Friday, February 19, 2016
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" which was scheduled to…
SOURCE: WNYC at 10:00PMFriday, January 29, 2016
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 the lif…
SOURCE: WNYC at 06:08PMMonday, January 18, 2016
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…
SOURCE: WNYC at 11:03PMSaturday, January 9, 2016
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 Novembe…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:44AMThursday, January 7, 2016
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, h…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:44AMAward-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 …
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:44AMMonday, January 4, 2016
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 da…
SOURCE: WNYC at 10:36AMWednesday, December 23, 2015
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 19…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:19PMSaturday, December 19, 2015
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 …
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:05PMWednesday, December 16, 2015
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, and three …
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:56PMDirector 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, only to discov…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:56PMTuesday, December 8, 2015
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 Hoffman's o…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:05PMFriday, December 4, 2015
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 author's c…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:16AMMonday, November 30, 2015
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 curr…
SOURCE: WNYC at 10:19PMAward-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.
EVENTS: Mary-L…
SOURCE: WNYC at 10:52AMFriday, November 27, 2015
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…
SOURCE: WNYC at 08:34PMWednesday, November 25, 2015
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 field. W…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:37PMTuesday, November 24, 2015
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 forced …
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:04AMFriday, November 20, 2015
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 their lives…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:34AMMonday, November 16, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
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. The play r…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:24AMWednesday, November 4, 2015
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 T…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:52PMActor and playwright Jesse Eisenberg is perhaps best known for his acting roles in 'The Social Network' and 'The Squid and the Whale,' and he talks about his fiction debut. Bream Gives Me …
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:52PMFriday, October 30, 2015
Tony nominee Michael John LaChiusa discusses his new musical, “First Daughter Suite,” along with actors Alison Fraser, and Caissie Levy. The show imagines the inner lives and dreams of A…
SOURCE: WNYC at 08:44AMMonday, October 19, 2015
The legendary Julie Andrews discusses her many roles on stage and screen! She’ll also discuss motherhood, and her latest children’s book, The Very Fairy Princess: A Spooky, Sparkly Hallo…
SOURCE: WNYC at 06:28PMFriday, October 16, 2015
In the years leading up to 1606, since the death of Queen Elizabeth and the arrival in England of her successor, King James of Scotland, Shakespeare’s great productivity had ebbed, and it …
SOURCE: WNYC at 08:15PMThursday, October 15, 2015
Playwright Robert O'Hara and actors Tamberla Perry and Samantha Soule talk about their new play, “Barbecue.” The play revolves around the O’Mallery family, who stage a barbecue…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:13PMMint Theater artistic director Jonathan Bank discusses the new production of Harold Chapin's "The New Morality," along with star Brenda Meaney. The play takes us aboard a houseboat on a fas…
SOURCE: WNYC at 10:53AMFriday, September 4, 2015
Since his first play, “And Things That Go Bump in the Night,” which premiered in 1965, Terrence McNally has proven himself to be a trailblazing figure in American theater, known for his…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:38AMFriday, August 28, 2015
Lear deBessonet conceived and directed the community-based Public Works musical adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey at The Public Theater. Inspired by the historical pageantry movement of t…
SOURCE: WNYC at 08:16PMWednesday, August 19, 2015
Louise Kerz Hirschfeld discusses the work of her late husband, Al Hirschfeld, along with David Leopold, who organized “The Hirschfeld Century: The Art of Al Hirschfeld” at the New-York H…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:16PM 
