'Magical Thinking' Featured on 'Today Show,' April 13

The Year of Magical Thinking will be featured on "The Today Show" on Friday morning, April 13, between 8:30-9:00AM (Channel 4, EST).  Check local listings for airdates and times outside of New York.

The segment features an interview with Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave onstage at the Booth Theatre with correspondent Jamie Gangel. 

The Year of Magical Thinking opened March 29th at Broadway's Booth Theatre. The one-woman production, written by acclaimed author Didion and based on her best-selling memoir, stars Redgrave (Oscar-winner for Julia) and will run for a limited engagement of 24 weeks. David Hare directs. 

The Year of Magical Thinking follows Didion, author of Democracy and Slouching Towards Bethlehem, reflecting on the sudden death of her husband of 40 years as her only child lay in a coma. "Capturing the compassion, humor, and bewilderment of a fiercely intelligent woman whose world lurches suddenly from the ordinary to the unimaginable, The Year of Magical Thinking is a love letter to a child and a tribute to an extraordinary, unconventional marriage told with raw candor and a storyteller's gift for the absurd," state press releases.

The creative team includes Bob Crowley (set design), Ann Roth (costume design), Jean Kalman (lighting), and Paul Arditti (sound). BT McNicholl is the associate director.

The Booth Theatre is located in Manhattan at 222 West 45th Street. Tickets are $76.25-$96.25, and are available by calling (212) 239-6200 or by visiting www.telecharge.com. For more information visit www.MagicalThinkingonBroadway.com.

Photo of Vanessa Redgrave in The Year of Magical Thinking by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.