I always thought the story [Anthem] would work in three dimensions - and studying that cut material was very useful. — Jeff Britting Anthem Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I stood at the front of the E train, watching the tunnel ahead, imagining what Anthem would look like on stage. — Jeff Britting Anthem Copy Share Image
Most of Ayn Rand's major characters are already formed at the start of the stories. — Jeff Britting Character Copy Share Image
In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called… — Jeff Britting Anthem Copy Share Image
If Anthem finds an audience in New York City, my hope would be to see the play transferred to a commercial theatre… — Jeff Britting Anthem Copy Share Image
I certainly did my best to bring the story [Anthem] to life in another medium. — Jeff Britting Anthem Copy Share Image
Typically, among the audience members joining the actors, the director, Ann Ciccolella and myself, about half of these theater goers have read… — Jeff Britting Actors Copy Share Image
Basically, I composed the musical structure in one pass. The rest was editing and small adjustments. And when the play was read… — Jeff Britting Actors Copy Share Image
Each day, I read the New York Times before leaving for the theater. And I have this standing assignment: connect the world… — Jeff Britting Anthem Copy Share Image
Who can I marry? Where can I live? What kind of career can I achieve? These are just some of the stories… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
Music and text have several commonalities, and one is meter and rhythm. Both spoken word and music have certain regularities, and they… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
I think a successful adaptation rises or falls on the work presented. If people need to read the book to understand the… — Jeff Britting Adaptation Copy Share Image
After I write a sequence, I just open the script and then sit at the piano keyboard and "play" the script. (And… — Jeff Britting Action Copy Share Image
After each performance of an Austin Shakespeare production, audiences are invited to stay for a ten-minute discussion of the work. And this… — Jeff Britting Actor Copy Share Image
I collaborated with a brilliant young sound designer named Anthony Mattana, who enriched the sound of the total production with vocal effects,… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
The idea for Anthem the play began over twenty years ago. I was assisting in the production of another Ayn Rand work,… — Jeff Britting Anthem Copy Share Image
Jumping twenty or so years later, Ann Ciccolella, artistic director of Austin Shakespeare, approached me with the idea of staging Anthem. She… — Jeff Britting Anthem Copy Share Image
Ayn Rand called her novella Anthem a "hymn to man's ego." My approach to Anthem the play was to provide the story… — Jeff Britting Anthem Copy Share Image
I love film scores and opera, and I wanted to work in those forms. But theater was more accessible. And no one… — Jeff Britting Film Copy Share Image
Actually, one Anthem cue is a good example of the process. There is a four-minute sequence of music in Anthem, which underscores… — Jeff Britting Anthem Copy Share Image
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