Podcasts about Butley

Check out this podcast replay of the SDCF Panel: Art of Collaboration with Shana Carroll, Jesse Robb, and Jessica Stone that we hosted at the Museum of Broadway. They discuss the ins and outs of their creative processes as they collaborated on Water for Elephants, both the finer details as well as overarching ideas about what goes into a productive collaboration on a show. This was a moderated panel with dedicated time for a Q & A. We hosted this panel in August 2024. This video and audio was recorded by Michael Weir supported by the Maria Torres Emerging Artists Foundation. Transcript available upon request. Shana Carroll is Co-Founding Artistic Director of the Montreal based circus company The 7 Fingers. Since its founding in 2002, Carroll has written, directed and choreographed 12 of their touring and/or resident shows, 3 of which (Passengers, Duel Reality, Dear San Francisco) are currently running, and which also includes Sequence 8 at NY City Center and Traces off- Broadway run at Union Square Theatre. Carroll received a Drama Desk Nomination for Choreography and Best Theatrical Experience for their show Traces. Outside The 7 Fingers, Carroll directed Cirque du Soleil's first- ever ice show Crystal, in addition to their performance at the Academy Awards in 2012. Also, for Cirque du Soleil, Carroll was circus choreographer and designer for their shows Iris (Los Angeles) and Paramour (Broadway). Other credits include: Queen of the Night (Drama Desk Recipient); Soul of the Ocean (Moment Factory); Cité Mémoire (Lemieux-Pilon); and the Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies (medieval segment). Prior to directing and choreography, Carroll was herself a trapeze artist, performing for over 20 years in the air with circuses and dance companies around the world, most notably as the original solo trapeze artist for Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco. She also appeared in Cirque du Soleil produced television and film. Now based in Montreal, where she relocated in 1991 to attend l'École Nationale de Cirque, Carroll is originally from Berkeley, California. In 2023, Carroll was inducted into the Ordre of Arts and Letters of Quebec, a distinction honoring those who have contributed to artistic and cultural development in the province of Quebec. Most recently, Carroll was Circus Designer and Co-choreographer of the musical Water For Elephants, first at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and now in its Broadway run at the Imperial Theatre, for which she received a Suzi Bass Award and the Chita Rivera Award for Best Choreography, as well as Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics' Circle nominations in the same category. Jesse Robb's work spans Broadway, Cirque Du Soleil, Momix, Les Ballet Jazz de Montréal, Mirvish Productions, Disney, Cameron Mackintosh, Prime Video, Opera Philadelphia, and more. He is the co-choreographer (alongside Shana Carroll) for the Broadway production of Water For Elephants, which was nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Musical. Jesse and Shana were nominated for Tony, Drama Desk, and OCC Awards and received the 2024 Chita Rivera award for Outstanding Choreography. Jesse is the Movement Director for the North American Touring, South Korean, and Japanese productions of the international hit Les Misérables. He was also the Associate Choreographer for the Broadway, North American Touring, and Austrian companies of the 2017 Revival of Miss Saigon. Regionally, Jesse has choreographed at The MUNY, The Alliance Theater (Suzi Bass Award for Outstanding Choreography), The Stratford Festival of Canada, Theatre Calgary, and Ogunquit Playhouse among others. Jessica Stone: Most recently, Stone was nominated for a Tony Award for directing the original Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo, which won 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Stone worked as an actress on and off-Broadway, in television and in film for decades before transitioning to directing. Broadway credits included Anything Goes, Butley, The Odd Couple, The Smell of the Kill, Design for Living, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Grease. Her directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has since been directing all over the country at such theaters as The Old Globe, A.C.T, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company,  Two River Theatre Company, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival among others. Productions include As You Like It, Kate Hamill's Vanity Fair, Barefoot in the Park, Dancing at Lughnasa, Bad Dates, Ken Ludwig's Robin Hood! (World premiere), Ripcord, Bad Jews, Arms and the Man, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Charlotte's Web, June Moon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Absurd Person Singular, and Kimberly Akimbo (off-Broadway premiere at the Atlantic). She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.

