From one remarkable mind to another; Conversations with Anne documents the series of intimate interviews that theater director Anne Bogart has conductedmdash;before live audiencesmdash;with major artists and cultural thinkers at her West Side studio over half a decade. In these extraordinary conversations; Bogart and her guests consider such free-ranging topics as the driving forces in their work; the paths their lives have taken; and their visions for the future of their field. Bogart delves into the daily thoughts of these artists and thinkers whom she most admiresmdash;a group that; collectively; has profoundly shaped the arts and artistry in America over the past twenty-five years.Interviewees include: JoAnne Akalaitis; Lee Breuer; Ben Cameron; Martha Clarke; Oskar Eustis; Zelda Fichandler; Richard Foreman; Andre Gregory; Bill T. Jones; Tony Kushner; Tina Landau; Elizabeth LeCompte; Eduardo Machado; Charles Mee; Joseph V. Melillo; Meredith Monk; Peter Sellars; Molly Smith; Elizabeth Streb; Julie Taymor; and Paula Vogel.Anne Bogart is artistic director of the SITI Company; which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She has received two OBIE Awards; a Bessie Award; and a Guggenheim Fellowship; and is a professor at Columbia University; where she runs the Graduate Directing Program.
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