Fresh Air, Frank Rich and Harold Prince (Nonfiction‪)‬

Former theater critic Frank Rich and producer-director Harold Prince on this edition of Fresh Air. Rich has published his memoir Ghost Light, in which he examines the influence of his childhood on his adult career: his parents' divorce and an early curiosity for theater. He was chief drama critic for The New York Times from 1980-1983 and has been an op-ed columnist for that paper since 1994. Prince is the producer of 3hree, three one-act musicals. And he directs one of the three musicals The Flight of the Lawnchair Man. In the 46 years of his career, he's won 20 Tony Awards in music theater, as well as acclaim for his work in film, drama and opera. (Broadcast Date: October 30, 2000)