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August 25, 2011
A Conversation with Meredith Vieira & James Braly

Life in a Marital Institution
KS:  Hi this is Kathleen Soldati from the Music Hall in Portsmouth NH.  We’re talking today with Meredith Vieira, the producer of Life in a Marital Institution and James Braly the renowned storyteller that we hear on NPR’s This American Life.  Meredith and James are bringing their hit off-Broadway one-man comic monologue show to the Music Hall Loft September 9-11.  So Meredith and James, welcome.  We can’t wait to see the show!

KS: Meredith, our listeners are most familiar with you from The View and The Today Show and now you’ve moved into producing theater.  Can you tell us a little bit about what brought you to that point in your career?

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August 15, 2011
A Conversation with Lily

Lily Tomlin as Ernestine
From Laugh-In to The Music Hall stage, Lily Tomlin has had audiences in stitches for more than 30 years. Our Deputy Programming Director/Curator Therese LaGamma caught up with her recently to get the backstory on her illustrious career and talk about what makes Lily, Lily.

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