THEATER TALK to Re-Air 2012 Interview with Roger Rees This Week

By: Jul. 15, 2015
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THEATER TALK honors the late actor/director Roger Rees with an encore presentation of its 2012 interview featuring Rees and his husband, Rick Elice, discussing their three Decades as life-partners, as well as their collaboration with Alex Timbers on the multi-Tony® winning play, Peter and the Starcatcher.

Rees was born in Aberystwyth, Wales in 1944 and died in New York City after a short illness on July 10 at the age of 71. During his remarkable life he was not only an accomplished actor and director but a kind and beloved member of the theater community.

Rees's theatrical career began with painting scenery at the age of 17. He went on to become a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. The RSC brought him to Broadway in its adaptation of Charles Dickens' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby in which he created the title role and won a Tony Award in 1983. Rees then continued his career in notable stage and film roles, as well as creating memorable characters on TV in series including Cheers and The West Wing. His final acting job was opposite Chita Rivera in this spring's Tony-nominated musical, The Visit, in which he appeared until his illness made it impossible to continue.

Co-hosted by Michael Riedel of the New York Post and producer Susan Haskins, this tribute to Roger Rees will repeat Friday, July 17 (2015) at 1 AM (early Saturday morning) on Thirteen/PBS, with airings on CUNY TV* Saturday 7/18 at 8:30 PM, Sunday 7/19 at 12:30 PM and Monday 7/20 at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM. The show is available for online viewing at www.cuny.tv.

THEATER TALK is jointly produced by the not-for-profits Theater Talk Productions and CUNY TV. The program is taped in the Himan Brown TV and Radio Studios at The City University of New York (CUNY) television station in Manhattan, and is distributed to 100+ participating public television stations nationwide. THEATER TALK is made possible in part by The New York State Council on the Arts, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The CUNY TV Foundation and The Friends of THEATER TALK.



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