FOLLIES ’71 and JACKIE HOFFMAN Welcomes the New Year

Harvey Evans with Marti Rolph in Follies (1971) (photo by Martha Swope)

on Thirteen: Fri., December 30th at 1:00 AM

on CUNY TV:
Sat., December 31st at 8:30 PM
Sun., January 1st at 12:30 PM and
Mon., January 2nd at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM

Actors Kurt Peterson and Harvey Evans, two company members of the original 1971 cast of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, are joined by producer Ted Chapin (a “gofer” for the original production), author of When Everything Was Possible: The Birth of The Musical ‘Follies.’ Follies is now being revived in a smash hit production on Broadway.

Next up, we toast the New Year with Jackie Hoffman (of The Addam’s Family), who is now starring in the brilliant Jackie Hoffman’s A Chanukah Carol which rivals Hugh Jackman — Back on Broadway as the best solo show in town.

New FOLLIES & critic ISHERWOOD Encore

Elaine Paige as Carlotta Campion in Follies (photo © 2011 Joan Marcus)

on Thirteen: Fri., January 6th at 1:00 AM

on CUNY TV:
Sat., January 7th at 8:30 PM
Sun., January 8th at 12:30 PM and
Mon., January 9th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM

Actors Elaine Paige and Ron Raines discuss their roles in the hit Broadway revival of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, now a hit at the Marquis Theatre.

Also on the show, The New York Times‘ Charles Isherwood explains why he is refusing to review the plays of the celebrated writer Adam Rapp any longer, and how his decision could be a boon to both the playwright and his newspaper’s readers.

in case you missed it…

photo by Kalin Ivanov

  Our interview with   

  HUGH JACKMAN 

   is now online.

    Click Here to Watch!

Our HUGH JACKMAN Holiday Celebration on Thirteen: Fri., December 23rd at 1:30 AM

Hugh Jackman on the set (photo by Kalin Ivanov)

on CUNY TV:
Sat., December 24th at 8:30 PM
Sun., December 25th at 12:30 PM and
Mon., December 26th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM

Forget those premium Broadway ticket prices!  We’ve got Hugh Jackman, Broadway’s biggest star, at least six times over Christmas Weekend.  We spend a half-hour with the versatile and popular entertainer.  Jackman talks about his love for Broadway, his sellout show, Hugh Jackman — Back on Broadway and its meaning for him now and in the future. He also discusses his upbringing in a single-parent home in Australia and his beginnings in musical theater. The interview is a joyous delight!

FOLLIES ’71 and JACKIE HOFFMAN Welcomes the New Year

Harvey Evans with Marti Rolph in Follies (1971) (photo by Martha Swope)

 

on Thirteen: Fri., December 30th at 1:00 AM

on CUNY TV:
Sat., December 31st at 8:30 PM
Sun., January 1st at 12:30 PM and
Mon., January 2nd at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM

Actors Kurt Peterson and Harvey Evans, two company members of the original 1971 cast of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, are joined by producer Ted Chapin (a “gofer” for the original production), author of When Everything Was Possible: The Birth of The Musical ‘Follies.’ Follies is now being revived in a smash hit production on Broadway.

Next up, we toast the New Year with Jackie Hoffman (of The Addam’s Family), who is now starring in the brilliant Jackie Hoffman’s A Chanukah Carol which rivals Hugh Jackman — Back on Broadway as the best solo show in town.

in case you missed it…

Lysistrata Jones (photo © Joan Marcus)

Our interviews with   
Douglas Carter Beane

& Lewis Flinn

and

Jason Zinoman, Shock Value!

are now online.

    Click Here to Watch!

Lysistrata Jones & Shock Value

Patti Murin and company in Lysistrata Jones (photo © Joan Marcus)

on Thirteen: Fri., December 16th at 1:30 AM

on CUNY TV:
Sat., December 17th at 8:30 PM
Sun., December 18th at 12:30 PM and
Mon., December 19th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM

Writer Douglas Carter Beane and composer Lewis Flinn discuss their new Broadway show Lysistrata Jones, a cheeky musical based on the Aristophanes classic.

Also, drama critic Jason Zinoman of The New York Times talks about “new horror” films, the subject of his book Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror.

Theater Talk’s Holiday Special

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on Thirteen: Fri., December 23rd at 1:30 AM

on CUNY TV:
Sat., December 24th at 8:30 PM
Sun., December 25th at 12:30 PM and
Mon., December 26th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM

We are expecting very special company for our holiday show.
You better not pout,
You better not cry…
Because a fabulous guest is scheduled for Theater Talk to bring us good cheer!

In case you missed it…

Part 2 of our interview with    
Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara 

is now online!

   Click Here to Watch!