THE BOOK OF MORMON & The Return of HAIR Set for This Week on Theater Talk
HAIR: Then and Now will play on Thirteen Friday, August 19th at 1:00 AM. A celebration of Hair, the "tribal love-rock musical" now a Tony Award-winning revival back on Broadway for the summer. Our guests include the show's composer Galt MacDermot and co-lyricist/librettist James Rado, who wrote the show's enduring rock score (with the late Gerome Ragni). Also on the program, actor Gavin Creel, who was nominated for a Tony for his portrayal of Claude, the role originally created in the Sixties by Rado. Creel, Rado and MacDermot perform the first act finale song "Where Do I Go?" with MacDermot's son, Vince, on the bongos.
Then, THE BOOK OF MORMON's Cast, Choreographer & Co-Director Celebrate Their Success on CUNY TV: Saturday, August 20th at 8:30 PM, Sunday, August 21st at 12:30 PM and Monday, August 2nd at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM.
Nikki M. James, Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad and ensemble in The Book of Mormon
photo ©2011 Joan Marcus
The Book of Mormon's Cast, Choreographer & Co-Director Celebrate Their Success
Sat., August 20th at 8:30 PM
Sun., August 21st at 12:30 PM and
Mon., August 22nd at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM We welcome the cast of The Book of Mormon (Josh Gad, Rory O'Malley, Andrew Rannells, and Tony Award-winner Nikki M. James). They discuss their involvement in the process of creating this Broadway blockbuster.
Also on the show, Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon's choreographer and Tony-winning co-director, who is credited with giving this hit musical "the Broadway magic" it needed.
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 executive producer Susan Haskins.
For clips and highlights from the show, please visit
https://www.youtube.com/theatertalk.
Photo Credit: Joan Marcus
