George R.R. Martin, recorded in 1991, interviewed by Richard Wolinsky & Richard A. Lupoff. As Game of Thrones enters its final season, we can look back on the career of George R.R. Martin, to the days before his fantasy series was published, when he was best known as a writer for television, though he’d already written novels and short stories.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Jungle” by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, at the Curran Theater through May 18, 2019.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “In Old Age,” a world premiere play by Mfoniso Udofia, at the Magic Theatre in Fort Mason Center in San Francisco through April 21, 2019
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Actually” by Anna Ziegler, at Aurora Theatre Harry’s Upstage through May 5, 2019.
Tommy Orange is the author of the acclaimed novel “There There,” set in the Native American community in Oakland. He is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Justin Martin, co-director, and Ammar Haj Ahmad, one of the principal actors of “The Jungle,” a play by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco through May 18, 2019, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. “The Jungle” tells the story of the rise and fall of a camp near Calais for those seeking asylum in Britain.
KPFA theatre critic reviews the national touring company of the Lincoln Center production of “Falsettos” by James Lapine and William Finn, at SHN Golden Gate through April 14, 2019.
Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), interviewed in 1991 by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. In 1991, while on tour for his collection of essays, “Fates Worse Than Death,” Kurt Vonnegut Jr. stopped in the KPFA studios to speak with the hosts of the “Probabilities” program about his work, his career, and his feelings about life and politics. March 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of :”Slaughterhouse-Five.”
A brief interview with Sting, conducted by Richard Wolinsky, about the show “The Last Ship,” about Sting’s views on Brexit, and about his upcoming projects.
Spencer Liff, choregrapher and Jordan Roth, producer of the musical “Falsettos,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. The National Tour of the Lincoln Center production of “Falsettos” is at SHN’s Golden Gate Theatre through April 14th. Spencer Liff was a child performer on Broadway and has previously choreographed revivals of “Spring Awakening” and “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” on Broadway, and Jordan Roth is the president of Jujamcyn theatres, and previously produced “Bruce Springsteen on Broadway,” “Mean Girls”, the 2018 “Angels in America” revival, and other shows.
