TheaterTalk Announces Ted Mann, Lewis Black & Nancy Giles

Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins.

Producer TEd Mann on His Circle in the Square, plus Patrick Healy of
The New York Times
on Thirteen:
Friday, August 27th at 12:30 AM

on CUNY TV:
Saturday, August 28th at 8:30 PM
Sunday, August 29th at 12:30 PM and
Monday, August 30th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, & 7:30 PM

A conversation with producer Theodore Mann, who virtually began the Off-Broadway movement in the 1950's with his productions of Tennessee William's Summer and Smoke, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, and other classic productions. Mann, author of the recently published memoir Journeys in the Night: Creating a New American Theater with Circle in the Square, was also instrumental in reintroducing O'Neill to a new generation of theater-goers, which helped to reestablish O'Neill's legacy as one of America's all-time greatest playwrights.

Also on the show, Broadway reporter Patrick Healy of The New York Times, compares and contrasts his style of covering the theater beat with that of co-host Michael Riedel, Broadway reporter of the New York Post.

Nancy Giles and Lewis Black
on Thirteen:
Friday, September 3rd at 12:30 AM

on CUNY TV:
Saturday, September 4th at 8:30 PM
Sunday, September 5th at 12:30 PM and
Monday, September 6th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM

Comedian/social commentators Lewis Black of HBO and The Daily Show plus Nancy Giles of CBS News' Sunday Morning, discuss their theater "educations," their early days working together in NYC at the West Bank Café and their long-time roles as mentors for inner city kids at The 52nd Street Project, which has recently opened a new theater in New York City's "Hell's Kitchen." Youtube link

Nancy Giles is appearing this month in the hit show Love, Loss, and What I Wore at The West Side Theatre.

Also, a report from AndrewAndrew from the red carpet at the opening of the revival of The Wiz.