April 6, 2026 - Elaine Sciolino, Matt Doyle, and Adam Rapp

Elaine Sciolino, former New York Times Paris bureau chief and the author of six books, joins The Culture Show to revisit  her 1982 interview with Ali Khamenei, conducted years before he became Iran’s supreme leader, and to reflect on what that encounter reveals now about Iran, power, and history. Her latest book, “Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World’s Greatest Museum,”  is now out in paperback, and she’ll discuss it on Tuesday at the French Library during Night at the Louvre: Art, Intrigue & a Modern Heist; On April 21st she’ll be at the Boston Athenaeum.Tony Award-winning actor  Matt Doyle joins The Culture Show to discuss “When Playwrights Kill”  Matthew Lombardo’s dark backstage comedy inspired by the real-life collapse of “Tea at Five” and its aborted Broadway hopes. The production is onstage at the Huntington Theatre through April 18; details are here. Playwright Adam Rapp joins The Culture Show to discuss writing the book for “The Outsiders” the Tony-winning Broadway musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s novel. In town by way of  Broadway in Boston it’s on stage at Citizens Opera House through April 12. To learn more go here.