Relativity (Hour One)

February 5, 2010

MP3 Audio: Relativity: Hour One

Enter the brave new world of genetic mapping and profiling, and the controversy that arises when it is applied to issues of race. Kalima, a brilliant young African-American biogeneticist, finds her cutting-edge research bringing her into ideological conflict with her mother, Claire, who runs a foundation dedicated to “melanin science”. Claire fervently believes that the pigment melanin makes African-Americans genetically superior. L.A. Theatre Works produced RELATIVITY for its Relativity Series of science-themed plays, funded in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology. Includes an interview with Dr. Stanley Nelson, Professor of Human Genetics and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Starring Deidrie Henry as Kalima, Judyann Elder as Claire, James Pickens Jr. as Malik, Jason Ritter as Dan, Terrell Tilford as Leon, and Lorraine Toussaint as Iris. Directed by Stuart K. Robinson.

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Relativity (Hour Two)

February 5, 2010

MP3 Audio: http://latw-radio.s3.amazonaws.com/100206_Relativity/Relativity_TWO.mp3

Enter the brave new world of genetic mapping and profiling, and the controversy that arises when it is applied to issues of race. Kalima, a brilliant young African-American biogeneticist, finds her cutting-edge research bringing her into ideological conflict with her mother, Claire, who runs a foundation dedicated to “melanin science”. Claire fervently believes that the pigment melanin makes African-Americans genetically superior. L.A. Theatre Works produced RELATIVITY for its Relativity Series of science-themed plays, funded in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology. Includes an interview with Dr. Stanley Nelson, Professor of Human Genetics and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Starring Deidrie Henry as Kalima, Judyann Elder as Claire, James Pickens Jr. as Malik, Jason Ritter as Dan, Terrell Tilford as Leon, and Lorraine Toussaint as Iris. Directed by Stuart K. Robinson

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Relativity Web Extra: Interview with Dr. Stanley Nelson

February 5, 2010

MP3 Audio: Relativity Web Extra: Interview with Dr. Stanley Nelson

Hear the complete version of our interview with Dr. Stanley Nelson, the Professor and Vice Chair of Human Genetics within the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Nelson is also the head of the Nelson Lab, which uses the human genome to study complex human diseases.

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Marvin's Room (Hour One)

January 29, 2010

MP3 Audio: Marvin's Room (Hour One)

Good-hearted Bessie has been taking care of her ailing father for 20 years, but now she’s the one who’s sick, and she must reconcile with her estranged sister, Lee. A remarkably humorous and tender play, this critically acclaimed family drama was dubbed by The New York Times as “one of the funniest plays of the year as well as one of the wisest and most moving.”� Written by Scott McPherson. Starring (in order of appearance): Mary Steenburgen as Bessie, Steven Weber as Dr. Wally, Gloria Dorson as Ruth, Dana Vitatoe as Bob, Roxanne Hart as Lee, Sharon Madden as Dr. Charlotte and the retirement home director, Jason Ritter as Hank, and Kendall Schmidt as Charlie. Directed by Jenny Sullivan.

The broadcast includes a piece on end-of-life care featuring Dr. Ira Byock and public-radio producer Sean Collins.

Dr. Ira Byock's Web site on Dying Well may be viewed here.

Sean Collins' year-long series on death for NPR may be investigated in-depth here.

Original incidental music by Scott Craggs and Drew O'Doherty.

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Marvin's Room (Hour Two)

January 29, 2010

MP3 Audio: Marvin's Room (Hour Two)

Good-hearted Bessie has been taking care of her ailing father for 20 years, but now she’s the one who’s sick, and she must reconcile with her estranged sister, Lee. A remarkably humorous and tender play, this critically acclaimed family drama was dubbed by The New York Times as “one of the funniest plays of the year as well as one of the wisest and most moving.”� Written by Scott McPherson. Starring (in order of appearance): Mary Steenburgen as Bessie, Steven Weber as Dr. Wally, Gloria Dorson as Ruth, Dana Vitatoe as Bob, Roxanne Hart as Lee, Sharon Madden as Dr. Charlotte and the retirement home director, Jason Ritter as Hank, and Kendall Schmidt as Charlie. Directed by Jenny Sullivan.

The broadcast includes a piece on end-of-life care featuring Dr. Ira Byock and public-radio producer Sean Collins.

Dr. Ira Byock's Web site on Dying Well may be viewed here.

Sean Collins' year-long series on death for NPR may be investigated in-depth here.

Original incidental music by Scott Craggs and Drew O'Doherty.