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Jessica Stone worked as an actress on and off-Broadway, in television and in film for decades before transitioning to directing. Broadway credits included Anything Goes, Butley, The Odd Couple, The Smell of the Kill, Design for Living, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Grease. Her directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has since been directing all over the country at such theaters as The Old Globe, A.C.T, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Two River Theatre Company, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival among others. Productions include As You Like It, Kate Hamill's Vanity Fair, Barefoot in the Park, Dancing at Lughnasa, Bad Dates, Ken Ludwig's Robin Hood! (world premiere), Ripcord, Bad Jews, Arms and the Man, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Charlotte's Web, June Moon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Absurd Person Singular, Kimberly Akimbo (off-Broadway premiere at the Atlantic). Most recently, Stone directed the original Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo, which opened in November 2022. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons. Jessica Stone went from working actress to one of the most in-demand Broadway directors. Listen as she describes how she manages a thriving career, marriage and motherhood and… who were the directors in her life that helped shape how she runs a rehearsal room and why now that she has found directing she really doesn't miss being an actress - plus a deep deep dive Into the journey of Kimberly Akimbo how it went from workshop to Broadway - all that and more this week on the Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Career Q&A with Holland Taylor on September 23, 2014. Moderated by John Alan Simon. Emmy Award winner Holland Taylor is a veteran of film, television and theater. Her film credits include "Baby Mama," "Legally Blonde," "Wedding Date," "Keeping the Faith," "D.E.B.S., " "Spy Kids 2 and 3," "The Truman Show," "George of the Jungle," "One Fine Day," "To Die For," "How to Make an American Quilt," "Alice," "She's Having a Baby," "Jewel of the Nile," "Romancing the Stone" and "The Chosen One." In 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010, Taylor received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Evelyn Harper on "Two and Half Men." Taylor's additional television credits include the series "The Practice," for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, "The Naked Truth," Norman Lear's "The Powers That Be" and "Bosom Buddies," with Tom Hanks, as well as the movies "Counterfeit Contessa," "Concealed Enemies" and "People Like Us." She has also guest-starred in "Ally McBeal," playing her character from "The Practice," and "The L Word." Taylor's Broadway theater credits include "The Devils," "Butley," "Breakfast with Les and Bess," "Moose Murders," "Murder Among Friends," "Something Old, Something New" and "We Interrupt This Program." She also performed in the world premieres of "Cocktail Hour," "Drinks Before Dinner," "Children," "Fashion" and "Colette," as well as "Love Letters" and "The Vagina Monologues." She spent her summer 2009 hiatus in New York appearing opposite Buck Henry in the Off-Broadway premiere of "Mother." Taylor spent three years researching and writing "Ann!" a play about Governor Ann Richards, which launched at the Galveston Opera House in Texas in 2010. The successful first production appeared in San Antonio, and in May 2011, played at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. It opened in Chicago in fall 2011 and had its pre-Broadway run at the Kennedy Center December 2011 through January 2012.

Julian Ovenden, a Screen Actors Guild Award winner, talks with Ilana about his roles on "Knightfall," "Downton Abbey," and many other amazing projects. Julian shares details about his first musical in London, "Merrily We Roll Along," by the inimitable Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim was there at rehearsal daily and re-worked material for and with Juilan. The two often sat at the piano together since Julian had to play a lot in the show. Julian's gorgeous tenor voice has made him one of the most sought after concert performers in the world; he has three solo albums to his name. The son of a vicar who became the vicar for England's royal family, Julian's discusses what is was like for his family to live on the property at Windsor Castle. An actor who once had a phobia about accents, Julian shares how he learned to embrace them in order to stretch himself. And Julian gets candid with Ilana about the ups and downs of his career and tells hilarious audition stories that any actor will relate to. British actor, Julian Ovenden is an accomplished thespian and musician, who has also had memorable performances in globally renowned television and film projects over the span of his 17-year career. He has starred on Broadway and in the West End, in high profile television series on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as fashioning an international career as a concert and recording artist. Ovenden currently stars as ‘William De Nogaret’ in HISTORY’s “Knightfall,” created by Don Handfield and Richard Rayner and executively produced by Jeremy Renner. The story centers on the mysterious but true accounts of the Knights Templar, the elite warriors of the Crusades. It delves into the great secrets protected by the Templars and tells the story of faith, loyalty, and brotherhood that help sustain these warriors on the battlefield and the dark events that would forever sear the infamous date of Friday the 13th into the world’s psyche.  As a solo singer, Ovenden has appeared with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including The New York Philharmonic, The New York Pops, The Northern Sinfonia, The Liverpool Philharmonic, The RPO, The LPO, The Belfast Symphony Orchestra, the John Wilson Orchestra, The BBC Symphony, The Royal Concertgebouw, and The BBC Concert Orchestra. Ovenden made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2014 and with much success, performed an additional headlining concert in 2016. In 2013, Ovenden recorded a debut album for Decca records entitled “If You Stay” and has since made a “Rogers and Hammerstein” record with John Wilson for Warner Classics and a “Downton Abbey Christmas” release.  On stage at the Booth theatre in 2006, Ovenden made his Broadway debut in “Butley,” as ‘Joseph Keyston’ opposite Nathan Lane. In 2011, Ovenden starred as ‘Death’ in “Death Takes a Holiday” for The Roundabout Theatre Company and appeared as ‘J.M. Barrie’ in The Weinstein Company’s “Finding Neverland.”  Ovenden first appeared on British television as ‘Andrew Foyle’ starring opposite Michael Kitchen in the widely adored “Foyle’s War” for five seasons. He has also appeared as ‘Charles Blake’ in two seasons of the worldwide phenomenon “Downton Abbey.” Domestically, Ovenden is best known for playing ‘Jeremy Lambert’ in Season 3 and 4 of CBS’s drama series, “Person of Interest.” Further television credits include ‘Val Dartie’ in “The Forsyte Saga,” “Related,” and “SMASH.” Ovenden can be seen in the films, “Colonia,” “The Confessions,” and the British indie war film “Allies.” Ovenden currently resides in England with opera singer Kate Royal, their son Johnny Beau, daughter Audrey, and Roman the dog.

