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Theater talk.

Title
Theater talk. Producers Emanuel Azenberg and James Freydberg on The Business of Broadway [videorecording] / [produced by] Susan Haskins, Theater Talk Productions, Inc. ; director, Adam Walker.
Publication
New York, c1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Azenberg, Emanuel
  • Freydberg, James B
  • Riedel, Michael (Theater critic)
  • Haskins, Susan
  • Walker, Adam
  • Theater Talk Productions, Inc.
Description
1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
Summary
  • Producers Emanuel Azenberg and James Freydberg analyze the economics of success and failure on Broadway, speculate on the reasons behind rising costs, contrast the theatrical scene of New York with that of London, and discuss the role of critics in the process. Each cites an unsuccessful show from his own career, and attempts to account for its failure; shows cited are David Shire's Big and Henry Krieger's Side show.
  • Performance excerpts: The iceman cometh, Side show, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Series Statement
Theater talk
Alternative Title
Theater Talk: Big Producers. Azenberg and Freydberg
Subject
  • Azenberg, Emanuel > Interviews
  • Freydberg, James B. > Interviews
  • Shire, David
  • Krieger, Henry
  • Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
  • Theater > United States > Production and direction
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Talk shows.
  • Television.
Note
  • This is Episode #521 of Theater talk.
  • Interview with producers Emanuel Azenberg and James Freydberg.
  • Credits at end of tape.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios located at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y., Apr. 2, 1999.
Call Number
NCOX 1598
OCLC
NYPG00-F151
Title
Theater talk. Producers Emanuel Azenberg and James Freydberg on The Business of Broadway [videorecording] / [produced by] Susan Haskins, Theater Talk Productions, Inc. ; director, Adam Walker.
Imprint
New York, c1999.
Series
Theater talk
Performer
Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
Event
Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios located at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y., Apr. 2, 1999.
Local Note
Gift of Susan Haskins.
Added Author
Azenberg, Emanuel, interviewee.
Freydberg, James B, interviewee.
Riedel, Michael (Theater critic), interviewer.
Haskins, Susan, interviewer.
Haskins, Susan, producer.
Walker, Adam, director.
Theater Talk Productions, Inc.
Haskins, Susan, donor.
Research Call Number
NCOX 1598
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