Selected Shorts: Forgiving and Forgetting

Aug. 9th, 2019 10:20 am
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RSL hosts another episode of selected shorts:

Guest host Robert Sean Leonard presents stories about transgression, misunderstandings, and betrayal. “Initials Etched on a Dining Room Table Lockeport Nova Scotia” call up a host of memories in this story by Peter Orner, performed by Maulik Pancholy. A chef down on his luck gets a new start in “Ollie’s Back,” by Lynn Sloan, performed by Nate Corddry. And parents disagree about the raising of a lively daughter, in “Light,” by Lesley Nneka Arimah, performed by Crystal Dickinson.

https://player.fm/series/selected-shorts-69113/forgiving-and-forgetting

This one is nice as right at the end, he talks very candidly (and in typically droll fashion) briefly about raising girls. It's quite heart-warming hearing him talk about 'my 3 girls' and how 'boy it's a lot of fun in my house!'
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RSL Selected Shorts Interview

Jul. 25th, 2019 02:47 pm
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Selected Shorts: Forgiving and Forgetting

Jul. 25th, 2019 02:44 pm
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I think this is a re-run, but RSL was hosting this one. It's up on iTunes (if you're in the U.S.), but not on the Selected Shorts website
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RSL-Selected Shorts for October and December

Nov. 15th, 2018 10:23 pm
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October 2018: Food Fight


12/06/2018
Rites of Passage: Stories from The Paris Review
GUEST HOST: Robert Sean Leonard
“How to Travel with a Salmon,” by Umberto Eco, performed by Jin Ha
“Marabou,” by Joy Williams, performed by Michael Emerson
“The Twenty-Sixth Second,” by George Fox, performed by Linda Lavin
“The Hat,” by Patrick Modiano, performed by Robert Sean Leonard


12/20/2018
Tough Love for the Holidays
GUEST HOST: ROBERT SEAN LEONARD
“Interview with God,” by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, performed by James Naughton and Jayne Atkinson
“The Fir Tree,” by Hans Christian Andersen, performed by James Naughton
“A Present for Big Saint Nick,” by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by Tate Donovan
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RSL Hosts Selected Shorts for Christmas

Jan. 1st, 2018 09:55 am
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Selected Shorts: Finding Your Way in the Dark

Jul. 8th, 2017 11:24 pm
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I saw this on iTunes this morning. Unfortunately it doesn't appear on the Selected Shorts site yet.

"Guest Host Robert Sean Leonard presents two pieces about living in the dark."

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Robert reads "On the Hill

Apr. 5th, 2017 11:39 pm
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Selected Shorts: Not how I imagined It Holiday Special

Dec. 24th, 2016 08:26 am
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http://www.wnyc.org/story/not-how-i-imagined-it-holiday-special

Guest host Robert Sean Leonard presents four holiday tales--two merry, and two a little melancholy.  First, David Rakoff's account of playing the father of psychoanalysis in a department store window.  His "Christmas Freud" is read by Jon Glaser.  Next, a middle-aged woman awaits a new love, in Edna O'Brien's "Violets," read by Fionnula Flanagan.  A young man returns in William Maxwell's "Homecoming," read by Keir Dullea.  And Calvin Trillin wants to get out of town in his ditty "Christmas in Qatar," which he reads himself.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! xxx
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Selected shorts: Fateful Encounters

Nov. 18th, 2016 10:54 am
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Guest host Robert Sean Leonard presents three stories about fateful encounters. Henry Slesar's "The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross" was a classic “Twilight Zone” episode about over-ambition, read by Leonard. Leonard also reads Eric Schlich's "Head Over Knees," in which a teen's envy turns to empathy. And Helen Oyeyemi dresses an old fairy tale in new clothes in “Dornicka and the St. Martin's Day Goose," read by Colby Minifie.


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Selected Shorts The Twilight Zone (RSL Guest Hosts)

Nov. 3rd, 2016 11:43 pm
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Guest host Robert Sean Leonard presents a tribute to the classic TV series, “The Twilight Zone,” including two stories that were featured on the show: Price Day’s “Four O’Clock,” read by Zachary Quinto, in which a man with awesome powers knows just how to improve the world. And “Perchance to Dream,” by Charles Beaumont, in which the lines between sleeping and waking blur. It’s read by Zach Grenier. Roald Dahl’s “The Landlady,” is the perfect hostess, thinks the young man who comes to her door. It’s read by Sam Underwood.
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Selected Shorts: Between Meals

Oct. 12th, 2016 05:24 pm
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Enviable Characters with Guest Host Robert Sean Leonard

Aug. 22nd, 2016 09:00 am
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Guest host Robert Sean Leonard presents three stories about people in pursuit of the good life.

Listen here: http://www.selectedshorts.org/2016/08/enviable-characters-with-guest-host-robert-sean-leonard/

RSL presents this broadcast (doesn't do a reading) but it's worth a listen to because his sponsor message at the beginning is rather amusing! Enjoy!
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Selected Shorts at the Berkshires

Aug. 11th, 2016 04:08 pm
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On August 22nd, Jane Kaczmarek will participate in a Selected Shorts presentation entitled "Unforgettable Journeys" at The Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, MA. Jane Curtin and Robert Sean Leonard will also read that evening in the Berkshires.

Source: http://wamc.org/post/jane-kaczmarek-new-play-williamstown-and-reading-selected-shorts-great-barrington#stream/0
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Selected Shorts

May. 27th, 2016 12:23 pm
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Hi everyone :) I went to see Selected Shorts the other night, and did a little write-up on my LJ, if you're interested.

Unfortunately, I couldn't take any pics -- Sorry!

Read on
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RSL is doing more Selected Shorts!

May. 25th, 2016 09:07 am
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The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center presents Selected Shorts Unforgettable Journeys on Monday, August 22 at 7:30pm. The evening will feature spellbinding short stories by established and emerging writers, performed by stars of the stage and screen. Host Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle), along with the show’s longtime readers Jane Curtin (Unforgettable) and Robert Sean Leonard (House) perform moving and comical stories of destinations real and imaginary, far flung, and close at hand, with journeys featuring wild adventures, comic mishaps, and unexpected encounters.

Full details and press release here: http://www.mahaiwe.org/For%20The%20Press

The press release also came with this picture, which I haven't seen before! (Click for Hi-Res):

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Selected Shorts-100 Years of the Best American Short Stories

May. 20th, 2016 12:59 am
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Illusions: The Stories of Joy Williams with Guest Host Robert Sean Leonard

May. 13th, 2016 03:37 pm
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It’s a City of Strangers with Guest Host Robert Sean Leonard

Apr. 23rd, 2016 02:28 pm
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Guest host Robert Sean Leonard presents works about living, and not living, in New York City.
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RSL hosted Selected Shorts in NYC in May

Mar. 25th, 2016 10:22 am
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RSL will be hosting an evening of short stories called "The Twilight Zone" in NYC.  He often hosts and sometimes reads.

Here's the link:

http://www.selectedshorts.org/detail/?id=8888
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Selected Short: Strange Places With Guest Host Robert Sean Leonard

Mar. 4th, 2016 09:26 am
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“Portal,” by J. Robert Lennon -Read by Robert Sean Leonard.
“A Curtain of Green,” by Eudora Welty -Read by Frances Sternhagen

http://www.selectedshorts.org/2016/03/strange-places-with-guest-host-robert-sean-leonard/

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