I have a conversation with Director, Playwright, Author, and Educator, Mel Shapiro. We discuss Mel’s early years growing up in Brooklyn, discovering the art of theatre, becoming a Korean language translator in the Army, training at Carnegie Melon University, his career being “an unbroken series of green lights,” working with Joseph Papp & Tyrone Guthrie, winning the Tony Award for Two Gentlemen of Verona, cofounding New York University’s Tisch School of thee Arts, directing A-list talent like Christopher Walken, writing the books The Director’s Companion & An Actor Performs, teaching acting at UCLA, Brian sharing his regret for not staying in the theatre, and much more.

Recording Date: Wednesday, February 10th, 2021