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Actress and singer Rita Wilson discusses her second album "Rita Wilson," which showcases her songwriting abilities with 15 original songs and collaborations. She joins us to t…
Oscar and Tony Award-winning actor Mark Rylance discusses his new play "Nice Fish," which he co-wrote with poet Louis Jenkins. He's joined by co-star Jim Lichtscheidl and director C…
In his debut novel, The Yid award-winning investigative reporter Paul Goldberg tells the story of a ramshackle group of Yiddish-speaking artists and actors who devise a convol…
In late January, the Metropolitan Opera faced a crisis. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann was sick and had to withdraw from a new production of Giacomo Puccini's "Manon Lescaut"Â which was scheduled to…
Playwright Charles Mee talks about the world premiere of "The Glory of the World" at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). The show features a 100th "birthday party" celebrating…
Legendary actor, singer, choreographer and tap dancer Maurice Hines talks about his life, career and new musical "Tappin' Thru Life," which celebrates his work and pays tribute to his inspir…
Tony-award winning playwright David Henry Hwang talks about his recent New York Times column, "The Time I Got Stabbed in the Neck." He recounts how he was attacked one evening in November on…
The talented Elizabeth Swados' "voice" was heard even before she graduated from Bennington College, when she did the music for Andrei Serban's adaptation of "Medea" at La Mama, here in lower…
Award-winning actress Lois Smith and writer Jordan Harrison talk about their critically acclaimed production, "Marjorie Prime." The play was a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist. It's set in th…
American Ballet Theatre Principal Daniil Simkin discusses the New York premiere of "Intensio," a program of works by four acclaimed choreographers performed by Simkin's fellow ABT danc…
This is a rebroadcast of our interview with Terrence McNally, which originally aired on Sept. 8, 2015.
Since his first play, "And Things That Go Bump in the Night," which premiered in 1965, …
Laurie Metcalf talks about starring in "Misery" on Broadway. The suspense thriller is based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, and she co-stars with Bruce Willis. Playing at …
Tony Roberts discusses his memoir, "Do You Know Me?" The book spans his fifty-five years as a professional actor, including his twenty-three Broadway shows, twenty-five films, an…
Director Niegel Smith and actors Kristine Neilson and Tom Phelan discuss their play, "Hir," about a veteran who comes home to help take care of his ailing father, …
Mark Morris talks about bringing Mark Morris Dance Group's "The Hard Nut" back home to BAM after a five year absence. The holiday production is a modern re-imagining of E.T.A Hof…
Actors Mark Strong, Phoebe Fox, and Nicola Walker discuss their new production of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge." The play is being produced on Broadway during the …
Alice Walkertalks about the new Broadway production of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple. The musical stars Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo, and Danielle Brooks, and is cu…
Award-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker talks about her book of letters, Dear Mr. You, addressed to the men, real and hypothetical, who informed the person she is today.
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In the years leading up to 1606, which saw the death of Queen Elizabeth and the arrival in England of her successor, King James of Scotland, Shakespeare's great productivity had ebbed. Ma…
Acclaimed film historian and biographer James Curtis chronicles the life of William Cameron Menzies, Hollywood's first production designer, who many consider the greatest in his fie…
Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda discuss their starring roles in "Fool for Love" on Broadway. The show is about two former lovers stuck in a seedy Mojave Desert motel where they are…
Matthew Broderick, Annaleigh Ashford, and Julie White talk about starring on Broadway in "Sylvia." The comedy is the story of a man, his wife, and the adopted dog who changes the…
Cesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson discuss their new musical, "Futurity." Alvarez wrote the music, lyrics, and book, while Benson, the artistic director of the Soho Rep, directed. Th…
David Hareis one of Britain's best-known screenwriters and dramatists. He's the author of more than thirty acclaimed plays, and he wrote the screenplays for the hugely successful films The H…
