Q:
How do you get to Broadway?
A:
Carefully
study the Open Access Resources of the American Theatre Wing below.
In
2012, the American Theatre Wing is celebrating 95 years of service to
the American Theatre. For nearly a century, the mission of the Wing
has been to serve and support the theatre by celebrating excellence,
nurturing the public's appreciation of theatre, and providing unique
educational and access opportunities for both practitioners and
audiences. Traditionally, ATW has done this by encouraging members of
the theatre community to share their off-stage time and talent
directly with the theatre audience at large--whether it was singing
for the troops in the Stage Door Canteen of the 1940's, or sharing
their stories on a podcast today.
Best
known for creating The
Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards®,
now presented with The Broadway League, ATW has developed the
best-known national platform for the recognition of theatrical
achievement on Broadway. Yet ATW's reach extends beyond Broadway and
beyond New York, with educational and media work that offers the very
best in theatre to people around the world.
Media
and Educational Outreach Programs:
- Working in the Theatre: An acclaimed fixture on New York television and in the theatre community for more than 30 years, this program offers an unprecedented forum for the meeting of theatrical minds and presents a rare opportunity for students and audiences to get a glimpse inside theatre.
- Downstage Center: ATW's acclaimed theatrical interview podcast, Downstage Center spotlights the creative talents on Broadway, Off Broadway, across the country, and around the world with in-depth conversations posted to ATW's website and iTunes. In the coming year, listeners can look forward to a rotating cast of interviewers carefully matched with each guest, creating intimate conversations between artists that are not available elsewhere.
- The American Theatre Wing Archive: Features more than 800 hours of archived media available for free online. It includes all ATW's programming including special feature series like our "Career Guides" that help chart a path for those wishing to work in the field and "In The Wings" that goes behind the scenes to examine how theatre works. Additionally, the archive provides unprecedented public access to media produced by our partner organizations including the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's "Masters of The Stage" program and the Broadway League's "This is Broadway."
The
above introduction to the American Theatre Wing's open-access
resources was taken from the following URL – http://americantheatrewing.org/about/
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Here is a downloadable conversation with playwrights Lydia Diamond, Suzan-Lori Parks and David Henry Hwang from 2012.
