Podcast appearances and mentions of susan haskins

Welcome to the next episode in our special series on TV Talk Shows. Big talk show moments, especially the controversial ones, provide snapshots that we can use to examine our politics and culture at a singular point in time. Some of the moments we discuss in this series may be unfamiliar to you or they may seem obscure or forgotten, but that's the point. We're here to preserve TV Herstory. Today, when alternative facts are part of our daily life, it's especially instructive to look back more than 40 years at a grudge match over Truth and Reputation that played out on The Dick Cavett Show in 1980 and beyond. The combatants were two opinionated, strong-willed women: playwright/author Lillian Hellman and novelist/critic Mary McCarthy. Thank you for listening to Advanced TV Herstory. I encourage you to learn more about these women starting with the resources below.   RESOURCES FOR LILLIAN HELLMAN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Hellman Plays: The Little Foxes; The Children's Hour; Watch on the Rhein; Days to Come Books and Memoirs: An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir; Pentimento; Scoundrel Time About Lillian Hellman: C-SPAN's American History TV episode on Lillian Hellman Rollyson, Carl (1989) Lillian Hellman: Her Legend and Her Legacy Kessler-Harris, Alice (2012) The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman Gallagher, Dorothy (2014) Lillian Hellman: An Imperious Life      RESOURCES FOR MARY McCARTHY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McCarthy_(author) Books & Memoirs: Memories of a Catholic Girlhood; The Stones of Florence; The Group; Cannibals and Missionaries About Mary McCarthy: Kiernan, Frances (2002) Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy Brightman, Carol (1992) Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her World Gelderman, Carol (1988) Mary McCarthy: A Life    INLINE RESOURCES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OfKEjABGGY Theatre Talk: Hellman v. McCarthy - CUNY TV Guests: Dick Cavett, Roberta Maxwell, Marcia Rodd Hosts: Michael Riedel, Susan Haskins    CONNECT WITH CYNTHIA and ADVANCED TV HERSTORY ATVH Newsletter – tvherstory.com Website - https://cynthiabemisabrams.com/  Podcast Archive - tvherstory.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/advancedtvherstory/ X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/tvherstoryB Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Media.Cynthia Bluesky Social - @cynthiabemisabrams.bsky.social

Being well traveled doesn’t prepare you to live in another country. In addition to learning a new language there is subtle cultural differences that require some adjustment. Susan Haskins and Dan Pressure, International Living writers and authors of the new book, Live Richer, Spend Less, moved from Omaha, Nebraska nearly 2 decades ago and have lived in several different countries since then. So we had to ask them what inspired them to move from Nebraska to their first destination, Quito, Ecuador Jeremy Bassetti works in international education with exchange students. He says that traveling abroad for the first time is one of the most transformative experiences one can have; especially for an international exchange student. But the experience can be richer and less intimidating with appropriate planning and some introspection. Before you plan to live or study aboard hear from these experts first about considerations, dos and don’ts prior to embarking on life as an expat or exchange student…on World Footprints with Ian and Tonya Fitzpatrick.

