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Title

Theater talk. Nine & Our Lady of 121st St. Maury Yeston and Stephen Adly Guirgis [videorecording] / Susan Haskins, executive producer ; Theater Talk Productions ; director, Adam Walker.

Publication

New York, c2003.

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Additional Authors

• Yeston, Maury
• Guirgis, Stephen Adly
• Riedel, Michael (Theater critic)
• Haskins, Susan
• Walker, Adam
• Theater Talk Productions, Inc.

Description

1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (28 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

• Composer and lyricist Maury Yeston speaks with Theater talk co-hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins about the current Broadway revival of his 1982 musical Nine. The composer of such musicals as Titanic and Grand Hotel, Yeston based Nine on Federico Fellini's 1963 motion picture 8 1/2. He elaborates on his writing of the score, and the challenges of casting its main character, Guido Contini. The role, taken by Antonio Banderas in the revival, was played by Raul Julia in the original production. Yeston expounds also on his feelings about the current production of Nine directed by David Leveaux in comparison with the original production directed by Tommy Tune, and he speaks about the quality of "completeness," which he feels is essential to a score.
• Stephen Adly Guirgis discusses his play Our lady of 121st St., which has received acclaim during its Off-Broadway run at the Union Square Theatre. The play concerns a group of people who come together for the funeral of their high school teacher Sister Anne. Guirgis speaks about his structuring of the work as a series of seemingly independent scenes, how director Philip Seymour Hoffman helped shape the play, his approach to character development, and how he feels about being successful as a writer.

Series Statement

Theater talk

Alternative Title

Theater talk. Nine/121st St. Yeston/Guirgis

Subject

• Yeston, Maury > Interviews
• Yeston, Maury
• Guirgis, Stephen Adly > Interviews
• Guirgis, Stephen Adly
• Theater > New York (State) > New York
• Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
• Theater > Production and direction
• Composers > Interviews
• Dramatists > Interviews

Genre/Form

• Television.
• Talk shows.
• Interviews.

Note

• Credits at end of videocassette.
• This is episode #923 of Theater talk.

Performer (note)

• Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.

Event (note)

• Interview with Maury Yeston videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y. on March 28, 2003. Interview with Stephen Adly Guirgis videotaped on April 11, 2003.

Call Number

NCOX 2026

OCLC

180933600

Title

Theater talk. Nine & Our Lady of 121st St. Maury Yeston and Stephen Adly Guirgis [videorecording] / Susan Haskins, executive producer ; Theater Talk Productions ; director, Adam Walker.

Imprint

New York, c2003.

Series

Theater talk

Performer

Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.

Event

Interview with Maury Yeston videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y. on March 28, 2003. Interview with Stephen Adly Guirgis videotaped on April 11, 2003.

Local Note

Gift of Susan Haskins.

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Added Author

Yeston, Maury, interviewee.

Guirgis, Stephen Adly, 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 2026