Leonard Lopate News

The How I Learned Series will present HOW I LEARNED THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM tonight, February 25th, 2015 at 8PM (doors at 7:30PM) at Union Hall, 702 Union Street, Brooklyn (Between 5th and 6th Aves).

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater artistic director David Van Asselt and managing director Brian Long have announced that Vanessa Redgrave will perform a one-night-only reading of a dramatic adaptation of the novel Last Train to Paris by Michele Zackheim on Monday, March 30 at 7pm at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street.

The How I Learned Series will present HOW I LEARNED THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM on Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 at 8PM (doors at 7:30PM) at Union Hall, 702 Union Street, Brooklyn (Between 5th and 6th Aves).

On Sunday, December 7, The Pearl Theatre Company will present a one night only benefit performance of holiday readings, radio plays, and music hosted by WNYC's Leonard Lopate at the theatre company's home on 42nd Street. The special event will include selections of stories from Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, O. Henry, and many more performed by Members of The Pearl's Resident Acting Company including Dominic Cuskern, Jolly Abraham, Dan Daily (currently starring in Major Barbara), Chris Mixon, Carol Schultz and Brad Heberlee. Performing alongside Mr. Lopate and the Company will be the musical duo of Gelber & Manning, providing early jazz standards from Old New York.

The Italian Academy hosts the inaugural concert of *The Stefan Wolpe Fund featuring world premieres and works by Charles Wuorinen, Jonathan Dawe, Matthew Greenbaum and William Anderson tonight, October 30th at 8pm. Also on the program, a New York premiere for string sextet by Charles Wuorinen. Featured artists: JACK Quartet, pianist Steven Beck, Vox n Plux, violist Miranda Cuckson and cellist Jay Campbell. This concert was produced by Zaidee Parkinson and Alanna Maharajh Stone with generous support from *The Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music.

The Italian Academy hosts the inaugural concert of *The Stefan Wolpe Fund featuring world premieres and works by Charles Wuorinen, Jonathan Dawe, Matthew Greenbaum and William Anderson on Thursday, October 30th at 8pm. Also on the program, a New York premiere for string sextet by Charles Wuorinen. Featured artists: JACK Quartet, pianist Steven Beck, Vox n Plux, violist Miranda Cuckson and cellist Jay Campbell. This concert was produced by Zaidee Parkinson and Alanna Maharajh Stone with generous support from *The Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music.

Tonight, September 18 at 7pm, WNYC's Leonard Lopate hosts a behind-the-scenes conversation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced with cast members Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother), Karen Pittman and Hari Dhillon and playwright Ayad Akhtar.

On Thursday, September 18 at 7pm, WNYC's Leonard Lopate hosts a behind-the-scenes conversation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play DISGRACED with cast members Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother), Karen Pittman and Hari Dhillon and playwright Ayad Akhtar.

Leila Ghaznavi debuts her Edinburgh Fringe hit, Broken Wing, during the 2014 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, presented by Fringe Arts, today, September 10-20.

Leila Ghaznavi debuts her Edinburgh Fringe hit, Broken Wing, during the 2014 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, presented by Fringe Arts, September 10-20. This new piece from award-winning playwright and theatre artist Ghaznavi is an exploration of good intentions gone wrong in the Middle East. The show is conceived by Ghaznavi, the award winning playwright of Silken Veils, which was nominated for the prestigious Fringe First award at the Edinburgh Fringe 2010, had a sold-out run at the 2012 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and was a hit show at the Chicago Fringe Festival 2010. Broken Wing will be performed at Theatre Exile's Studio X, 1340 S. 13th Street. Tickets cost $10-$12 and will be available at the Fringe box-office and online at www.fringearts.com. More information about Leila's work can be found at www.panteaproductions.com.

Earlier this afternoon, Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey joined The Leonard Lopate Show's guest host Anna Sale to talk about his roles as RICHARD III on stage, Frank Underwood in HOUSE OF CARDS, and his documentary NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage. Click below to listen!

This week, iconic New Yorker Sarah Jessica Parker will debut a new role: radio host. For two days, the award-winning actress will step in for Leonard Lopate, host of 'The Leonard Lopate Show,' WNYC's Peabody Award-Winning show that features a wide range of cultural conversations'.

OUTSIDE MULLINGAR cast members Brian F. O'Byrne and Debra Messing will be featured on WNYC's 'The Leonard Lopate Show' tomorrow at 12:40 PM EST. WNYC broadcasts locally on 93.9 FM, 820 AM, or online at http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/.

LA SOIREE, the unforgettable night of grown-up entertainment, was recently featured on WNYC Radio's Leonard Lopate Show. Listen to the interview below!

Listen to see Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, who star in Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND and Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT, on WNYC Radio's 'Leonard Lopate Show.' McKellen and Stewart talk with Lopate about performing in the two plays in rep on Broadway. Click below to listen!

Critically acclaimed singer, guitarist, and composer Howard Fishman and his childhood friend, New York Times travel journalist, author, and photographer Michael Benanav will chronicle their travels through rural Romania and Hungary in the multimedia song cycle No Further Instructions at The Jewish Museum on Thursday, November 21 at 7:00pm. Fishman, appearing with his 'Romanian Orchestra,' will play original music blending bluegrass, experimental rock, and Balkan brass while Benanav recites from Joshua and Isadora, his memoir about the remarkable story of his grandparents, Holocaust survivors who met in that part of the world. Projections of photos taken by Benanav during their trip complement the music and the story. This dramatic music performance, a New York premiere, is a unique blend of song, historical memoir, photography and storytelling.

Howard Fishman and his Band will perform on Thursday, July 11 as part of The Jewish Museum's popular SummerNights concert series. According to The New York Times, Howard Fishman 'transcends time and idiom' performing his particular blend of jazz, pop, blues and experimental music. This event also includes an open bar with wine and light refreshments. Doors open at 7pm, and the concert begins at 7:30pm. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.

LUCKY GUY Tony nominees, Courtney B. Vance and George C. Wolfe will appear on WNYC's "The Leonard Lopate Show" on Friday, June 6 at 1:00PM. Locally, the program airs on WNYC 93.9FM, AM820 and on www.wnyc.org. Elsewhere, check local listings.