"Jordans" Play; Your Personal Heirlooms; Dating After 50; Tony Award Nominations

Loading... A new dramatic play explores the dynamics Black employees face in white-dominant workplaces through the lens of a creative studio assistant named Jordan (played by Naomi Lorrain) and her new colleague, the "director of culture" who is also named Jordan (played by Toby Onwumere). Playwright Ife Olujobi and director Whitney White joins us to discuss the show, which is running at The Public Theater through Sunday, May 12. Shana Novak is a photographer who is interested in people's heirlooms. To Novak, an heirloom is any object of significance to a person, that thing you just can't seem to get rid of for some reason. Novak launched a project and popular Instagram called The Heirloomist, where she photographs your heirlooms, and today she's releasing a collection of the photographs, The Heirloomist: 100 Treasures and the Stories They Tell. Novak joins to discuss the book and take your calls. Dating can be stressful under the best circumstances; if you're over 50 years old, it can be particularly daunting. But there's a lot of reason for optimism. Maggie Jones is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, and she spoke to dozens of people about their experiences for an article called, "Online Dating After 50 Can Be Miserable. But It’s Also Liberating." She joins us to discuss her reporting and take your calls. Today, the Tony nominations were announced. Jackson McHenry, theater critic from Vulture joins us to talk about the nominations, recapping this year's theater season, and his predictions for the winners! *This episode is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hanssen.