Hynes, Mullen, Gionfriddo & More To Appear On Theater Talk

Theater Talk now also on NJN in NYC.

In addition to airing weekly on Thirteen and (5 times weekly) on CUNY TV, Theater Talk is also now telecast on NJN every Thursday at 11:30 PM. NJN is available to all Digital TV viewers in the NYC area. Check your local listings!

New This Week...

Friday, February 6th on Thirteen
1:00 AM (Saturday morning)

Garry Hynes and Marie Mullen
We welcome the director and star of The Cripple of Inishmaan, Martin McDonagh's funny, heart-wrenching comedy/drama about life in a small Irish village when a neighboring island becomes the location for a Hollywood movie. Hynes, the first woman to win a Tony Award for Best Director and Mullen, a Tony-winning actress, also discuss their early years as struggling theater artists in their native country of Ireland.

This is followed by a Broadway update in which hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins discuss prospects for upcoming Broadway musicals based on Michael Jackson's Thriller and The Addams Family. (Reairing on CUNY TV, Channel 75 on Saturday, February 14 at 8:30 PM, Sunday, February 15 at 12:30 PM, and Monday, February 16 at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM.) Also on Thursday at 11:30 PM on NJN.
Marie Mullen in The Cripple of Inishman
photo by Keith Pattison

Coming Up...
Friday, February 13th on Thirteen
1:00 AM (Saturday morning)

Becky Shaw and Remembering 'Tin Pan Alley'
Playwright Gina Gionfriddo talks about her insightful, critically-acclaimed new work, Becky Shaw, a contemporary comedy of manners inspired in part by the classic novel Vanity Fair and its anti-heroine Becky Sharp.

Next up, a conversation with music writer/historians David A. Jasen and Robert Kimball on the rise and fall of 'Tin Pan Alley,' the center of the popular music business at the beginning of the 20th century. (Reairing on CUNY TV, Channel 75 on Saturday, February 28 at 8:30 PM, Sunday, March 1 at 12:30 PM, and Monday, March 2 at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM.) Also on Thursday at 11:30 PM on NJN.
Irving Berlin,
one of Tin Pan Alley's
immortal progeny

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.