Interviewing Director of a Play

<-NARRATOR:-> Listen to a conversation between two students.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Hey, Mike, did you finish that article you were writing for the campus newspaper, the one about the school play?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Not yet.Remember how I was going to interview the student who's directing it?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Yeah. You said that was going to be a big part of the article.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Right, and I was going to make most of my article about what the director said, since she knows about picking the play, choosing the cast, designing the set, everything.
But I just called, and it turns out she's got a bad cold-she's sick.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> So you can't interview her?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Not today, no.
But I have a couple of options. I could wait until she feels better and interview her then.
It's just that then the article wouldn't be done in time to go in this week's paper.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Oh, so you'd have to put it in next week's paper then?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, and the play's opening this weekend.
I mean, it's running next weekend too,
but it'd make more sense to have the article come out before the play opens.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> I see what you mean.
So what's your other option?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Well, I could interview an actor instead of the director. I talked to one of the lead actors, and he said he'd be happy to do an interview today.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Sounds good- then your article would come out before the play opens.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> I know, but it's just that he probably wouldn't have as much to say as the director. I mean, he wouldn't know about everything that went into planning the play the way the director does.