Alda will appear on NBC's The Today Show at 9 AM EST on Friday, June 3rd. Scheiber will be featured on two radio shows:The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC Radio: 93.9 FM and AM 820 in New York, from 1:20 PM- 2:00 PM on Thursday, June 2nd, and on Weekend Edition on NPR, National (in New York, WNYC Radio 93.9 FM) between the hours 8 AM- 10 AM on Saturday, June 4th.Alda, who plays Shelly Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross, is nominated for a 2005 Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Play. His other two Tony nominations were for The Apple Tree in 1967 and Jake's Women in 1992. Other Broadway credits include QED, Art, The Owl and the Pussycat and Purlie Victorious. He was nominated for a 2004 Academy Award for his performance in The Aviator, and his extensive list of screen credits includes What Women Want, Everyone Says I Love You, the film version of Jake's Women, Crimes and Misdemeanors and California Suite. As a television actor, he starred in the satiric M*A*S*H for over 10 years, and currently is featured on The West Wing.
Schreiber, who portrays Richard Roma, has previously been seen on Broadway in In the Summer House and Betrayal. An acclaimed interpreted of Shakespeare, he has appeared off-Broadway in Henry V, Othello, Hamlet, Cymbeline, Macbeth, and The Tempest. Schreiber's screen credits include the remake of The Manchurian Candidate, The Sum of All Fears, Kate & Leopold, Scream 3, Hamlet, Sphere, A Walk on the Moon and Big Night. He recently wrapped his first big screen directorial project, an adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's best-selling novel Everything is Illuminated.For listeners outside the New York area, check local listings for the time and date of NPR's Weekend Edition.
