Todd Haimes, Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company, will be featured on The American Theatre Wing's "Downstage Center" on XM Radio channel 28. Haimes will appear as the special guest on Friday, July 18th at 6PM. The show will repeat on Saturday, July 19th at noon, Sunday, July 20th at 7PM, and Wednesday, July 23rd at midnight. Beginning Tuesday afternoon July 22nd, the program will become available as streaming audio on the American Theatre Wing's website (www.americantheatrewing.org) and via an iTunes podcast.
Tune in to hear
Todd Haimes discuss his 25 years at Roundabout and his experience leading one of the country's largest not-for-profit theatres. Todd talks to XM Radio's John VonSoosten and ATW's
Howard Sherman about how he programs each 8-play season, how casting choices are made, how Roundabout's artistic mission has expanded over the years and much more.
Roundabout Theatre Company is currently presenting
Christopher Durang's The Marriage of Bette & Boo, directed by
Walter Bobbie is currently playing at their
Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. Roundabout Theatre Company's upcoming 2008-2009 season will include
Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, starring
Frank Langella, directed by
Doug Hughes; Rodgers & Hart's
Pal Joey, starring
Stockard Channing,
Christian Hoff and
Martha Plimpton, directed by
Joe Mantello;
Bob Fosse's Dancin';
David Rabe's Streamers, directed by
Scott Ellis,
Lisa Loomer's Distracted featuring
Cynthia Nixon, directed by
Mark Brokaw and
Steven Levenson's The Language of Trees, directed by
Alex Timbers.
Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the shows respective box offices.
Todd Haimes has been Artistic Director of the Roundabout Theatre Company since July 1, 1990. From 1983 to 1990, Mr. Haimes served as the theatre's Executive Director, overseeing the company's finances, marketing and fundraising. Mr. Haimes is a member of the Board of Directors of A.R.T./New York. Mr. Haimes has a Bachelors Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Yale School of Organization and Management. He has taught Theatre Administration in the Graduate Programs at the Yale School of Drama and Brooklyn College. He is a frequent lecturer and consultant.
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY (
Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) was founded in 1965 and has grown from a small 150-seat theatre in a converted supermarket basement to become one of America's most significant producers of theatre. This not-for-profit company, with more than 44,000 season subscribers, is committed to producing definitive productions of classic plays and musicals alongside new plays by today's writers, ensuring that audiences and artists alike have access to high-quality, professional stagings of important works of world literature. With three distinctive homes, the American Airlines Theatre, Studio 54 and the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/
Laura Pels Theatre/Black Box Theatre, Roundabout has the unique opportunity to showcase these works in a venue perfectly suited to enhance the production. Since moving to Broadway in 1991, Roundabout productions have received 150 Tony® nominations, 135 Drama Desk nominations and 154 Outer Critics Circle nominations. Production highlights include Anna Christie (Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival), She Loves Me (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Olivier Awards for Best Revival of a Musical), Nine (Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival of a Musical), Assassins (Tony® and Drama Desk Awards for Best Revival of a Musical), Intimate Apparel (Outer Critics Circle and Audelco Awards for Best Off-Broadway Play), Twelve Angry Men - currently in its second year of a critically acclaimed National Tour (Drama Desk and Outer Critic's Circle Awards for Outstanding Revival of a Play), The Pajama Game (Tony® Award for Best Revival of a Musical) and Cabaret (Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival of a Musical) one of the longest running musical revivals in Broadway history. Since 1995, when Roundabout expanded its repertoire to include premieres of new plays, the company has produced works by such talented writers as
Brian Friel,
Paula Vogel,
Richard Greenberg,
Lynn Nottage,
Beth Henley,
Harold Pinter and
Jon Robin Baitz. The Man Who Came to Dinner, the first production at the American Airlines Theatre on 42nd Street in 2000 and the star-studded production of The Women in June 2002 have been seen on channel Thirteen/WNET and other PBS stations nationally. Beyond the work on stage, Roundabout is recognized as a national leader in audience development and offers a comprehensive program of initiatives including the Social Series, the Early Curtain Series, the Wine Series, the Gay and Lesbian Series, HIPTIX (targeting young professionals), and related humanities events and publications. Most recently, Roundabout launched ACCESS ROUNDABOUT, a program which will offer over 22,000 dramatically discounted tickets during the 2007-2008 season. In addition, through arts education programs, Roundabout reaches more than 7,000 New York City public high school students and their teachers each year. With a focus on in-depth programming, these activities range from partnerships with two New Century High Schools (a NYC Department of Education Initiative) and professional development for teachers to in-school year-long residencies and student matinees at its Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres. Through national tours, live broadcasts, education and outreach programs and its work on three stages, Roundabout touches the lives of millions of theatergoers, students and artists across the country.
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 "Downstage Center", 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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