About a year ago I started listening to the podcasts from Downstage Center and American Theatre Wing.I put my ear buds in, hit play and while driving, preparing dinner, or working out, my new friends Howard Sherman (ATW, Executive Director) & John von Soosten (Program Director, XM Satellite Radio, On Broadway) climb into my head and introduce me to their elite circle from the world of American theatre. I imagine sitting in either Howard or John's living room and listening for an hour to the likes of Terry Teachout, Theatre Critic for the Wall Street Journal; Marian Seldes, Rita Moreno, Vanessa Redgrave & Carole Shelley, on their long and illustrious careers; John P. Connolly the new executive director of Actor's Equity Association (some of my recent favourites). I may be only paying $20/unit for my mediocre theatre courses at Pasadena City College, but this education by evesdropping is PRICELESS.
Here's the link to get the podcasts for yourself, with the description from the ATW website:
"Downstage Center, a collaboration of the American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio, is a weekly theatrical interview program that spotlights the creative talents on Broadway, Off-Broadway, across the country and around the world, with in-depth conversations that simply can't be found anywhere else."
