Thursday, April 24, 2014
Theater Talk Spring Awakening; plus A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant
Original tape date: December 23, 2006.
Director Michael Mayer and librettist Steven Sater…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:19PMTheater Talk Donna McKechnie on A Chorus Line 1
Original tape date: November 11, 2006.
Actress/Dancer Donna McKechnie tals about playing Cassie in the original production of "A Choru…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:11PMTheater Talk Mark Steyn, critic, London Daily Telegraph
Original tape date: December 16, 2006.
Mark Steyn, theater critic for the London Daily Telegraph, discusses the current state of Br…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:10PMTheater Talk 10th Anniversary Special Highlights from the First Decade 2006
Original tape date: December 2, 2006.
Legendary actress ELAINE STRITCH, humorist PAUL RUDNICK, MICHAEL MUSTO of …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:10PMTheater Talk Remembering Betty Comden 1
Original tape date: December 1, 2006.
A tribute to theatrical legend Betty Comden with her friend, lyricist SUSAN BIRKENHEAD (taped 12/1/06). The s…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:10PMTheater Talk Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Original tape date: November 25, 2006.
Betty Comden and Adolph Green, songwriting/playwright team ("On the Town," "Wonderful Town…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:06PMTheater Talk Chicago the musical's 10th anniversary
Original tape date: November 18, 2006.
"Chicago" - the musical's 10th anniversary, with Walter Bobbie, James Naughton…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:05PMTheater Talk Paul Rudnick on Regrets Only Plus Jeremy McCarter and Michael Musto
Original tape date: November 25, 2006.
Playwright Paul Rudnick talks about his new comedy "Regrets …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:02PMTheater Talk Remembering Simon Gray
Original tape date: November 4, 2006.
A previously recorded conversation with playwright Simon Gray (Butley), who died in August 2008.
A conversa…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:53AMTheater Talk Ventriloquist Jay Johnson in The Two and Only; Christian Hoff of Jersey Boys
Original tape date: October 28, 2006.
Ventriloquist Jay Johnson, with "Bob," from "…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:35AMTheater Talk Writer Neal Gabler, Walt Disney The Triumph of American Imagination
Original tape date: November 3, 2006.
Writer NEAL GABLER discusses his acclaimed biography, WALT DISNEY: …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:33AMTheater Talk New Fall Season Preview 2006
Original tape date: October 21, 2006.
A Broadway season preview with reporters JESSE GREEN of "The New York Times," MICHAEL MUSTO of &q…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:31AMTheater Talk Theater historian Robert Kimball and editor Robert Gottlieb on Reading Lyrics
Original tape date: June 22, 2001.
First aired: August 19, 2006.
THEATER TALK welcomes ROBERT G…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:31AMTheater Talk Broadway Spring Season 2006 with critics Clive Barnes, Charles Isherwood, Linda Winer
Original tape date: May 19, 2006.
Critics CLIVE BARNES of the New York Post, CHARLES ISH…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:27AMTheater Talk Eric Bentley on Bertolt Brecht; Fringe Festival Highlights
A conversation with the eminent critic, playwright and translator ERIC BENTLEY on the life of - and his work with - …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:21AMTheater Talk Tony Awards Predictions 2006
Original tape date: June 10, 2006.
10th Annual TONY PREDICTIONS special.
Jesse Green, Michael Musto and Patrick Pacheco join THEATER TALK co-ho…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:20AMTheater Talk John Doyle, director of Sweeney Todd; New Yorker critic John Lahr on Clifford Odets
Original tape date: June 12, 2006.
JOHN DOYLE, The TONY-Winning director on his revival of…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:19AMTheater Talk Jed Bernstein, League of American Theatres & Producers; FringeNYC Festival Highlights
Original tape date: June 12, 2006.
An interview with producer JED BERNSTEIN, former …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:17AMTheater Talk Actor Richard Griffiths of The History Boys; Bob Martin of The Drowsy Chaperone
On this edition of Theater Talk, we welcome two of Broadway's most endearing actors (not to…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:06AMTheater Talk Composer Phil Collins; Nilaja Sun's one woman show, No Child
Original tape date: May 20, 2006.
Composer Phil Collins talks about the development of Disney's "Tar…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:02AMTheater Talk Alan Bennett on The History Boys
Original tape date: April 19, 2006.
British playwright Alan Bennett on his celebrated play, THE HISTORY BOYS, a thought-provoking comedy abou…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:51AMTheater Talk Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson from Grey Gardens Plus Lord of the Rings,
Original tape date: April 14, 2006.
Actresses Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson dis…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:45AMActress Tyne Daly and playwright Terrence McNally discuss the new Broadway play "Mothers and Sons." It is the story of a woman who drops in unexpectedly on the surviving partner of her son w…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:10AMWednesday, April 23, 2014
Harvey Fierstein on THEATER TALK talks about the pivotal career advice he got from the late Ellen Stewart of the La MaMa Experimental Theater, his early artistic home.
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:44PMFriday, April 18, 2014
Theater Talk The Best of Theater Talk 2006
Original tape date: March 18, 2006.
An interview with Broadway leading man JOHN RAITT, done shorly before he passed away. Raitt, who was initial…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:29PMTheater Talk Sweeney Todd's Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris
Original tape date: April 1, 2006.
Actors Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris discuss their roles in the powerful Broadway …
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:29PMTheater Talk The Best of Theater Talk Barbara Cook Backstage at the 1997 Tony Awards
Original tape date: March 11, 2006.
An interview with legendary Broadway leading lady and singer Barb…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:29PMTheater Talk Playwright David Hare on Stuff Happens; and The Drowsy Chaperone preview
Original tape date: March 17, 2006.
British playwright DAVID HARE discusses his provocative play, STU…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:29PMThursday, April 17, 2014
Actress Tyne Daly and playwright Terrence McNally discuss the new Broadway play "Mothers and Sons." It is the story of a woman who drops in unexpectedly on the surviving partner of her son w…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:36PMFriday, April 11, 2014
Theater Talk A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE Trio Woodie King, Jr
Original tape date: February 28, 2014.
First aired: April 5, 2014.
Actors Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pinkham, plus director Darko …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:24AMMonday, April 7, 2014
Theater Talk - Satchmo at The Waldorf
Original tape date: February 28, 2014.
First aired: March 29, 2014.
Playwright Terry Teachout (also lead drama critic for The Wall Street Journal) an…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:27PM 
