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Actor/comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney discuss their popular comedy "Oh, Hello on Broadway," which features two 70-something, down-on-their-luck bachelor characters that John & Nick have been developing over the years in clubs, on TV and Off-Broadway.

Next, we host a conversation on "Shear Madness" with its creators Marilyn Abrams and Bruce Jordan (also director of the production), plus the show's NYC leading man, Jordan Ahnquist. Thirty-seven years ago, Marilyn and Bruce acquired the rights to a gravely serious German play "Scherenschnitt," in which the audience helps solve a murder mystery. They adapted it, initially for themselves to star in, keeping the crime and the audience participation, but adding campy characters, improv and constantly-updated topical jokes. The result is "Shear Madness," now the longest-running play in the USA with productions staged all over the world.

Taped: 10-14-16

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.

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