Tom Stoppard Visits TIMESTALKS 3/15

In the coming weeks, some of the brightest names in film, television, theater, books, advocacy and awareness will sit down with New York Times journalists for TimesTalks events at TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York City.

Participants include Yale University professor David W. Blight, filmmaker Ken Burns, and historian Adam Goodheart; the stars of Disney Channel's comedy dance show "Shake It Up," Davis Cleveland, Kenton Duty, Roshon Fegan, Adam Irigoyen, Caroline Sunshine, Bella Thorne and Zendaya with executive producer Rob Lotterstein; actor-producer Bradley Cooper; Tony Award-winning stars of the upcoming Roundabout Theatre revival of "Anything Goes," Sutton Foster and Joel Grey with director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall; Paul Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and New York Times Op-Ed columnist; Tony Award-winning British playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Tom Stoppard; and Academy Award-winning director Gerardine Wurzburg with the two men featured in her new documentary "Wretches & Jabberers," Larry Bissonnette and Tracy Thresher, and Autism Society president and CEO Lee Grossman.

Moderators for upcoming TimesTalks offerings include theater reporter Patrick Healy; artscolumnist Dave Itzkoff; Jamie Malanowski, lead writer of NYTimes.com's award-winning Opinionator series, "Disunion;" and Editorial Page editor Andrew Rosenthal.

The following TimesTalks events will be of particular interest to theatre enthusiasts:

Tuesday, March 15
6 - 7:15 PM
A Conversation with Tom Stoppard

Tony Award-winning British playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Tom Stoppard discusses his work on stage and screen, including the ideas and history behind his play "Arcadia," which opens on Broadway March 17. Interviewed by theater reporter Patrick Healy.

Monday, March 21
6 - 7:15 PM
Cole Porter's Classic

Tony Award winners Sutton Foster and Joel Grey with director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall discussing the new Roundabout Theatre production of Cole Porter's musical comedy "Anything Goes." And, of course, there will be musical performances.

The above TimesTalks events takes place at TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York City. For additional information or to purchase advance tickets, which are $30 for each interview plus service fees, please call: 1.888.NYT.1870 or visit www.TimesTalks.com.

For 13 years, TimesTalks events have been evoking intelligent and entertaining conversations among some of the world's most engaging speakers. TimesTalks was created in 1998 to help enhance relationships with existing readers, who would be able to see and hear from the faces behind the bylines, and to introduce new readers to these talented journalists. TimesTalks brings members of The Times's prize-winning editing, reporting and writing staff together withtoday's most celebrated talents and thinkers in thought-provoking and entertaining discussions. As wide-ranging and diverse as The Times and its readers throughout the world, TimesTalks has been designed to speak to many interests in a range of categories.

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