STG Hosts An Evening With Terry Gross At The Paramont Theatre 6/5

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents An Evening with Terry Gross at The Paramount Theatre Friday, June 5, 2009 at 8:00pm. Host of NPR's Fresh Air, weekday magazine show of contemporary arts and issues, Terry Gross can be heard by more than four and a half million people on nearly 500 public radio stations.

Guests on Gross' Fresh Air have included many of the most celebrated artists, writers, actors, and musicians of our time, such as Philip Roth, James Brown, John Travolta, Sonny Rollins, and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. She is known for her thoughtful, probing interview style and in her trusted company, even the most reticent guest relaxes and reflects on his or her life and work. But Gross doesn't shy away from controversy or asking challenging questions, one of the reasons why Bill O'Reilly terminated his interview with her. Her interview with Gene Simmons of Kiss inspired Entertainment Weekly to name Simmons "Crackpot of the Year - Male."

In An Evening with Terry Gross, Gross will play sound bites from interviews that went especially well and especially badly, to illustrate her discussion of interviewing techniques. Then she does something else that she never does on her program - she talks about her own life and career, giving The Audience a chance to interview her.

Tickets: An Evening with Terry Gross tickets are $25.00 - $65.00 (not including fees) and are available online at www.stgpresents.org or ticketmaster.com, by phone at (800)745-3000, in person at The Paramount Theatre box office, Monday through Friday 10:00am-6:00pm and at Ticketmaster outlets. The Paramount Theatre is located at 911 Pine Street in downtown Seattle.
About Seattle Theatre Group: Seattle Theatre Group is the 501 (c)(3) non-profit arts organization that operates the historic Paramount and Moore Theatres in Seattle, Washington. Our mission is to make diverse performing arts and education an integral part of our region's cultural identity while keeping these two landmark venues alive and vibrant. STG presents a range of performances from Broadway, off-Broadway, dance and jazz to comedy, concerts of all genres, speakers and family shows - at both historic theatres in Seattle and venues throughout the Puget Sound and Portland, Oregon.