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Anthony and Peter talk about the transitions in leadership at four of our major stages. Audiences are still not at 2019 levels. And COVID as well as cellphones ringing during shows are still a nuisance. HAPPY NEW YEAR! For 31 years (as of November 2023) Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. NOTE: Theater listings are included with the podcast. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, and The Stratford Festival are covered as other relevant art forms are touched on, including ballet and opera.

Cast your vote for YOUR top symphony composer! If you include your name, town, and reason you love these composers and/or symphonies, we’ll read it on the air!

After a decade of fighting terrorism, is the U.S. any safer? Coming Sept. 6, 2011.

Coming Sept. 6, FRONTLINE reveals an unprecedented yet largely invisible legacy of 9/11.

James has a bout of brucellosis, bringing long buried emotions to the surface.

This week Anthony & Peter talk about Steve Copps & Phil Farugia as very funny retro style hosts at MusicalFare; Copps and (Kelly) Copps back there soon in THE LAST FIVE YEARS; LION KING's Mukelisewe Goba as Rafik is superb; Audra's reviews as Mama Rose are, as Anthony predicted, at the top. For 32 years (as of November 2024), Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45am, 8:45am, and 5:45pm Fridays on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. NOTE: Theater listings are included with the podcast. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, The Stratford Festival, and Chautauqua are covered as are other relevant art forms for the stage, including ballet and opera.

Bryant Gumbel, Tonya Lewis-Lee and Suzanne Malveaux join Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Travel to all six cities of this season for never-before-seen appraisals!

Football Is Back: High Schools Kick Off This Weekend, UB Bulls Are On Primetime Saturday, Bills Begin Season Sunday

The racist mass shooting at the Tops Market in Buffalo May 14 renewed the spotlight on extremism across the country. So what does extremism look like here in Western New York? WBFO tries to answer that question via a four-part series, "Extremism in WNY," as well as continuing coverage of the issue.