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SHOWTIME AT 92Y: NURSE JACKIE

Edie Falco will discuss the upcoming season of NURSE JACKIE at the 92nd St. Y on March 29

92nd St. Y, Buttenwieser Hall
1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd St.
Thursday, March 29, $29, 8:15
212-415-5500
www.92y.org
www.sho.com

Ever since Deadwood concluded its run in 2006 and The Sopranos ended the next year, HBO has been locked in a heated battle with Showtime as the pay-cable network with the best original series. For every True Blood and Boardwalk Empire, HBO has also suffered through John from Cincinnati and now Luck, which has been put out of its misery following the death of three horses involved in the production. Meanwhile, Showtime has been raising the bar with its own series, including Dexter, Shameless, Weeds, Californication, and Homeland. This spring the cable network has joined forces with one of New York City’s most enduring cultural institutions for “Showtime at 92Y,” offering an inside look at three returning series, all premiering April 8, with a trio of special programs at the 92nd St. Y. On March 29, Emmy winner Edie Falco, who plays the complicated, drug-addicted title character in the New York-set drama Nurse Jackie, will be joined by fellow cast members Merritt Wever (junior nurse Zoey Barkow) and Tony nominee Bobby Cannavale (as a new hospital administrator), along with creators Liz Brixius and Linda Wallem, to discuss the show and its upcoming fourth season. On April 9, three-time Emmy winner and Oscar and Tony nominee Laura Linney, who stars in The Big C as Cathy Jamison, a teacher, wife, and mother desperate to enjoy life as she battles cancer, will be part of a panel with Oliver Platt (husband Paul Jamison), John Benjamin Hickey (brother Sean Tolke), Gabriel Basso (son Adam Jamison), Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe (live-in student Andrea Jackson), and executive producer Jenny Bicks to talk about the show’s third season. And on April 27, Tony and Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Jeremy Irons, will delve into his scenery-chomping role as Pope Alexander VI in Neil Jordan’s deliciously debauched historical fiction drama The Borgias, which is about to begin season number two. All three discussions at the 92nd St. Y will be moderated by New York Times, IndieWire, and Daily Beast film and television writer Caryn James.

INSIDE MEDIA

Edie Falco will discuss Nurse Jackie’s bedside manner and more at the Paley Center

Edie Falco will discuss Nurse Jackie’s bedside manner and more at the Paley Center

Paley Center for Media
25 West 52nd St. between Fifth & Sixth Aves.
Closed Monday & Tuesday
Suggested contribution: $10 adults, $5 children under fourteen
212-621-6600
www.paleycenter.org

While Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s and Elvis Mitchell’s “The Black List Project” continues at the Paley Center through May 1, featuring scenes from their third documentary and photographs of a wide range of successful African Americans, the institution formerly known as the Museum of Television and Radio will be hosting a series of very special events, with tickets going very fast. In collaboration with Food for Thought Productions, the Paley Center is in the midst of a three-month series of live staged afternoon readings ($65, followed by a Q&A and a reception); coming up is Arthur Miller’s sister, Joan Copeland, reenacting scenes from her brother’s plays (April 21) and Len Cariou taking on Thornton Wilder and Dorothy Parker (April 26), with future shows dedicated to Tennessee Williams’s IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL (May 5) and A. R. Gurney’s LOVE LETTERS (June 17). The cast of THE GOOD WIFE gathers together on April 21 ($25, 6:30), while THE BIG BANG’s Jim Parsons will have the stage all to  himself on May 4 ($15, 6:30). On April 26, prima ballerina Cynthia Gregory interviews choreographer Eliot Feld about his career ($25, 7:00), on April 27, actor and photographer Joel Grey will talk about television (don’t forget he was on BUFFY) and more ($35, 6:30), and on April 28, Harry Potter audiobook reader and Broadway star Jim Dale will present “Jim Dale: Still Carrying On,” previewing his new one-man show ($30, 6:30). We’re most excited about “Paging Jackie” ($25, 7:00), in which star Edie Falco and the executive producers behind Showtime’s excellent NURSE JACKIE will screen a sneak-peek episode and take the audience behind the scenes of this unusual, entertaining drama. And looking further ahead, Jimmy Fallon will get into the late-night wars on May 27 ($25, 7:30).