Terrence McNally (#176) - November, 2007

Terrence McNally (Tony winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class and Ragtime) talks about The Ritz then (1975) and now (the current Roundabout revival) and reveals his own cameo performance at the show's first opening night; describes his emergence as a playwright in the Off-Off-Broadway scene of the 1960s; considers the extraordinary run of productions he had at Manhattan Theatre Club from the mid-80s to mid-90s, as well as their culmination in the controversial production of Corpus Christi; remembers his work on such musicals as The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime; and explains the difference between writing musicals and opera, specifically his adaptation of Dead Man Walking.