Susan Stamberg

In 'Shocked,' Patricia Volk Honors Two Formative Femmes

Susan Stamberg — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:19:29 +0000

If you walked into New York's Morgen's Restaurant in the 1950s, you'd be greeted at the door by a perfectly dressed and powdered blonde who'd smilingly show you to your table and hand over a menu. That hostess, Audrey Elaine Morgen Volk, is at the center of her daughter Patricia Volk's new memoir, Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, And Me.

How Jean Stapleton And Eleanor Roosevelt Saved An Evening At The Theater

Susan Stamberg — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:18:43 +0000

Jean Stapleton, who won three Emmys for playing Edith Bunker on All In The Family, died Friday. NPR's Susan Stamberg offers this remembrance of her encounter with Stapleton.

I had the privilege and joy of sharing a stage in Washington, D.C., with Jean Stapleton in the 1980s. She played Eleanor Roosevelt. I played a pushy reporter (!). The Smithsonian put us together for a one-night-only appearance before an audience in one of the museum auditoriums.

Our scripts were in big black binders, and each of us stood in front of a podium — Ms.

Modern Movement: How The Ballets Russes Revolutionized Dance

Susan Stamberg — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:09:45 +0000

If your idea of ballet is a flurry of tutus and toeshoes, a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington will expand your vision.

How One Family Built America's Public Palaces

Susan Stamberg — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:55:50 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJETeJk93vE

Friedkin, Who Pushed Film Forward, Looks Back

Susan Stamberg — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:03:00 +0000

As a kid in Chicago, director William Friedkin liked to frighten little girls with scary stories. When he grew up, he scared the rest of us with a little girl — Regan MacNeil, who is possessed by the devil in his horror classic The Exorcist.

And in The French Connection, he put knots in our stomachs with one of the great movie chases in American cinema.

When Friedkin directed these films in the 1970s, he was breaking all the rules.

In NPR's New Building, Everything Will Be Better ... Again

Susan Stamberg — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:11:00 +0000

Starting Saturday, Weekend Edition is broadcasting under the fourth roof that's sheltered National Public Radio. NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg has worked in all of the locations since NPR went on the air in 1971, and once again she shepherds us to our new home.

Our very first, temporary offices were at 1625 I Street, in Northwest Washington, D.C., just down the block from the Christian Science Church. No furniture at first, so we sat on the floor.

Painting 'Renoir' In Finely Detailed Strokes

Susan Stamberg — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:21:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA4pRAZQY3g

For John Baldessari, Conceptual Art Means Serious Mischief

Susan Stamberg — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:41:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU7V4GyEuXA

Vermeer's 'Woman In Blue' Brings Her Mystery, Allure To L.A.

Susan Stamberg — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:38:00 +0000

Johannes Vermeer's Girl With a Pearl Earring is easy to fall in love with — she's young, dewy, beautiful (Scarlett Johansson played her in the 2003 movie about the painting), and she looks right at you.

For Publicist Marvin Levy, It's All About Eyeballs

Susan Stamberg — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:03:00 +0000

Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln has earned 12 Academy Award nominations, including best picture and best director. Another Spielberg film — the multi-Oscar winning Schindler's List — will be celebrating 20 years since its release. These films have at least two important things in common: Spielberg and publicist Marvin Levy.

Levy started his career in New York writing questions for quiz shows. He wound up in publicity for MGM radio and TV personalities, but was lured to Hollywood in the mid-1970s.