Arts-Waves – April 13, 2015
Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney talks with host Richard Wolinsky about his career and about “Head of Passes,” now at Berkeley Rep, and “Choir Boy,” coming to Marin Theatre Company in June.

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.
Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney talks with host Richard Wolinsky about his career and about “Head of Passes,” now at Berkeley Rep, and “Choir Boy,” coming to Marin Theatre Company in June.
Lawrence Wright talks about his book “Going Clear’ with host Richard Wolinsky.
Host Richard Wolinsky talks with Caitlyn Louchard, “instigator” (Artistic Director) of the Free Theatre, which presents “Romeo and Juliet” in Oakland the first two weekends in April
Probabilities Archive Interview: Colleen McCullough, who passed away in January, 2015, was interviewed by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff in early 1996 while on tour for her novel “Caesar’s Women.”
Lisa See, author of the novel China Dolls, now out in trade paperback, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
First of a two-part interview (concludes on Thursday’s Bookwaves) with Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside. Leovy, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, spent many years embedded with police and community members in the part of the city known as South Central. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015) talks with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff about his book, “I Am Spock.” Recorded in October, 1995, digitized and re-edited in 2015 by Richard Wolinsky.
Charlie Varon, Bay Area playwright and performer, discusses his play, Feisty Old Jew, playing at the Marsh in Berkeley. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
David Carr. 2009 interview with the late New York Times columnist and reporter, and author of the memoir “The Night of the Gun.” Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Pre-empted for fund-drive.