Good question, right?

Well, I’ve got a bunch of thoughts on the subject, but I thought I’d leave this question to an expert.

Oh Elia?  Elia Kazan?  Can you take this one?

Last month I wrote about a blog about writing tips and repurposed eight great ones from Kurt Vonnegut.  Judging from the number of page views it got . . . you liked it.  Or should.

So I thought you’d like some more . . . but maybe about a different subject.

This month I thought I’d point to an article by the great stage and film director, Elia Kazan.  You know, the dude who directed the original productions of Streetcar and Death of a Salesman.

In this article (which is actually a speech that he gave to students), Elia talks about all the things I think a director should know . . . from the “music of the day” to “costuming” to “the erotic arts” (which he also says best comes from personal experience . . . he said it!  I didn’t!).

When you read the article (which you can find here), you’ll see that it looks like he’s talking about being a film director but there ain’t nothing on the list that I can’t see being applied to the stage.

So if you’re a Director, read it.

And if you’re a Producer, read it twice.

Because it’s even more of a Producer’s job to know what makes a great Director than the Director himself.  Because the Producer’s in charge of finding the great Directors in the first place.

Lucky for us Producers, Mr. Kazan gave us a great guide.

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