I AM THE SPACE WHERE I AM with John Arnone

Brooks Atkinson was born on November 28, 1894 in  Melrose,Massachusetts. Mr. Atkinson was appointed chief drama critic for the NY Times in 1925 a post he held until 1960 when he began writing a broader column for the Times titled “Critic at Large’ which focused on nature, environment, and personal essays. During WW2 he spent two years reporting from China and in 1945 he wrote a series of articles...

 Walter Kerr born July 8 ,1913 was a highly influential American theater critic for the  New York Herald Tribune  and  The New York Times  for over 30 years, winning the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Known for his insightful, often witty reviews and academic background, he championed artistic excellence in theatre. He also was the writer, lyricist, and/or director of several Broadway plays an...

 Walter Kerr born July 8 ,1913 was a highly influential American theater critic for the  New York Herald Tribune  and  The New York Times  for over 30 years, winning the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Known for his insightful, often witty reviews and academic background, he championed artistic excellence in theatre. He also was the writer, lyricist, and/or director of several Broadway plays an...

"One of the big theater jokes used to be that when you opened the Sunday Times and the Observer, you used to read Kenneth Tynan and Harold Hobson and they were always totally diametrically opposed. Tynan would say that this is the greatest show on earth. Hobson would hate it. If you had a play on and you opened it and Tynan gave you a good review, you knew that Harold was going to loathe it.&...

"One of the big theater jokes used to be that when you opened the Sunday Times and the Observer, you used to read Kenneth Tynan and Harold Hobson and they were always totally diametrically opposed. Tynan would say that this is the greatest show on earth. Hobson would hate it. If you had a play on and you opened it and Tynan gave you a good review, you knew that Harold was going to loathe it.&...

Max John Rosenfield Jr., was amusement critic for the Dallas Morning News for 41 years . It can be  argued that John Rosenfield did more for the arts in Dallas than any other person during a long  reign in which he was known as Cultural Pontiff of  the Southwest. In Mr. Rosenfield's  column, The Passing  Show, he wrote about the lively arts, theater, music, ballet and movies with erudition and...

Margo Jones (December 12, 1911 – July 24,1955), nicknamed the "Texas Tornado",  was an American stagedirector and producer, best known for launching the American regional theater movement and for introducing the theater in the round concept in Dallas, Texas.  In 1947, she established the first regional professional company when she opened Theater '47 in Dallas. Margo Jones played an...

Adrian Hall was born in Van,  Texas on December 3,1927. He was an American theater director. His directing style has been described as "bold" and his work was considered part of the first and second generation of the regional theater movement  of the 1960s and late 1980s. He was the founding Artistic Director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island from 1963 to 1986,...

Adrian Hall was born in Van,  Texas on December 3,1927. He was an American theater director. His directing style has been described as "bold" and his work was considered part of the first and second generation of the regional theater movement  of the 1960s and late 1980s. He was the founding Artistic Director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island from 1963 to 1986, and the A...

Adrian Hall   born in Van,  Texas on December 3, 1927 was an American theater director. His directing style has been described as "bold" and his work was considered part of the first and second generation of the regional theater movement of the 1960s and late 1980s. He was the founding Artistic Director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island and in residence from 19...

Patrick Kelly is Professor of Drama Emeritus at University of Dallas where, with Judy his wife, he taught for forty-two years. Besides scores of campus productions he has directed plays at professional theatres around the country. He has also taught in such graduate theatre programs as University of Washington, Denver's National Theatre Conservatory, University of Colorado at Boulder and Southern...

Milton Justice is an Academy and Emmy Award winning producer, On Broadway he produced Tennessee Williams’ Vieux Carre,. Off Broadway he produced Jack Heifner’s, Vanities (which became the longest running play in Off-Broadway history. His book, I Don’t Need An Acting Class, was published in November of 2021 and his podcast, also called  I Don’t Need An Acting Class, was recently listed at the 9th m...

  MARK LAMOS legendary theater and opera director, actor and artistic director joins us today to discuss the Craig Lucas, Norman Renee 1990 film LONG TIME COMPANION in which he co-starred, the first wide-release theatrical film to deal with the subject of  AIDS . Mark’s performance in Long Time Companion has been hailed as emotionally riveting. Mark Lamos served as artistic director of Connecticut...

