The nation's capital has long had one of the most vibrant regional theater scenes in the country. But are those theaters -- and others like them across the U.S. -- failing to reach the audiences they were created to serve? That's the question that Mike Daisey asks in his one-man show, which arrives today in Washington after an Off-Broadway run. Join Kojo as we talk about what theater owes the public -- and what audiences owe the theater community.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2009-01-08/has-theater-failed-america
Has Theater Failed America?
Listen Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 at 1:06 p.m. in Arts & CultureGuest host: Sam Litzinger
Guests
Mike Daisey
Creator and performer, "How Theater Failed America"
Linda Levy Grossman
President and CEO, Helen Hayes Awards
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