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The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (Hour One)

January 22, 2010

MP3 Audio: The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (Hour One)

A raucous comedy from Charles Busch, one of America's most outrageous playwrights. New York dilettante Marjorie Taub, a middle-aged doctor's wife, is hooked on culture - mornings at the Whitney, afternoons at MOMA, evenings at BAM. Plunged into a mid-life crisis of Medea-like proportions, she's shaken out of her lethargy by the reappearance of a fascinating childhood friend. The New York Times says, "THE ALLGERGIST’S WIFE earns its wall-to-wall laughs." Starring (in alphabetical order): Amy Aquino as Marjorie Taub, Estelle Harris as Freida, Richard Kind as Ira Taub, Dileep Rao as Mohammed, and JoBeth Williams as Lee.

 

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The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (Hour Two)

January 22, 2010

MP3 Audio: The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (Hour Two)

 

A raucous comedy from Charles Busch, one of America's most outrageous playwrights. New York dilettante Marjorie Taub, a middle-aged doctor's wife, is hooked on culture - mornings at the Whitney, afternoons at MOMA, evenings at BAM. Plunged into a mid-life crisis of Medea-like proportions, she's shaken out of her lethargy by the reappearance of a fascinating childhood friend. The New York Times says, "THE ALLGERGIST’S WIFE earns its wall-to-wall laughs." Starring (in alphabetical order): Amy Aquino as Marjorie Taub, Estelle Harris as Freida, Richard Kind as Ira Taub, Dileep Rao as Mohammed, and JoBeth Williams as Lee.

 

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The Tale of the Allergist's Wife Web Extra: Q&A with Charles Busch

January 22, 2010

MP3 Audio: The Tale of the Allergist's Wife Web Extra: Q&A with Charles Busch

Hear the complete version of our conversation with playwright Charles Busch, recorded after a performance of "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" in Los Angeles in 2007.

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Arcadia (Conclusion)

January 15, 2010

MP3 Audio: Arcadia (Conclusion)

A crash course in mathematics, landscape gardening, literature, and chaos theory, courtesy of Tom Stoppard. Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe’s influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through the relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the years 1809-1812 and 1989, the play compares the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier. The show includes an interview with Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University.

Starring (in alphabetical order):

Kate Burton as Hannah Jarvis
Mark Capri as Ezra Chater
Jennifer Dundas as Thomasina Coverly
Gregory Itzin as Bernard Nightingale
David Manis as Captain Brice
Christopher Neame as Richard Noakes and Jellaby
Peter Paige as Valentine Coverly
Darren Richardson as Augustus Coverly
Kate Steele as Chloe Coverly
Serena Scott Thomas as Lady Croom
Douglas Weston as Septimus Hodge

Directed by John Rubinstein

 

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England

January 15, 2010

MP3 Audio: England

LA Theatre Works presents the BBC’s entry in our Worldplay Series: “England” by Tim Crouch, a surprising play about life, art, and transplants. Two art exhibition guides, and one needs a new heart. Can science prevail? And what is the personal cost? Performed by Tim Crouch, Hannah Ringham, Nikki Amuka Bird and Janice Acquah.

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Arcadia Web Extra: Interview with Professor Steven Strogatz

January 15, 2010

MP3 Audio: Arcadia Web Extra: Interview with Professor Steven Strogatz

Hear the complete version of our interview with Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. His books include Sync, chosen as a Best Book of 2003 by Discover Magazine. 

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Arcadia, Part One (Hour One)

January 8, 2010

MP3 Audio: Arcadia, Part One (Hour One)

A crash course in mathematics, landscape gardening, literature, and chaos theory, courtesy of Tom Stoppard. Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe’s influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through the relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the years 1809-1812 and 1989, the play examines the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier. The show includes an interview with Stoppard biographer Ira Nadel. Part one of a two-part broadcast.

Starring (in alphabetical order):

Kate Burton as Hannah Jarvis
Mark Capri as Ezra Chater
Jennifer Dundas as Thomasina Coverly
Gregory Itzin as Bernard Nightingale
David Manis as Captain Brice
Christopher Neame as Richard Noakes and Jellaby
Peter Paige as Valentine Coverly
Darren Richardson as Augustus Coverly
Kate Steele as Chloe Coverly
Serena Scott Thomas as Lady Croom
Douglas Weston as Septimus Hodge

Directed by John Rubinstein

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Arcadia, Part One (Hour Two)

January 8, 2010

MP3 Audio: Arcadia, Part One (Hour Two)

A crash course in mathematics, landscape gardening, literature, and chaos theory, courtesy of Tom Stoppard. Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe’s influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through the relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the years 1809-1812 and 1989, the play examines the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier. The show includes an interview with Stoppard biographer Ira Nadel. Part one of a two-part broadcast.

