Talk Radio (play)
Talk Radio is a 1987 Pulitzer Prize-nominated play written by Eric Bogosian, based on a concept by Bogosian and Tad Savinar. It centers around Barry Champlain, a Cleveland-area shock jock, on the eve of his radio show's national syndication.
The play, with Bogosian in the lead role, premiered off-broadway at The Public Theater on May 28th, 1987, in a production directed by Frederick Zollo. The production also featured John C. McGinley, Zach Grenier, Mark Metcalf, and John Onorati.
Talk Radio made its Broadway premiere on March 11th, 2007, in a production starring Liev Schreiber, and featuring Law & Order: SVU stars Stephanie March and Peter Hermann, and The Covenant's Sebastian Stan. The show will be directed by Tony Award-winner Robert Falls.
A film adaptation of Talk Radio, directed by Oliver Stone, was released in 1988.