From Radio Times

So you wanna be an actor
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How often have you thought to yourself...if Steven Segall can act, so can I? SO YOU WANNA BE....AN ACTOR! In the second of our "so you wanna be" shows (Monday 11:00 throughout the summer), we'll talk with local actors JENNIFER CHILDS, JOHNNIE HOBBS, AND MARY BETH SCALLEN.

Chorus Line with Mitzi Hamilton
Listen to this show via Real AudioChorus Line was one of Broadway's longest running productions. It began with a small meeting between its creator and aspiring dancers. We'll hear from MITZI HAMILTON, who was the inspiration for the "tits and ass" character and is in Philadelphia as director of the latest touring production of Chorus Line.

Sir Ian McKellan
Listen to this show via Real AudioActor SIR IAN McKELLAN has had a 40 year career as a stage and screen actor. He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Gods and Monsters. He is being honored tonight by Pridefest Philadelphia for his works in the arts and his activism for equality and justice for gays and lesbians.

From Fresh Air

Mel Brooks
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Brooks has made some of the funniest films in movie history, including The Producers, Young Frankenstein, and Blazing Saddles. His film The Producers has been turned into a Broadway musical and is now the hottest show on Broadway. The show has broken records; earlier this month, The Producers won 12 Tony Awards. Brooks won Tony Awards for Best Book (with Thomas Meehan) and Best Score. Now, Brooks is one of the few people who have won a Tony Award, an Academy Award, a Grammy Award and an Emmy Award. Brooks won his Grammy for the famous comedy recording, The 2,000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000, his Oscar for the original screenplay of the movie of The Producers, and an Emmy for a recent guest appearance on the sitcom Mad About You.

Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier is the leading African-American actor of his generation. He was the first, and so far, the only African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor which he did in 1963 for his performance in Lilies of the Field. His other films include, The Defiant Ones, A Patch of Blue, Guess Who's Coming to Dinnger, and To Sir, With Love. His autobiography, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography is now out in paperback. (Harper)

Kevin Spacey
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Actor Kevin Spacey. He won an Academy Award for best actor in the film American Beauty. He's starring in the new film Pay it Forward with Helen Hunt.

Anthony Hopkins
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British actor ANTHONY HOPKINS. His include "Equus," "The Remains of the Day," "Mission Impossible," "Armistad," "Nixon," and "The Silence of the Lambs." In the new film "Hannibal" he revives the character of Doctor Hannibal Lecter, a brillant psychiatrist turned sociopath killer, which he played in "The Silence of the Lambs."