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It's been in development for five years and has at least a year to go. On the eve of its out-of-town debut, the actor playing Lincoln quit. And the producers still need to raise another $15 million to bring the show to New York. There really is no business like show business. (Part three of a three-part series.) SOURCES:Christopher Ashley, artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse.Debby Buchholz, managing director of La Jolla Playhouse.Carmen Cusack, actor.Quentin Earl Darrington, actor.Joe DiPietro, playwright and lyricist.Crystal Monee Hall, composer, singer, actor.Ivan Hernandez, actor.Michael Rushton, professor of arts administration at Indiana University.Jeffrey Seller, Broadway producer.Alan Shorr, Broadway producer.Daniel Watts, writer, choreographer, actor. RESOURCES:3 Summers of Lincoln (2025)."Review: Visceral ‘3 Summers of Lincoln' is thrilling and thought-provoking," by Pam Kragen (San Diego Union-Tribune, 2025)."What's Wrong with the Theatre is What's Wrong With Society," by Michael Rushton (ArtsJournal, 2023)."American Theater Is Imploding Before Our Eyes," by Isaac Butler (New York Times, 2023).The Moral Foundations of Public Funding for the Arts, by Michael Rushton (2023). EXTRAS:“How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway,” by Freakonomics Radio (2024).“You Can Make a Killing, but Not a Living,” by Freakonomics Radio (2024).

It has become fiendishly expensive to produce, and has more competition than ever. And yet the believers still believe. Why? And does the world really want a new musical about ... Abraham Lincoln?! (Part one of a three-part series.) SOURCES:Christopher Ashley, artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse.Quentin Darrington, actor.Joe DiPietro, playwright and lyricist.Crystal Monee Hall, composer, singer, actor.Rocco Landesman, Broadway producer, former owner of Jujamcyn Theaters, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.Alan Shorr, Broadway producer.Daniel Watts, writer, choreographer, actor.Richard Winkler, Broadway producer. RESOURCES:3 Summers of Lincoln (2025)“Live Performance Theaters in the US - Market Research Report (2014-2029),” by Grace Wood (IBISWorld, 2024). Leadership: In Turbulent Times, by Doris Kearns Goodwin (2018).Big River (1984) EXTRAS:“How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway,” by Freakonomics Radio (2024).“You Can Make a Killing, but Not a Living,” by Freakonomics Radio (2024).

TKM Productions presents “Over the River & Through the Woods” by playwright Joe DiPietro. Tom Milligan and Adam Burnham are in the studio with the rundown on this cleverly hilarious play. It's March 29-30, Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 3pm at The Amana Performing Arts Center.  For tickets and more info visit … Continue reading

CATHERINE FILLOUX (BOOK) is an award-winning playwright who has been writing about human rights and social justice for twenty-five years.  Filloux is the librettist for three produced operas, NEW ARRIVALS (Houston Grand Opera, composer John Glover), WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP (Chenla Theatre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, composer Him Sophy) and THE FLOATING BOX (Asia Society, New York City, composer Jason Kao Hwang).  WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP was also broadcast on national television in Cambodia, and THE FLOATING BOX was a Critic's Choice in Opera News and is released by New World Records.  Catherine is the co-librettist with composer Olga Neuwirth for the opera ORLANDO, which premiered at Vienna State Opera. In development:  Thresh's L'ORIENT (composer Kamala Sankaram, choreographer Preeti Vasudevan); MARY SHELLEY (composer Gerald Cohen, dramaturg Cori Ellison, Black Tea Music).  Her plays have been produced around the U.S. and internationally.  She has been honored with the 2019 Barry Lopez Visiting Writer in Ethics and Community Fellowship; the 2017 Otto René Castillo Award for Political Theatre; and the 2015 Planet Activist Award.  