Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Durang, Christopher, 1949-
2. Saks, Gene, 1921-2015
3. Zaks, Jerry, 1946-
4. Azenberg, Emanuel
5. Wilson, Edwin, 1927-
6. City University of New York

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (112 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Four separate interview with Gene Saks, Christopher Durang, Jerry Zaks, and Emanuel Azenberg (ca. 27 min. each)
2. Gene Saks talks about the first play he directed, Joseph Stein's Enter laughing, some of the many other comedies he has directed including six by Neil Simon, his association with Simon, his approach to directing, and the importance of casting.
3. Christopher Durang discusses how he identifies with and writes dark comedies, how he came to write The history of American film and The actor's nightmare, his play Sister Mary Ignatius explains it all for you, problems involved with censorship and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the merging of laughter with violence and unhappiness.
4. Jerry Zaks talks about how he got playwright Christopher Durang to agree to his directing Sister Mary Ignatius explains it all to you at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, how he looks for farce that is extreme but grounded in reality, how he directs, visualizes, and choreographs farce, and the revival of the musical Anything goes.
5. Producer Emanuel Azenberg discusses his association with playwright Tom Stoppard and in particular, the play The real thing, how some Stoppard plays may be altered for American audiences, his relationship with playwright Neil Simon, his role mounting a play with Simon, producing 14 plays by Simon, and the inability of Broadway theater to compete with the salaries paid in Hollywood.

Series statement

1. CUNY Spotlight

Subject

1. Saks, Gene, 1921-2015 > Interviews
2. Stein, Joseph
3. Simon, Neil > Friends and associates
4. Durang, Christopher, 1949- > Interviews
5. Durang, Christopher, 1949-
6. Durang, Christopher, 1949- > Sources
7. Zaks, Jerry, 1946- > Interviews
8. Porter, Cole, 1891-1964
9. Azenberg, Emanuel > Interviews
10. Stoppard, Tom > Friends and associates
11. Stoppard, Tom
12. National Endowment for the Arts
13. Theater > Production and direction
14. Theater > Casting
15. Dramatists > Interviews
16. Comedy
17. Theater > Censorship > United States
18. Violence > Drama
19. Farce
20. Theater > Economic aspects > New York (State) > New York
21. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOW 101

Note

1. Part of the series, CUNY Spotlight, broadcast on CUNY-TV, sponsored by the City University of New York.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewed by Edwin Wilson.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by the cable station, CUNY-TV, New York, N.Y.

Title

1. [Interviews with Gene Saks, Christopher Durang, Jerry Zaks, and Emanuel Azenberg] [videorecording] / City University Television, The Center for Advanced Study in Theatre Arts (CASTA) [presents]

Imprint

1. New York, [between 1989 and 1991]

Series

1. CUNY Spotlight

Performer

1. Interviewed by Edwin Wilson.

Event

1. Videotaped by the cable station, CUNY-TV, New York, N.Y.

Added author

1. Durang, Christopher, 1949- interviewee.
2. Saks, Gene, 1921-2015, interviewee.
3. Zaks, Jerry, 1946- interviewee.
4. Azenberg, Emanuel, interviewee.
5. Wilson, Edwin, 1927- interviewer.
6. City University of New York.

Research call number

1. NCOW 101