Peter Dinklage on Cyrano, and Life After “Thrones”
In the classic play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” a romantic with an exceptionally large and ugly nose pines after an unattainable woman. “As a person who looks like me, whenever I would watch a version of...
View ArticlePeter Dinklage on Cyrano, and Life After “Thrones”
In the classic play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” a romantic with an exceptionally large and ugly nose pines after an unattainable woman. “As a person who looks like me, whenever I would watch a version of...
View ArticleThe State of Business in NY and NJ
Greg David, contributor covering fiscal economic issues for THE CITY and director of the business and economics and Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, and...
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Remembering the Ramifications of Robert Moses's Lincoln Square Renewal Project
Few of the world’s classical music festivals have so lodged themselves in the collective consciousness like Mostly Mozart has, spawning an array of knock-offs and even a Peanuts cartoon that riffed on...
View ArticleBette Midler on “Coastal Elites”
The new film “Coastal Elites” is a series of monologues written by Paul Rudnick, one of which features Bette Midler as a retired New York schoolteacher who’s educated, funny, possibly insane, and in...
View ArticleRadha Blank’s “Forty-Year-Old Version”
Radha Blank, a playwright who started rapping in middle age, wrote and directed a loosely autobiographical film about her journey, which is now premiering on Netflix. When “The Forty-Year-Old Version”...
View ArticleGreetings, Prophet!
A mild-mannered theater professor attempts to stage a controversial play in a small East Texas town.This episode discusses drug use, sex, homophobia, and contains explicit language. Sensitive...
View ArticleChayefsky
It's 45 years since the film Network had its premiere. It seemed pretty far out in its time - but now seems remarkably prescient, thanks to the writing by Paddy Chayefsky, the subject of this archival...
View ArticleThe Return of NYC: Stage Performances
Michael Paulson, the theater reporter for The New York Times, looks ahead to the return of live stage performances to NYC. Plus, and Susan Feldman, the founder and artistic director of St. Ann's...
View ArticleRomeo y Julieta, Told In Two Languages
New York’s Public Theater and WNYC is doing Romeo and Juliet on the radio, and this production aims both to entertain and to show that language need not divide us. All the characters shift seamlessly...
View Article'Seven Deadly Sins' Theatrical Experience
After a sold-out run in Miami, "Seven Deadly Sins," a unique outdoor theatre experience, has come to the Meatpacking District for a limited run through July 25. Audiences travel to different...
View Article'Seven Deadly Sins,' Apple Daily, A Book on Seashells, Full Bio: James...
After a sold-out run in Miami, "Seven Deadly Sins," a unique outdoor theatre experience, has come to the Meatpacking District for a limited run through July 25. Audiences travel to different...
View ArticleSummer Culture Calendar
Jennifer Vanasco, WNYC news and culture editor, rounds up some of the great outdoor cultural offerings in the area this summer.
View ArticleLynn Nottage & Miranda Haymon on 'The Watering Hole'
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage joins us along with director and co-creator Miranda Haymon to discuss the new collaborative production currently on view at the Signature Theatre titled,...
View ArticleFrench Cooking Call-in, 'The Stone Face' Reprint, Gathering During COVID,...
New York Times food columnist and cookbook author Melissa Clark joins us to discuss French recipes and techniques in honor of Bastille Day. She's the author of over 40 cookbooks including Dinner in...
View Article'Merry Wives' at Shakespeare in the Park
Playwright Jocelyn Bioh and actors Susan Kelechi Watson and Pascale Armand join us to discuss the Public Theater's "MerryWives," the season's free Shakespeare in the Park production, which runs at the...
View Article'Homeroom' Doc, 'Merry Wives' at the Public, 'Pappyland,' All Things Whiskey
Director Peter Nicks joins us to discuss the documentary, “Homeroom,” which follows Oakland High School’s class of 2020 over the course of a year marked by the pandemic and efforts to eliminate the...
