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Downstage Center
Go in-depth with the leading artists and professionals working on stage today when you go Downstage Center. Downstage Center is the American Theatre Wing's acclaimed weekly theatrical interview program that spotlights the creative talents on Broadway, Off-Broadway, across the country and around the world, with in-depth conversations that simply can't be found anywhere else. Now in its sixth year, Downstage Center, produced in association with CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, has been featured by the Associated Press and Slate.com as the place to go for theatrical talk. New editions will be available every other Wednesday from this website, where you can listen online, download the programs or subscribe to the podcast.

John Mahoney
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John Mahoney

John Mahoney talks about returning to Broadway after a 20-year hiatus in the Roundabout Theatre production of Prelude to a Kiss, including why he had to be conscious of not making his stage role of The Old Man reminiscent of his long-running TV role as Frasier's father; recounts the story of his emigration to America from Manchester, England and how, at age 37, he suddenly decided to take up acting; recalls his early stage work with the St. Nicholas Theatre and being invited by John Malkovich to join the now-celebrated Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble; explains why he declined to travel to New York with Steppenwolf's productions of And a Nightingale Sang and Balm in Gilead; and remembers his breakthrough performances in Orphans and The House of Blue Leaves, the latter his first major show outside of his Chicago theatre family.

Original air date - April 6, 2007
Running Time - 1:01:44



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