Courtney B. Vance

Director George C. Wolfe and actor Courtney B. Vance talk about Nora Ephron’s play “Lucky Guy,” about the scandal- and graffiti-ridden New York of the 1980s, as told through the story of the charismatic and controversial tabloid columnist Mike McAlary, who won the Pulitzer Prize shortly before his untimely death on Christmas Day, 1998. “Lucky Guy” is playing through July 3 at the Broadhurst Theatre.

Courtney B. Vance was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently to talk about his role as Hap Hairston in Nora Ephron's final play, "Lucky Guy." He also told us what he's reading these days.