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Theater Talk: The Tribute Artist / Almost, Maine

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Channel: CUNY TV · 2014 · Entertainment

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Prolific writer/actor Charles Busch and actress Julie Halston join us to discuss Busch's new play "The Tribute Artist," about a man who begins impersonating his elderly landlady after she dies, in order to keep her Greenwich Village townhouse. Also, actor/playwright John Cariani and Transport Group Artistic Director Jack Cummings III discuss their revival of Cariani's romantic comedy, "Almost, Maine," which since it was first produced in 2006, has become one of the frequently licensed plays around the world and the number one most produced play in American high schools, passing Shakespeare, "Spoon River Anthology" and even "Our Town." 

Taped: 01-17-14


Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins. 

The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities to catch each week's show. (Of course, Theater Talk is no stranger to CUNY TV, since the show is taped here each week before its first airing on Thirteen/WNET.) 

The series is produced by Theater Talk Productions, a not-for-profit corporation and is funded by contributions from private foundations and individuals, as well as The New York State Council on the Arts.

Watch more Theater Talk at www.tv.cuny.edu/show/theatertalk

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