JIMMY ROBERTS  (MUSIC & LYRICS) composed the music for I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, second longest running Off Broadway musical in New York theater history. Written with playwright Joe DiPietro, I LOVE YOU received both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations as Best Musical. It has since played in fifty states, twenty-five countries around the world, and is a major motion picture in Hong Kong. His second Off Broadway musical, THE THING ABOUT MEN, won the 2003 New York Outer Critics Circle award for Best Musical. Jimmy's songs were featured in two other Off Broadway shows: A…MY NAME IS STILL ALICE and PETS! His children's musical, THE VELVETEEN RABBIT, toured the United States for well over a decade. Jimmy is also a sought-after performer. In entertaining programs that combine classical and popular music, he has appeared at Merkin Concert Hall, the Time Warner Center, the 92nd Street Y, Steinway Hall, and the National Arts Club. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with noted pianist, Constance Keene, Jimmy Roberts is also a poet, whose work has appeared often in the New York Times Metropolitan Diary, as well as TROLLEY, the journal of the NYS Writers Institute. JOHN DAGGETT (BOOK & ADD'L LYRICS) is a differently-abled actor who has starred Off-Broadway in the critically acclaimed plays LEMKIN'S HOUSE, TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, and LOVE LEMMINGS.  Other New York credits include: ROME, PORTRAIT OF A PRESIDENT, AN ARTIST'S LIFE, THE WITCHES TRIPTYCH, and his one-man show FLYING BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS (Theatre Row).  Regional: Guthrie, Merrimack Rep, Jewish Repertory Theatre, Portland Stage, Roxy Theatre, Odyssey Theater, Kavinoky Theatre and H.T.Y.  Numerous roles for Pennsylvania Shakespeare, Orlando Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare and Sherwood Shakespeare.  John served as a member of the Government Relations Committee of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Welcome to the Big Dipper What defines home, family, and identity? Joan Wilkes confronts these questions when she must sell The Big Dipper Inn, near Niagara Falls in upstate New York, known for its music and African American heritage. She's all set to sign the contract when a blizzard lands a group of Amish folks and a busload of men in dresses on her doorstep. For three days and nights, they wait out the storm. Cultures clash, romance crackles, and Joan struggles for answers, as a houseful of strangers becomes an unexpected community.

El Teatro Musical en Chile empieza a crecer y a profesionalizarse. Grandes éxitos de Broadway que se han montado con mayor o menos acierto, pero que han hecho crecer a una audiencia cada vez más deseosa de ser nuevas representaciones. Era hora entonces de que empezaran a montarse las obras de “Off Broadway”, es decir, obras de teatro Musical de pequeño formato o “de cámara”, en salas más pequeñas y con menos elenco y producción, pero no por eso menos calidad. Este es el caso del exitoso musical “Te amo, eres perfecto, ahora cambia” que llega al Centro Cultural Las Condes en una coproducción junto a La Guitarra Producciones en la que participan destacadas figuras de la escena chilena y argentina bajo la dirección del actor Felipe Contreras. Se trata de una obra que ha sido montada en más de 500 ciudades del mundo y que ha sido traducida a 17 idiomas y que cuenta con solo cuatro actores en escena que representan 17 cuadros diferentes. Las actrices Milagros Andaluz y Bernardita Nassar junto a Matías Oviedo y Osvaldo Iturriaga llevan a escena estas “viñetas” de mucho humor cargadas de música y baile. La obra fue estrenada en 1996 y sus autores son Joe DiPietro y Jimmy Roberts, una pareja de escritores gay que decidieron poner por escrito las confesiones amorosas de sus amigas heterosexuales. A partir de entonces se ha convertido en un clásico moderno, explorando las complejidades del amor y las relaciones. El actor Felipe Contreras actuó en las versiones locales de “Mamma mía” y “La novicia Rebelde”, sin embargo, esta vez ha optado por estar debajo del escenario y dirigir. “ He tenido mucha cercanía con el Teatro Musical por mi pareja y una de las intérpretes de esta obra Bernardita Nassar se formó en Estados Unidos y con ella he aprendido mucho más de este subgénero y formándome mi propia visión. Fue otro actor formado en Inglaterra y productor de La Guitarra Producciones, Osvaldo Iturriaga, quien había adquirido los derechos, trae