SOMETHING ROTTEN! Stars and More Set for CUNY TV's ARTS IN THE CITY This Week
By: BWW News Desk Sep. 10, 2015
The all-new September 2015 edition of CUNY TV's ARTS IN THE CITY, hosted by Pat Collins from Manhattan's The High Line, begins Friday, September 11 (2015) at 10am, 3pm and 8:30pm on CUNY TV*. (The show is repeated Sunday 9/13 at noon and returns Friday 9/25 at 10am, 3pm and 8:30pm and on Sunday 9/27 at noon.) On and after Sept. 11, the program may be viewed anytime on www.cuny.tv.
Donna Hanover tours the New York Botanical Garden's unusual exhibition, FRIDA KAHLO: ART, GARDEN, LIFE, honoring the Mexican artist (1907-1954) by focusing on her intense interest in the botanical world and presenting the first solo display of her work in New York City in more than 10 years.
CAROLL SPINNEY, the actor and puppeteer currently celebrating his 46th year on SESAME STREET as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, talks with Pat Collins about the highlights of his life and career, and the documentary I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story.
SOMETHING ROTTEN! is Broadway's newest hit musical, based on the premise that two playwright brothers in William Shakespeare's time learn that the "next big thing" in the theatre business will be the musical. Tinabeth Pina interviews the production's Shakespeare, Christian Borle, and one of its brothers, Brian d'Arcy James, at Sardi's.
Glamorous author Jackie Collins meets with Minnie Roh to talk about her newest book (her 32nd), THE SANTANGELOS. With sales north of 500 million books, Collins reveals she still writes every word in longhand!
Harlem RBI is an organization that believes in the power of baseball to change lives. Carol Anne Riddell visits a once-abandoned East Harlem lot that's now a playing field with green grass, its own irrigation system, a real dugout, and coaches who teach kids about life as much as baseball.
And an all-new feature, Hidden Gems of NY, showcases the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum in midtown, one of the oldest buildings in New York City.
*CUNY TV is broadcast over-the-air in the tri-state area on Ch. 25.3, and cablecast in THE FIVE boroughs of New York City on Ch. 75 (Time Warner and Optimum), Ch. 77 (RCN) and Ch. 30 (Verizon FiOS).
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