Starring (in alphabetical order):

Kate Burton as Hannah Jarvis
Mark Capri as Ezra Chater   
Jennifer Dundas as Thomasina Coverly
Gregory Itzin as Bernard Nightingale
David Manis as Captain Brice
Christopher Neame as Richard Noakes and Jellaby
Peter Paige as Valentine Coverly
Darren Richardson as Augustus Coverly
Kate Steele as Chloe Coverly
Serena Scott Thomas as Lady Croom
Douglas Weston as Septimus Hodge

Directed by John Rubinstein

 

 

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Arcadia Web Extra: Interview with Dr. Ira Nadel

January 8, 2010

MP3 Audio: Arcadia Web Extra: Interview with Dr. Ira Nadel

Hear the complete version of our interview with Dr. Ira Nadel, Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, and author of "Double Act: A Life of Tom Stoppard".

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The Country Girl (Hour One)

January 1, 2010

MP3 Audio: The Country Girl (Hour One)

Clifford Odets rocked the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood in this moving drama about a desperately self-destructive alcoholic actor and his long-suffering wife. A searing, emotional play of love and redemption. The show includes an archival recording of one of Odets' final interviews. Starring Stacy Keach as Frank Elgin, Mare Winningham as Georgie Elgin, Harry Hamlin as Bernie Dodd, Spencer Garrett as Paul Unger, Rick Podell as Phil Cook, Mandy Siegfried as Nancy Stoddard, and Jamie Hanes as Larry. Directed by Nancy Malone.

 

 

 

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The Country Girl (Hour Two)

January 1, 2010

MP3 Audio: The Country Girl (Hour Two)

Clifford Odets rocked the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood in this moving drama about a desperately self-destructive alcoholic actor and his long-suffering wife. A searing, emotional play of love and redemption. The show includes an archival recording of one of Odets' final interviews. Starring Stacy Keach as Frank Elgin, Mare Winningham as Georgie Elgin, Harry Hamlin as Bernie Dodd, Spencer Garrett as Paul Unger, Rick Podell as Phil Cook, Mandy Siegfried as Nancy Stoddard, and Jamie Hanes as Larry. Directed by Nancy Malone.

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Mary Stuart (Hour One)

December 25, 2009

MP3 Audio: Mary Stuart (Hour One)

In Freidrich Schiller's classic work, Elizabeth I of England is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart. Wrestling with her own conscience, the Queen agonizes over Mary's fate, amidst fears for her own life. Court intrigue has never been more gripping than in this "acute study in the art of double-dealing politics." (The New York Times) The broadcast includes an interview with Jane Dunn, author of Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens. With Alex Kingston as Mary Queen of Scots and Jill Gascoine as Queen Elizabeth, with Sheelagh Cullen, Ken Danziger, Seamus Dever, Matt Gaydos, Martin Jarvis, Christopher Neame, Alan Shearman, W. Morgan Sheppard, and Simon Templeman.

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Mary Stuart (Hour Two)

December 25, 2009

MP3 Audio: Mary Stuart (Hour Two)

In Freidrich Schiller's classic work, Elizabeth I of England is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart. Wrestling with her own conscience, the Queen agonizes over Mary's fate, amidst fears for her own life. Court intrigue has never been more gripping than in this "acute study in the art of double-dealing politics." (The New York Times) The broadcast includes an interview with Jane Dunn, author of Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens. With Alex Kingston as Mary Queen of Scots and Jill Gascoine as Queen Elizabeth, with Sheelagh Cullen, Ken Danziger, Seamus Dever, Matt Gaydos, Martin Jarvis, Christopher Neame, Alan Shearman, W. Morgan Sheppard, and Simon Templeman.

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Mary Stuart Web Extra: Interview with Jane Dunn

December 25, 2009

MP3 Audio: Mary Stuart Web Extra: Interview with Jane Dunn

Hear the complete version of our interview with Jane Dunn, the author of Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of biographies on Mary Shelley, Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.

 

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The Busy World is Hushed (Hour One)

December 18, 2009

MP3 Audio: The Busy World is Hushed (Hour One)

Jill Clayburgh stars in Keith Bunin's powerful examination of faith. With wisdom, humor and insight, "The Busy World is Hushed" explores the contradictions we find in religion, our families and ourselves. Hannah, a widowed minister, is hoping to translate a long-lost gospel when she is challenged by both her scholarly assistant and her wayward gay son. But when family secrets are revealed, only a stranger can help Hannah find peace. With Hamish Linklater as Brandt and Luke MacFarlane as Thomas. The broadcast includes interviews with religious scholar and author Elaine Pagels and playwright Keith Bunin.

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