Rita Moreno talks about her own Puerto Rican ethnicity and how it relates to her role as Maria in West Side Story.

Rita Moreno talks about her own Puerto Rican ethnicity and how it relates to her role as Anita in West Side Story.

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.

Actor Ida Kaminska discusses her role in the film "The Shop on Main Street."

Anna Deavere Smith discusses and demonstrates her unique character portrayals from her works "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992."

Rilla Bergman, Lou Fant, and Bill Reese converse with Studs about The National Theater for the Deaf and the production they are presenting. Two of the actors Ms. Bergman and Mr. Reese discuss what it took to learn, as hearing people, the best ways to express themselves with sign language. They all talk about how much more expressive the actors in the Deaf Theater have to be to convey the message of the piece they are presenting.

Henry Knepler discuses feminist issues and the role of women in American society and historical literature.

Studs speaks to actress Peggy Nelson, playwright Arnaud d'Usseau, and student Olivier Bernier while he is in France. [Part 2 includes Yves Montand.]

Running at Cafe Voltaire in Chicago, the show is produced by actor-directors Michael Barto and Peter Cieply.

Discussing "Zero Mostel: A Biography" (published by Atheneum) with the author Jared Brown.

Interviewing actor Roscoe Lee Browne and actor and theater director Lloyd Richards.

Interviewing "Translations" cast members James O'Reilly, Tom Amandis, and Lucy Childs.

Interviewing with "Waiting for lefty" cast, Terry Kinney, Joan Allen, and Sheldon Patinkin.

Byrne and Joyce Piven discuss "Five Stories", a theater production which draws on works of Chekhov, Faulkner, Singer and Joyce.