
THEATER HISTORY: Original Blowing Rock Stage Company Founder and Theatre Producer Mark Wilson interviewed by veteran broadcaster Tim Baxter. Oscar Hammerstein said: "I think only people in the theatre know what a producer is. The public does not know. It knows a writer writes, and an actor acts, and a director tells them what to do. A producer raises money. Well, in some cases that's all he does. But the workers in the theatre know that this is not the real thing. A producer is a rare, paradoxical genius - hardheaded, soft-hearted, cautious, reckless, a hopeful innocent in fair weather, a stern pilot in stormy weather, a mathematician who prefers to ignore the laws of mathematics and trust intuition, an idealist, a realist, a practical dreamer, a sophisticated gambler, a stage struck child. That's a producer." Mark believed: "The greatest week of any year was the privilege of residence at Actors Equity, enjoying an ensemble of 500 - 700 performers auditioning, one by one. That meant meeting the most exciting, talented, brilliant, attractive, ebullient, focused, concentrated, best dressed, greatest gifted professional salespeople, on their best behavior at their best moment - one right after another, from 8 in the morning until 6 at night for five days. Brilliance and royalty - there is nothing sexier than talent." Whether from the open casting call in Backstage or through agency submissions from the breakdown service, Mark was treated to the best 3 to 5 minutes of the <b>...</b>
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