Booth One's Frank Tourangeau and his husband, filmmaker Dan Pal, who serves as Booth One's film correspondent, have just returned from a trip to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and have much to report! They have been going to film festivals for many years, including several trips to Telluride, Sundance, Toronto, and our very own Chicago Fest. The Chicago Film Festival is happening from October 10 through October 21 at the AMC River East. They also share secrets about how to have a Booth One experience at a festival! Let's cut to the chase. Dan and Frank both LOVED a movie called Roma, written and directed by Alfonso Cuaron, which won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. A story about a domestic worker in Mexico City working for an upper middle-class family, it is said to be the most personal work of Cuaron's career. And also his best. It has a 98% Rotten Tomatoes rating. Dan, who says it's the best film he's seen this year, thinks it is a shoe-in for Best Foreign Film and also has a chance to win Best Picture. The actress playing the housekeeper has never been in a movie before. So many reasons we can't wait to see it! Frank and Dan saw 14 films in 5 days. The most thrilling thing for them is getting to see movies before anyone else does. Every director was there and did a Q & A. Lots of big time actors too. They shared their reviews and impressions about all the movies they saw, including: Ben is Back, directed by Peter Hedges and starring Julia Roberts & Lucas Hedges. Vox Lux starring Natalie Portman and Jude Law. (They did not like it.) If Beale Street Could Talk, based on a James Baldwin novel, adapted and directed by Oscar winner Barry Jenkins, made its world premiere at Toronto. Dan and Frank say it is an absolute stand-out. Very powerful and more dialogue driven than Moonlight. The score by Nicolas Britell is "spectacular!" One of the stars, Chicago actress Kiki Lane, was in Booth One favorite Byhalia, Mississippi and part of the ensemble of Definition Theatre Company. We are so excited for you. Go Kiki, go! While they weren't able to score tickets to A Star is Born, here's a fun photo of the stars in Toronto: Gary announces that sadly, the wonderful show public access television show, Theater Talk, has ended after 25 years. Because its station wanted to take over editorial control. :( And just after it won an Emmy award! Everyone who's anyone has appeared on Susan Haskins' great interview show, which we think has a lot in common with Booth One. Its last season was distributed to more than a hundred public television stations nationwide. Gary talks about an episode featuring James Grissom, an author who has written a great book called Follies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog, which is based on his many, many hours of conversation with the playwright about his close relationships with a number of women who influenced him.  Other films that are discussed in this episode: The Hummingbird Project starring Jesse Eisenberg The Front Runner with Hugh Jackman as politician Gary Hart Hotel Mumbai featuring Dev Patel and Armie Hammer. This American-Australian thriller was clearly Frank and Dan's front-running favorite. Gary and Frank attended opening night of Indecent at Victory Gardens Theatre, the Paula Vogal play with music, directed by local favorite Gary Griffin. Though they had a few reservations about the production, it's recommended as a piece of theatrical ingenuity and depth. And the Running now through November 4. Kiss of Death Andre Blay, who revolutionized the film industry by introducing the first consumer grade full-length movies on videocassette. His Magnetic Video Corporation created the Video Club of America where subscribers could buy a movie for about half the going retail price in stores. By 1987, home video was generating more revenue than movie-theater ticket sales. Mr. Blay was 81. Full Obit here.

Theater Talk's team Adam Feldman, Jesse Green, Julie Halston, Michael Musto, Patrick Pacheco, Jan Simpson, Elisabeth Vincentelli & Jason Zinoman join Susan Haskins after the Tonys to evaluate the ceremony, make sense of the upsets, & celebrate the season.

Esteemed Theater Talk regulars Jesse Green, Michael Musto, Patrick Pacheco and Elisabeth Vincentelli gather with co-hosts Adam Feldman and Susan Haskins to predict who will win the coveted 2018 TONY Awards and why.

Actresses Glenda Jackson, Laurie Metcalf and Alison Pill discuss working together with director Joe Mantello to create the magnificent revival of ”Edward Albee's Three Tall Women,” now on Broadway. Jesse Green of The New York TImes and Susan Haskins co-host.

From Lincoln Center Theater's stunning revival of "My Fair Lady" are actors Lauren Ambrose, Harry Hadden-Paton, and Allan Corduner, director Bartlett Sher, and LCT Producing Artistic Director André Bishop. NYTimes' Jesse Green and Susan Haskins co-host.

"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" director John Tiffany and movement director Steven Hoggett discuss creating the blockbuster show with playwright John Thorne and J.K. Rowling. Gordon Cox of Variety co-hosts with Susan Haskins.

Playwright David Cale, actor Billy Crudup, and director Leigh Silverman of Cale's riveting, one-man thriller “Harry Clarke” now Off-Broadway, produced by (and available at) audible. Jason Zinoman of The New York Times co-hosts with Susan Haskins.

Every month I receive in the mail a lovely little package with a handpainted cover of an exotic place I might like to live. Inside this package are stories of people just like me, boomers who, for one reason or another, have decided to take a walk on the wild side and fully explore the pros and cons of living outside the United States. That package is International Living magazine, and in this episode of Dance I talk with Dan Prescher, a Vice President and writer with the magazine, and more than that, a person who walks the talk. Seventeen years ago Dan and his wife Susan Haskins left snowy Omaha, Nebraska and have lived south of the border ever since, enjoying the sunshine, great food, low prices, and comradery of other North American ex-patriots, or expats as they are called. In this show you’ll get an inside peak into Dan and Susan’s life, their tips on how to live on $2500 a month or less, how ex-pat living affects a marriage, advice on staying connected with grandkids, the good, bad and the ugly of living in a developing country, and so much more. You’ll even get a short lesson on the proper technique for eating fried grasshoppers with your mezcal — something I learned a year ago when I visited Dan’s present home city of Merida, Mexico, where I caught him on a Saturday morning. So please join me as I take a look on the other side of the mountain with Dan Prescher of International Living magazine.

