Marilyn Maye to be Featured on THEATER TALK This Weekend

Marilyn Maye appears on an all-new THEATER TALK, premiering Friday, April 20, 2012 at 1 AM (early Saturday morning) on Thirteen/PBS, and will be repeated on New York-area's CUNY TV* Saturday at 8:30 PM, Sunday at 12:30 PM and Monday at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM. 

On the eve of her latest New York appearance at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, Maye regales co-hosts Michael Riedel of the New York Post and producer Susan Haskins with stories of her career (which she began as a pre-teen vocalist in Topeka). She also performs some of her favorite songs on the program, accompanied by pianist Don Rebic.

For the second time in her life, Maye has become a show business institution.  During the Johnny Carson era, she appeared on The Tonight Show, beginning in 1966 when the show taped in New York City. (Carson called her the "Super Singer" and booked her a record 76 times.)

Now, Maye is once again taking the town by storm. Since an appearance in 2006 at the Mabel Mercer Foundation's Cabaret Convention, she has been playing regular SRO engagements in the city. Critics have praised the 84-year-old entertainer's energy with adjectives like "indefatigable" and "indomitable," while inevitably exalting her vocal powers and remarkable interpretive skills.  

THEATER TALK is the weekly series dedicated to the world of the stage. It is jointly produced by the not-for-profits Theater Talk Productions and CUNY TV.  The program is taped in the Himan Brown TV and Radio Studios at The City University of New York (CUNY) TV in Manhattan, and is distributed to 60+ participating public television stations nationwide.

THEATER TALK is made possible in part by The New York State Council on the Arts, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The TDF/TAP Plus Program, The CUNY TV Foundation and The Friends of THEATER TALK. 

*CUNY TV, the City University of New York television station, is carried in New York City's five boroughs – on Channel 75 on Time Warner and Cablevision, Channel 77 on RCN, and on Channel 30 on Verizon FiOS. The show is available online anytime at www.cuny.tv and www.theatertalk.org, and via audio-only iTunes podcasts.]

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