Word maven Patricia T. (You Send Me) O’Conner talks to listeners about the trials and tribulations of speaking English well. Broadway veteran Arthur (Gypsy and West Side Story) Laurents looks back on his life in the theater as an author, a playwright, and a director. Then Robert Simonson discusses his new book On Broadway Men Still Wear Hats, a look into the lives of people off-stage who help keep Broadway alive. And Lee Stringer shares his new collection of autobiographical stories, Sleepaway School.
Patricia T. O'Conner
Word maven Patricia T. (You Send Me) O’Conner on the trials and tribulations of speaking English well.
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Arthur Laurents
Arthur Laurents on Selected Plays, an anthology of seven of his most respected works.
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Music: Original cast recording, West Side Story - "Prologue"
Original cast recording featuring Ethel Merman, Gypsy - "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and ...
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Music: Original cast recording, West Side Story - "Prologue"
Original cast recording featuring Ethel Merman, Gypsy - "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and ...
Robert Simonson
Robert Simonson on his new book, On Broadway Men Still Wear Hats: Unusual Lives Led on the Edges of Broadway.
» Read an excerpt of On Broadway Men Still Wear Hats in the Reading Room
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» Read an excerpt of On Broadway Men Still Wear Hats in the Reading Room
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Lee Stringer
Author Lee Stringer shares his memoir, Sleepaway School, about his days at a school for at-risk children.
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Events: Lee Stringer will be speaking on Wednesday, ...
» Read an excerpt of Sleepaway School in the Reading room
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Events: Lee Stringer will be speaking on Wednesday, ...
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