American Theatre Wing’s “In the Wings” Receives “Silver Telly Award”
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FOR RELEASE ON MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010
AMERICAN THEATRE WING’S
“IN THE WINGS”
RECEIVES “SILVER TELLY AWARD”
NEW ONLINE EDITIONS OF
“WORKING IN THE THEATRE”, “DOWNSTAGE CENTER” & “IN THE WINGS”
NOW AVAILABLE
New York, NY – “In The Wings,” the American Theatre Wing’s online video series about the people who work behind the scenes to make theatre magic, has just been recognized by The Telly Awards with its Silver Telly (its top recognition). Amanda Rogers and Stephen Mann of RPP Productions, who produce the features for The Wing, receive the award, which recognizes programming for broadcast and non-broadcast commercials, videos and TV programming. According to their website, www.tellyawards.com, The Telly Awards were founded in 1978 to honor excellence in local, regional and cable TV commercials. Non-broadcast video and TV program categories were soon added. Today, the Telly is one of the most sought-after awards by industry leaders, from large international firms to local production companies and ad agencies.
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On the heels of the 2010 Tony Awards®, the American Theatre Wing continues apace with online editions of “Working in the Theatre”, “Downstage Center”, and “In the Wings”. 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 a slew of new content, including:
Two new online episodes of the television program “Working in the Theatre”:
• Equal Exchange: Actors 2010 with:
o David Alan Grier (Race)
o Anthony LaPaglia (Lend Me A Tenor)
o Laura Linney (Time Stands Still)
o Jan Maxwell (Lend Me A Tenor)
o Alfred Molina (Red)
? http://americantheatrewing.org/wit/detail/actors_04_10
• Developing Musical Theatre with:
o Sue Frost (Memphis)
o Robyn Goodman (In the Heights)
o Paulette Haupt (Artistic Director of the National Music Theater Conference, O’Neill Theater Center)
o Scott Sanders (The Color Purple)
? http://americantheatrewing.org/wit/detail/musical_theatre_04_10
Four new editions of the podcast “Downstage Center”:
• Christine Jones, Scenic Designer of American Idiot and Everyday Rapture
o http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/christine_jones
• Douglas Hodge, currently on Broadway in La Cage aux Folles
o http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/douglas_hodge
• Sarah Ruhl, author of In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)
o http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/sarah_ruhl
• Tony Shalhoub, currently on Broadway in Lend Me A Tenor
o http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/tony_shalhoub
One edition of the new backstage video podcast, “In The Wings”:
• “Dramaturg” featuring Anne Cattaneo of Lincoln Center Theater
o http://americantheatrewing.org/inthewings/detail/dramaturg
ATW also added to its collection:
• Conversations from the SDCF “Masters of the Stage” series with directors John Hirsch and James Lapine
o http://americantheatrewing.org/sdcfmasters/
• Classic editions of The Broadway League’s “This is Broadway” with Estelle Parsons, Charles Strouse and Hye-Young Choi
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 www.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 www.Facebook.com/TheAmericanTheatreWing, www.youtube.com/americantheatrewing and www.Twitter.com/TheWing.
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