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Go in-depth with the leading artists and professionals working on stage today when you go "Downstage Center." Downstage Center, a collaboration of the American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio, is a 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.
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Now in its fourth year, Downstage Center has been featured by the Associated Press and Slate.com as the place to go for theatrical talk.
Downstage Center is heard weekly on XM Satellite Radio's Channel 28, On Broadway, with new programs debuting Fridays at 6 pm, followed by encores on Saturday at 12 noon, Sunday at 7 and Wednesday at midnight (all times eastern).
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Please note that due to copyright restrictions, any pre-recorded music that was used in the interview has been deleted from all audio files.
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Richard M. Sherman and George Stiles |
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Composers of Mary Poppins.
Original air date - April 27, 2007
Running Time - 59:24.
Bio of Richard M. Sherman
Bio of George Stiles
Richard M. Sherman and George Stiles, the film and stage composers of Mary Poppins, come together for a special program that explores the creation of the original film score and how it was adapted and supplemented for the stage musical. Sharing a piano, they play and sing snippets of a variety of Poppins songs - including songs that were cut from both versions, some of which ended up in other familiar scores. Separately, Sherman and Stiles also provide quick overviews of their respective careers, with Sherman recalling how he and his brother Robert became the house composers for Disney and later wrote the stage musicals Over Here and Busker Alley, and Stiles reviewing his partnership with Anthony Drewe and how they spent seven years writing Just So, only to win the Olivier Award for their more swiftly created Honk!
Additional resources:
Mary Poppins: Official Site
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