Ayn Rand called her novella Anthem a "hymn to man's ego." My approach to Anthem the play was to provide the story a further dimension through music and sound. The work is now larger than a hymn. It's really "spoken… — 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, Ideal. I moved to New York and began working on producing the play with my partners. And as… — Jeff Britting 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 breaking with… — Jeff Britting Copy Share
In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called the work… — Jeff Britting Copy Share
Most of Ayn Rand's major characters are already formed at the start of the stories. — Jeff Britting Copy Share
After I write a sequence, I just open the script and then sit at the piano keyboard and "play" the script. (And because I… — Jeff Britting Copy Share
Sometimes, I stood at the front of the E train, watching the tunnel ahead, imagining what Anthem would look like on stage. — Jeff Britting Copy Share
I certainly did my best to bring the story [Anthem] to life in another medium. — Jeff Britting Copy Share
Ayn Rand called her novella Anthem a "hymn to man's ego." My approach to Anthem the play was to provide the story a further… — Jeff Britting Copy Share
Music and text have several commonalities, and one is meter and rhythm. Both spoken word and music have certain regularities, and they can be… — Jeff Britting Copy Share
The idea for Anthem the play began over twenty years ago. I was assisting in the production of another Ayn Rand work, Ideal. I… — Jeff Britting Copy Share
I think a successful adaptation rises or falls on the work presented. If people need to read the book to understand the play, I… — Jeff Britting Copy Share
If Anthem finds an audience in New York City, my hope would be to see the play transferred to a commercial theatre for an… — Jeff Britting Copy Share
After each performance of an Austin Shakespeare production, audiences are invited to stay for a ten-minute discussion of the work. And this tradition continues… — Jeff Britting Copy Share
Each day, I read the New York Times before leaving for the theater. And I have this standing assignment: connect the world of Anthem… — Jeff Britting Copy Share
I love film scores and opera, and I wanted to work in those forms. But theater was more accessible. And no one was doing… — Jeff Britting Copy Share
