Photo Coverage: Alchemy of Theatre Panel Reading
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy Oct. 30, 2006
On Sunday, October 29th at 7:30 PM at the 92nd Street Y, some of the theatre's brightest luminaries gathered to read from and discuss Robert Viagas' new book The Alchemy of Theatre: Essays on Collaboration (Applause Books, 2006).
The event featured Harold Prince/> (Cabaret, Company, Sweeney Todd), Edward Albee/> (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Goat), Terrence McNally/> (Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Ragtime, upcoming Deuce), Kathleen Chalfant/> (Angels in America, Wit), and Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Dessa Rose), in addition to Viagas, who served as moderator.
"Oscar Hammerstein II said '[c]ollaboration is the biggest word in theatre.' But harnessing the efforts of disparate creative people, each of whom has his or her vision for the stage, is not easy. In his remarkable book, Viagas, talks to a wide range of theater greats – playwrights, composers, directors, theater owners, stage managers, actors, dancers, set designers and orchestrators – who reflect on how their work with others results in theater magic," state press notes.
Viagas is a theater journalist and the editor of Playbill Books. He is the founding editor of the new annual Playbill Broadway Yearbook, author of The Back Stage Guide to Broadway, and the co-author of books on A Chorus Line and The Fantasticks. He helped create Playbill.com and hosted Playbill's show on Sirius Satellite Radio for several years.
Visit www.92Y.org for more information.
Robert Viagas, Harold Prince, Edward Albee, Lynn Ahrens, Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Kathleen Chalfant
Lynn Ahrens, Terrence McNally and Stephen Flaherty
Lynn Ahrens, Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Kathleen Chalfant
Edward Albee, Lynn Ahrens and Terrence McNally
Robert Viagas, Harold Prince, Edward Albee, Lynn Ahrens, Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Kathleen Chalfant
Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Harold Prince, Terrence McNally and Edward Albee
Terrence McNally, Edward Albee and Robert Viagas
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