Patrick Ball on 'The Pitt'; Broadway's 'Becky Shaw'; New Art Installations at Green-Wood Cemetery; The History of Blackface; Record Store Day
Actor Patrick Ball stars in "The Pitt" as Dr. Langdon, a doctor who has just returned to the ER after attending a rehab program for drug abuse. But not everyone is happy Dr. Langdon has returned, particularly Dr. Santos, who caught him stealing drugs from the hospital. Ball discusses his role in Season 2 ahead of the season finale, airing tonight on HBO. In the segment following this conversation, Ball remains to discuss his new Broadway show "Becky Shaw."
In the new Broadway play "Becky Shaw," a blind date goes disastrously wrong, spinning out into unexpected consequences for a whole group of interconnected people. Actors Patrick Ball (still with us from the previous conversation about "The Pitt") and Madeline Brewer discuss starring in the show, running now at the Helen Hayes Theater.
On April 18, Green-Wood Cemetery is opening Green-House, a new welcome and educational center that expands on the Weir Greenhouse, build in 1895. To mark the opening, the Cemetery commissioned Brooklyn artist Jean Shin to create two new installations: 'Offering,' an earthwork that will transform old cemetery trees into a meadow of flowers, and 'Celadon Landscape,' the debut exhibit at Green-House that features Shin's work with celadon ceramics. Jean Shin discusses her inspiration for the work ahead of the opening this weekend, which invites public participation for both pieces.
It took author and Princeton professor Rhae Lynn Barnes 20 years of dedicated research to complete her new comprehensive history of blackface in American culture, Barnes discusses her book, Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment, in which she which argues that blackface was a widespread practice in entertainment, not a niche one.
Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton previews this year's international celebration of independently owned music shops. Plus, listeners share their favorite record store experiences.
