For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase.
For many years, Chase co-hosted Theater Talk with Buffalo Broadcast Hall of Famer Jim Santella. These days it's Peter Hall.
Heard at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on WBFO, the five-minute weekly show is also available on wbfo.org.
With more than 20 active producing theater companies in Buffalo alone, not to mention Shea’s Performing Arts Center and the Shaw Festival at nearby Niagara on the Lake, Chase and Hall keep their calendars full trying to see and share their insights on as many shows as possible.
But Theater Talk is anything but a dry community arts listing service. Instead, with affection, good humor, and just the occasional rant, the segment provides snapshot reviews, recommends local productions, analyzes the Western New York theater scene and occasionally looks at what's happening on Broadway and across the nation.
Chase is the founder of the Artie Awards, which recognizes excellence in Western New York theater and raises money for AIDS charities.
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For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. This Friday, October 22, 2021 the play AMERICAN SON is the focus. -
For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. On Friday, October 15, they talk about the musical TOOTSIE at Shea's Buffalo, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT presented by The Brazen Faced Varlets on the mainstage at the Alleyway, and the Artie Awards have a date, time, and venue - November 1 at 8pm at The Kavinoky Theatre.
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For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. This Friday, October 8, 2021, their guest is Buffalo actress Dominique Kempf appearing in the national tour of the Broadway musical TOOTSIE.
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For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. This October 1, 2021 the topic is the 74th Annual Tony Awards from Sunday, September 26.
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Friday mornings on "Theater Talk" Anthony Chase and Peter Hall engage in wide-ranging discussions about the state of theater in general and shows in the Buffalo area in particular. This week the discussion begins with news of the African American Cultural Center.
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For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. This week's topics: Disney's FROZEN at Shea's and WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT next door at The Alleyway.
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For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO,with a podcast available on wbfo.org.
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For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org.
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Every week Anthony Chase and Peter Hall discuss topics in contemporary theater with a focus on Buffalo and Broadway
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This week Theater Talk co-host Anthony Chase announces that he'll put down his critic's pen and be given a script because he'll be an actor in the opening play of the Alleyway's 2021/2022 season.
