SIR TIM RICE

Tim Rice with Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1970 (Photo courtesy of Getty Images/Hulton Archives) on Thirteen: Fri., March 23rd at 1:00 AM on CUNY TV: Sat., March 24th at 8:30 PM Sun., March 25th at 12:30 PM and Mon., March 26th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM Our favorite knight, the lyricist and librettist Sir Tim Rice makes his fourth appearance onTheater Talk. This time, he discusses the current Broadway revivals of his celebrated shows Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita. Rice also talks about his new show, From Here to Eternity, a musical adaptation of James Jones’ World War II novel, and shares a few dry observations about Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new reality TV show in Britain, on which the public will pick “Jesus” for an upcoming UK stadium tour ofSuperstar (not to be confused with the critically celebrated version directed by Des McAnuff, playing in NYC now).

The Producers of SMASH

Anjelica Huston and Jack Davenport pursuing success in Smash photo by Will Hart/NBC

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

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

Producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan discuss their careers bringing musical theater to film and television, most notably, their innovative new NBC TV series Smash, the show about the making of a Broadway musical. As it happens, Theater Talk co-host Michael Riedel is appearing as a “mean-spirited” Broadway columnist on the otherwise fictitious program in April.

Author and critic JOHN HEILPERN (of Vanity Fair) discusses eminent British playwright JOHN OSBORNE and Look Back in Anger.

 

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