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In the play, "The Value of Names," Shelley Berman plays Benny Silverman, a role which he says is him, an actor from the Hollywood black list. Berman said being in Chicago, acting the role and working with the cast has been THE best experience of his life and when the show closes, it will be the saddest day of his life. The director of the play, Sandy Shinner, said she knew of the Hollywood black list but didn't know about all the personal stories. There is an excerpt of Vic Navasky.
Principal actor Roscoe Lee Browne, playwright Derek Walcott, and director Gregory Mosher discuss the play "Pantomime" and it's major themes of racial role reversal, Robinson Crusoe influences, and colonialism.
Peter Ustinov discusses his wide-ranging career in the arts as an actor, author, director, and dramatist.
Interviewing actor Roscoe Lee Browne and actor and theater director Lloyd Richards.
Discussing the latest theatre project "Macundo" inspired by "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Marquez with Nicole Dreiske.
Dr. Rat cast and director
Discussing William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," with actor Del Close and director Bob Falls.
Discussing Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" and the Beckett Project with director Alan Schneider.
Director Frank Galati explains that the play "She Always Said, Pablo," was about Gertrude Stein's relationship with Pablo Picasso. Referring to the play itself, Galati also said that he tried to marry their narrative writings with some operatic song.
Theater director Douglas Turner Ward talks with Studs Terkel about the play "The River Niger." Further discussion is had about the play's writer, Joseph Walker, as well as the story and characters, and the play's connection to the African-American community.
Discussing "Book of Lear," with director and playwright Nicole Dreiske.
Actors Lionel Smith and Meshach Taylor along with director Gregory Mosher talk about the play they are performing at the Goodman Theater, "Sizwe Bansi is Dead", as well as South African apartheid which serves as the backdrop for the play.