The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio will present an interview with Richard Greenberg, writer of Three Days of Rain, on their weekly theatrical interview show, "Downstage Center," on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28). Greenberg will appear as the special guest on Friday, May 19 at 6 p.m. EST.
Greenberg's newest play,
The House in Town, will open at Lincoln Center Theatre in mid-June.
In addition to
The House in Town, and recent revival
Three Days of Rain, a 2006 Tony nominee for best scenic design, Greenberg is the author of
Take Me Out (Tony, New York Drama Critics, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lortel and Drama League awards),
The Violet Hour, The Dazzle (Outer Critics Circle Award),
Hurrah at Last, The Well-Appointed Room, and many other plays. He won the Oppenheimer Award for a debuting playwright, the first PEN/Laura Pels Award for a mid-career playwright and has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and an associate artist of South Coast Repertory.
Each new "Downstage Center" program is regularly broadcast at 6 pm on Fridays, Saturdays at noon, Sundays at 7 and Wednesdays at 12 am (all times Eastern). Following the initial run on XM, each program is made available for free, on-demand, internationally on ATW's website,
www.americantheatrewing.org.
In May and June, to mark the 100th interview and the 60th anniversary of the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, XM 28 On Broadway will air a month-long series of encore broadcasts of "Downstage Center" featuring past Tony winners, airing nightly at 10 pm Eastern, 9 pm central, 8 pm mountain and 7 pm west coast time beginning May 13 and continuing through June 10, the night before The Tony Awards.
The American Theatre Wing is best known as the creator of the Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards®, which it presents annually with the League of American Theatres and Producers. The Wing's other activities, dedicated to recognizing excellence and supporting education in theatre, include its "Working in the Theater" Seminars, now in their 27th year of telecasts on CUNY TV in New York and on other national cable outlets; "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 its website can view an archive of the seminars; the career guides and listen to "Downstage Center", all as free, on-demand streaming audio.
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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