Theater Talk Welcomes The Book of Mormon

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.

This Week on Thirteen...

The Book of Mormon

on Thirteen:
Friday, March 25th at 12:30 AM

on CUNY TV:
Saturday, April 2nd at 8:30
Sunday, April 3rd at 12:30 PM and
Monday, April 4th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM

Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park), plus Robert Lopez (Avenue Q), creators of the much anticipated new Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon, are our guests. The trio discusses how they worked together to create this irreverent, outrageous and crowd-pleasing show about the unlikely topic of missionaries from the Church of Latter Day Saints in poverty stricken Uganda.

This Week on CUNY TV...

courtesy of Daphne Productions

Dick Cavett, pt. 2

on CUNY TV:
Saturday, March 26th at 8:30 PM
Sunday, March 27th at 12:30 PM and
Monday, March 28th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM

TV talk pioneer Dick Cavett discusses how he went from studying theater at Yale to hosting a national late-night interview series on ABC. He remembers superlative guests from his many years on air, including Katherine Hepburn, Richard Burton, Janis Joplin, Sly Stone, Norman Mailer, and Gore Vidal.

Next Week on Thirteen...

Emil Fischer as Wotan in Wagner's Die Walküre (1889 photo by Falk, above); Bryn Terfel as Wotan (2010 photo by Ken Howard, right), courtesy of
The Metropolitan Opera

PETER GELB:
The Changing Face of the
METROPOLITAN OPERA

on Thirteen: Friday, April 1 at 12:30 AM

on CUNY TV:
Sat. April 9th at 8:30 PM
Sun. April 10th at 12:30 PM and
Mon. April 11th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM

Peter Gelb, General Manager of The Metropolitan Opera, discusses coordinating this massive cultural organization and his initiative to revitalize the company's repertory with new productions of both classic operas and modern masterpieces, many of them staged by some of the most prominent theater directors of today.