365 stories by "WNYC"
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…
Actor 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…
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 Ameri…
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 Halloween…
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 ma…
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 …
Mint Theater artistic director Jonathan Bank discusses the new production of Harold Chapin's "The New Morality,"Â along with star Brenda Meaney. The play takes us aboard a houseboat on a f…
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 e…
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…
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 Histo…
Actor Patrick Stewart discusses the new series he stars in, "Blunt Talk," along with the show's creator and show runner, Jonathan Ames. The show follows Walter Blunt (Stewart), a British imp…
Playwright Joshua Harmon talks about his play "Significant Others," with stars Gideon Glick and Lindsay Mendez. A young man searches for love while supporting his friends, and finds it…
Martin Short talks about his life, career, and new memoir, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend. Once a showbiz-obsessed kid from Canada, he transformed himself into one of Hollywoo…
Colin Quinn discuss the new off-Broadway play he wrote and stars in, "Colin Quinn The New York Story."Â Based on his book The Coloring Book and directed by Jerry Seinfeld, the play has Qui…
Before he was cast in "The Defiant Ones," with Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis " a role for which he would be nominated for an Academy Award, the Austrian-born Theodore Bikel told director St…
Penn Jillette joined us to talk about coming back to Broadway with his partner Teller. He also let us in on some of his favorite music, TV shows, and foods.
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