The Good, the Big, and the Young

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Word maven Patricia T. O’Conner teases out some of the challenges of speaking proper English. Then, eighteen-year-old jazz pianist Eldar performs live in our studio. Sculptor Mark di Suvero describes his new installation of large-scale works at the outdoor Storm King Art Center. And Eli Wallach looks back at his acting career—from working with Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan, to his roles in Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns.

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