Ira Weitzman is a musical midwife.
He has helped some of our industry's most celebrated authors give birth to musicals like Falsettos, Sunday in the Park with You Know Who, Once on This Island, Parade and many, many more over his 30-year career.
If you're an author, and you had [...]
To call Lin-Manuel Miranda just a writer is like saying Da Vinci was just a painter.
Like the ancient Italian, Mr. Miranda does a whole lot of things, and, unlike most, he does a whole lot of them unbelievably well. He’s a composer, lyricist, actor, musician, poet, and one of the most beloved guys on [...]
The first job I ever had on the ol' Broadway was as a Production Assistant on the revival of My Fair Lady starring Richard Chamberlain.
As a PA I worked very closely with the Stage Managers and learned a ton about how shows are put together, how people are managed, and [...]
The first play of the Fall to announce that it recouped wasn't Merchant of Venice. It was the much sweeter and smaller Driving Miss Daisy, which was helmed by David Esbjornson. David has directed just about everywhere, from London, to Broadway, to just about every major regional theater across the country.
And just [...]
My office is right next to the Eugene O'Neill theater, home to the recently departed Fela!, home to the soon-to-arrive Book of Mormon, and the permanent home of Chris Beck, the Property Master or "Head of Props".
Props men and women have to do it all. Whenever there is ever a question about what department [...]
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