadway schedule works well with...
Florence Klotz
Three-time Tony Award winning costume designer Florence Klotz for "Follies", "A Little Night Music", and "Pacific Overtures" talks about costuming the...
Laurence Luckinbill
Actor Laurence Luckinbill, the star of "Poor Murderer" and now the Pulitzer Prize winning play "The Shadow Box", talks about how Broadway plays are th...
Hermione Gingold
Hermione Gingold talks about understudying the role of the narrator (normally played by a male actor, Ned Sherrin) in "Side By Side By Sondheim" on Br...
Delores Hall
Actress Delores Hall talks about her Tony Award winning role in the gospel musical "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God", working with director Vinnet...
Robert Wright and George Forrest
Robert Wright and George Forrest, the songwriting team behind "Song of Norway" talk about adapting their 1953 Broadway musical "Kismet" into "Timbukt...
Audrey Wood
Authors' respresentative Audrey Wood discusses the importance of regional theatres across America. For example, Studs Terkel's book "Working" was dev...
Murray The K
1960s DJ/radio host Murray The K, also known as "The Fifth Beatle" talks about the Broadway show "Beatlemania", the show's premise and live presentati...
Hye-Young Choi
Actress Hye-Young Choi who portrayed Lady Thiang in the 1977 Broadway revival of "The King And I" compares theatre in Korea to Broadway; audiences enj...
Charles Strouse
Three-time Tony winning composer for "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Applause" Charles Strouse talks about his hit musical "Annie" and its five year process to...
Estelle Parsons
Theatre and film actress Estelle Parsons talks about performing the Brazillian solo play "Miss Margarida's Way"; the importance of performing a variet...
Martin Gottfried
New York Post theatre critic Martin Gottfried talks about how his career started at the Village Voice, becoming Women's Wear Daily's chief drama criti...
Michael Stewart
Book Writer/Lyricist Michael Stewart of Tony Award-winning Best Musicals "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Hello, Dolly!", and the new musical comedy "I Love My W...
Tiger Haynes
Actor Tiger Haynes discusses his ongoing run as the original Tinman in the hit musical "The Wiz" and its move from the Majestic to the Broadway Theatr...
Reid Shelton
Television, film, and stage actor Reid Shelton talks about playing Daddy Oliver Warbucks in the hit Broadway musical "Annie", how director Martin Char...
Adolph Green
Lyricist/writer Adolph Green, one half of the musical-comedy team Comden and Green, talks about their current revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Ado...
Donald Pippin
Tony Award winning musical director for "Oliver!", vocal arranger/musical director Donald Pippin talks about "A Chorus Line"'s development by director...
Millicent Martin
English actress Millicent Martin, one of the stars of "Side by Side by Sondheim", discusses the revue's transfer from London to Broadway with the orig...
Gretchen Wyler
Actress Gretchen Wyler, who replaced Gwen Verdon in "Damn Yankees" and Chita Rivera in "Bye Bye Birdie", talks about welcoming Robert Preston into the...
Harvey Sabinson
Veteran Broadway press agent Harvey Sabinson talks about his book "Darling, You Were Wonderful", his insider account of working with over 500 Broadway...
Lenny Baker
Stage and film actor Lenny Baker talks about starring in "I Love My Wife" his first Broadway musical; working with onstage musicians and no conductor;...
Laurence Luckinbill
Actor Laurence Luckinbill who completed a run of "Poor Murderer" talks about the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Shadow Box". Despite...
Frank Perry
Film director Frank Perry who spent the first 10 years of his career directing for the stage, returns to Broadway to direct "Ladies at the Alamo". Pe...
Liv Ullmann
Film actress Liv Ullmann talks about what she's found in the title character of "Anna Christie" and how the audience reacts to Eugene O'Neill's modern...
Tom Courtenay
English actor Tom Courtenay who is making his Broadway debut in Simon Gray's comedy "Otherwise Engaged" shares what the play is about, and his experie...
Constance Towers
Constance Towers who plays Anna in the revival of "The King and I" talks about working with Yul Brynner and the authentic casting of the 1977 product...
Peter Yates
English director Peter Yates talks about Steve Tesich's basketball play "Passing Game" playing at the American Place Theatre.
Martin Charnin
Martin Charnin, director/lyricist of "Annie", discusses the challenges of child labor laws and age/height restrictions for the orphans in the cast.
Richard Kiley
The "Man of La Mancha" Richard Kiley recreated his Tony Award-winning title role in the Broadway revival 12 years later, followed by a national tour...
Dennis Rosa
Director Dennis Rosa talks about the unique look of "Dracula" by set designer/illustrator Edward Gorey.
Cecilia Hart
Cecilia Hart while starring in Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", reveals how she shed her self-consciousness of appearing scantily clad in front of audien...
Cy Coleman
Composer Cy Coleman, during the run of "I Love My Wife", talks about how the show slipped into town after appearing out of town, and how he recieved t...