FROM THE BEST OF STATE OF THE ARTS (Originally broadcast April 4, 2011) - Sterling and

Stroili's discussion of Meat Loaf (not your mother's, but the rock singer also known as Michael Aday on

Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice 2011) opens this edition of State of the Arts. Broadway stars David

Engel and Larry Raben discuss their distinguished individual and collective careers, as well as their

co-starring roles in Cabrillo Music Theatre's presentation of The Producers at the Kavli Theatre in Thousand

Oaks, CA. The Live Arts Calendar features the popular hit musical Forever Plaid at the Costa Mesa Playhouse

in Costa Mesa, CA, and Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson's Burn This at the Center Theatre Group's Mark

Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Engel and Raben recall their most embarrassing moments on stage.

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