3:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays
Interviews devoted to the arts, focusing on theatre and literature, with side-trips to film and non-fiction narratives. Also on tap: archive interviews from Probabilities and Bookwaves. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Jasson Minadakis is Artistic Director of Marin Theatre Company. In this wide-ranging interview with Richard Wolinsky, he discusses the past season, and the upcoming 2016-2017 season, as well as the various special nights during each production for discussion with cast, book nights at libraries and other events. This is part of an ongoing series of interviews with Bay Area Artistic Directors.
An Interview with Garry Marshall (1934-2016) hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Garry Marshall died on July 19, 2016 at the age of 81. Over the course of his life, he was a comedy writer, actor, director, and television show-runner, creating shows such as Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, The Odd Couple, and Mork and Mindy, and directing such successful films such asOverboard, Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries and more recently Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve . His last film, released this April, was Mother’s Day. This interview was recorded in 2012 on the publication of his memoir, My Happy Days in Hollywood.
Tony Taccone, Artistic Director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky for an upcoming look at the 2016-2017 season and a look back at the previous season.
An interview with John Leguizamo, writer and performer of Latin History for Morons, at Berkeley Rep through August 14, 2016. John Leguizamo has acted in such films as Summer of Sam and Romeo + Juliet and is the voice of Sid in the Ice Age films, is a regular on the Netflix TV series Bloodline, and has taken his one man shows to Broadway. He is interviewed about this show and about his career and life as a celebrity by host Richard Wolinsky.
Paula McLain is the author of the novel, Circling The Sun, just out in trade paperback, about the early life in Kenya of aviatrix and feminist icon Beryl Markham. Markham was the daughter of British colonial expatriates, was a horse-trainer, and was involved in a love triangle with Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen). Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Richard Lonsdorf is the programmer and Edwin Outwater the conductor of the San Francisco Symphony’s annual summer series of concerts. In this interview, they talk about the upcoming series of concerts, which focus on popular classical music pieces and orchestral movie soundtracks. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Arts-Waves contributor C.S. Soong reports on the opening of the expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) at the museum’s press preview event. Then, host Richard Wolinsky talks with Ayad Akhtar, whose play “The Invisible Hand” runs at Marin Theatre Company through July 3, 2016.
A Conversation with Tom Ross, artistic director of Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley, hosted by Richard Wolinsky
Richard Wolinsky talks with Yann Martel, author of “Life of Pi” and “The High Mountains of Portugal.”
A Conversation with Eric Ting, Artistic Director of Cal Shakes, California Shakespeare Theatre. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
