Terry Teachout (#165) August, 2007
“Wall Street Journal” drama critic Terry Teachout talks about his theatergoing experiences over the four years he’s held that position, including what he’s learned and what has surprised him; reveals the results of focus group research on arts coverage at the “Journal”, and how it has influenced his reviewing; explains why he is an inveterate blogger and how he compares bloggers to old media arts critics; shares the story of how he came to be commissioned by Santa Fe Opera to write the libretto for a new work to premiere in 2009 — as well as why we won’t be seeing his one playwriting effort on stage anytime soon; and declares his opinion on the role of enthusiasm in arts criticism. Original air date – August 24, 2007.

Jim Norton (#247) - December, 2009
Actor Jim Norton, Tony and Olivier Award winner for “The Seafarer” and now on Broadway in the notably sunnier current revival of “Finian’s Rainbow”, discusses how the Irish view that Irish-inflected musical; how he wasn’t entirely unprepared to appear in a musical, even though he’s done extremely few in a 50 year career (despite an early appearance as Lt. Cable in “South Pacific”); and why appearing in a Broadway musical is unlike anything he’s ever done before. He also takes us through his days as a child actor on radio; his emergence in the Irish theatre community in the 1960s and his subsequent decision to move to London at the decade’s end, resulting in an exile from the Irish stage that would last 18 years; his quick discovery in London by noted director Lindsay Anderson; why he worked to keep the English theatre community from thinking of him as an Irish actor; why he made his American stage debut in California; how difficult he found it to perform in “The Pillowman”; what it was like to perform in “The Weir” in a variety of countries and venues; and his extensive work with a group of major playwrights over his career, including David Storey, Alan Ayckbourn, Tom Murphy, Sebastian Barry, Frank McGuinness and most notably, Conor McPherson. Original air date - December 14, 2009.

Terrence McNally (#176) - November, 2007
Terrence McNally talks about “The Ritz” then (1975) and now (the current Roundabout revival) and reveals his own cameo performance at the show’s first opening night; describes his emergence as a playwright in the Off-Off-Broadway scene of the 1960s; considers the extraordinary run of productions he had at Manhattan Theatre Club from the mid-80s to mid-90s, as well as their culmination in the controversial production of Corpus Christi; remembers his work on such musicals as “The Rink”, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and “Ragtime”; and explains the difference between writing musicals and opera, specifically his adaptation of “Dead Man Walking”. Original air date - November 16, 2007.

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Rita Moreno (#136) January, 2007
Rita Moreno reflects on her career, from her Broadway debut at age 13; her efforts to break out of being constantly cast as a Latin spitfire; her arduous preparation for her audition for “West Side Story”; her experience working on the debut of Lorraine Hansberry’s second Broadway play; her London appearances in “She Loves Me” and “Sunset Boulevard”; and how she came to find herself only five feet from Dr. Martin Luther King as he delivered his legendary “I Have A Dream” speech. Original air date - January 26, 2007.