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.V. critic David Bianculli reviews the musical "Gypsy," starring Bette Midler. REV 2: Movie critic Steven Schiff reviews "Geronimo: An American Legend" starring Robert Duvall.

L.A. rocker and "spoken-word" artist HENRY ROLLINS. He used to be with the hard-core punk-rock group, Black Flag. He's also the current leader of the Henry Rollins Band. His "spoken word" performances are story-telling that goes back and forth between comedy and serious commentary. He has a new album of these performances, "Boxed Life," and a video, "Talking from the Box." (both by

2: Comedian BRETT BUTLER had an abusive marriage before getting on stage with her comedy act. She is now the star of the sitcom "Grace Under Fire," one of the top rated shows of the season. Her character is a single mother with three kids, and, like BUTLER, is divorced from an abusive husband.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD substitutes for Stephen Schiff and reviews the new movie "The Client" based on John Grisham''s bestseller.

Dagoberto Gilb with a commentary about his son. ("Books

2: PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR ROBERT P. CASEY. June 14th will be the first anniversary of his "return from the dead." Last year when he was close to death from a fatal liver disease that was destroying his heart, CASEY received a heart and liver transplant. The donor was a young African American man who was savagely beaten by drug dealers. CASEY talks about his second chance at life. And he discusses his views--pre and post-surgery--on political issues of life and death such as abortion and the death penalty.

We play a special track from the "Fresh Air in Concert" CD: Charles Brown performing "Fool''s Paradise", recorded January 13, 1989.

Critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "Borderliners" the new novel by Danish writer Peter Hoeg, author of "Smillas Sense of Smell."

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD pays tribute to the singer, Billy Eckstine, who died last Monday.

2: MARTHA REEVES is the lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, the Motown group which made it big in the 60's with such hits as "Nowhere to Run," "Heat Wave," and "Dancing in the Street." Her autobiography, "Dancing in the Street: Confessions of a Motown Diva," (Hyperion) was published in September. The book is about her career at the height of Motown music's popularity, and about her conflicts with other Motown singers and managers. (REBRROADCAST FROM 8

Middle East expert and British hostage in Beirut, TERRY WAITE. While in Lebanon in 1987, as an Anglican Church envoy to negotiate the release of hostages there, WAITE himself was captured. He was held for 1,763 days (nearly five years); four years of that time was spent in solitary confinement. He had made numerous trips to the Middle East to negotiate hostage releases in Tehran and Beirut, and was no stranger to the danger of factional conflicts: in 1969 WAITE and his wife narrowly escaped the Idi Amin coup in Uganda. WAITE's memoirs of his captivity --composed in his head--while in captivity, are now published, "Taken on Trust" (HBJ). (INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews the new movie "The Firm," which stars Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris and Holly Hunter.