"Good for Otto" playwright David Rabe, actors Ed Harris and Amy Madigan and The New Group artistic director Scott Elliott discuss the new play about a community mental health center, with co-hosts Tony-winning playwright Warren Leight and Susan Haskins.

Adam Feldman, Michael Musto, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Patrick Pacheco plus co-hosts Jesse Green and Susan Haskins discuss the upcoming spring season on Broadway, including "Harry Potter..." “Angels in America” “Mean Girls" "Carousel" and "My Fair Lady."

Actors Daniel Breaker, Bryan Terrell Clark, and Mandy Gonzalez, now appearing in Broadway’s biggest hit musical "Hamilton" talk with co-hosts Julie Halston and Susan Haskins.

Theater critics Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Adam Feldman (Time Out New York) and Elisabeth Vincentelli (3 on The Aisle) review new shows of the 2017 fall season with co-hosts Jesse Green (The New York Times) and producer Susan Haskins.

Actress/writer/comic Amy Schumer discusses starring in Steve Martin's “Meteor Shower” on Broadway, with New York Times critic Jason Zinoman and Susan Haskins. Also, LGBTQ performer/activist, the legendary Agosto Machado talks with Michael Musto & Haskins.

"Torch Song" playwright Harvey Fierstein, director Moisés Kaufman and actor Michael Urie discuss Second Stage Theater's revival of Fierstein's 1988 groundbreaking Tony Award-winning play, with co-hosts Susan Haskins and Michael Musto.

Theater journalists Jesse Green (The New York Times), Michael Musto (Out.com), Patrick Pacheco (OnStage), and Elisabeth Vincentelli (The New Yorker and The New York Times), join co-hosts Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel predict who will win 2017 Tonys.

“Dear Evan Hansen” composer-lyricists Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, and librettist Steven Levenson join co-host Susan Haskins and guest co-host Jesse Green of The New York Times around the grand piano to discuss and perform key songs from their hit musical.

Lucie Skeaping discusses the role of Mary Magdalen at Easter with Susan Haskins (cultural historian and author of the book Mary Magdalen: Myth and Metaphor) who chose the music to celebrate this day. The programme includes pieces by Bach, Crecquillon, Mazzocchi, Gabrieli and excerpts from the medieval Carmina Burana.

Patrick Pacheco of the Los Angeles Times, Michael Musto of Out.com and Jesse Green of New York Magazine join Michael Riedel of the New York Post and Susan Haskins to predict which Broadway productions will capture this year's Tony Awards.

International Living editors, Dan Prescher and Susan Haskins, join Jim Paris Live to discuss how Americans can live abroad for pennies on the dollar. What are the lowest countries to live in? What are the safest countries? How to do your research to select your country, how to generate an income living overseas, what are the legal issues involved with living in a foreign country, and more.

We welcome Marlo Thomas, star of “Clever Little Lies,” & playwright Joe DiPietro. Also, co-host Michael Riedel & Albert Poland discuss “Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway” pt. 2, with theater critic Jesse Green, "New York" Magazine and Susan Haskins.

Theater Talk’s panel of theater experts: Jesse Green - NY Magazine, Michael Musto -Gaweker.com & Patrick Pacheco - LA Times join Michael Riedel of the NYPost and Susan Haskins to speculate on who will win the Tony Awards and why.

Critics Charles Isherwood of "The New York Times," David Rooney of "Variety" and Linda Winer of "Newsday" review new Broadway productions.

Actors Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy discuss their roles in the play "Venus in Fur". Also, a conversation with "Carrie" composer Michael Gore and librettist Lawrence D. Cohen, joined by Marin Mazzie, star of the Off-Broadway revival.

Producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan discuss their careers bringing musical theater to film and television, most notably, their innovative new NBC TV series "Smash," the show about the making of a Broadway musical.

Theater Talk has lyricist/librettist Sir Tim Rice discussing the revivals of his hit shows "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Evita", both of which are now being revived on Broadway.

Theater Talk discusses the play “Wit,” with playwright Margaret Edson and the current production's director Lynne Meadow. Also, we focus on “Silence! The Musical,” with the show's librettist Hunter Bell and actors David Garrison and Jenn Harris.

We discuss the new Broadway play, “Seminar,” with actors Alan Rickman, Lily Rabe, and Hamish Linklater, and its playwright Theresa Rebeck.

We preview the new season on Broadway with Jesse Green, of “New York Magazine,” Michael Musto, of “The Village Voice,” Patrick Pacheco of the “LA Times,” Michael Riedel of the “New York Post” and producer Susan Haskins.

