Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently to discuss her role in the Broadway production of "Other Desert Cities." She also revealed her love of Mel Brooks.

Stockard Channing and Rachel Griffiths discuss the play "Other Desert Cities." Rachel Griffiths plays Brooke Wyeth, a novelist, who returns home to celebrate Christmas in Palm Springs with her parents, former members of the Reagan inner-circle—Stockard Channing plays her mother. When she tells them she's about to publish a memoir about an explosive chapter in the family's history, family turmoil ensues. "Other Desert Cities" is playing at the Booth Theater.