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100 Years of Theodore Bikel
Original Airdates: Sept. 13-16, 2024
TVC 660.1: Ed welcomes Aimee Ginsburg-Bikel, widow of Tony Award-nominated and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel (Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of Music, The Defiant Ones, The African Queen), and an accomplished journalist, foreign correspondent, and radio broadcaster in her own right. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To mark the occasion, Aimee is touring the country with a special Theodore Bikel Centennial Program that showcases the arc of Theo’s career and legacy. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, as well as a list of Aimee’s scheduled appearances in late 2024 and early 2025, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project
The Activism of Theodore Bikel
Original Airdates: Sept. 13-16, 2024
TVC 660.2: Aimee Ginsburg-Bikel, widow of Tony Award-nominated and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel, talks to Ed about how Theo was an actor who always kept the rights ofother actors in the forefront of his mind; how Rod Serling, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Norman Lear, and Stanley Kramer all shared Theo’s ideals and passion for social justice; and some of the memories and favorite roles of Theo that audiences have shared with Aimee. Calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of Theodore Bikel’s birth; to mark the occasion, Aimee is touring the country with a special Theodore Bikel Centennial Program that showcases the arc of Theo’s career and legacy. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, as well as a list of Aimee’s scheduled appearances in late 2024 and early 2025, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project
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Theodore Bikel, Rod Serling, and Peter Falk
Original Airdates: Sept. 13-16, 2024
TVC 660.3: From June 2014: Ed welcomes legendary singer, author, poet, stage actor, activist, and raconteur Theodore Bikel. Topics this segment include Theo’s body of work as a songwriter and poet, plus Theo shares a few memories of working with Rod Serling, Norman Lear, and Peter Falk. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project
Theodore Bikel and Sholem Aleichem
Original Airdates: Sept. 13-16, 2024
TVC 660.4: From December 2014: Emmy Award-winning, Tony Award-nominated, and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel talks to Ed about the release of Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem, a documentary that combines Theo’s own storytelling with a broader exploration of Sholem Aleichem, a pioneer of modern Jewish literature whose stories about Teyve the Dairyman provided the basis for the Broadway play Fiddler on the Roof. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project
The Legacy of Theodore Bikel
Original Airdates: Sept. 13-16, 2024
TVC 660.5: From December 2014: Legendary actor Theodore Bikel talks to Ed about the release of Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem, a documentary that not only combines Theo’s own storytelling with a broader exploration of author and playwright Sholem Aleichem, but in many ways served as Theo’s legacy. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project
