Tuesday, April 26, 7 pm
Ann Goodman Recital Hall
Live Studio Taping of Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen
Featuring Kaufman Music Center Artists-in-Residence Charles Yang and Peter Dugan
Join us for a live studio taping of Randy Cohen’s beloved public radio show Person Place Thing as he interviews the dynamic duo of violinist Charles Yang and pianist Peter Dugan, currently Artists-in-Residence at Kaufman Music Center.
After twelve years writing "The Ethicist" for the New York Times, Randy Cohen created Person Place Thing, an interview show based on the idea that people are especially engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but about something they care about. His guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing with particular meaning to them. The result: surprising stories from great talkers.
Randy Cohen’s first professional work was writing humor pieces, essays, and stories for newspapers and magazines (The New Yorker, Harpers, the Atlantic, Young Love Comics). His first television work was writing for "Late Night With David Letterman" for which he won three Emmy awards. His fourth Emmy was for his work on Michael Moore’s "TV Nation." He received a fifth Emmy as a result of a clerical error, and he kept it. For twelve years he wrote "The Ethicist," a weekly column for the New York Times Magazine. In 2010, his first play, “The Punishing Blow,” ran at New York’s Clurman Theater. His most recent book, "Be Good: how to navigate the ethics of everything," was published by Chronicle. He is currently the creator and host of Person Place Thing, a public radio program.
