Vanessa Redgrave (#158) July, 2007

Actress Vanessa Redgrave, a Tony winner for the 2003 revival of a Long Day’s Journey into Night, explains why, despite the character name in the program, she's not specifically playing "Joan Didion" in Broadway's The Year Of Magical Thinking; explores the transformation of Wallace Shawn's The Fever from stage monologue to multi-character film; considers the experience of working with the many members of her acclaimed multi-generational family of actors and directors; discusses why she has tackled Shakespeare's Antony And Cleopatra, as both actor and director in five different productions; declares that theatre should really performed outdoors in the blazing sun; and recalls childhood memories of her earliest experiences in the theatre -- as well as idyllic moments in her youth gathered with her parents and siblings around a piano singing Broadway show tunes.