On the May 12th edition of The New York Times Close Up, Sam Roberts talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and historian Robert Caro about the larger-than-life Majority Leader, Vice President, and President Lyndon Johnson, the subject of the latest volume of his chronicle, "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson."

Times Chief Drama Critic Ben Brantley discusses which new Broadway plays were successful in their transitions from off-Broadway or out of town, the subject of an article in the special Tonys edition of the Arts and Leisure section.

The Times first Public Editor, Daniel Okrent, talks about his production of "Old Jews Telling Jokes" and its transition from videos, to a book, to off-Broadway, accompanied by Marilyn Sokol, one of the snow's stars.

And the weekly Times Reporters Roundtable convenes.

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Produced in association with The New York Times, The New York Times Close Up gives viewers an inside preview of the most compelling reports from Sunday's Times, with the correspondents who filed the stories.

The show is hosted by New York Times Urban Affairs Correspondent Sam Roberts, and features Times reporters, columnists and editors examining the week's top New York City stories.

The hour-long program airs each Saturday at 10 p.m. and repeats each Sunday at 10 a.m.