DAVID SALZMAN is an entertainment icon whose experiences comprise 4 successful startup companies, 2 magazines, 12 TV stations and more than 15,000 hours of tv productions, plus 3 significant turnarounds as a CEO or CO-CEO.  Salzman co-founded Telepictures, was the CEO of Group W Productions (winning over 100 awards including multiple Emmys), chief for all TV activities at Lorimar, and over his illustrious career, he created, developed and/or supervised more than 200 network and syndicated TV series, specials, movies and miniseries including “Dallas,” “Knots Landing,” “Falcon Crest,” “Full House,” “Alf,” “The People’s Court,”“Love Connection,” and created the Jenny Jones talk show which ran for 12 years.  Additionally, he also produced projects with Sports Illustrated, Life and People Magazines and went on to partner with Quincy Jones to produce numerous respected projects, including the 1993 “People’s Celebration”at the Lincoln Memorial as President Clinton’s first official inaugural event (featuring 650 performers before a live in-person audience of 500,000 and more than 40 million viewers worldwide), the acclaimed “1996 Academy Awards Show,” and the epic 1995 “Concert of the Americas.” Salzman’s executive producer/writer credits include “MADtv” (14 years on Fox), “The Rerun Show” (NBC), “In The House” (NBC and UPN), and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” (NBC). He also co-produced 3 films…“Steel,” “Passing Glory” and the Oscar-nominated short film “Vacuums.” He also produced several Tony award-winning Broadway shows like “Urinetown: The Musical,” “Side Man,” “Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party,” “Legally Blonde,” and “Butley.” His honors include the multiple Emmy Awards, the American Academy of Achievement Gold Plate, the H.E.L.P. Group’s Humanitarian Award, The Tree Of Life Award from the Jewish National Fund, the Christopher Award, the Ace Award, and the Lifetime Achievement and Distinguished Alumnus Awards.

Tickets http://www.ButleyLondon.com | Facebook http://ow.ly/54BtY | Youtube http://ow.ly/4Z0ru | Podcast http://ow.ly/4Z0pf **** "Butley shines like a gold coin." The Guardian **** "Electric. Dominic West is amazing." The Times **** "Intense & Striking.” Evening Standard Dominic West, star of hit US drama The Wire, plays rapier-tongued lecturer Ben Butley in a major new revival of Simon Gray’s award-winning comedy. Ben Butley is having a monumentally bad start to the term. So bad, he’s making sure everyone else has a worse one. Over the course of a day he discovers that his estranged wife is divorcing him for the most boring man in London and, even worse, that his beloved protégé and best friend is leaving him too. Once a brilliant and charismatic professor, Butley suddenly finds his life and relationships self-combusting in a matter of hours. Butley might be going down, but he sure as hell is going down fighting. Employing his trusty arsenal of mischievous irony and gleeful wit, Butley diverts attention from his unravelling life by entangling his students and colleagues in his own dangerous blend of trouble and fun.

