Theater Talk 'Remembers Harold Pinter' on Friday February 20

Drama critics John Simon of Bloomberg News and Linda Winer of Newsday discuss the impact of playwright Harold Pinter (1930-2008) on the world of the theater and debate the true importance of his work to the development of modern drama.

(Reairing on CUNY TV, Channel 75 on Saturday, March 7 at 8:30 PM, Sunday, March 8 at 12:30 PM, and Monday, March 9 at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM.) Also on Thursday at 11:30 PM on NJN.

In celebration of Academy Award weekend, we present an encore of Theater Talk's interview with our choice for Best Actor, nominee Frank Langella. We discuss his role as Richard Nixon in the 2007 Broadway production of Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon, for which Langella received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. The drama went on to be adapted by Morgan into a powerful film, now nominated for 5 Oscars, including one for Best Picture, and another for Langella's perceptive portrayal of the flawed, yet intriguing former president.

Saturday, February 21st at 8:30 PM
Sunday, February 22nd at 12:30 PM
Monday, February 23rd at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM,
and 7:30 PM on CUNY TV (channel 75)

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. photo © Martin Rosenbaum