Writer/humorist Bruce Vilanch discusses his new musical “A Sign of the Times” and shares uproarious tales of Carol Channing, David Merrick, Dorothy Loudon and many others that he encountered in the theater world, first as a fan and then as one of show business's most bankable comedy writers.
Also on the program, roving reporters AndrewAndrew visits a press preview of “American Psycho,” for a presentation of musical numbers. They talk to members of the cast and creative team of this new Duncan Sheik musical, based on Bret Easton Ellis's best-selling novel about perversity and greed among up-and-coming New Yorkers in the 1980s.
Taped: 02-18-16
Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins.
The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities to catch each week's show. (Of course, Theater Talk is no stranger to CUNY TV, since the show is taped here each week before its first airing on Thirteen/WNET.)
The series is produced by Theater Talk Productions, a not-for-profit corporation and is funded by contributions from private foundations and individuals, as well as The New York State Council on the Arts.
Watch more Theater Talk at www.tv.cuny.edu/show/theatertalk