That’s Showbiz: Upcoming Talks With Stars of Stage and Screen

By Troy Segal

Movie buffs and theater mavens, take note: The stars come out to chat in several events this spring.

May 15. Actress/designer/fashionista Sarah Jessica Parker dishes on everything in her life and career, from her recently launched shoe line to, of course, Sex and the City. 92nd Street Y, 8:00 p.m.

May 20. Tony Award nominee Neil Patrick Harris talks about his gender-bending role in the hit musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch with the show’s creators and New York Times critic A.O. Scott. The Times Center, 6:30 p.m. (Photo: Joan Marcus)

May 28. Get the backstage gossip from Broadway stars as they chat with journalist Eddie Shapiro, author of the book Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater. Bryant Park Reading Room, 12:30 p.m.

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May 29. Cast members of the just-opened, highly lauded play City of Conversation, about wheeling and dealing in Washington D.C., participate in a talk-back with audience members. Vivian Beaumont Theater, 6:00 p.m., 150 W. 65th St., 212-501-3132, free. (Photo: Stephanie Berger)

June 2. Tyne Daly, winning raves for her performance in the drama Mothers and Sons, discusses the production with its playwright Terrence McNally and its director Sheryl Kaller. 92nd Street Y, 8:00 p.m. (Theatre buffs, take note: McNally and another Mothers and Sons cast member, Bobby Steggert, are also appearing on May 12, at 7:00 p.m., Drama League Theater Center, 32 Sixth Ave, 212-244-9494, from $20.) (Photo: Joan Marcus)

June 4. Filmmaker/actor John Waters (Hairspray) tells tales from his new book, Carsick, which chronicles his adventures hitchhiking across the United States. New York Public Library, 7:00 p.m. (Photo: Cory Donovan)