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Master clown and actor Bill Irwin and Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon share their love of Samuel Beckett's language

Bill Irwin
Irish Rep/Carol Rosegg
Bill Irwin

On the December 2 edition of the WBGO Journal....

Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Michael Shannon stars as "Estragon" in the new production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn...

Michael Shannon (left) and Paul Sparks star in the new production of Waiting for Godot at the Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn
Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn
Michael Shannon (left) and Paul Sparks star in the new production of Waiting for Godot at the Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn

and master clown, dancer and Tony Award-winning actor Bill Irwin chats with host Doug Doyle about his one-show at Two River Theater titled On Beckett

Bill Irwin in On Beckett
Irish Rep/Carol Rosegg
Bill Irwin in On Beckett

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.