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This week on Theater Talk, Anthony and Peter talk about Shakespeare in Delaware Park's 50th season opening of RICHARD III and the continuing, traveling, edited, excellent ROMEO AND JULIET. At the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake GNIT is a very entertaining take on PEER GYNT and a reminder that Saturday, August 9, at 10 am Anthony will be speaking in the "Spiegeltent" and then at 1 pm enjoying BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY (about the end of the Harlem Renaissance) at the adjacent Jackie Maxwell Theatre. (Complete Shaw listings below/attached.)For over 30 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase. Chase co-hosted Theater Talk with Buffalo Broadcast Hall of Famer Jim Santella for many years. These days, it's Peter Hall. With more than 20 active producing theater companies in Buffalo alone, not to mention Shea’s Performing Arts Center and the Shaw Festival at nearby Niagara-on-the-Lake, Chase and Hall keep their calendars full, trying to see and share their insights on as many shows as possible.But Theater Talk is anything but a dry community arts listing service. Instead, with affection, good humor, and just the occasional rant, the segment provides snapshot reviews, recommends local productions, analyzes the Western New York theater scene and occasionally looks at what's happening on Broadway and across the nation.Chase is the founder of the Artie Awards, which recognizes excellence in Western New York theater and raises money for AIDS charities.

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