SJP: Radio Host?

April 14, 2014


Sarah Jessica Parker on the set of city.ballet. in NYCB’s shoe room.

You may know Sarah Jessica Parker as Little Orphan Annie, as Carrie Bradshaw, or as executive producer of AOL’s docudrama city.ballet. (which, by the way, just announced it’s getting a second season!). But today and Wednesday, SJP takes on yet another role: radio host.

From 12pm to 2pm, SJP will step in as host of WNYC’s “Leonard Lopate Show,” and she’s booked two full days of awesome guests. Today, Jessie Mueller, star of Beautiful—The Carole King Musical, will take the mic (along with artist Alex Katz, The New Yorker journalist Dexter Filkins and playwright Terrance McNally). My guess is that Mueller—who is amazing as singer-songwriter Carole King on Broadway—might talk about the night two weeks ago, when King herself dropped by to see the production and sang with the cast following the curtain calls. (Check that out here.)

Tomorrow, however, is the day when bunheads in particular should tune their radios to 93.9 FM or AM 820, because ballet legend Gelsey Kirkland and New York City Ballet principals Ashley Bouder and Sara Mearns will all join the conversation.

Don’t fret if you don’t have a radio in NYC or if you’re busy tomorrow afternoon. The “Leonard Lopate Show” is streamed live (and on-demand) at wnyc.org.