View ArticleJonathan Franzen Talks with David Remnick, and Broadway Reopens
The novelist Jonathan Franzen discusses religion, the ethics of writing characters of a different race, and his deliberate evolution away from literary formalism and “po-mo hijinks.” As Broadway...
View ArticleBroadway’s Unusual Reopening
With masks, vaccination-card checks, and big handfuls of sanitizer, Broadway theatres are welcoming audiences to a new season, mounting new works and restaging shows that closed in March, 2020. In this...
View ArticleBroadway’s Unusual Reopening, and Amanda Petrusich Picks Three
Broadway theatres are welcoming audiences to a new season, mounting original works and restaging shows that closed in March, 2020. In this unusual season, Broadway is featuring atypical works such as...
View ArticleVulture's Best Theatre of 2021
Vulture theatre critic Helen Shaw joins to talk the best theatre of 2021, and take listeners calls on their picks.
View ArticleSteve Earle's Music In The Play 'Coal Country'
[REBROADCAST FROM May 20, 2020] Steve Earle discussed his album Ghosts of West Virginia, including songs he wrote for the play"Coal Country." The interview features the exclusive premiere of Earle's...
View ArticleAn Intense Adaptation of 'Cyrano,' Favorite Passover Dinner Recipes,...
Actor James McAvoy stars as Cyrano in the U.S premiere of the Martin Crimp adaptation, "Cyrano de Bergerac," using spoken word, rap, rhymes, and poetry to seduce his one true love. We are joined by...
View ArticleActor Evelyn Miller On 'Cyrano'
Actor James McAvoy stars as Cyrano in the U.S premiere of the Martin Crimp adaptation, "Cyrano de Bergerac," using spoken word, rap, rhymes, and poetry to seduce his one true love. We are joined by...
View ArticleDebra Messing in 'Birthday Candles'
Debra Messing stars in "Birthday Candles," a new play from Noah Haidle that tells the story of one woman's life over the course of a series of birthdays, from her 17th to her very last. And, a cake is...
View ArticleA Review of the Nominations for the 75th Tony Awards
The Tony Nominations were announced Monday. NPR editor Jay Vanasco talks about what stood out to her.
View ArticleCreator Michael R. Jackson and Director Stephen Brackett On 'A Strange Loop'
The meta musical, "A Strange Loop," is up for 11 Tony Awards this year. We speak with creator Michael R. Jackson and director Stephen Brackett about the show that has been called "dazzling,"...
View ArticleGreetings, Prophet! - Snap Classic
A mild-mannered theater professor attempts to stage a controversial play in a small East Texas town.This episode discusses drug use, sex, homophobia, and contains explicit language. Sensitive...
View Article'The Kite Runner' Comes to Broadway
Khaled Hosseini's wildly popular 2003 novel The Kite Runner has now been adapted into a show on Broadway. Adapted for the stage by Matthew Spangler and starring Amir Arison as a young boy growing up in...
View ArticleProducer Picks: Creator Michael R. Jackson and Director Stephen Brackett On...
[REBROADCAST FROM May 25, 2022] The meta musical,"A Strange Loop," was nominated for 11 Tony Awards this year. We speak with creator Michael R. Jackson and director Stephen Brackett about the show that...
View Article'Once Upon a (korean) Time' Blends History and Fairytale
The playwrighting debut from actor Daniel K. Isaac is an ambitious tale of family and grief, using Korean fairytales to tell the story of how one family passes down trauma and resilience in the wake of...
View Article"Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski" Actor and Director
Jan Karski was a Polish resistance fighter whose reports of the horrors in Warsaw during World War II were tragically dismissed by Allied forces, an experience that haunted him for the rest of his...
View ArticleTwo New Artistic Directors on Their Vision for the Future of Theater
This year, Jill Rafson will replace John Doyle as the artistic director of Classic Stage Company, and Patricia McGregor takes over the role of artistic director at the New York Theater Workshop,...
View ArticleThe Future of Theater, The Art of Set Design, Modern Jewish Comfort Food,...
