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3/7/22 Memorial to Director, Costume and Set Designer Tony Walton

 I interviewed the remarkable Tony Walton when he directed George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple for the Asolo Repertory Company in Sarasota FL. Known primarily for his design work, Tony was delighted to be interviewed as a director. Listen to this generous, delightful, funny, charming, man describe his astounding career, the success of which he self-deprecatingly credits to “dumb luck.”  See below some of his awards

Tony Awards for Pippin, House of Blue Leaves, and Guys and Dolls.

Oscar, for All That Jazz,

Emmy, TV version of Death of a Salesman

Academy Award for Best Production Design 1980,

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design 1992, 1986, 1973

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction – Miniseries, Movie or a Special 1986

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design 1996

Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award 2012

Academy Award nominations for Mary Poppins (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), and The Wiz (1978).^[1]

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8-2-16 Interview

12/13 /16 Andrei Maleav-Babel is a Russian Immigrant. The son and grandson of writers and artists, Andrei wrote musicals and directed his parent’s friends in his plays, by the time he was 10 or 12. Luckily coming of age as Perestroika was occurring in Russia, Andrei was able to start his own theater as a very young man. Barely able to speak English, he met, courted and married an American sociology student and became a Professor of Acting at the prestigious FSU Conservatory for Actor Training, one of the top ten actor training companies in the United States. Listen to him tell his amazing story and talk about his direction of the Conservatory’s production of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge,” opening on Dec 27th

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6/28/11 – Interview

As a very young child, Danny Jones was making up worlds in his mind. Luckily for Danny, his parents participated, encouraged and delighted in his imagination. Listen to his Mom’s explanation of how Santa Claus was able to get down the chimney and his Dad’s directness and explanation of the way energy between people can be affected. Not so good at sports, Danny discovered that he was good at acting, and besides there were pretty girls in the theater classes. By the time he was in high school Danny had a plan. He would be an actor and there would be no Plan B. Listen to his passion, dedication and commitment to what has become his life’s work.

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