Theater Talk, a weekly expose of world theater that airs on PBS Friday nights (PBS/Thirteen) and 5 times weekly on CUNY TV will feature Broadway heavyweights Michael Korie, Arthur Perlman, Neil Simon and more in it's upcoming broadcasts this fall.
Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins.
The broadcast schedule is as follows:
This Week on Thirteen:
"Look to the Rainbow": The Legacy of Yip Harburg,
plus Kuchwara & Le Sourd Review New Broadway Shows
Friday, October 23th at 1:00 AM
Lyricist Michael Korie (Grey Gardens, Finding Neverland) and librettist Arthur Perlman discuss the career of the legendary E.Y. "Yip" Harburg. Born Isidore Hochberg in New York City (April 8, 1896 - March 4, 1981), Harburg wrote the lyrics to the many standards including "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" and all the songs in The Wizard of Oz. Korie and Perlman discuss Harburg's contribution to the theatrical canon, particularly his most beloved musical Finian's Rainbow. Perlman has tweaked the libretto for the revival of this 1947 classic which opens this month on Broadway.
Also on the show, critics Michael Kuchwara, of the Associated Press, and Jacques Le Sourd, of CBS Radio, review the new play A Steady Rain, which stars Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman, as well as the revival of Kaufman and Ferber's The Royal Family and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts' new play Superior Donuts.
This Week on CUNY TV...
Season Preview
On CUNY TV:
Saturday, October 24th at 8:30 PM
Sunday, October 25th at 12:30 PM and
Monday, October 26th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM
Jesse Green of New York Magazine, Michael Musto of The Village Voice, and Patrick Pacheco of the L.A. Times look ahead to the upcoming season on Broadway foretell its strengths and weaknesses. They also weigh in on the profound changes taking place within the structure of the Tony Awards' organization and how they will affect the prestige of those coveted prizes.
Coming Up...
Playwright Neil Simon, Mogul Jordan Roth, and
AndrewAndrew @ Bye Bye Birdie
On Thirteen:
Friday, October 30 at 1:00 AM
On CUNY TV:
Saturday, November 7 at 8:30 PM
Sunday, November 8th at 12:30 PM and
Monday, November 9th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM
We welcome the new president of Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth. At 33, Roth is the youngest of Broadway's major power brokers. Roth discusses the changing face of the Great White Way and his plans to help it move into the future and shine.
Also, a classic conversation with playwright Neil Simon, one of the world's all-time most successful playwrights. The witty and prolific Simon talks about his early days as a comedy writer for television and how, with great determination, he broke into writing plays for the legitimate stage. Two of Simon's most popular works, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, are now being revived at the Nederlander Theatre.
Lastly, AndrewAndrew, of East Village Radio, file a report from the star-studded opening of Bye Bye Birdie at the new Henry Miller Theatre.The show is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on PBS affiliates all over the country.
Theater Talk is taped at CUNY-TV Studios in New York City. The Executive Producer for CUNY TV is Bob Isaacson, the Producer of Theater Talk is Steven Doloff and Associate Producers are Rossmary
Cruz and Vanessa Mourner. It is directed by Adam Walker with engineering by John Harvi and lighting design by Jonathan Belcher. The show is edited by Larry Guo, Quan Ou and Sylvester Lukasiewicz. The program is funded by contributions from private foundations and individuals, as well as The New York State Council on the Arts and The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information on Theater Talk, e-mail theatertlk@aol.com or visit www.theatertalk.org.
