A Bucks County farmhouse is the setting for Christopher Durang's new comedy,VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, starring Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, and Kristine Nielsen. NJTV's STATE OF THE ARTS visits the playwright in his own Bucks County farmhouse, and talks to Hyde Pierce and Nielsen about working with Durang, who is also their longtime friend and colleague.
Durang will receive one of the highest honors in the field of letters, the PEN Literary Award for Master American Dramatist, in October. His Chekov inspired dark comedy "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" premieres at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton before moving on to Lincoln Center in November. STATE OF THE ARTS "VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE," THE NJSO AT Carnegie Hall airs on September 30, 2012 at 8pm on NJTV
Also on the show, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra plays Carnegie Hall, one of the most famous concert venues in the world. State of the Arts explores why the hall is so extraordinary and why it meant so much to New Jersey's premier orchestra.Also coming up on NJTV:
DRIVING JERSEY: JAWS/JOAnna White (MONMOUTH SPCA) on Tuesday, September 18 at 10pm and Sunday, September 2 at 5:30pmJAWS was recently shown on the big screen at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ and Driving Jersey interviews attending fans about their love of the film and how it affected them in the 1970s and even today. A second segment features JoAnna White, a woman who volunteers her time at the SPCA in Monmouth County socializing animals, preparing them for adoption. The episode concludes with a performance video by local singer Emily Grove.
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