The Chelsea Girls: A Novel

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Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

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Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World

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Mick Jagger

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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

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Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

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The Way They Were: How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen

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Lady Romeo: The Radical and Revolutionary Life of Charlotte Cushman, America's First Celebrity

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Larry McMurtry: A Life

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Everything Was Possible (Updated Edition): The Birth of the Musical Follies

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The Best of Second City: Vol. 1

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New York Movies

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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

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Gays on Broadway

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Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew

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Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

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Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics

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Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch

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Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

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The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever

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Summary Bundle: Biography & Success: Includes Summary of Hamilton & Summary of Head Strong

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Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center

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Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

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Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story

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Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

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Main Street: 100th Anniversary Edition

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Death Dance: A Novel

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Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art

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The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606

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All That Jazz: The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago

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Red Plenty

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Did I Kill You?: A Thriller Novel

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And Then There Were None

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

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The Unexpected Guest

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The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

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When No One Is Watching: A Thriller

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The Silence of the Lambs: 25th Anniversary Edition

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Listen for the Lie: A Novel

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The River We Remember: A Novel

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Heaven’s Crooked Finger

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Hit and Run

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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

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Tell No One

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Hallowe'en Party: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

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This Tender Land

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Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

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Crooked House

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Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

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Ordinary Grace

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Altered Carbon

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Rewind: The Secret Origin of Comic Books: A history of the comic book industry in New York City, how the energy and diversity of the city influenced the burgeoning medium in the 1930s and 40s and how New York’s history reflects out from the origins of its most popular characters. In the 1890s a newspaper rivalry between William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzee helped bring about the birth of the comic strip and, a few decades later, the comic book. Today, comic book superheroes are bigger than ever — in blockbuster summer movies and television shows — and most of them still have an inseparable bond with New York City. What’s Spider-Man without a tall building from which to swing? But not only are the comics often set here; the creators were often born here too. Many of the greatest writers and artists actually came from Jewish communities in the Lower East Side, Brooklyn or the Bronx. For many decades, nearly all of America’s comic books were produced here.  Unfortunately that

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Best of - August Wilson and Lloyd Richards: The Voice of Genius: In the past few weeks, the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp honoring playwright August Wilson, and Netflix released a film version of Wilson's celebrated play, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." It stars Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, in his final role. That is why we were inspired to revisit this episode, which originally posted in 2017. It tells the story of two giants of American theater: Wilson, and his longtime collaborator, director Lloyd Richards. Together they brought many award-winning plays to Broadway - not only "Ma Rainey," but also "Fences," "The Piano Lesson" and others. Wilson started out as a poet, but he turned to writing plays to bring stories of African-American life to the stage. It was Lloyd Richards who recognized his talent and helped him shape it. Richards was already an icon in the theater world, for directing "A Raisin in the Sun." In this episode you'll hear him tell the story behind that grou

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Ishmael Reed on Basquiat Myths and Realities

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Vol 414 - Oct. 7, 2010 - Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge & more: In this episode: The Amoralists are presenti…

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Isaac Butler Employs The Method: How the 20th Century Learned to Act

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#277 The New York Comedy Scene: A Marvelous History

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Richard Harmon talks Netflix’s ’Fakes’: Richard Harmon recently joined host Elias in the cave! You can see Richard as Tryst on his latest project 'Fakes' now streaming on Netflix. Fakes - FAKES is the story of two best friends who accidentally build one of the largest fake ID empires in No...

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The Lullaby of Broadway Edition

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Hit Parade: The Lullaby of Broadway Edition

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August Wilson and Lloyd Richards: The Voice of Genius: Meet two giants of the American theater: playwright August Wilson and director Lloyd Richards. Together they brought many award-winning plays to Broadway, including "Fences," "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," and "The Piano Lesson." August Wilson, who wrote ten plays (together known as the Century Cycle), started out as a poet. When he turned to writing plays, intent on telling the stories of African-Americans on stage, it was Lloyd Richards who recognized his talent and helped him shape it. Richards was already an icon in the theater world. He had begun his career a generation before, aspiring to be an actor at a time when there were almost no roles for African-Americans. His big break came when Sidney Poitier asked him to direct a new play called "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry. In this episode you'll hear Lloyd Richards tell the story behind that ground-breaking production. You'll also hear both August Wilson

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Episode 24: Creating Carol with Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy: Gorgeous, moving and subtle – ‘Carol’ is a beauti…

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A Broadway Show Comes Back to Life: This episode contains strong language. “Six,” a revisionist feminist British pop musical about the wives of King Henry VIII, was shaping up to be a substantial hit on Broadway after finding success in London. On its opening night, however, in March 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a shutdown of theater that would wind up lasting a year and a half. We speak to the cast and crew of “Six” about the show’s path back to the stage and explore what it tells us about the trials of Broadway during the pandemic. Guest: Michael Paulson, a theater reporter for The New York Times.

