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  • Rita Moreno

    Rita Moreno discusses her role in West Side Story ; part 1

    Jun. 13, 1962

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

  • Rick Cluchey discusses his love for the theatre and working with Samuel Beckett

    Jan. 24, 1980

    Rick Cluchey's love for the theatre began in the Theatre Group of the San Quentin Prison. After his time there, Cluchey spent three months in Berlin working with Samuel Beckett. It was there that Cluchey learned how Beckett seemed to choreograph his works onto the stage. An excerpt of an interview with Alan Schneider is also included.

  • Rich Bailey and Rick Cluchey discuss Samuel Beckett and theater

    Jul. 11, 1975

    Rich Bailey and Rick Cluchey discuss performing Endgame by Samuel Beckett and Beckett's influence on their careers. Duplicate to file ID 18646. This recording does not include the musical tribute.

  • Renee Fleming

    Renee Fleming discusses her opera career

    Feb. 12, 1996

    Renee Fleming discusses her musical upbringing, her repertoire, her relationship to performance, and more.

  • Reflection on Der Rosenkavalier featuring Lotte Lehmann, Christa Ludwig, and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

    1960
  • Ray Gordon and Susanne Nussbaum discuss the play "Disabled Genius" and people with disabilities

    Nov. 27, 1979

    Ray Gordon, writer and director, and Susanne Nussbaum, cast member of "Disabled Geniuses," discuss the play and the life of people with disabilities. Nussbaum recalls experiences of discrimination she and her friends have faced due to their differences. Both interviewees then talk about the members of the play and some of the characters involved.

  • Promoting the Goodman Theatre's production of "The Gospel at Colonus" with Lee Breuer and Bob Telson

    Jun. 14, 1990

    Promoting the Goodman Theatre's production of "The Gospel at Colonus"

  • Presenting the Cole Porter review in celebration of his 91st birthday with the cast of "Some Like It Cole"

    Jun. 1, 1982
  • Presenting music with pianist and composer Larry Schanker

    May. 30, 1991

    Musical performance by Larry Schanker

  • Presenting music with actress and cabaret singer Andrea Marcovicci

    May. 10, 1993

    Terkel comments and presents a musical performance by Andrea Marcovicci

  • Presenting music from "Fancy Meeting You: The Lyrics of E.Y. "Yip" Harburg," with Phillip Officer and Tex Arnold

    May. 6, 1997

    Terkel comments and presents music from "Fancy Meeting You."

  • Presenting a performance of the one-man play "Presenting Mr. Frederick Douglass," with actor Fred Morsell

    Feb. 3, 1995

    Terkel comments and presents a performance by Fred Morsell

  • Presenting a performance of the Duke Ellington musical "Jump for Joy" with the Pegasus Players

    Oct. 1, 1993

    Terkel comments and presents a musical performance by the Pegasus Players

  • Presenting a musical performance by folksinger and songwriter Jim Post. Program includes an excerpt of a 1975 recording of Post and folk musician Win Stracke

    Feb. 8, 1993

    Terkel comments and presents a musical performance by Jim Post

  • Presenting a musical performance by folksinger and songwriter Jim Post

    Jul. 7, 1985

    Terkel comments and presents a musical performance by Jim Post

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