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Christopher Durang Talks VANYA AND SONIA... and More Set for NYC-ARTS, 12/13-1/31

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NYC-ARTS provides arts lovers in the tri-state area with an all-access pass to the New York City area's myriad cultural offerings: from music and dance concerts, to the theater, museums and galleries-from the classic to the contemporary. New York Emmy winners Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn co-host.

NYC-ARTS airs Thursday nights at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN. Encore presentations will generally follow on Sundays at 12 noon on THIRTEEN; Sundays at 3 p.m. and Mondays at 7 p.m. on WLIW; and Sundays at 8:30 p.m. on NJTV. New episodes will also be available on NYC-ARTS.org every Friday morning.

Thursday, December 13
10-10:30 p.m. (note special time)
NYC-ARTS #145

Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners, based at the National Academy Museum & School at Fifth Avenue and 89th Street. The feature/profile is Zahn's conversation with the talent behind Lincoln Center Theater production of Christopher Durang's new play "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike." Guests include Durang and actors Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde-Pierce and Kristine Neilsen. Correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Asia Society Museum, reports on various events around town, including the "Bound Unbound: Lin Tianmiao" exhibit there; as well as 52nd Young Concert Artists Series at the Kaufman Center, debut of violinist Paul Huang; Roundabout Theatre Company's "If There is I haven't Found it Yet" (with Jake Gyllenhaal); New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' "Martha Swope: In Rehearsal" exhibit; "Katherine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen"; and American Folk Art Museum's "Ooh, Shiny" exhibit.

Thursday, December 20
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #146

Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners, based at the National Academy Museum & School at Fifth Avenue and 89th Street. Sculptor Judith Shea, curator of "In Her Own Style: An Artist's Eye with Judith Shea") is the feature/profile. Correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Asia Society Museum, reports on various events around town, including the "Bound Unbound: Lin Tianmiao" exhibit there; as well as Trinity Twelfth Night Festival, Trinity Church & other venues; Signature Theatre, "The Piano Lesson"; "A Christmas Story, The Musical," at Lunt-Fontaine' Focus Dance 2013 (multiple groups at multiple venues): Jewish Museum's "Treasures from England's Bodleian Library"; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop."

Thursday, December 27
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #147

Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Painter Will Barnet, who died on November 13 at the age of 101, is the subject of the feature/profile. "Foiled: Tinsel Painting in America" at the American Folk Art Museum and "Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist's Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets" are the choice segments. Correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Asia Society Museum, reports on various events around town, including the "Bound Unbound: Lin Tianmiao" exhibit there; as well as Trinity Twelfth Night Festival, Trinity Church & other venues; Signature Theatre, "The Piano Lesson"; "A Christmas Story, The Musical," at Lunt-Fontaine' Focus Dance 2013 (multiple groups at multiple venues): Jewish Museum's "Treasures from England's Bodleian Library"; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop."

Thursday, January 3
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #148

Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Dancer Jennifer Nugent is the subject of the feature/profile. "Foiled: Tinsel Painting in America" at the American Folk Art Museum and the Boppard Gallery at The Cloisters are the choice segments.

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