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Additional authors

1. Chalfant, Kathleen, 1945-
2. Winer, Linda
3. Robins, Isobel
4. Slaughter, Harriet
5. Mayleas, Ruth
6. Corwin, Betty L
7. Isaacson, Robert
8. Malone, Audra D
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer
11. City University of New York
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Kathleen Chalfant discusses her career with Newsday critic Linda Winer. The actress expounds on her upbringing and education in California, her roles in the original stage productions of Tony Kushner's Angels in America and Margaret Edson's Wit, and in the television series The guardian. She also talks about the challenges of making a living as a actor, being passed over for film versions of plays that she has starred in, refusing to condescend to audiences for the sake of popular appeal, and her efforts as a peace activist who feels that one must say what one believes.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with notable women in American theatre

Subject

1. Talk shows
2. Interviews
3. Theater > New York (State) > New York
4. Women in the theater
5. Television
6. Theater > Production and direction
7. Actresses > Interviews
8. Chalfant, Kathleen, 1945- > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Talk shows.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 2038

Note

1. Credits at end of tape.
2. Program is also available at www.cuny.tv.
3. "Discussion program spotlighting prominent women from the theatre, including performers, playwrights, producers and designers."

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Nov. 17, 2003. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, May 28, 2004.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Title

1. Women in theatre. Kathleen Chalfant [videorecording] / produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women, Isobel Robins, Harriet Slaughter, co-presidents ; Ruth Mayleas, executive producer ; Betty L. Corwin, director of special projects, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive ; Bob Isaacson, executive in charge of production ; Audra D. Malone, director ; [produced for] CUNY-TV.

Imprint

1. New York : CUNY-TV, c2004.

Series

1. Women in theatre

Performer

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Nov. 17, 2003. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, May 28, 2004.

Local note

1. Gift of The League of Professional Theatre Women and CUNY-TV.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Chalfant, Kathleen, 1945- interviewee.
2. Winer, Linda, interviewer.
3. Robins, Isobel, producer.
4. Slaughter, Harriet, producer.
5. Mayleas, Ruth, producer.
6. Corwin, Betty L, producer.
7. Isaacson, Robert, producer.
8. Malone, Audra D, director.
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2038