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  • Ute Lemper in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Nov. 1, 1994
  • Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Apr. 29, 1986
  • Andrea Marcovicci in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Nov. 30, 1989
  • Andrea Marcovicci in conversation with Studs Terkel

    May. 10, 1993

    Terkel comments and presents a musical performance by Andrea Marcovicci

  • Eartha Kitt

    Eartha Kitt discusses her music career, part 2

    Jul. 10, 1962

    Studs Terkel continues to interview actress and singer Eartha Kitt. Part 2 of the interview begins with the song "Üsküdara", and ends with "Mountain High, Valley Low", both sung by Kitt. Kitt discusses the following; her career; her desire to entertain; her autobiography, "Thursday's Child"; her mothers death; the art of interacting with the audience; the femme fatale; her time with the Katherine Dunham Dancers; and her portrayl of Helen of Troy.

  • Nacha Guevara in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jun. 20, 1979
  • Ernestine Jackson in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Oct. 5, 1989

    Promoting a production of "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill."

  • Irene Papas, Juliano Berlinger in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Nov. 8, 1983
  • Martha Schlamme, Alvin L. Epstein in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Aug. 13, 1980
  • II Loudon Wainwright in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jun. 26, 1987
  • Paul Robeson

    Dorothy Gilliam discusses her book "Paul Robeson, All-American"

    Feb. 11, 1977

    Author Dorothy Gilliam joins Studs Terkel to discuss her biography of singer, actor, social activist and lawyer Paul Robeson. Gilliam chronicles Robeson’s life in “Paul Robeson, All-American,” describing his early years as a football player, and then lawyer, his introduction into theater, and his exposure to other cultures abroad.

  • Paul Robeson

    Martin B. Duberman, Paul Robeson in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 28, 1989
  • Angela Lansbury

    Interview with Angela Lansbury

    Feb. 19, 1981

    Discussing "Sweeny Todd" with Angela Lansbury.

  • W.C. Fields

    Carlotta Monti discusses W.C. Fields and her book "W.C. Fields & Me"

    Jun. 7, 1971

    Carlotta Monti discusses W.C. Fields and her book "W.C. Fields & Me".

  • Allen Stone, Steven Larson and Judith Erickson, members of the Chicago Opera Theater, discuss the opera "Regina" playing at the theater

    Mar. 29, 1982

    Studs interviews Allen Stone, Steven Larson, and Judith Erickson about the opera, "Regina," playing at the Chicago Opera Theater. They describe the variety of music and dances in the opera. Stone, Larson, and Erickson name the cast and their roles and describe the characters. Each share how they came to be in theater. Stone explains how the company started. Larson describes the orchestra and the chorus. Erickson reads some of the lyrics of the aria, "The Best Thing of All," at the end of act one. Stone, Larson, and Erickson read various lines from the opera.

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