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Award-winning journalist, anchor, author, and host of the hit radio show All of It, Alison Stewart has been telling stories her entire career, so we thought it would be fun to have her host a night of Selected Shorts. In keeping with her show's vision that All of It is for all of us, we’ll feature stories that showcase varied perspectives and diverse experiences. With stories by Louise Erdrich, Hilary Leichter, Carmen Maria Machado, and Bryan Washington, and performances by Molly Bernard (Younger), Sarah Mezzanotte (The Wolves), Cynthia Nixon (And Just Like That ...), Petronia Paley (On the Way to Timbuktu), and Michael Potts (Netflix's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom).
At this Performance of Selected Shorts: Real-time captioning (CART) will be available in our theaterfor patrons with hearing loss, deafness, and/or different language and learning needs. CART can be accessed through individual smartphones and tablets at bit.ly/SymphonySpace_Captions.
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Alison Stewart is the host of All Of It with Alison Stewart, WNYC’s daily live afternoon program about culture and our culture. She is also the host of the monthly book club Get Lit with All Of It, a partnership with The New York Public Library. Stewart began her media career shortly after graduating from Brown University as a producer/reporter for MTV News’ breakthrough presidential campaign coverage “Choose or Lose,” which earned her a Peabody Award. She has spent more than two decades reporting and has anchored her own news programs on NPR, PBS, ABC, and MSNBC. Stewart is a contributor with The Atlantic LIVE and PBS NewsHour, and the author of two books: First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public High School and Junk: Digging Through America’s Love Affair With Stuff.
Selected Shorts is a weekly public radio show broadcast on over 130 stations. The radio show is recorded live at the popular New York City stage show which began in 1985 and still enjoys sold-out performances in our 800 seat theater. Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy.
Recent readers include Ellen Burstyn, Kate Walsh, Bebe Neuwirth, Claire Danes, Michael Shannon, Kyle Maclachlan, LeVar Burton, Jane Curtin, Danielle Brooks, Cynthia Nixon, Rainn Wilson, Holly Hunter, Hugh Dancy, Joan Allen, Josh Radnor, Tony Shalhoub, Maggie Gyllenhaal, BD Wong and more.
Actors subject to change. Casting and special guests will be announced on our website so check for up-to-date information.
