Author Archives: Jay Collier

WGBH Alumni > Articles by: Jay Collier

David Wheeler, 86 legendary Boston theater director

January 8, 2012 | Posted by Jay Collier
David Wheeler and Al Pacino

Fred Barzyk: David Wheeler and his company performed many of their stage plays in WGBH studios under the direction of Greg Harney. It was a real collaboration between a theater director and TV director. | Read more.

In: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
WGBH Alumni > Articles by: Jay Collier

PBS takes on the premium channels

January 2, 2012 | Posted by Jay Collier
Downton Abbey wins Emmys

Rebecca Eaton: “Downton Abbey is the closest thing to water-cooler television as public television gets.” | Read more.

In: 2010s, Downton Abbey, Masterpiece Theater, Press, WGBH 2
WGBH Alumni > Articles by: Jay Collier

WGBH Alumni on Facebook

December 15, 2011 | Posted by Jay Collier
WGBH Alumni on Facebook

Due to a major change at Facebook, we have to migrate the original WGBH Alumni group to a fan page over the next month. | Read more.

In: Decades
WGBH Alumni > Articles by: Jay Collier

Erica Wilson, 83, embroidery revivalist

December 14, 2011 | Posted by Jay Collier
Erica Wilson and Vladimir Kegan

From the New York Times: Erica Wilson, the Julia Child of needlework, who brought the gentle art of traditional embroidery to an international audience through her books and television shows died on Tuesday in Manhattan. | Read more.

In: WGBH 2
WGBH Alumni > Articles by: Jay Collier

Ros and Harris Barron in the ZONE

November 28, 2011 | Posted by Jay Collier
Harris and Ros Barron

From Fred Barzyk: Hundreds of artists streamed through the studios of the WGBH New Television Workshop in the early ’70s. Ros and Harris were two of the earliest. | Read more.

In: 1970s, Essays, WGBH 2 | ,

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