Synopsis: Eight gay men spend holiday weekends contemplating relationships, AIDS and mortality. watch
Director Joe Mantello, Playwright Jon Robbie Baitz & Actor Nathan Lane Are All Collaborating On The Project Mizlansky/Zilinsky, Or Schmucks. Baitz First Wrote Mizlansky/Zilinsky As A One Act Play In The 1980'S. Now, With The Help Of His Partner, Mantello, And His Friend, Lane, He Has Expanded The Project And Brought It To Broadway As A Two-Act Play. Then, David Strathairn Is On To Talk About His Starring Role In Sam Shepard'S Eyes For Consuela. Strathairn Has Done A Great Deal Of Work In Television And Film But The Quality Of Shepherd'S Play Has Drawn Him Back To Theater. Finally, An Interview With The Much Celebrated, Two-Time Pulitzer-Prize-Winner August Wilson. He Talks To Charlie About The Need For More Black Theater, Problems With Funding In The African American Arts World, And His Remarkable Career As A Playwright. watch