Recapping the Tony Awards and Broadway Inspired Cocktails, Jason Isbell, Rock Hudson's Life in Hollywood, Author Alex Gino

For transcripts, see individual segment pages. A new book uncovers the history of drinking culture on-and-off Broadway and shares dozens of drink recipes inspired by classic shows. The book is titled, I'll Drink to That!: Broadway's Legendary Stars, Classic Shows, and the Cocktails They Inspired. Author Laurence Maslon, an arts professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, joins us to discuss cocktails that pay homage to Broadway. Jason Isbell's last album, Georgia Blue, featuring covers and collaborations for charity, was released after Joe Biden won the state in the 2020 presidential election. It followed Reunions, an album of original songs released in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the making of which was captured in the recent HBO documentary, "Running With Our Eyes Closed." Now the singer-songwriter and his band The 400 Unit have a new album out, Weathervanes. The self-produced release is Isbell's first time without super-producer Dave Cobb since his 2013 breakthrough, Southeastern. Isbell joins for a Listening Party. Rock Hudson was one of Hollywood's biggest stars, and for three decades his public life was as scripted and controlled as his films. But as a closeted gay man, his private life and lovers were a tightly guarded secret. A new documentary, "Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed," examines his life and how his death from AIDS impacted the fight for awareness and treatment of the disease. Director Stephen Kijak joins to discuss. All Pride Month, we are spotlighting authors of children's books banned for their LGBTQIA+ content. Today, we speak with Alex Gino, author of the commonly banned book, Melissa, about a young trans girl in elementary school. We speak to Gino about the book, book banning, and their upcoming novel, Green.