Edward Albee on Downstage Center Tomorrow

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio proudly present an interview with multiple Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize recipient Edward Albee, on their weekly theatrical interview show, "Downstage Center," on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28). Albee will appear as the special guest on Friday, February 8 at 6 p.m. The show will repeat on Saturday, February 9 at noon, Sunday, February 10 at 7 p.m., and Wednesday, February 13 at midnight.  The program becomes available as streaming audio and podcast from www.americantheatrewing.org beginning Monday afternoon, February 11.

According to press notes: "Multiple Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee talks about the "inadvertent festival" of his works in the New York area, explaining why he declined to allow any synopsis of Me, Myself and I for its production at Princeton's McCarter Theatre, whether The American Dream and The Sandbox at New York's Cherry Lane Theater will look any different than in their original productions, and why we won't see productions of The Zoo Story without its new first act, Homelife.  In a wide ranging conversation, he touches upon his approach to playwriting, what he looks for in students seeking to study playwriting with him, the effect of the fame that he achieved from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the experience of being critically out of favor during the 80's and early 90's, the two-decade disparity in ages between the actors who played the leads in the original Seascape and those who took on those roles in the Broadway revival, why we have seen so few films based upon his plays, how he chooses when to direct one of his plays himself, and the unique quality that his two long-time producers share."

Edward Albee was born on March 12, 1928, and began writing plays 30 years later. His plays include The Zoo Story (1958), The American Dream (1960), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1961-62, Tony Award), Tiny Alice (1964), A Delicate Balance (1966, Pulitzer Prize; 1996, Tony Award), All Over (1971), Seascape (1974, Pulitzer Prize), The Lady From Dubuque (1977-78), The Man Who Had Three Arms (1981), Finding the Sun (1982), Marriage Play (1986-87), Three Tall Women (1991, Pulitzer Prize), Fragments (1993), The Play About the Baby (1997), The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? (2000, 2002 Tony Award), Occupant (2001), Peter and Jerry: (Act 1, Homelife. Act 2, The Zoo Story.) (2004), and Me, Myself and I (2008). He is a member of the Dramatists Guild Council, and President of The Edward F. Albee Foundation. Mr. Albee was awarded the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980, and in 1996 received the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts.

Each new "Downstage Center" is regularly broadcast at 6PM on Fridays, Saturdays at noon, Sundays at 7PM and Wednesdays at 12AM (all times EST). Following the initial run on XM, each program is made available for free, on-demand, internationally as both streaming audio and podcast on ATW's Web site, www.americantheatrewing.org. 

Edward Albee

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