ATW Kicks Off Season With New Online Editions Of DOWNSTAGE CENTER & More

As the fall theater season gears up, the American Theatre Wing has released a slew of new media content on americantheatrewing.org. As the home for America's largest free online archive of media focused on how theatre is made, in the words of the very people who make it, in the past month, ATW has released:

Six new editions of the podcast "Downstage Center":

· Jerry Zaks, veteran director and Creative Consultant on The Addams Family

o http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/jerry_zaks

· Lucie Arnaz, of Broadway's They're Playing Our Song, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Lost In Yonkers, among others

o http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/lucie_arnaz

Martin Pakledinaz, Costume Designer for the upcoming Anything Goes and Oklahoma!
o http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/martin_pakledinaz

Kate Mulgrew, most recently seen Off-Broadway in Love, Loss, and What I Wore
http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/kate_mulgrew
· Cora Cahan, president of The New 42nd Street which runs the New Victory Theater

http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/cora_cahan
Marin Mazzie, currently on Broadway in Next to Normal
http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/marin_mazzie

Three new editions of the new backstage video podcast, "In The Wings":

· "Voice Teacher" featuring Linda Benanti of The Linda Benanti Voice Studio

o http://americantheatrewing.org/inthewings/detail/voice_teacher

· "Puppet Designer" featuring Emily DeCola of The Puppet Kitchen which designed and developed the puppts for John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean

http://americantheatrewing.org/inthewings/detail/puppet_designer
"Shoe Designer" featuring Theatrical Shoe Desginer Phil LaDuca of LaDuca Shoes
http://americantheatrewing.org/inthewings/detail/shoe_designer

ATW also added to its collection:

· Five classic editions of Working in the Theatre from 1985 with guests including: Clinton Turner Davis, Herb Gardner, Glenne Headley, Judd Hirsch, Barnard Hughes, Jerome Lawrence, Cleavon Little, and Marsha Norman

o http://americantheatrewing.org/wit/

· Classic editions of The Broadway League's "This is Broadway" with Laurence Luckinbill, Florence Klotz, Jerry Orbach, Yul Brynner, Robert LuPone, Cy Coleman and Harvey Sabinson

o http://americantheatrewing.org/thisisbroadway/

The American Theatre Wing (Theodore S. Chapin, Chairman, Board of Directors; Howard Sherman, Executive Director) is a not-for-profit organization best known as the creator of the Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards®, which it presents annually with The Broadway League. In addition to "Downstage Center," "In The Wings," "Working in the Theatre," and a host of other online resources, The Wing sponsors many activities, all dedicated to recognizing excellence and supporting education in theatre. Visitors to americantheatrewing.org can listen to, watch or download from ATW's extensive media collection, and learn more about all of its programming for students, aspiring and working professionals, and audiences who want to learn more about the making of theatre. Follow ATW on Facebook.com/TheAmericanTheatreWing, youtube.com/americantheatrewing and Twitter.com/TheWing.

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