Grey Gardens & Lord of the Rings on Friday's Theater Talk

Friday on Thirteen at 12:30 AM (Saturday morning), THEATER TALK presents the definitive interview with actresses Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise WILSON, stars of the musical GREY GARDENS (at Playwrights Horizons) about the eccentric lives of Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter "Little" Edie" in their dilapidated, flea-infested East Hampton mansion.

Also, on the show, a discussion of the new musical THE LORD OF THE RINGS. The extravagant stage adaptation of the much-loved Tolkein tales is reviewed by critics MIKE KUCHWARA of The Associated Press and DAVID ROONEY of Variety, who saw the multimillion dollar show when it opened recently in Toronto.

All episodes of THEATER TALK on PBS are now closed-captioned for the deaf and hearing-impaired. Coming next week, Alan Bennett on THE HISTORY BOYS.

This weekend on CUNY TV, we reair our conversation with British playwright David Hare on his celebrated new play about the origin of "The Long War," STUFF HAPPENS. The interview airs on Saturday, April 22 at 8:30 PM, Sunday, April 23 at 12:20 PM, as well as Monday, April 24 at 7:30 PM. 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM.