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Theater Talk: Bedlam and "The First Noel"

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Channel: CUNY TV · 2015 · Entertainment

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Playwright/lyricist Steven Sater discusses his new play “New York Animals” (with new songs Sater wrote with composer Burt Bacharach), directed by BEDLAM Artistic Director Eric Tucker, plus a performance by Jo Lampert with Debra Barsha on keyboard.

Next up, we look at “The First Noel,” a new holiday production at The Classical Theatre of Harlem. Guests Ty Jones, CTH's Artistic Director; Managing Director David Roberts; and Steve Broadnax, director of the musical at the Apollo Theater join Susan Haskins and guest co-host Nancy Giles of “CBS Sunday Morning” to discuss the show. Nia ­­­­­­­­Caesar, Nathaniel Stampley and other cast members from the show also perform two numbers from its score.

Taped: 11-20-15

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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