Tim Rice to be Guest on Theater Talk 5/2

Friday on THEATER TALK features guest Sir TIM RICE, who has created stories and lyrics for some of the most successful musicals in history, including JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, EVITA and The Lion King.

CHESS, the musical Rice wrote with Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus of ABBA, is being revived in a concert version, beginning next weekend at London's Albert Hall.

This episode of THEATER TALK premieres on Thirteen, Friday, May 2 at 12:30 AM (Saturday morning) and repeats 5 times the following weekend on CUNY TV in NYC, as well as on Sunday, May 11 at 6:30 PM on WGBX in Boston.

In addition THEATER TALK is now being syndicated to a growing number of PBS stations throughout the country, including those in: Rochester, Syracuse, Schenectady, Binghamton, Albany, Buffalo, Watertown and Elmira in New York, Providence, RI; Odessa, Texas; Eureka, Kansas; Sacramento and Redding, California; Missoula, Montana; Steubenville, Ohio and Washington, DC.