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Theater talk.
- Title
- Theater talk. George Wendt on Hairspray, and the composers of Cry-Baby [videorecording] / [produced by] Susan Haskins, Theater Talk Productions, Inc. ; director, Adam Walker.
- Publication
- New York, c2008.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (27 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Actor George Wendt discusses his role as housewife Edna Turnblad in the Broadway musical Hairspray, based on a film by John Waters. Wendt, whose performing career begin in the improvisational comedy troupe Second City, explains how this training and his work in the TV series Cheers prepared him for a demanding role in a stage musical.
- Composer Adam Schlesinger and lyricist David Javerbaum discuss their collaboration on another stage musical based on a John Waters film, Cry-Baby. They explain how they came together as a songwriting team, describe their working relationship with Waters, and also perform a song from the show entitled Screw loose. Brief excerpts from the show are included.
- Series Statement
- Theater talk
- Subjects
- Schlesinger, Adam > Interviews
- Lyricists > Interviews
- Television
- Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
- Schlesinger, Adam > Cry-Baby
- Waters, John, 1946- > Friends and associates
- Shaiman, Marc > Hairspray
- Actors > Interviews
- Cheers (Television program)
- Wendt, George > Interviews
- Talk shows
- Composers > Interviews
- Interviews
- Javerbaum, David > Interviews
- Second City (Theater company)
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Talk shows.
- Television.
- Note
- Credits at end of tape.
- 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., May 2, 2008.
- Call Number
- NCOX 2407
- OCLC
- 316604910
- Title
- Theater talk. George Wendt on Hairspray, and the composers of Cry-Baby [videorecording] / [produced by] Susan Haskins, Theater Talk Productions, Inc. ; director, Adam Walker.
- Imprint
- New York, c2008.
- Series
- Theater talk
- Cast
- Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
- Event
- Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios at the Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y., May 2, 2008.
- Local Note
- Gift of Susan Haskins.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Wendt, George, interviewee.Javerbaum, David, interviewee.Schlesinger, Adam, 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 2407