Estelle Parsons, Emanuel Azenberg and James Freydberg Upcoming THEATER TALK Guests

“Theater Talk,” the nationally syndicated program co-hosted by New York Post theater columnist Michael Riedel and producer Susan Haskins, has announced two new additions to their upcoming lineup:

Friday, October 17th on Thirteen
1:00 AM (Saturday morning)

Estelle Parsons
Master actress Estelle Parsons visits with us to discuss her role in the 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Play August: Osage County. She shares stories from her long and illustrious acting career (Academy Award for Bonnie and Clyde, Miss Margarida's Way, TV's Roseanne) as well as her pioneering stint as the first woman correspondent on NBC's The Today Show. (Reairs on CUNY TV, Channel 75 on Saturday, October 25 at 8:30 PM; Sunday, October 26 at 12:30 PM; and Monday, October 27 at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM.)

Friday, October 24th on Thirteen
1:00 AM (Saturday morning)

Producers Emanuel Azenberg and James Freydberg
The veteran impresarios join us to discuss how Broadway and the theater world will cope -- and even prosper -- during the coming economic downturn. How must the industry change if it is going to survive? (Reairs on CUNY TV, Channel 75 on Saturday, November 1 at 8:30 PM; Sunday, November 2 at 12:30 PM; and Monday, November 3 at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM.)

“Theater Talk” is a news/discussion television series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993, and is one of the few independent productions on PBS, now syndicated to a growing number of stations throughout the country, including those in Rochester, Syracuse, Schenectady, Binghamton, Albany, Buffalo, Watertown and Elmira in New York, Providence, RI; Odessa, Texas; Eureka, Kansas; Sacramento and Redding, California; Missoula, Montana; Steubenville, Ohio and Washington, DC. 

For more information please visit www.theatertalk.org