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Former Secretary of State GEORGE SHULTZ. He has a new memoir, "Turmoil and Triumph: My Years As Secretary of State," (Scribners). Terry will talk with him mostly about the Iran-Contra Affair. Early on, SCHULTZ opposed any arms-for-hostages deal.

2: Once the most powerful reviewers in America, The New York Times' former drama critic, FRANK RICH. It was a great day for many playwrights when RICH stepped down as critic late last year. The British press once dubbed him "The Butcher of Broadway;" playwright David Mamet called him "a terrible critic. . . an unfortunate blot on the American theatre." Some playwrights and directors even chose to take their work elsewhere to save themselves from a review by RICH. But he's also been called "one of the most gifted critics ever to write for a newspaper... a rare and brilliant talent." Now, after thirteen years as drama critic, RICH is a columnist on the Times' Op-Ed page.

Children's book illustrator TED LEWIN (LOO-in). Lewin paid his way through art school in the 50's as a professional wrestler. His new memoir, "I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler," (Orchard Books) includes Lewin's paintings of wrestlers.

Former Drug Czar WILLIAM BENNETT. He is currently co-director of the conservative organization "Empower America." In 1981, he was appointed by Ronald Reagan to be Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1985, he became President Reagan's Secretary of Education, and from March of 1989 to November of 1990, he served as President Bush's director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Bennett has written extensively on social and domestic issues and is the author of five books. His latest is "The Book of Virtues: a treasury of Great Moral Stories," a collection of hundreds of stories and poems he hopes will instruct children in "moral literacy."

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews, "The Fugitive," starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.

Writer TOBIAS WOLFF has been nominated for the National Book Award for his memoir "In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War" (Alfred A. Knopf). The book is an account of WOLFF's tour in Vietnam. WOLFF is also the author of two short story collections, a novella, and "This Boy's Life," a memoir about his childhood.

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

2: Stage and screen actor JOE MANTEGNA. Long an associate of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, MANTEGNA starred in the stage version of "Glengarry Glen Ross", for which he won a Tony Award. MANTEGNA revels in shady characters: gamblers, cutthroat salesman, mobsters and Hollywood hucksters. His film work includes Mamet's "House of Games" and "Homicide" and his newest film has just been released: "Searching for Bobby Fischer". (Rebroa

We feature a tribute to singer Dorothy Collins, who died yesterday at the age of 67. Collins was the star of the 1950''s tv show "Your Hit Parade," and received a Tony nomination in1971 for her role in Stephen Sondheim''s Broadway show "Losing My Mind." We will play "Losing My Mind," from the show "Follies." (The recording is from "Sondheim: a Musical Tribute," RCA Rec

2: ANDRE DUBUS III (da-BYOUSE). He's the son of writer Andre Dubus, and he's recently come out with his first novel, a coming of age story called "Bluesman." Dubus continues to work construction and write on the side.