We interview Kevin Spacey about his portrayal of “Richard III” in the internationally-acclaimed production, now at BAM. Spacey also discusses his role as Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theatre in London.

Critics Scott Brown, Jacques le Sourd, David Richardson, and Elisabeth Vincentelli evaluate the current Broadway season. Among the shows they discuss are: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, The Road to Mecca and Seminar.

Actors Kurt Peterson and Harvey Evans from the original 1971 cast of FOLLIES reminisce with producer Ted Chapin about the landmark musical. Next, we toast the New Year with Jackie Hoffman, now starring in “Jackie Hoffman's A Chanukah Charol.”

We've got Hugh Jackman, Broadway's biggest star! We spend a half-hour with the popular entertainer. Jackman talks about his love for Broadway, his sellout show, “Hugh Jackman - Back on Broadway” and his upbringing in Australia.

Writer Douglas Carter Beane and composer Lewis Flinn discuss their new musical “Lysistrata Jones.” Also, critic Jason Zinoman of “The New York Times” talks about ‘new horror’ films, the subject of his book “Shock Value.”

Our guests are writers Moisés Kaufman, José Rivera & Paul Rudnick, all contributors to “Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays,” Also, playwright David Henry Hwang discusses his new comedy/drama, “Chinglish,” about an American businessman in China.

We welcome actor Frank Langella, now appearing in Terence Rattigan's Man And Boy at The Roundabout Theatre Company. The master performer discusses playing a sinister financier, the central character of this drama.

Actors Elaine Paige and Ron Raines discuss their roles in the hit Broadway revival of the classic musical Follies. Also The NY Times critic Charles Isherwood explains why he will no longer review the plays of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer Adam Rapp.

Actors Patrick Page, Isabel Keating and Michael Mulheren, members of the company of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, discuss what was really going on behind the scenes during the longest preview period for a show in Broadway history.

Our panel of theater experts, Jesse Green of New York Magazine, Michael Musto of the Village Voice and Patrick Pacheco of the LA Times, look ahead to the new Broadway season.

Critics John Heilpern and John Simon, plus British actor Edward Hibbert, debate the artistry and influence of prolific British playwright Terence Rattigan (1911-1977), as the English-speaking world celebrates his centenary this year.

Theater Talk looks back at some of the highlights of its 2010-2011 season.

Lyricist Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler On The Roof, Fiorello!, She Loves Me) recounts experiences from his 50-year career in the theater. In addition, he and singer/actress Kate Baldwin perform "To Life," one of the best-known songs from Fiddler On The Roof.

We continue our interview with composer Alan Menken. He talks about his song-writing partnerships and performs some of his most beloved hits, including songs from The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, and his new Broadway show, SISTER ACT.

We interview the composer of Sister Act, Alan Menken at the piano. He details the development of his musical career and performs some of his key composition. This is part one of a two-part series.

Our panel of New York drama critics reviews Broadway shows from the spring, 2011 season. It includes: Adam Feldman of Time Out, Jacques le Sourd of WCBS Radio, Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal and Elisabeth Vincentelli of the New York Post.

Sir Nicholas Hytner discusses the Tony-winning Best Play WAR HORSE, which was developed at the National Theatre of Great Britain, where he is the Artistic Director. Also, reporters Jesse Green, Michael Musto and Patrick Pacheco review this year's Tonys.

Actor and writer John Leguizamo discusses his new one-man show Ghetto Klown. Also, we present an encore of our 2004 interview with Larry Kramer on the art and politics behind his classic play The Normal Heart, now being revived on Broadway.

Our panel of theater experts, Jesse Green of “New York Magazine,” Michael Musto of “The Village Voice,” and Patrick Pacheco of the “LA Times,” forecast which of the candidates should win, and will win these most coveted of theater awards.

Actors Josh Gad, Nikki M. James, Rory O’Malley and Andrew Rannells discuss working on the Broadway hit THE BOOK OF MORMON. This is followed by a conversation with the show’s inspiring choreographer and co-director Casey Nicholaw.Actors Josh Gad, Nikki M. James, Rory O’Malley and Andrew Rannells discuss working on the Broadway hit The Book of Mormon. This is followed by a conversation with the show’s inspiring choreographer and co-director Casey Nicholaw.Actors Josh Gad, Nikki M. James, Rory O’Malley and Andrew Rannells discuss working on the Broadway hit The Book of Mormon. This is followed by a conversation with the show’s inspiring choreographer and co-director Casey Nicholaw.