Comedy, Patricia Cotter, Michele O'Brien, Scott Adsit, Jeff Biehl, Lucy DeVito, Lisa Emery, Denise Manning, Debra Monk, 20+ minutes, 2m4f, funerals, Funerals, Death, Eulogies, Money, Poetry, Friendship, Mary Oliver, Pure Luck, Real Estate, Winners, Music, Losers Playing on Air Comedy, Patricia Cotter, Michele O'Brien, Scott Adsit, Jeff Biehl, Lucy DeVito, Lisa Emery, Denise Manning, Debra Monk, 20+ minutes, 2m4f, funerals, Funerals, Death, Eulogies, Money, Poetry, Friendship, Mary Oliver, Pure Luck, Real Estate, Winners, Music, Losers Playing on Air

WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE by Patricia Cotter

 
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There's a lot of money to be made at this funeral. 

Friends and flames have gathered to celebrate and remember the WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE of the charismatic, outrageous Sheila (Tony & Emmy winner Debra Monk)  — but the dearly departed still has one more trick up her sleeve. 

WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE by Emmy winner Patricia Cotter (PoA's Rules of Comedy, The Daughters) features an ensemble cast of Playing on Air favorites — Monk, Scott Adsit, Lucy DeVito, Denise Manning, Lisa Emery, and Jeff Biehl — original music by folk-rock duo Misner & Smith, produced and recorded by John Kilgore, arranged and performed by Charlie Rosen. Associate Producer Michele O’Brien directs. Stay tuned after the episode, as host Claudia Catania chats with the artists about celebrating life and how they’d like to be remembered.

Download on iTunes, search ‘Playing on Air’ in your favorite podcasting app – or stream below! [23 Minutes 36 Seconds]

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Comedy, 15+ minutes, 20+ minutes, Peter Sagal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bob Balaban, 2m, Judaism, Funerals, Mothers, Rabbis, Recriminations, Death, Eulogies, Family Playing on Air Comedy, 15+ minutes, 20+ minutes, Peter Sagal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bob Balaban, 2m, Judaism, Funerals, Mothers, Rabbis, Recriminations, Death, Eulogies, Family Playing on Air

MILTON BRADLEY by Peter Sagal

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How do you eulogize a woman who everybody hated? 

In Peter Sagal's MILTON BRADLEY, Rabbi Schoenberg (Michael Stuhlbarg), faced with this dilemma, turns to a metaphor: the game of Life (the board game, that is). 

Featuring Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name, The Shape of Water) and Bob Balaban (Gosford Park, Christopher Guest & Wes Anderson ensemble regular), MILTON BRADLEY is a darkly funny exploration of where we're all headed one day. Stay tuned after the play for a conversation with playwright Peter Sagal (of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! fame) and the play’s director, host Claudia Catania.

Download on iTunes, search ‘Playing on Air’ in your favorite podcasting app – or stream below! [21 Minutes 51 Seconds]

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Comedy, 15+ minutes, Peter Sagal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bob Balaban, 20+ minutes, 2m, Judaism, Funerals, Mothers, Sons, Rabbis, Recriminations, Death, Family, Eulogies Playing on Air Comedy, 15+ minutes, Peter Sagal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bob Balaban, 20+ minutes, 2m, Judaism, Funerals, Mothers, Sons, Rabbis, Recriminations, Death, Family, Eulogies Playing on Air

MILTON BRADLEY by Peter Sagal

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In MILTON BRADLEY, a flummoxed Rabbi has to eulogize a mother whose son has only terrible things to say about her. Peter Sagal’s play (Host of NPR's Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me!) features Bob Balaban (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Gosford Park) and Michael Stuhlbarg ("Boardwalk Empire", A Serious Man). Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation between MILTON BRADLEY’s director, host Claudia Catania, and playwright Peter Sagal.

Download on iTunes, Podbay, Player FM, subscribe to our RSS feed, search ‘Playing on Air’ in your favorite podcasting app – or stream below! [ 21 Minutes 28 Seconds]

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