Tony Award-winner Liev Schreiber (Glengarry Glen Ross) starred in the first Broadway production of TALK RADIO by Eric Bogosian, co-created with Tad Savinar. The Pulitzer Prize-nominated play about a fiery late night radio host palyed at the Longacre Theatre.

The production, directed by Tony Award-winner Robert Falls (Death of a Salesman, Shining City), also featured such talents as Peter Hermann (“Law & Order,” “United 93”), Stephanie March (“Law & Order: SVU”, Death Of A Salesman) and Sebastian Stan (The Covenant).

TALK RADIO was nominated for the 2007 Tony Award for ‘Best Revival of a Play,” Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle and Drama League Awards for “Outstanding Revival of a Play”. Additionally, as talk radio host Barry Champlain, Liev Schreiber has similarly received Tony Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle and Drama League Award nominations for his performance.

Schreiber was joined onstage by Michael Laurence, Christine Pedi, Barbara Rosenblat, Adam Seitz, Marc Thompson, Kit Williamson, Cornell Womack and Christy Pusz.

Playwright Eric Bogosian’s work includes Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, SubUrbia, Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead, Sex, Drugs, & Rock & Roll and Drinking in America (Drama Desk Award).

The design team for TALK RADIO was Mark Wendland (Sets), Laura Bauer (Costumes), Christopher Akerlind (Lighting), and Richard Woodbury (Sound).

The producing team was Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, JAM Theatricals, Francis Finlay, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld, Jr., Steve Green, Judith Hansen, Patty Ann Lacerte, James Riley, Mary Lu Roffe/Mort Swinsky, Sheldon Stein, Terri & Timothy Childs/Stylefour Productions, Irving Welzer/Herb Blodgett. 

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Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: Studio B of radio station WTLK in Cleveland, Ohio; Spring 1987
1^st Preview Performance: February 15, 2007
Opening Night Performance: March 11, 2007
Final Performance: June 24, 2007
Total # of Performances: 121

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Standby: Michael Laurence (Barry Champlain).

Understudies: Michael Laurence (Dan Woodruff), Christine Pedi (Caller's Voices, Dr. Susan Fleming), Christy Pusz (Caller's Voices, Linda MacArthur, Rachael), Barbara Rosenblat (Caller's Voices), Lee Sellars (Dan Woodruff, Spike, Stu Noonan), Adam Sietz (Caller's Voices), Marc Thompson (Caller's Voices), Oliver Vaquer (Bernie, Caller's Voices, Sid Greenberg, Vince Farber), Kit Williamson (Kent), Cornell Womack (Caller's Voices, Stu Noonan).

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President)

Produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Francis Finlay, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld, Jr., Steve Green, Judith Hansen, Patty Ann Lacerte, James Riley, Mary Lu Roffe, Mort Swinsky, Sheldon Stein, Terri Childs, Timothy Childs, StylesFour Productions, Irving Welzer and Herb Blodgett; Presented in association with the Atlantic Theater Company

Original New York Production produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer); Originally produced at the Portland Center for Visual Arts

Written by Eric Bogosian; Based upon an original idea by Tad Savinar; Created by Eric Bogosian and Tad Savinar

Directed by Robert Falls; Assistant Director: Jose Zayas

Scenic Design by Mark Wendland; Costume Design by Laura Bauer; Lighting Design by Christopher Akerlind; Sound Design by Richard Woodbury; Assistant Scenic Design: Rachel Nemec; Associate Costume Design: Bobby Tilley; Assistant Lighting Design: Ben Krall; Associate Sound Design: Jeremy Lee

General Manager: Albert Poland; Company Manager: Daniel Kuney

Production Stage Manager: Jane Grey; Technical Supervisor: Neil A. Mazzella; Stage Manager: Matthew Farrell

Casting: Bernard Telsey; General Press Representative: Jeffrey Richards Associates and Irene Gandy; Dialect Coach: Kate Maré; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Photographer: Joan Marcus

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LIEV SCHREIBER (Barry Champlain).Broadway: Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony Award), Betrayal, In the Summer House, Moonlight. Off-Broadway: The Mercy Seat,Ivanov, Edward II, Escape From Happiness,The Size of the World and Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). Public Theater credits include Macbeth (Macbeth), Henry V (Henry V), Othello (Iago), Hamlet (Hamlet), Cymbeline (Iachimo; Obie, Callaway Awards), The Tempest (Sebastian). Film: Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), ThePainted Veil, The Ten, The Omen, The Manchurian Candidate, The Sum of AllFears, Kate & Leopold, The Hurricane, Jakob the Liar, A Walk on the Moon, Twilight, Party Girl, Mixed Nuts, Walking and Talking, The Daytrippers, Scream 1-3, Sphere, Ransom, Spring Forward. Television: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” HBO’s “RKO 281” (Emmy, Golden Globe nominations), “Lackawanna Blues,” “Spinning Boris,” “Buffalo Girls,” “People V,” “The Sunshine Boys.” Feature film directorial debut: Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Everything Is Illuminated, which he also adapted for the screen. Training: Yale School of Drama.

STEPHANIE MARCH (Linda MacArthur).Broadway: Death of a Salesman (Tony Award-winning revival directed by Robert Falls). Other theatre credits include A MidsummerNight’s Dream, Enchanted April and extensive work in regional theatre including the premiere of Eric Bogosian’s Griller. Television credits include five seasons as Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot on “Law & Order: SVU,” “Conviction” and most recently playing Tina Fey’s love interest on “30 Rock.” Film: Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Head of State, Social Grace, The Treatment, East Broadway and Flannel Pajamas, both of which premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Stephanie is a graduate of Northwestern University and resides in New York with her husband, Chef Bobby Flay. Stephanie’s favorite dish is biscuits and gravy.

