ATW - This Is Broadway

Actor Laurence Luckinbill, the star of "Poor Murderer" and now the Pulitzer Prize winning play "The Shadow Box", talks about how Broadway plays are thriving, thanks in part to plays developed at regional theatres such as the Mark Taper Forum and the Long Wharf Theatre.

Hermione Gingold talks about understudying the role of the narrator (normally played by a male actor, Ned Sherrin) in "Side By Side By Sondheim" on Broadway, and using her married name Fernanada Maschwitz.

Actress Delores Hall talks about her Tony Award winning role in the gospel musical "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God", working with director Vinnette Carroll, and turning a "revival meeting" into a theatrical experience on Broadway.

Robert Wright and George Forrest, the songwriting team behind "Song of Norway" talk about adapting their 1953 Broadway musical "Kismet" into "Timbuktu!", a new musical set in West Africa instead of Baghdad, with African folk themes, an African-American cast, and by "The Wiz" director/choreographer/costume designer Geoffrey Holder.

Authors' respresentative Audrey Wood discusses the importance of regional theatres across America. For example, Studs Terkel's book "Working" was developed by the author and multiple composers including Stephen Schwartz, for a premiere production at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.

1960s DJ/radio host Murray The K, also known as "The Fifth Beatle" talks about the Broadway show "Beatlemania", the show's premise and live presentation, and the demographics of the audience.

Actress Hye-Young Choi who portrayed Lady Thiang in the 1977 Broadway revival of "The King And I" compares theatre in Korea to Broadway; audiences enjoy traditional Asian performances, Western-style plays, and European operas that are translated into Korean; and notes that musicals are not yet performed in Korea.

Three-time Tony winning composer for "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Applause" Charles Strouse talks about his hit musical "Annie" and its five year process to bring it to Broadway.

Theatre and film actress Estelle Parsons talks about performing the Brazillian solo play "Miss Margarida's Way"; the importance of performing a variety of material; and the difference in writing and acting for film versus the stage.

New York Post theatre critic Martin Gottfried talks about how his career started at the Village Voice, becoming Women's Wear Daily's chief drama critic, replacing the Post's Richard Watts, Jr. upon retirement; the advantages of reviewing theatre; and his efforts as a playwright.