Academy Award-winning composer-lyricists Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez discuss transforming their 2013 mega-hit, Disney Animation's Frozen, to a new Broadway musical adding a dozen new songs. Elisabeth Vincentelli (The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Three on the Aisle podcast) co-hosts with Susan Haskins.
Next, Charlotte St. Martin talks about her responsibilities as the President of The Broadway League, preparing for the 2018 Tony Awards, ticket prices, and the current booming box office, and Broadway Bridges - the initiative to give every New York City public high school student the opportunity to see a Broadway show before graduation. Actress Julie Halston guest co-hosts with Susan Haskins.
THEATER TALK is the series devoted to the world of The New York stage and beyond. The acclaimed program features conversations with important artists working in the theater today; plus lively and entertaining panels of insightful critics, reporters and other writers discussing what's going on in the theater now, as well as the legacy of theater from the past.
Now in its 25th year, the program is produced at its home station CUNY TV in NYC and airs on TV weekly on PBS stations THIRTEEN & WLIW in New York City and public TV stations across the USA. It's archive of over 700 episodes is on YouTube.
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