This year, Jill Rafson will replace John Doyle as the artistic director of Classic Stage Company, and Patricia McGregor takes over the role of artistic director at the New York Theater Workshop,...
View ArticleThings to do in NYC This Weekend Call-In
The Fall is here, and arts and culture events to do in NYC this season is off the charts. Steve Smith, culture and arts editor for WNYC/Gothamist, joins to give us his list of things to do in New York...
View ArticleThe Art of Set Design
If you love theater, you've likely seen a set designed by Tony Award-winner Beowulf Boritt, from "Come From Away" to "Flying Over Sunset" to "Merry Wives" to "POTUS." Now he's drawn back the curtain on...
View ArticleA Dramatization of the Debate Between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley, Jr.
In 1965, novelist James Baldwin and conservative thinker William F. Buckley Jr. debated this topic at Cambridge University: "The American Dream is at the expense of the American Negro." The resulting...
View ArticleThings to do in NYC This Weekend
Steve Smith, arts and culture editor for WNYC/Gothamist, joins to give us his list of things to do in New York City this weekend, from the best concerts, to Medieval festivals, to Bob Dylan tributes.
View ArticleAngelica Ross is Making History in Her Broadway Debut
Angelica Ross is an actress, singer, and Trans activist. The former Pose star who played the beloved character Candy Ferocity, is now making her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the musical "Chicago."...
View ArticlePlaywrights Horizons' "Downstate" Dives into Difficult Conversations
Playwrights Horizons"Downstate," written by Bruce Norris, follows four men convicted of sex crimes sharing a group home in downstate Illinois after a man shows up to confront his childhood abuser....
View ArticleActors Adrianna Hicks and J. Harrison Ghee on Starring in 'Some Like It Hot'
The new Broadway musical "Some Like It Hot" updates the original 1959 film and turns the show into a rollicking celebration of embracing your true self. Adrianna Hicks, who stars as Sugar Kane, and J....
View Article'Leaving A Mark'
Comedian Ophira Eisenberg, whom you may know from NPR's Ask Me Another, joins us to discuss her new solo show, "Leaving A Mark: A Comedy About Scars," running at Soho Playhouse through February 17.
View ArticleWeekend Arts Planner: A guide to free culture and arts events coming up in...
WNYC's Culture and Arts Editor Steve Smith always joins us to talk about arts events coming up in New York City. The catch this week is that everything is FREE. He assembled a guide of free things to...
View ArticleWeekend Arts Planner: The Lower East Side Festival of the Arts and new music...
It's Memorial Day Weekend in New York City. And for those of us not at the beach, there are plenty of opportunities for theatre and music in town. WNYC's Culture and Arts Editor, Steve Smith joins...
View ArticleThe Public's 'The Comedy of Errors' Offers Free Theater
For the past month, The Public Theater's Mobile Unit has been performing a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" in community spaces around New York City, from parks, to...
View ArticleJessica Chastain & Playwright Amy Herzog Preview 'A Doll's House' on Broadway
[REBROADCAST FROM MAR. 3, 2023] Academy Award winner Jessica Chastainstars in the new Broadway adaptation of the classic feminist play, "A Doll's House." Chastain and playwright Amy Herzogjoin us to...
View ArticleBonnie Milligan and Alli Mauzey in 'Kimberly Akimbo'
[REBROADCAST FROM JAN. 19, 2023] As we continue our preview of the Tony Awards this weekend, we talk to Bonnie Milligan and Alli Mauzey, who play sisters in the heartwarming musical"Kimberly...
View ArticleJosh Groban and Director Thomas Kail Celebrate 'Sweeney Todd' on Friday the...
It's Friday the 13th, which means it's the perfect time to talk about the demon barber of Fleet Street. Star Josh Groban and director Thomas Kail join us to discuss their acclaimed Broadway revival of...
View Article'Cats: The Jellicle Ball'
"Cats" is back in town, but with a makeover. Instead of ballet dancing and cat costumes, "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" features a disco ball, house music, avant-garde costumes, and a whole lot of voguing,...
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