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This edition: "Farinelli and the King" plus Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt


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Episode Details

Original tape date: December 8, 2017. First aired: January 8, 2018.

Actor Mark Rylance (Academy Award and three-time Tony Award winner) and playwright Claire van Kampen discuss her new play, "Farinelli and the King,” with co-hosts Tony-winning playwright Warren Leight and Susan Haskins.  

Also, co-host Michael Musto goes backstage at The Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala for a conversation with this year's honorees, the legendary songwriting team of Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt (”The Fantasticks”; “I Do, I Do”; “110 in The Shade”).

Guest List

Tom Jones Playwright

Warren Leight Guest Co-Host; Playwright

Michael Musto Guest Co-Host; Entertainment Journalist, NewNowNext.com

Mark Rylance Actor, “Farinelli and the King”

Harvey Schmidt Composer

Claire van Kampen Playwright, “Farinelli and the King”

  • About this series

  • Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is hosted by series Executive Producer Susan Haskins-Doloff along with a revolving team of guest hosts, including: Adam Feldman, Jesse Green, Donna Hanover, Warren Leight, Michael Musto, Jan Simpson, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Jason Zinoman

    The program premieres weekly on CUNY TV and is one of the few independent productions on PBS including broadcasts on New York’s Thirteen/WNET, and nationally in over 60 markets across the USA. The weekly show is taped here at CUNY TV where it airs 5 times weekly.

    The series is jointly produced by Theater Talk Productions and CUNY TV, both not-for-profit corporations, and is funded by contributions from private foundations and individuals, as well as The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

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