Guest Host: Christopher Walken

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 9, 2010

Actor Christopher Walken fills in for Leonard Lopate today! He'll speak with director Jack O'Brien and Richard Easton about their work in theater. Then, actress Zoe Kazan discusses her roles on Broadway and in Hollywood. And the dancer Jacques D'Amboise talks about his life as a dancer and his nonprofit dance foundation. Plus, Lidia Bastianich and her mother, Erminia Motika, talk about cooking—and eating—Italian food!

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