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[Interview with David Stone : raw footage]
- Title
- [Interview with David Stone : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]
- Publication
- New York, 2003.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (31 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Raw interview footage used for the documentary Broadway, the American musical. Theatrical producer and general manager David Stone discusses his imminent production of the show Wicked at the George Gershwin Theatre on Broadway. He speaks about Wicked's previews in San Francisco, where the show underwent substantial revision based on audience reaction. The positive response in San Francisco stirred brisk business for the Broadway production even before its opening. Stone discusses the economics of producing a show such as Wicked, which cost $14 million, in relation to advance ticket sales. High advance ticket sales do not always result in "making your money back" he cautions. If the show gets terrible reviews, as did the highly touted 2002 production Dance of the vampires starring Michael Crawford, the daily sales can dwindle to nothing resulting in the closing of the show. Presuming tickets sales remain steady, Stone predicts it will take Wicked anywhere from nine months to two years to recoup its investment. Stone next discusses his favorite and least favorite aspects of producing a musical. Seeing the audience's reaction to it in San Francisco was very exciting; working with so many people and dealing with their personalities is difficult, he feels. Stone's biggest fear as a producer of this show is poor reviews; he also has nightmares of someone hurting themselves on the set. Stone speaks about the challenges navigating his role as producer with the show's creative team, composer Steven Schwartz and director Joe Mantello; the use of flying monkeys in the New York production; the significance of critics and word-of-mouth discussion in determining a show's success; the advertising for Wicked; and what he wished had gone differently during its production. Lastly, Stone discusses the current status of the show, which will undergo three weeks of technical and dress rehearsals before three weeks of previews. For Stone, who has devoted three years to Wicked, the hardest time is during the previews when the show will be scrutinized by the New York audience and critics. The challenge during this time, he feels, will be to trust his own judgment.
- Alternative Title
- Broadway, the American musical
- David Stone
- Subjects
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Stone, David > Interviews
- Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
- Theater > Tickets
- Musical theater > Production and direction
- Musicals
- Theater > Economic aspects > United States
- Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
- Documentaries and factual works
- Unedited footage
- Schwartz, Stephen > Wicked
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
- Genre/Form
- Documentaries and factual works.
- Musicals.
- Unedited footage.
- Note
- This interview is one of a group of interviews with 90 individuals used in making the documentary Broadway, the American musical. The completed production is available on NCOX 2058.
- Credits for completed production from pbs.org: A film by Michael Kantor ; produced by Jeff Dupre, Michael Kantor and Sally Rosenthal ; written by Marc Fields, Michael Kantor, Laurence Maslon, and JoAnne Young ; directed by Michael Kantor.
- Time code on frame.
- Interview begins ca. 1 min. into tape.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewer: Michael Kantor. Interviewee: David Stone.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on Sept. 12, 2003.
- Biography (note)
- Broadway, the American musical, which aired on PBS in October 2004, is a documentary chronicling the entire history of a unique American art form, the Broadway musical. Each of its six episodes covers a different era in American theater history, and features the Broadway shows and songs which defined the period. The series draws on feature films, television broadcasts, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first-person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in the development of the genre.
- Call Number
- NCOX 2169
- OCLC
- 145746457
- Title
- [Interview with David Stone : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]
- Imprint
- New York, 2003.
- Performer
- Interviewer: Michael Kantor. Interviewee: David Stone.
- Event
- Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on Sept. 12, 2003.
- Biography
- Broadway, the American musical, which aired on PBS in October 2004, is a documentary chronicling the entire history of a unique American art form, the Broadway musical. Each of its six episodes covers a different era in American theater history, and features the Broadway shows and songs which defined the period. The series draws on feature films, television broadcasts, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first-person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in the development of the genre.
- Local Note
- Gift of Broadway Film Project, Inc. and Thirteen/WNET, 2005.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Stone, David, interviewee.Kantor, Michael, 1961- interviewer.Kantor, Michael, 1961- director.Broadway Film Project, Inc, donor.Thirteen/WNET, donor.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 2169