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Tickets http://www.ButleyLondon.com | Facebook http://ow.ly/54BtY | Youtube http://ow.ly/4Z0ru Dominic West, star of hit US drama The Wire, plays rapier-tongued lecturer Ben Butley in a major new revival of Simon Gray's award-winning comedy. Ben Butley is having a monumentally bad start to the term. So bad, he's making sure everyone else has a worse one. Over the course of a day he discovers that his estranged wife is divorcing him for the most boring man in London and, even worse, that his beloved protégé and best friend is leaving him too. Once a brilliant and charismatic professor, Butley suddenly finds his life and relationships self-combusting in a matter of hours. Butley might be going down, but he sure as hell is going down fighting. Employing his trusty arsenal of mischievous irony and gleeful wit, Butley diverts attention from his unravelling life by entangling his students and colleagues in his own dangerous blend of trouble and fun. Duchess Theatre from 31 May.

A conversation with the late playwright Simon Gray, taped in the fall of 2005, as he prepared for the Broadway revival of one of his best-known plays, Butley. The beloved and irascible British writer died August 7, 2008.

Tony Award-winning actor Nathan Lane charts the course of his career, from touring New Jersey schools in the historical musical "Jerz" to starring on Broadway as the President of the United States in David Mamet's comedy "November". Along the way, he recalls losing out on the leading role in the original "Little Shop Of Horrors" and making his Broadway debut in George C. Scott's production of "Present Laughter"; discusses a few of the quirks of his next big show, the musical "Merlin"; considers his longstanding partnerships with both playwright Terrence McNally (revealing the only play that McNally specifically wrote for him) and director Jerry Zaks; chronicles his challenging and charmed experience as Max Bialystock in the musical "The Producers" on Broadway and in London; and reflects on the impact of "Butley" -- first when he saw it as a teenager, and later when he took on the title role in the play's Broadway revival. Original air date - February 22, 2008.

Tony Award-winning actor Nathan Lane (for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Producers) charts the course of his career, from touring New Jersey schools in the historical musical Jerz to starring on Broadway as the President of the United States in David Mamet's comedy November. Along the way, he recalls losing out on the leading role in the original Little Shop Of Horrors and making his Broadway debut in George C. Scott's production of Present Laughter; discusses a few of the quirks of his next big show, the musical Merlin; considers his longstanding partnerships with both playwright Terrence McNally (revealing the only play that McNally specifically wrote for him) and director Jerry Zaks; chronicles his challenging and charmed experience as Max Bialystock in the musical The Producers on Broadway and in London; and reflects on the impact of Butley -- first when he saw it as a teenager, and later when he took on the title role in the play's Broadway revival.

Tony Award-winning actor Nathan Lane charts the course of his career, from touring New Jersey schools in the historical musical "Jerz" to starring on Broadway as the President of the United States in David Mamet's comedy "November". Along the way, he recalls losing out on the leading role in the original "Little Shop Of Horrors" and making his Broadway debut in George C. Scott's production of "Present Laughter"; discusses a few of the quirks of his next big show, the musical "Merlin"; considers his longstanding partnerships with both playwright Terrence McNally (revealing the only play that McNally specifically wrote for him) and director Jerry Zaks; chronicles his challenging and charmed experience as Max Bialystock in the musical "The Producers" on Broadway and in London; and reflects on the impact of "Butley" -- first when he saw it as a teenager, and later when he took on the title role in the play's Broadway revival. Original air date - February 22, 2008.

Interviews with 23 Tony Nominees from 13 shows: Audra MacDonald. Christopher Plummer, David Hyde-Pierce, Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater Bill T. Jones, Gavin Lee, Laura Bell Bundy, Liev Schreiber, Orfeh, Raul Esparza, Charlotte D'Amboise, Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba, Steven Sater, Rebeka Luker, Jerry Mitchell, Julie White, Larry O'Keefe, Nell Benjamin, Douglas Carter Bean, John Earl Jokes, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie and Dana Ivey FROM A Chorus Line, Curtains, Spring Awakening, Mary Poppins, Legally Blonde, The Little Dog Laughed, Radio Golf, Grey Gardens, Butley, 110 in the Shade, Inherit the Wind, Talk Radio and Company!