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  • Sir Geraint Evans and Peter Grimes

    Sir Geraint Evans discusses his career as an operatic performer

    Oct. 2, 1974

    Sir Geraint Evans discusses opera and his time as a performer. Includes an in-depth discussion of the opera Peter Grimes.

  • Harold Prince discusses his direction of Madame Butterfly for the Lyric Opera, Chicago

    Sep. 24, 1985

    Harold Prince discusses his direction of Madame Butterfly while also discussing operas, musicals, and theater in general.

  • Discussing the Northlight Theatre's production of the musical "Smoke on the Mountain," with cast members

    Nov. 23, 1993
  • Christopher Durang

    Christopher Durang discusses his play "A History of the American Film" and "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You"

    Dec. 7, 1984

    Studs interviews Christopher Durang, playwright, about his plays. "A History of the American Film" is the highlight of the interview, which is playing at the Heron Theater in Chicago. Durang describes parts of the play and it's characters. He explains that it portrays the different eras and famous moments of movies and references real actors and actresses. Durang reads several times from the play, but all musical numbers are removed from this edited version of the original recording.

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