Talk Radio Broadway - A Spellbinding Debut
By Al Terry
Talk Radio has come to and in a big way. This show first debuted on stage in 1987 as an Off-Broadway presentation and was met with great enthusiasm from fans and critics alike. The original production opened at the Public Theater for a limited run of six months and now is playing at the Longacre Theater on Broadway. Talk Radio tickets are in high demand as word is catching on that this show is a must see in New York.

Eric Bogosian’s playwright proves to stir emotions as it tells the true story of
Alan Berg and the 1984 murder of the Colorado talk show host who was killed do to an angry listener who disagreed with his liberal slant. The show is more inspired by these events then based on them. The audience is taken directly into the atmosphere of a late night talk radio host and his audiecnce as he prepares and forces his opinions in order to go nationwide.

The critics have open arms for Talk Radio on and find it to have dark humor and portray the culture we live in not only in 1987 but as of today. Considered provacative