Jerry Stiller, Bernard Gersten & Ken Turan: In Praise of Papp Set For Theater Talk

Free for All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told

on Thirteen:
Friday, January 15 at 1:00 AM (Saturday morn)

We discuss the legacy of NYC's Public Theater and its founder, Joseph Papp with actor Jerry Stiller; Lincoln Center Executive Producer (and former Papp lieutenant) Bernard Gersten and critic Kenneth Turan, the author of the just-released book Free For All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told, an oral history of the ground-breaking not-for-profit institution.

Our Town: Then and Now

on CUNY TV:
Saturday, January 16th at 8:30 PM
Sunday, January 17th at 12:30 PM and
Monday, January 18th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM

We focus on Thornton Wilder's Our Town, one of the most beloved and frequently performed plays in the world. Guests include Wilder nephew (and expert), Tappan Wilder; writer and cultural analyst Jeremy McCarter of Newsweek and David Cromer, director of the celebrated revival of the classic, now playing Off-Broadway in New York City, in which he also appears as "the Stage Manager."

Spring Season Preview

on Thirteen:
Friday, January 22nd at 1:00 AM

Theater journalists Jesse Green of New York Magazine, Michael Musto of The Village Voice and Patrick Pacheco of the Los Angeles Times look back at the best theater of the past decade and forward to what is coming to Broadway this spring.

Theater Talk airs Friday nights on PBS/Thirteen and 5 times weekly on CUNY TV.
It also telecast every Thursday night on PBS Station NJN-1 and Fridays on WNYC which are available to all over-the-air digital and cable TV viewers in the NYC area.