Nutcracker, Haroun, Rumpelstiltskin

Studio 360

Kurt Andersen and his guest Gregory Maguire, who wrote Wicked, hear about the new opera Haroun and the Sea of Stories, based on Salman Rushdie’s tale about a boy who sets out to save his village from sadness. We find out why at Christmas, America turns into “Nutcracker Nation.” And Tonya Pinkins, star of the musical Caroline, Or Change, reads the classic tale Rumpelstiltskin.

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