David Schachter was born on September 15, 1961 in Levittown, New York. David received a BFA in drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 1982. David worked extensively in Television, Off and Off-Off Broadway, and Regional Theater before landing the lead role of naive typesetter David Bennett in the groundbreaking indie drama  Buddies (1985) , which was the first theatrical film to address the d...

John Weir is the author of two novels, the Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket, winner of the 1989 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men‘s Debut Fiction, and What I Did Wrong. His collection of linked stories  Your Nostalgia Is Killing Me, Linked Stories won  theGrace Paley Prize in Short Fiction. He is an associate professor of English at Queens College CUNY where he teaches in the MFA program in cr...

Helen Eisenbach is a novelist, satirist, playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, journalist and editor. Her books include the novel Loonglow and the how-to/cry for help Lesbianism Made Easy, both published shamelessly ahead of their time and now available as ebooks with Open Road Media. Her plays have been produced in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. As a book editor...

DOUG WAGER is the former Artistic Director of the Arena Stage in Washington, DC, succeeding Zelda Fichandler where he served for twenty-five seasons as resident director, producing over two hundred productions and directing over 50 productions from 1975-2000 ranging from large-scale musicals to classics and new plays, world and American premieres. Mr. Wager currently serves as Artistic Director an...

JEFF HAMLIN Production Manager for Lincoln Center Theater oversaw more than 150 productions from 1985-2014. For Michael Bennett he served as production stage manager on A CHORUS LINE, BALLROOM, and DREAMGIRLS. Today Jeff joins us to discuss the life and career of Bernard Gersten and Lincoln Center Theater. BERNARD GERSTEN affectionately known as “Bernie” Gersten was born on January 30, 1923. From...

MICHAEL BENNETT conceived, directed, and choreographed A CHORUS LINE which received 9 Tony Awards and ran for 6,137 performances. He followed with productions of BALLROOM and DREAMGIRLS also receiving Tony Awards for Best Choreography. JEFF HAMLIN Production  Manager for Lincoln Center Theater oversaw more than 150 productions from 1985-2014. For Michael Bennett he served as production stage manag...

BOB HOPE was a British born American comedian with a career that spanned nearly 80 years with achievements in Vaudeville, Broadway, Film, Television, Network Radio, and 57 USO tours. He appeared in more than 70 feature films including the series of seven Road To ...musical comedy films with long time friend Bing Crosby as his partner. Bob Hope was praised for his comedic timing, specializing in on...

Tony  Award Nominee, Larry Carpenter is a theater and television director and producer who has won four DGA Awards and Seven Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on One Life to Live, General Hospital and As the World Turns. He has taught at the Juilliard School of Drama, New York University, and American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Today Larry joins us to discuss the life and career of 8 ti...

  Mark Lamos legendary director, actor and artistic director joins us today to discuss the life and work of his good friend and collaborator playwright A.R. “Pete” Gurney whose plays  include The Dining Room, Sylvia, The Cocktail Hour, The Grand Manner, Indian Blood, Black Tie, and Mrs. Farnsworth.  

Dylan Key is a theater artist, director, educator, and producer who has created performances at La Jolla Playhouse, Undermain Theater, Dallas Actors' Lab, Kitchen Dog Theater, and The Dallas Museum of Art. From 2011-2016 Dylan was the associate director and right hand man to Undermain Theater's Artistic Director the late Katherine Owens whose life and career is the subject of today's p...

Today, Raye Birk and I will be discussing the life and times of Laird Williamson , noted actor and director. Actor Raye Birk is a celebrated American actor with over 50 years of professional theater experience to his credit. He has worked in every major repertory theater in the United States.. He performed for nine seasons with the American Conservatory Theater of San Francisco and the legendary G...

Today Adrianne Lobel joins  us to discuss the life and work of distinguished theater designer and her teacher Ming Cho Lee . Adrianne Lobel is an acclaimed scenic designer and painter. Her credits include Broadway productions of Stephen Sondheim's Passion, The Diary of Anne Frank, Leonard Bernstein's On the Town, and A Year with Frog and Toad. Her critically acclaimed paintings have been e...