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Title: Studio 360: Andrew McCarthy & Theater for the People
Author: Kurt Andersen
Narrator: Kurt Andersen
Format: Original Recording
Length: 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-29-12
Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International
Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews
Summary:
North Korea is such an insular nation that almost any glimpse of life in the country makes news. This week is the countrys Pyongyang Film Festival, drawing crowds of North Koreans to the rare opportunity to see foreign (but not American) film. But also screening is a film that shows how North Korea would like the world to see it: Comrade Kim Goes Flying.
Next, if you were alive in the 1980s, you, or someone you loved, had a crush on Andrew McCarthy. He played Blane McDonnagh, the rich kid who captures the heart of Molly Ringwalds character in the teen drama Pretty in Pink. He went on to star in films like St. Elmos Fire and Weekend At Bernies, and had many roles on television. But when he woke up to adult life, McCarthy quietly took on a second career. He became a serious travel writer, contributing to National Geographic Traveler, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, among others.
Then, New York is the epicenter of American theater, but it's not just because of Broadway. A mid-size theater complex downtown is arguably the most important incubator for new theater today: The Public Theater. Fifty years ago its founder, Joseph Papp, started Shakespeare in the Park, offering world-class productions outdoors each summer for free. And in the years since, the Public Theater has premiered dozens of groundbreaking works, including Hair, A Chorus Line, That Championship Season, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide, and Passing Strange.
Next, growing up in Brooklyn, Sandra Shermans view of the world was limited. I was supposed to go to Brooklyn College, if I went to college at all, stay at home, and become a high-school teacher just like my parents, she remembers. And I felt very claustrophobic in a sense in that everybody I knew was pushing me to be somebody that I didnt really feel that I wanted to be.
And finally, in the cliche version of the immigrant story, the hardworking parents want their first-generation kids to become doctors, engineers, lawyers to have a more comfortable life and social prestige. Chhan Huy fled Cambodia during its horrific civil war in the 1970s, and settled with his family in California. He was an engineer himself, and a passionate rock musician, so his dream for his daughter Bochan was different: he wanted her to become a pop star. [Broadcast Date: September 29, 2012]
Contact: [email protected]
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Title: Studio 360: Andrew McCarthy & Theater for the People
Author: Kurt Andersen
Narrator: Kurt Andersen
Format: Original Recording
Length: 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-29-12
Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International
Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews
Summary:
North Korea is such an insular nation that almost any glimpse of life in the country makes news. This week is the countrys Pyongyang Film Festival, drawing crowds of North Koreans to the rare opportunity to see foreign (but not American) film. But also screening is a film that shows how North Korea would like the world to see it: Comrade Kim Goes Flying.
Next, if you were alive in the 1980s, you, or someone you loved, had a crush on Andrew McCarthy. He played Blane McDonnagh, the rich kid who captures the heart of Molly Ringwalds character in the teen drama Pretty in Pink. He went on to star in films like St. Elmos Fire and Weekend At Bernies, and had many roles on television. But when he woke up to adult life, McCarthy quietly took on a second career. He became a serious travel writer, contributing to National Geographic Traveler, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, among others.
Then, New York is the epicenter of American theater, but it's not just because of Broadway. A mid-size theater complex downtown is arguably the most important incubator for new theater today: The Public Theater. Fifty years ago its founder, Joseph Papp, started Shakespeare in the Park, offering world-class productions outdoors each summer for free. And in the years since, the Public Theater has premiered dozens of groundbreaking works, including Hair, A Chorus Line, That Championship Season, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide, and Passing Strange.
Next, growing up in Brooklyn, Sandra Shermans view of the world was limited. I was supposed to go to Brooklyn College, if I went to college at all, stay at home, and become a high-school teacher just like my parents, she remembers. And I felt very claustrophobic in a sense in that everybody I knew was pushing me to be somebody that I didnt really feel that I wanted to be.
And finally, in the cliche version of the immigrant story, the hardworking parents want their first-generation kids to become doctors, engineers, lawyers to have a more comfortable life and social prestige. Chhan Huy fled Cambodia during its horrific civil war in the 1970s, and settled with his family in California. He was an engineer himself, and a passionate rock musician, so his dream for his daughter Bochan was different: he wanted her to become a pop star. [Broadcast Date: September 29, 2012]
Contact: [email protected]
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