Theater Talk Presents Waking SLEEPING BEAUTY, 3/26

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.

Waking SLEEPING BEAUTY

On Thirteen:
Friday, March 26th at 1:00 AM

On CUNY TV:
Saturday, March 27th at 8:30 PM
Sunday, March 28th at 12:30 PM and
Monday, March 29th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM

Producer Peter Schneider and writer/reporter Patrick Pacheco discuss their new documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty. The film tells the story of the artistic rebirth of the Walt Disney Animation Studios in the late 1980's and the battles between the corporate egos that were responsible for it.

Next Week on Thirteen...

Janeane Garofalo and Carol Kane: LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE; plus "THE AUGHTS" in Review on Thirteen: Friday, April 2nd at 1:00 AM

on CUNY TV:
Saturday, April 10th at 8:30 PM
Sunday, April 11th at 12:30 PM and
Monday, April 12th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM

Actresses Janeane Garofalo and Carol Kane visit to talk about their participation in Delia and Nora Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore, a show about women's clothes and the memories they trigger. Youtube Preview

Also on the program, we look back at the previous decade with Jesse Green of New York Magazine, Michael Musto of The Village Voice, and Patrick Pacheco of the Los Angeles Times. They discuss the highlights, lowlights, and significance of the works presented on Broadway between 2000 and 2009.
Youtube Preview
Janeane Garofalo
photo by Kalin Ivanov

Next Week on CUNY TV...
Maury Yeston: Grand Hotel and Titanic!

on CUNY TV:
Saturday, April 3rd at 8:30 PM
Sunday, April 4th at 12:30 PM and
Monday, April 5th at 7:30, 1:30 PM, and 7:30

Our second episode with the brilliant composer Maury Yeston, who performs some of his wonderful compositions including songs from his award-winning Broadway hits Grand Hotel, Nine and Titanic.
The original Broadway cast of Titanic
photo by Joan Marcus

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