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Steep Theatre premieres ‘Greensboro-A Requiem’
Steep Theatre Engages the Racial Divide in Emily Mann’s ‘Greensboro - A Requiem.’

Sneak Preview! Photo Flash: Porchlight’s ‘Nine’
Porchlight Music Theatre’s production of the sultry musical ‘Nine’ runs April 6 and runs through May 18.

Richard M. Sherman and George Stiles (#148) April, 2007
Richard M. Sherman and George Stiles, the film and stage composers of “Mary Poppins”, come together for a special program that explores the creation of the original film score and how it was adapted and supplemented for the stage musical. Sharing a piano, they play and sing snippets of a variety of “Poppins” songs - including songs that were cut from both versions, some of which ended up in other familiar scores. Separately, Sherman and Stiles also provide quick overviews of their respective careers, with Sherman recalling how he and his brother Robert became the house composers for Disney and later wrote the stage musicals “Over Here” and “Busker Alley”, and Stiles reviewing his partnership with Anthony Drewe and how they spent seven years writing “Just So”, only to win the Olivier Award for their more swiftly created “Honk!” Original air date ? April 27, 2007.

William Finn (#128) December, 2006
Composer William Finn explains how he became involved in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” and what drew him to the show’s quirky characters; charts the development of the “Marvin” trilogy, including “March Of The Falsettos” and “Falsettoland”, and talks about the differing approaches of James Lapine and Graciela Daniele to that material; tells the story of his own early-1990s medical crisis and how that became the basis for “A New Brain”; and recounts his extreme trepidation about the new revue of his songs, “Make Me A Song”, during its debut in Connecticut. Original air date - December 1, 2006.

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David Caban
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