Kathleen Marshall joined us live on The Broadway Q&A Series, presented by Playbill and The Growing Studio, July 22. The three-time Tony-winning director and choreographer answered your questions about her Broadway productions of In Transit, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Anything Goes, Wonderful Town, The Pajama Game, and more during the hour-long chat. Watch the interview in full above.
Marshall discussed whether she prefers original works or revivals (at the 13:20 time stamp), how she transitioned from being a performer into a director-choreographer (17:46), how she chooses dancers for pre-production work (53:10), and more.
The Broadway Q&A Series presents live interviews with Broadway professionals on Mondays and Wednesdays. All streams are hosted on Playbill.com and on Playbill's YouTube channel and Facebook page from 1–2 PM ET. Following the stream, interviews are available at Playbill.com/BroadwayQandA.
Also coming up on The Broadway Q&A Series are Scott Ellis (July 27), Conor McPherson (July 29), Marc Bruni (August 3), Mary Mitchell Campbell (August 5), Stephen Oremus (August 10), Joshua Bergasse (August 12), and Kenny Seymour (August 17).
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