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Barbara Corcoran, business legend and founder of New York's premier residential real estate brokerage firm, the Corcoran Group, shares her rise to the top, Use What You’ve Got. Plus, throughout her career, Hanna Schygulla starred in over twenty of Fassbinder’s films and became recognized as one of his most notable leading ladies. She discusses her long and sometimes tumultuous career. Actors Robert Sean-Leonard and Jessalyn Gilsig discuss their roles in the first play written in Lanford Wilson's celebrated Talley trilogy, Fifth of July.
Barbara Corcoran
Barbara Corcoran, business legend and founder of New York's premier residential real estate brokerage firm, the Corcoran Group, shares her rise to the top, Use What You’ve Got: And Other Business Lessons I Learned Form My Mom.
Barbara Corcoran will be doing a reading on Wednesday the 19th at the Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Square at 7 pm
ALSO: On Thursday the 20th, she'll be at Borders (Park and 57th) at 6:30PM
Music: Jump Start and Jazz, by Wynton Marsalis (#8/9) -- Sony Classical
Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla starred in over twenty of Fassbinder’s films and became recognized as one of his most notable leading ladies. She discusses her long and sometimes tumultuous career.
Robert Sean-Leonard and Jessalyn Gilsig
Actors Robert Sean-Leonard and Jessalyn Gilsig discuss their roles in the first play written in Lanford Wilson's celebrated Talley trilogy, Fifth of July. For more info, go to The New York Theater.
Music:"White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane and "Yesterday" by the Beatles
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