COVER STORY
When is it Done?
Kurt Andersen and the playwright Tony Kushner talk about knowing when a work of art is complete.

Albee & Me
This year, when Edward Albee added a whole new act to his classic play the Zoo Story - he horrified one of his diehard fans. Sarah Lemanczyk tracked down the playwright to ask him how he could make such a drastic change to her favorite play, which he wrote 44 years ago.
Go to the website of the University of Houston School of Theatre website
Go to the Boston Globe review of “Zoo Story.”
Go to the Hartford Stage website

Finishing Don Quixote
The legendary perfectionist Orson Welles spent 30 years on his epic film of Don Quixote, but he never finished. So what exactly happened to it? Gregory Warner tried to find out.
Go to Wellesnet, an Orson Welles fan website

Completing the Record
The studio producer Ethan Johns rejects the endless tweaking and layering of tracks that have become industry standard for pop music. Johns’ process is much cleaner without a lot of fuss. Trey Kay caught up with him in the studio with the rock band The Kings of Leon.
Go to the Trampoline Records website on Ethan Johns
Listen to the Kings of Leon

SPECIAL GUEST
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner is one of the greatest living American playwrights. His plays like Angels In America, Homebody/Kabul, and Caroline, or Change, have earned him numerous accolades including a Pulitzer and multiple Tony nominations and awards. In December of 2003 HBO presented a 6 hour version of Angels in America, directed by Mike Nichols. And he's published several books including Brundibar, a book for children with Maurice Sendak (Hyperion Books); Save Your Democratic Citizen Soul! (The New Press); and Wrestling With Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict (Grove Atlantic), co-edited with Alisa Solomon.
Go to the Steven Barclay Agency website on Tony Kushner

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Commentary
Stupefied by the FCC
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Deliverance on a Canoe
In Austin, Texas a movie theater called the Alamo Drafthouse has figured out a dreamy summertime way to screen its movies- an all-day canoe ride. Michael May joined the audience members as they paddled canoes down the Colorado River on their way to watch the movie Deliverance, in the middle of the woods.
Go to the Drafthouse website
Go to the IMDB page for Deliverance
Go to a Deliverance website

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