Barry Petersen

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Mentorship programs brings the next generation to BroadwayBroadway is where dreams come true for theater lovers. Mentorship programs are working to bring young audiences, creatives and performers to the Great Bright Way. The Theater Development Fund's Wendy Wasserstein Project connects mentors to students around New York and takes kids to Broadway shows. Since its founding in 1978, some 60 mentors have brought 4,000 students to shows.

Mar 9, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Barry Petersen

Few who see Picasso's "The Actor "at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art know its complicated history. Paul Leffmann, a German Jewish businessman, sold it in 1938. "It used to hang in the home of my great-granduncle," said Laura Zuckerman. "He needed money to escape the Nazis.""Did they get out?" I asked. "They did get out. And they did survive.

Mar 2, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Barry Petersen |Kerry Breen

How the pandemic impacted family caregivers An estimated 38 million Americans are family caregivers. Among them is former minister Jim Meadows, who went from helping his entire community to focusing his efforts on his wife, Georgie, who has Alzheimer's. As Meadows cared for his wife, he soon realized he also needed help.

Jan 20, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Barry Petersen |Kerry Breen

When Iranians took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, they held 52 Americans hostage for over 444 days. On this day in 1981, the hostage crisis ended, but that wasn't the end of the story - or the suffering - for the hostages and their families. The hostage crisis began when Iranians stormed the U.S. Embassy, furious that the U.S. had given the deposed shah of Iran medical sanctuary.

Jan 20, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Barry Petersen |Kerry Breen

The aftermath of the Iranian hostage crisis When Iranians took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, they held 52 Americans hostage for over 444 days. On this day in 1981, the hostage crisis ended, but that wasn't the end of the story - or the suffering - for the hostages and their families. The hostage crisis began when Iranians stormed the U.S. Embassy, furious that the U.S. had given the deposed shah of Iran medical sanctuary.