Growing Up in 1970s Oakland

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Don Reed’s new autobiographical one-man show, "East 14th," chronicles his coming-of-age in 1970s Oakland as he struggles to break out of his conservative upbringing and find out who he is in a world of pimps, players, hustlers, and streetwalkers. It’s at New World Stages at 340 W. 50th St.

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