THE WESTERN - PART TWO

On Wednesday September 19, 2007 at 8:00PM EST Meir Ribalow and John Mulholland continue PART TWO of their discussion comparing original western films to their remakes. The two will explore the differences between Pale Rider and Shane, Unforgiven and Man of the West, High Plains Drifter and High Noon, as well the influences of The Wild Bunch, Magnificent Seven, Vera Cruz... and many more.

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Meir Ribalow: playwright, professor, poet, critic, editor, director.

As an award-winning playwright, he has seen his plays produced around the globe: New York, Chicago, London, Dublin, Los Angeles, Edinburgh, Paris, Estonia, Canada, etc. Mr. Ribalow’s plays Raindance, Sundance and Moondance are being produced in repertory this fall in L.A., by the Alliance Repertory Company.

Mr. Ribalow was Joseph Papp's production Associate at the New York Shakespeare Festival and is the founder of The American Repertory Company of London. He directed Brian Dennehy and Blythe Danner in a Gala Benefit of, The Nature of the Universe, at the Neil Simon Theater in NYC. Mr. Ribalow has directed plays in both NYC and London, working with such talent as: Ruby Dee, Christopher Walken, Holly Hunter, Ellen Barkin, Eli Wallach, and the late Zero Mostel.

Mr. Ribalow also serves as Artistic Director of New River Dramatists, a creative center in North Carolina which brings writers and actors together to develop new work.

His poetry and fiction have appeared in The Paris Review, The Literary Review, The New York Quarterly and Fishdrum, among other magazines. He writes frequently on film, theatre and music, and his articles and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Sciences, Hadassah, Midstream, to mention a few.

Mr. Ribalow is a artist-in-residence at Fordham University in New York City.