Friday, May 29, 2015
Kenneth Lonergan talks about his critically acclaimed play "This Is Our Youth," set in New York in 1982. He's joined by Kieran Culkin, who stars in it. The play follows 48 hou…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:43AM[SHARE]Actors Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy, along with writer David Hare, talk about the new Broadway production of "Skylight." On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Ho…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:43AM[SHARE]Matthew Broderick and Micah Stock discuss their roles in the Broadway premiere of Terrence McNally's "It's Only A Play." Broderick stars as the playwright Peter Austin, who is anxio…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:43AM[SHARE]16 Grammy winner Sting tells us about his debut as a Broadway composer in "The Last Ship" a new musical inspired by his own childhood. In a close-knit English seafaring town, lif…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:43AM[SHARE]Actors Kristin Chenoweth, Peter Gallagher, and director Scott Ellis, discuss the new Broadway production of "On the Twentieth Century." The Twentieth Century, a luxury c…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:43AM[SHARE]The Elephant Man, based on the real life of Joseph Merrick, is the story of a 19th-century British man who became a star of the traveling freak show circuit. When the renowned Dr. Treves …
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:43AM[SHARE]Andrew Bujalski, Guy Pearce and Kevin Corrigan on their new film, "Results." Lyricist Sheldon Harnick on the 50th anniversary of "Fiddler On the Roof." Paolo Bacigalupi's new nov…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:43AM[SHARE]Tony winner Michael Cerveris, 3-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn, and Beth Malone talk about "Fun Home," the musical based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel of the same name. "F…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:42AM[SHARE]Chita Rivera, playwright Terrence McNally, and songwriter John Kander talk about their new Broadway musical, "The Visit." It centers on Claire Zachannassian, the world's we…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:42AM[SHARE]Ben Miles, Nathaniel Parker, and Lydia Leonard talk about their roles in "Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2." Adapted from Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize winning novels, Wolf Ha…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:42AM[SHARE]Lyricist Sheldon Harnick celebrates the 50th anniversary of "Fiddler On the Roof." He'll be presenting "To Life! 50 years of Fiddler on the Roof"Â at 92Y, in which he'll go inside the crea…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:42AM[SHARE]In "Hand to God," Jason is a shy, inquisitive student who finds an outlet for his burgeoning creativity at the Christian Puppet Ministry in the devoutly religious small town of Cypress…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 28, 2015
Simon Stephens talks about writing the play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," based on the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon. He's joined by Francesca Faridany, …
SOURCE: WNYC at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Director John Rando, choreographer Joshua Bergasse, and actress Alysha Umphress talk about the new Broadway revival of On the Town, which was nominated for a 2015 Tony for Bes…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 21, 2015
Chita Rivera, playwright Terrence McNally, and songwriter John Kander talk about their new Broadway musical, "The Visit." It centers on Claire Zachannassian, the world's wealthiest …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]In "Hand to God,"Â Jason is a shy, inquisitive student who finds an outlet for his burgeoning creativity at the Christian Puppet Ministry in the devoutly religious small town of Cypress, T…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 15, 2015
On March 31, Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy were on our show to talk about starring in the new Broadway production of "Skylight," along with playwright David Hare. We found out the two co-…
SOURCE: WNYC at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2015
On May 7, the stars of the hit Broadway musical "Fun Home" stopped by the show. Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, and Beth Malone also took the time to tell us what they keep up to when …
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:15PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 7, 2015
Tony winner Michael Cerveris, 3-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn, and Beth Malone talk about "Fun Home,"Â the musical based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel of the same name. "Fun Home" introd…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 1, 2015
On April 30, director Austin Pendleton was on the show to talk about his new staging of "Hamlet," starring Peter Sarsgaard. The last time we asked him for Guest Picks was back in August 2014…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 30, 2015
Actors Kristin Chenoweth, Peter Gallagher, and director Scott Ellis, discuss the new Broadway production "On the Twentieth Century." The Twentieth Century is a luxury coach travelling …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Director Austin Pendleton and actors Peter Sarsgaard and Stephen Spinella, discuss the Classic Stage Company's new production of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet."Â Sarsgaard stars as Hamlet,…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham talks about her many projects, including her return to the Metropolitan Opera to star again in the title role of Lehár's "The Merry Widow."…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 24, 2015
This week: Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says misguided priorities are leaving many Americans further and further behind (First). Then, Director Ross Katz, alo…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:42PM[SHARE]On April 21, actor, playwright, and novelist of Armenian descent Eric Bogosian spoke to Leonard about his latest book, Operation Nemesis, about a small group of survivors of t…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 23, 2015
Peter Coyote began his work in street theater and political organizing in San Francisco, and went on to act in over 140 films and win an Emmy for narrating the documentary "Pacific Cen…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Ben Miles, Nathaniel Parker, and Lydia Leonard talk about their roles in "Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2."Â Adapted from Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize winning novels, Wolf Hall is based on …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Actress Lesley Manville talks about her Olivier Award-winning role in Ibsen's "Ghosts."Â The play centers on Helene Alving, a woman who has spent her life suspended in an emotional void af…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Director Ross Katz, along with stars Nick Kroll and Rose Byrne, discuss their new film, "Adult Beginners." A young, hipster entrepreneur crashes and burns on the eve of his company's big lau…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 20, 2015
Tina Packer, founding artistic director of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts and former Associate Artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England, discusses the women…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 14, 2015
At a moment in the life of Tennessee Williams when he felt he had been relegated to a "lower artery of the theatrical heart," when critics were proclaiming that his work had been overrated, …
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