Remembering Uta: A Challenge for the Artist, Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater, September 18, 2008. Barbara Barrie, Richard Easton, Hal Prince, and Fritz Weaver reminisce about the life and work of Uta Hagen. Moderated by Foster Hirsch.

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Making Theater and New Communities: A Talk by Michael Boyd, June 20, 2008. The Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, fresh from his epic London staging of Shakespeare's History cycle with a single company of 34 actors playing all 264 roles, talks about the principles of ensemble theater making and their relevance to contemporary life and politics, exploring creativity and development over time and the immediate exploitation of talent.

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Peter Martins In Conversation with Pia Catton on New York City Ballet's Romeo and Juliet, December 6, 2007.

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On February 21, 2006, the Library presented A Master Class with Barbara Cook. Students were selected from the Manhattan School of Music (Jessica Klein, Kendall Lima, James Rodgers); NYU/CAP 21 (Randy Blair, Amanda Guillett); and NYU/Steinhardt School (Marvin Avila). The program was webcast live.

The full program, without the introductions, may be viewed here:

The Barbara Cook Webcast

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The Performing Arts Library presented the New York premiere of Articles Nor'east, a work by Robert J. Bradshaw performed by the Manchester Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, on October 11, 2005.

Photo of the October 11 performance by Gabriel Rivera

Here, from that performance, is "Mahoosuc Notch," one of the movements from the new piece.

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The Performing Arts Library's 2005-2006 season of free public programs opened on September 15, 2005.
The event, Hal Prince in Conversation with Foster Hirsch, was webcast live.

The full program may be viewed here:

The Hal Prince Webcast

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Sir Peter Shaffer, author of the play Equus and other works, visited the Library for the Performing Arts and spoke about his time, many decades ago, working at The New York Public Library.

Here, from that event, are Shaffer's remarks.

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