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TODAY YOU'RE IN FOR A TREAT,
WE'RE ALL IN FOR A TREAT.
WE HAVE INTRNATIONALLY RENOWNED
MOVIE STAR AND ACTRESS CATH. HE
LEERN LIEN TURNER, STARRING IN A
NEW ADAPTATION OF THE KILLING OF
SISTE GEORGE.
IT'S PLAYING AT NUTLEY RENOVATED
MAIN STAGE AT LONG WHARF
THEATER.
KATHLEEN JOINS US, WE ARE SO
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE ON
"CONNECTICUT STYLE."
HANG.
YOU THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
TIME YOU'VE BEEN AT LONGWHARF
THEATER, RIGHT?
NO, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME.
I WAS HERE, OH, INTHE '80s, I
WAS PLAYING CAMILE.
BUT THIS IS A LONG -- WELL, I'VE
ALREADY -- THE THEATER IS MUCH
MORE BEAUTIFUL NOW, AND MUCH
MORE ACCESSIBLE, I THINK.
SURE.
THEY JUST DID THE RENOVATION.
YES, WE'RE THE FIRST SHOW IN
IT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE KILLING
OF SISTER GEORGE
IT'S A COMEDY.
IT IS A COMEDY.
IT IS A VERY INTERESTING IDEA.
IT TAKES PLACE IN THE '60s.IT'S ABOUT AN ACTRESS WHO IS A
CHARACTER ON A RADIO SOAP OPERA,
A BBC RADIO SOAP OPERA, AND SHE
GETS A LITTLE CONFUSED AT IMES,
I THINK, BETWEEN HER IDENTITY AS
SISTER GEORGE, WHICH IS A
CHARACTER IN THE SOAP OPERA, AND
HER REAL-LIFE CHARTER, WHICH
IS JUNE BUCKLY.
SHE HAS A FLAT MATE WITH WHOM
SHE HA A VERY INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP.
OKAY.
AND AT THE TIME IT WAS REALLY
QUITE SCANDALOUS, YOU CAN
IMAGINE.
I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO SEE THE
PLAY TO GET THE REST OF IT, BUT
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO TACKLE
THIS SCRIPT AT THIS POINT?
DID I A READING OF IT ABOUT
TWO YEARS AGO, AND I WAS VEY
INTRIGUED BY THE CHARACTER.
I THOGHT THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS
PERSON THERE TO PLAY W. BUT I
WAS NO IN LOVE WITH THE PLAY.
THE PLAY WAS DATED, AND NEEDED
SOME WORK.
SO WHEN FRANK'S ESTATE AGREED TO
ALLOW ME TO DO A WHERE REWITE, THEN I
SAID, OH, WELL.
GIVE IT A SHOT.
YEAH.
NOW, YOU'RE ALSO DIRECTG
THE PLAY.
I KNOW.
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME
CHALLENGES THAT COME ACTING AND
DIRECTING AT THE SAME TIME.
I'M A LITTLE CRAZY HERE.
IT'S SOMETHING I WILL CERTAINLY
THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT BEFORE
I TAKE ON AGAIN, BECAUSE IT
ISN'T JUST A QUESTION OF
DIRECTING MYSELF.
I LOVE DIRECTING, AND I'VE DONE
QUITE A LOT OF IT.
BUT DOING BOTH AT THE SAME TIME,
HANDLING THE DESIGNS ANDWORKING
WITH THE DESIGNERS AND THE
PRODUCTION MEETINGS AND
ALTERNATE THINGS, AS AN ACTOR
YOU USUALLY JUST GET TO SAY,
GOOD NIGHT, I'M OUT OF HERE.
AS A DIRECTOR IT NEVER STOPS,
YOU KNOW.
KEEPS GOING, RIGHT?
YEAH.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AUDIENCE
REACTION.
IT'S BEEN GREAT SO FAR?
IT'S BEEN QUITE EXCITING,
YEAH.
YOUYOU KNOW, IT'S NOT YOUR USUAL
DRAWING-ROOM COMEDY.
THIS IS PRETTY -- THERE'S SOME
PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS STUFF.
IT'S GREAT FUN.
WHAT'S NEXT OBJECT THE -- ON
THE HORIZON FOR YOU?
WELL, I THINK WE MIGHT BRING
THIS SHOW INTO NEW YORK CITY IN
THE SPRING.
OH, FABULOUS.
YOU'RE ALSO KNOWN AS AN ACTIVIST
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF CAUSES
UNDER YOUR BELT.
I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF
ADD SPHROACTS PLANNED PARENTHOOD
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, I'M ON THE
BOARD OF PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN
WAY.
AND WE ARE PROTECTION OF THE
FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE
RELIGIOUS RIGHT.
AND I'M ON THE BOARD OF CITY
MEALS ON WHEELS IN NEW YORK
CITY, AND WE MANAGE TO FEED
ALMOST TWO MILLION PEOPLE A
YEAR.
OH, THAT'S FANTASTIC.
GO BACK TO THE PLAY FOR A
MOMENT.
BESIDES SEEING YOU PERFORM WHAT
ELSE ARE POPLE GOING GOING TO WANT TO
CHECK OUT?
OH, BECAUSE IT IS REALLY,
IT'S NOT YOUR USUAL, AS I SAID,
NOT YOUR USUAL COMEDY.
THE CHARACTERS AE OUTRAGEOUS
AND WONDERFUL.
AND THE WHOLE, SLIPPING BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN THIS RADIO DRAMA
WORLD AND THE REAL WORLD CREATES
SUCH AN INTERESTINGDYNAMIC.
VERY GOOD.
LET'S PUT SOME INFORMATION UP ON
THE SCREEN.
THE KILLING OF SSTER GEORGE IS
PLAYING THROUGH DECEMBER 23 AT
LONG WHARF THEATER.
KATHLEEN TURNER, WE ARE SO
EXCITED TO VURKS THANK YOU FOR
MAKING TIME FOR US.
IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE.
COMING UP NEXT, AN EASY
NO-YEAST NO-RISE DOUGH RECIPE
FOR HANUKKAH.