Theater

Playwright Ralph Allen discusses the history of burlesque theater and it's influence on his new comedy musical, Sugar Babies.

Playwright and Pennsylvanian Albert Innaurato delivers a talk about his life and career to a live audience.

Joan Morris and Bill Bolcom are husband and wife musicians. Joan is a singer and Bill plays the piano. They discuss their life and work together.

Joan Morris and Bill Bolcom are husband and wife musicians. Joan is a singer and Bill plays the piano. They discuss their life and work together.

Actress and singer Virginia Capers discusses her career and upcoming movie "North Avenue Irregulars."

Part two of Terry Gross's interview with Conrad Bishop and Linda Bishop. They perform two short dramatic pieces and talk about their theatrical influences.

Part one of Terry Gross's interview with Linda and Conrad Bishop, a married couple who write and perform theater pieces for a variety of different settings and audiences.

Fresh Air broadcasts Leo Goldman's radio drama The Midnight Mocker.

Actor NATHAN LANE. He was just nominated for a Tony for his starring role as Willy Loman in the new Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Lane won Tonys for his performances in The Producers, Angels in America, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He’s also known for his roles in films, including The Lion King, The Birdcage and The Producers, as well as the TV series Modern Family, Only Murders in the Building and The Gilded Age.

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Speechless," which stars Geena Davis and Michael Keaton in a story much like that of political commentators James Carville and Mary Matalin.

"Any successful lyricist has to be part playwright and has to be able to put himself into the minds and the hearts and the souls of the characters," Sheldon Harnick tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.