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May 2005

Agee on Film

Friday, May 20, 2005

A new book just out, "Chaplin and Agee," details the lifelong fascination—and later friendship—of a great writer with a great filmmaker. James Agee died 50 years ago this week, and as Sara Fishko tells us in this edition of the Fishko Files, Agee always marveled at what could happen on a rectangular screen, in the dark...


"Angels" on Stage

Friday, May 13, 2005

The four dramas nominated for Tony Awards this week bring to mind another Broadway season, when the play that won the Tony was more than a play. "Angels in America" appeared in New York in early May of 1993, and it was heralded as a groundbreaking moment—a moment that might just change Broadway forever. It may not have done that, but for a generation of theatre-goers that had lived through the 1980’s, the play evoked powerful feelings about history, politics, religion...and just Life on Earth. Sara Fishko has more in this edition of The Fishko Files...


Keith Jarrett in Japan

Friday, May 06, 2005

Keith Jarrett’s new CD, "Radiance," hit record stores on Tuesday – it’s his first solo concert recording since the middle of the 90’s, when illness got in his way. Jarrett talked with Sara Fishko about his process this time around...for this edition of the Fishko Files.