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Theater talk.
- Title
- Theater talk. Mamma mia! Judy Kaye, Louise Pitre, Karen Mason, Judy Craymer [videorecording] / Susan Haskins, executive producer ; Theater Talk Productions ; director, Adam Walker.
- Publication
- New York, c2001.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 videocassette (Betacam) (28 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Judy Craymer, producer of the Broadway hit musical Mamma mia!, talks with Theater talk hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins. The show concerns a young girl named Sophie who dreams of a traditional wedding, with her father giving her away at the altar. Craymer expounds on her idea to create a show using songs by the popular rock group ABBA, how it was conceived with book writer Catherine Johnson, and the unconventional trajectory the production took in finding its way to Broadway. The interview with Craymer is followed with a conversation with the show's three stars: Louise Pitre, who plays Sophie's Mom and former front woman of a band called Donna and the Dynamos, and Judy Kaye and Karen Mason who play her former bandmates, Rosie and Tanya. The performers describe why they feel the show appeals to audiences, how the songs by ABBA hold up in the musical theater, and what they see as the show's affirmative message for middle-aged women.
- Series Statement
- Theater talk
- Subjects
- Craymer, Judy > Interviews
- Mason, Karen (Singer) > Interviews
- Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
- Kaye, Judy > Interviews
- Andersson, Benny > Mamma mia! (Musical)
- Interviews
- Theater > Production and direction
- Pitre, Louise > Interviews
- Actresses > Interviews
- Talk shows
- ABBA (Musical group)
- Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
- Television
- Genre/Form
- Television.
- Talk shows.
- Interviews.
- Note
- Credits at end of videocassette.
- This is episode #612 of Theater talk.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2001.
- Call Number
- NCOX 2013
- OCLC
- 179918634
- Title
- Theater talk. Mamma mia! Judy Kaye, Louise Pitre, Karen Mason, Judy Craymer [videorecording] / Susan Haskins, executive producer ; Theater Talk Productions ; director, Adam Walker.
- Imprint
- New York, c2001.
- Series
- Theater talk
- Performer
- Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
- Event
- Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2001.
- Local Note
- Gift of Susan Haskins.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Kaye, Judy, interviewee.Pitre, Louise, interviewee.Mason, Karen (Singer), interviewee.Craymer, Judy, 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 2013