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Additional authors

1. Haimes, Todd
2. Carnahan, Jim
3. Hoffman, Patrick
4. Parker/Hodges Productions
5. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
6. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (57 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Todd Haimes, artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company, discusses the organization's history from the time he joined in 1983 to the present season. Topics covered include the company's struggle to attain financial stability, and the ongoing acquisition of additional venues for the growing number of subscribers. Haimes describes the challenge of balancing a variety of plays when planning a season, speaks of the Great American Musical series, and reminisces about working with Natasha Richardson and director Sam Mendes on the revival of Cabaret. He also discusses the acquisitions of the American Airlines Theatre, Studio 54, and the Henry Miller Theatre. Haimes highlights Roundabout's education program, and how the company uses its Black Box Theater to provide young American playwrights with opportunities to present their work in New York.

Subject

1. Haimes, Todd > Interviews
2. Haimes, Todd > Friends and associates
3. Richardson, Natasha > Friends and associates
4. Mendes, Sam > Friends and associates
5. Kander, John
6. Roundabout Theatre Company
7. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
8. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
9. Theater > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOW 330

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Aug. 12, 2009.

Funding (note)

1. Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Title

1. Interview with Todd Haimes on the Roundabout Theatre Company [videorecording] / [Video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Imprint

1. New York, c2009.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer

1. Interviewer: Jim Carnahan.

Event

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Aug. 12, 2009.

Funding

1. Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Haimes, Todd, interviewee.
2. Carnahan, Jim, interviewer.
3. Parker/Hodges Productions.
4. Hoffman, Patrick.
5. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
6. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Research call number

1. NCOW 330