378 stories by "WNYC"
Join Alison Stewart and cast members and the creative team of Hell's Kitchen, the new musical from Alicia Keys, for a special hour of live radio in The Greene Space at WNYC. Hear members of …
Film editor Myron Kerstein had the monumental task of taking 250 hours of footage and turning it into the two-part movie musical "Wicked." The film is now nominated for Best Picture at the O…
As part of WNYC's centennial celebration, each week we'll take listeners on a tour of key moments from the WNYC and NYC Municipal archives.
In this clip, composer Stephen Sondheim talks ab…
Francesca Annis, Ron Cook, and Deborah Findlay talk about starring in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of The Children. In a remote cottage on the lonely British coast, a couple o…
Actors Melissa Gilbert and Rufus Collins, along with director Ciaran O'Reilly discuss the Irish Repertory Theatre stage adaption of James Joyce's "The Dead," playing at the American Ir…
Mark Rylance and Claire Van Kampen discuss Shakespeare's Globe Production of "Farinelli and the King," a new play by Van Kampen on Broadway. King Philippe V of Spain (Rylance), plagued by…
Senior ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten discusses his investigation into sites contaminated by U.S. military operations. Mark Rylance and Claire Van Kampen on Shakespeare's Globe Pro…
Jaron Lanier, an interdisciplinary scientist at Microsoft, joins us to discuss his book Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality. Lanier is considered the f…
Jerry Zaks and Zalmen Mlotek on Yiddish theater and Zaks' career on Broadway. Zac Posen shares his passion for cooking. Patti Smith remembers her late friend Sam Shepard.…
Director Jerry Zaks and National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene director Zaimen Mlotek join us to discuss "Broadway: A Jewish American Legacy", a gala concert event on Dec. 18Â featuring appea…
Guillermo del Toro joins us to discuss his new movie, "The Shape of Water." Del Toro wrote, directed and produced the film, which is set during the Cold War and tells the story of a worker n…
Director Rebecca Taichman, and actors Nabiyah Be and MaameYaa Boafo join us to discuss their new show, "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play." Set in Ghana most pr…
Joseph Stiglitz on anti-globalization in the era of Trump. Richard Nelson and John Magaron on their new play "Illyria." Khary Lazarre-White with his debut novel, Passage. Arth…
Director/writer Richard Nelson joins us to discuss his new play, "Illyria," which is running at the Public Theater through Dec. 10. He's also joined by John Magaro who stars as Joseph Pap…
Talking to the stars and creators of "The Band's Visit," and a live performance from the musicians of the show. Comedian and author John Hodgman joins us to talk about his new book Vacati…
Playwright David Henry Hwang joins us for the first Broadway revival of his Tony Award-winning play, "M. Butterfly," directed by Tony-winning Julie Taymor. The play explores the scanda…
David Yazbek, Itamar Moses, Tony Shalhoub, Katrina Lenk, and Ari'el Stachel discuss their Broadway show "The Band's Visit." John Banville with his new novel, Mrs. Osmond. Gary Ol…
Three-time Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner David Yazbek joins us to discuss the new Broadway production of his musical "The Band's Visit."Â He's also joined by NY Drama Crit…
Jos Houben and Marcello Magni join us to discuss a double-bill of comic one-acts at Theatre for a New Audience: "Marcel"Â and "The Art of Laughter."Â In the 1970's Marcello, Jos and Simo…
Lawrence O'Donnell, host of MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell," joins us to discuss his new book Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics…
Scholar and best-selling author Reza Aslan joins us to discuss his latest book God: A Human History. Aslan offers a history of our understanding of God, and looks at the different ways re…