PETER HERMANN (Dan Woodruff). Broadway: Judgment at Nuremberg. Off-Broadway: The Gathering (Jewish Rep). Other NY theatre: Titus Andronicus (NADA) and Egypt (La MaMa, E.T.C.), both with Target Margin Theatre; Moving Bodies (E.S.T.); Jeff Weiss’s Hot Keys (P.S.122). Regional credits include Orsino in Twelfth Night (Guthrie) and Brick in Cat ona Hot Tin Roof (Arena). Film: United 93,Duane Incarnate, The Treatment. Television: “Law & Order: SVU” (recurring), “Law & Order,” “30 Rock,” “Standoff,” “Angela’s Eyes,” “Sex & the City.” (8)

MICHAEL LAURENCE (Stu Noonan, Standby for Barry Champlain). Theatreincludes Starbuck in The Rainmaker (Arena), Eric Bogosian’s Humpty Dumpty (McCarter), Faculty Room (Humana), Book of Days and Tooth of Crime (Signature), Three Days of Rain, Things of Dry Hours, Wintertime, Tape, Levittown, Edward II.Film: The Operator, Escape Artists, Room 314, Particles of Truth. TV: “Third Watch,” “Jonny Zero.”

SEBASTIAN STAN (Kent) starred in Renny Harlin’s 2006 film, The Covenant, for Sony Screen Gems. Upon graduating with a BFA from Rutgers University, Stan was immediately cast into the feature film The Architect, opposite Anthony LaPaglia, Isabella Rossellini and Hayden Panettiere. He later starred in the recently released Red Doors and can be seen as a blonde in the upcoming feature The Education of Charlie Banks. Stan is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut in Talk Radio, and as a New York actor is proud to have been cast into a guest role on “Law & Order.”

CHRISTINE PEDI (Rachael, Female Callers). Radio: Host on Sirius Radio’s“Broadway’s Best.” Stage: Drama Desknomination and L.A. Ovation Award for Forbidden Broadway (NY, London, L.A.,Australia, Singapore and beyond), Little Me, A Train Plays, 24 Hour Plays, A Broadway Diva Christmas. TV: “The Sopranos,” the late Mrs. Bobby Baccala. (He loved her so much he couldn’t defrost her ziti!) www.ChristinePedi.com

BARBARA ROSENBLAT (Female Callers, Dr. Susan Fleming). Theatre highlights: The Secret Garden (Broadway), A Little Night Music (Stafford Arima, director), Torch Song Trilogy (London). TV:“Law & Order: SVU,” “Guiding Light.”With more than 400 audio books to her credit(winning six coveted Audie Awards for superior narrations) and numerous documentaries and commercials, Rosenblat is one of the country’s most respected voice actors.

ADAM SIETZ (Sid Greenberg, Male Callers). Award-winning writer/producer,comedian, actor. Credits include Sophie and Noah, co-produced with his loving wife Melissa. Broadway: Barefoot in the Park. Film: Celebrity, Sweet and Lowdown, Noise, Little Children. TV: “The Sopranos,” “Third Watch,” “L&O,” “L&O: Criminal Intent,”“Ed,” “Chappelle’s Show,” “The Chris Rock Show,” “UCB,” regular voice on “Dora” and “Go Diego, Go!” Love to MYPAMALATE. www.adamsietz.com

KIT WILLIAMSON (Spike). Broadway debut. Off Off-Broadway: Jacques Roux in Marat/Sade. Credits at Fordham University include Yegor Tremens Rodent in Slavs! directed by Larry Sacharow; Dionysus in The Bacchae; monsieurs Bonnefoi, Diafoirus and Fleurant in The Imaginary Invalid. He is currently in his third year at Fordham. Thanks to my family for, well, everything.

CHRISTY PUSZ (Jordan Grant, Female Caller). Broadway u/s: The Odd Couple, Dinner at Eight (LCT), Baz Luhrmann’s LaBohème (also at the Ahmanson Theatre).Other credits include Home Front (La MaMa), The Salacious Uncle Baldrick (NYC Fringe 2005). BFA from the North Carolina School of the Arts.

ROBERT FALLS (Director) is celebrating his 20th anniversary as artistic director of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, where he most recently directed King Lear, starring Stacy Keach. Previous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions include Frank’s Home,Shining City, Death of a Salesman (Tony Awards for Best Director and Best Production), Long Day’s Journey into Night (three Tony Awards, Drama Desk for Direction), Aida, The Young Man From Atlanta, TheNight of the Iguana, The Rose Tattoo, subUrbia (Obie Award) and The Food Chain. At the Goodman, Mr. Falls has directed world premieres of Arthur Miller’s Finishingthe Picture, Rebecca Gilman’s Dollhouse and Blue Surge, Steve Tesich’s TheSpeed of Darkness, Eric Bogosian’s Griller, Louis Rosen and Thom Bishop’s Book of the Night and John Logan’s Riverview; the American premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s House and Garden; and acclaimed productions of Galileo, The Iceman Cometh, Three Sisters and Pal Joey. His credits also include the award-winning production of Death of a Salesman in London’s West End; The Iceman Cometh at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre; and various operas for the Lyric Opera of Chicago,the Metropolitan Opera, the Houston Grand Opera and Grand Théâtre de Genève.

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