David Ives

Kurt Andersen and playwright David Ives talk about how very tiny things capture the imagination.

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 […]

In this Peabody Award-winning show, Kurt Andersen sets sail in search of the great white whale.