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A Strange Loop with Michael R. Jackson

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#372 The Shuberts: The Brothers Who Built Broadway: There's no business like show business -- thanks to Lee, Sam and J.J. Shubert, the Syracuse brothers who forever changed the American theatrical business in the 20th century.  At last Broadway is back! And the marquees of New York's theater district are again glowing with the excitement of live entertainment.  And many of these theaters were built and operated by the Shubert Brothers, impresarios who helped shape the physical nature of the Broadway theater district itself, creating the close cluster of stages that give Times Square its energy and glamour.  In this show, we'll be visiting the dawn of Times Square itself and the evolution of the American musical -- from coy operettas and flirty song-filled revues filled with chorus girls.  The Shuberts were there almost from the beginning. After fending off their rivals (namely the Syndicate), the Shuberts centered their empire around an alleyway that would quickly take their name -

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EP 12 - ENCORE - Wiseguy Charming: I want to tell you about a show I think you'll enjoy: -- epic audio adventures that reimagine Shakespeare’s timeless tales, featuring original music composition and the voices of award-winning actors. Each episode explores plays from Macbeth to A...

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Webcomics: Reviews of Theatrics, The Monster Under the Bed, and Demonology 101: Monster Cheesecake

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#265 Absolutely Flawless: A History of Drag in New York City

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#188: The Murder of Stanford White

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theGrio Daily presents: Red Flags Black Communists

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Episode 33: The Fine Art of Changing the Subject: On Duchamp's 'Fountain': JF and Phil discuss the profound effects of Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" (the urinal) on the development of the arts since 1917.

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Ep276 - Conrad Ricamora: Filipino Love on Broadway: Conrad Ricamora is a talented actor known for his roles on Broadway and his portrayal of Oliver Hampton in the hit TV series "How to Get Away with Murder." He shares his insights as they delve into his background, including his family's journey from moving to the U.S. to growing up in military bases, and how he got into acting and theater.

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Ep116 - Michael Riedel: theater critic, broadcaster, and columnist: Michael Riedel is an American theater critic, broadcaster, and columnist. He has been a controversial yet very influential Broadway columnist in the NY post for over 20 years. Michael is also the co-host of “Len Berman and Michael Riedel in the Morning” on 710 WOR in New York City, weekdays from 6-10am. Michael’s book Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway won the 2015 Marfield Prize for arts writing and is widely considered to be the successor to The Season, William Goldman's classic 1967 book about Broadway. His next book, Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway, arrived November 10, 2020. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3jXpHhz.

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Paul McCarthy: Talk Art SEASON 9!!!!! For the first episode of this extraordinary new season, Russell & Robert meet one our art heroes, and bona fide artist legend, Paul McCarthy!!!! Widely considered to be one of the most influential and groundbreaking contempor...

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Warner Archive July Blu-ray Reviews: "The Broadway Melody," "Cimarron" & "DuBarry Was a Lady"

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#446 - The Addams Family: It was supposed to be the biggest Broadway show of the season. Two theatre titans taking on two of the most familiar roles in popular culture. The combination of wildly successful source material and innovative theatremakers were sure to create a theatrical juggernaut. And the public agreed: advanced ticket sales for the show were the largest of any Broadway production to date. And then… it opened. Many jeered the production, but none said it as succinctly as The New York Times’ Ben Brantley, when began his review with the following quote: “Imagine, if you dare, the agonies of the talented people trapped inside the collapsing tomb called The Addams Family. Being in this genuinely ghastly musical must feel like going to a Halloween party in a strait-jacket. A strangled voice inside you keeps gasping, ‘He-e-e-lp! Get me out of here!’” And then, in early 2016 the Educational Theatre Association had released their annual survey of the most-produced musicals in

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#187: Super City: New York and the History of Comic Books

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Early Drag Queens pt. 2

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Extra: New York Icons: West Side Story: This is the show that changed the Broadway musical — and how New York City sees itself.