Ruthie Ann Miles in 'Here Lies Love' at The Public Theater at Astor Place.

David Byrne and Ruthie Ann Miles on "Here Lies Love"

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 30, 2013

David Byrne talks about his 1980s disco musical about the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, “Here Lies Love,” along with Ruthie Ann Miles, who plays Imelda Marcos. Set in a dance club atmosphere, the musical traces Imelda Morcos’s meteoric rise to power and subsequent descent into disgrace at the end of the People Power Revolution. It’s playing at the Public Theater through July 28.

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