Leigh Silverman To Appear on XM's 'Downstage Center'

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio proudly present an interview with director Leigh Silverman, on their weekly theatrical interview show, "Downstage Center," on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28).

 Silverman will appear as the special guest on Friday, March 21 at 6 p.m. The show will repeat on Saturday, March 22 at noon, Sunday, March 23 at 7 p.m., and Wednesday, March 26 at midnight.  The program becomes available as streaming audio and podcast from www.americantheatrewing.org beginning Monday afternoon, March 24.

 Director Leigh Silverman talks about the development of the Off-Broadway Beebo Brinker Chronicles and its transition from an Off-Off-Broadway space to a larger venue; how she juggles so many projects in a season where she has already staged Yellow Face and Hunting and Gathering and is currently working on From Up Here at Manhattan Theatre Club and Of Equal Measure for the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles; the genesis of her involvement in the acclaimed play Wit, as well as the sad circumstances that led her to direct the play's West End debut; and the impact of Lisa Kron's Well on her career, as it traveled from The Public Theatre to San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre then back to New York for the play's -- and her own -- Broadway debut.

Each new "Downstage Center" is regularly broadcast at 6 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays at noon, Sundays at 7 p.m. and Wednesdays at 12 a.m. (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.