The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio proudly
present an interview with actress Kathleen Chalfant, on their weekly theatrical
interview show, "DownstageCenter," on XM's On
Broadway (XM Channel 28).
Chalfant will appear as the special guest on Friday, March
7 at 6 p.m. The show will repeat on Saturday, March 8 at noon, Sunday, March 9
at 7 p.m., and Wednesday, March 12 at midnight. The program becomes
available as streaming audio and podcast from www.americantheatrewing.org
beginning Monday afternoon, March 10.
Tony Award nominee Kathleen Chalfant talks about doing
double duty on New York
stages right now: as the mother of the title character in Dead Man's Cell
Phone at Playwrights Horizons and as the latter of the two title characters
in Vita and Virginia at the Zipper Factory Theater.Kathleen Chalfant
has appeared in suchBroadway
shows as Angels in America, Racing Demon, and M.
Butterfly. Chalfant is currently appearing in the Off-Broadway show Dead
Man's Cell Phone at Playwrights Horizons and also in the No Frills Company
production of Vita and Virginia. In addition to Wit, for
which she won the Drama Desk, OBIE, Lucille Lortel, and Outer Critics Awards,
Kathleen has also appeared in numerous Off-Broadway productions such as A
Hard Heart, Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell, Great
Expectations, Guantanamo, The Last Letter, Talking Heads,
Savannah Bay, The Vagina Monologues, Nine Armenians, Henry
V and Twelve Dreams. She has appeared a numerous regional theatres,
including Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep, LongWharf, Hartford Stage,
and the Mark Taper Forum. Kathleen is a founding member of the Women's Project
and sits on the boards of The Vineyard Theatre, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights
Aids, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Each new "DownstageCenter" is regularly
broadcast at 6 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays at noon, Sundays at 7 p.m. and
Wednesdays at 12 a.m. (all times EST). Following the initial run on XM, each
program is made available for free, on-demand, internationally as both
streaming audio and podcast on ATW's Web site, www.americantheatrewing.org.
The American Theatre Wing is best known as the creator of
the Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards®, which it presents annually with
The Broadway League. The Wing's other activities, dedicated to
recognizing excellence and supporting education in theatre, include
"Working in the Theatre," now in its 29th year of telecasts on CUNY
TV in New York and on other national cable outlets; "Downstage
Center," an hour-long weekly interview program on XM Satellite Radio;
"Guides to Careers in the Theatre," a video series developed for
schools and libraries; a grants and scholarship program to New York City
schools and not-for-profit theatre companies, which has awarded more than $2.5
million since its inception; the Theatre Intern Group, a career development
program for young professionals; and SpringboardNYC, a two-week
college-to-career boot camp for young performers moving to NYC. Visitors
to www.americantheatrewing.org
can view or download an archive of "Working in the Theatre" and the
career guides and listen to "DownstageCenter", all as
free, on-demand streaming audio and podcast. Sondra Gilman is Chairman of the
Board of the American Theatre Wing; Doug Leeds is President of the Board and
Howard Sherman is Executive Director.
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