Performance - September, 1991

Published: March 1, 2010, 7:11 p.m.

The panel of performers -- Hinton Battle (Tony Awards for Sophisticated Ladies, The Tap Dance Kid and Miss Saigon), Roy Dotrice (The Homecoming and Tony winner for A Moon for the Misbegotten), Timothy Hutton (Babylon Gardens), Mary Louise Parker (Tony Award winner for Proof), Teresa Wright (On Borrowed Time), Stephanie Zimbalist (The Baby Dance) -- discuss working in regional and repertory theatre; where they started out in show business, if it was a family profession; the process of getting an agent; how the stage compares to television and film; and how different theatre spaces, sets, and stage sizes affect a show.