Theater Talk- Elaine Stritch

In a rare and revealing interview, Elaine Stritch, the legendary star of "Company," "Sail Away," and "A Delicate Balance", looks back on her fifty year career in the theater. She shares her memories of working with Noel Coward, Ethel Merman, Agnes deMille and Stephen Sondheim. This interview includes clips from the 1970 D.A. Pennebaker documentary Company: Original Cast Album. Tape Date: 12/16/1999 Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins. The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities to catch each week's show. (Of course, Theater Talk is no stranger to CUNY TV, since the show is taped here each week before its first airing on Thirteen/WNET.) The series is produced by Theater Talk Productions, a not-for-profit corporation and is funded by contributions from private foundations and individuals, as well as The New York State Council on the Arts. Watch more Theater Talk at http://www.tv.cuny.edu/show/theatertalk