Performance - September, 1991 #2

Published: March 8, 2010, 2:41 p.m.

The panel of performers -- Jane Alexander (1969 Tony winner for The Great White Hope), Stockard Channing (Six Degrees of Separation and 1985 Tony Award winner for Best Actress in Joe Egg), Sarah Jessica Parker (The Substance Of Fire), Jonathan Pryce (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and his Tony Award-winning performances in 1977’s Comedians and 1991’s Miss Saigon), Ron Rifkin (Tony winner for the 1998 revival of Cabaret), Mercedes Ruehl (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? and Best Actress Tony Award for Lost in Yonkers) and Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) -- discuss playing the same role over the years, finding a rhythm in one's performance, learning about one's character during the rehearsal process, gaining discipline, and how each performer got their start.