la obra y la traduce. Para mi sorpresa me ofreció dirigirla y le dije que no… hasta que lo mastiqué y pensé que apoyos tenía para hacerlo”. La obra pequeña cuenta con destacados profesionales del área, “como lo es ‘La Guitarra Producciones', de Rodrigo de Diego que ha sido fundamental, me he apoyado mucho en el director vocal Julián Horning”, dice Contreras. “Me parecía importante montar algo más pequeño, otro formato del teatro Musical que en Chile no ha probado aun”, explica el director. “Esta obra que ha sido presentada en tantas salas del mundo es muy importante que llegue a Chile hoy porque es una obra absolutamente atemporal porque básicamente habla de lo que es ser humano y lo que es amar y ser amado y correspondido y no correspondido, por supuesto. Siento que es la historia de todos, y creo que es un tipo de espectáculo que no se ha visto todavía en este país y puede ser una gran propuesta para quienes aun no conocen el género musical y adentrarse más en él. Y para los fans del teatro musical ver una producción diferente que no tiene gran escenografía ni grandes vestuarios ni efectos especiales si no que es algo más honesto y que apela a las experiencias personal de cada uno”, explica la productora y actriz Milagros Andaluz. Matías Oviedo es el más famoso del elenco por ser un actor de televisión, quien también tiene un lado musical, menos conocido y aceptó la propuesta de ser parte de esta obra : “Siempre es un desafío el Teatro Musical porque a pesar de que yo me dedico a actuar y a cantar, normalmente lo hago por separado. Canto en una banda o actúo en teatro, cine o televisión. Entonces este formato donde hay que hacer todo junto siempre es un desafío porque hay que coordinar muchas cosas y eso no es fácil”. “Estas 17 viñetas tienen en común una cierta línea temporal, como es el retrato de las primeras citas, del enamoramiento, el matrimonio, la llegada de los hijos hasta incluso hasta ver cómo es ser pareja en la tercera Edad, lo que es importante porque representa a un amplio público”, dice el director Felipe Contreras. Pero en los casi 30 años que lleva en cartelera esta obra, la figura masculina ha cambiado mucho. Hay cosas que antes eran normales y hoy son inaceptables. ¿Cómo han trabajado esa mirada actual de lo heteronormativo? Se lo preguntamos al actor y productor Osvaldo Iturriaga “La verdad es que adaptar desde la mirada de lo heteronormativo y el rol del hombre no fue algo para nada difícil de adaptar porque si bien el texto es del año 1994, la obra original tiene una mirada femenina ya que varias partes de estas viñetas o historias tienen que ver con testimonios de amigas de los autores de la obra que son dos hombres gay, que les contaban sobre citas y experiencias con hombres. De modo que esta figura del hombre macho recio aparece como una figura bastante torpe, que vive en su irrealidad lo que es bastante actual. Lo que sí incorporamos fue una escena que originalmente era un matrimonio heterosexual que tenía un hijo recién nacido y veían toda su vida revolucionada en torno a la guagua, y esa escena es ahora de dos hombres gay que adoptaron recién a un hijo y el chiste es ver al final cómo la llegada de un hijo afecta a una pareja heterosexual u homosexual por igual”, explica. “Creo que algo muy atractivo de este título es que habla de las relaciones de pareja y ese es un tema universal. O sea, en todas las culturas existen las relaciones de pareja y la gente se siente representada por lo que aparece en escena. También otro de los factores es que las situaciones que se proponen son muy cotidianas y esa cotidianeidad hace que uno se vea reflejado en el escenario. Creo que en Chile entró el teatro musical pero en su lado más de espectáculo, o sea grandes elencos, grandes teatros con títulos como Mamma Mía, Cats o Fiebre del Sábado por la Noche, en cambio esta obra propone otro tipo de Teatro musical que en Chile me atrevería a decir que no se ha visto o que se ha visto muy poco, que es el Teatro Musical del Cámara y las características de este tipo de Teatro Musical es que todo es más pequeño, más teatral, en un espacio más chico, como en este caso que es la Corporación Cultural de Las Condes, se hace con un piano y no una gran orquesta y son cuatro actores que tenemos que contar todo el musical… todo esto hace a esta obra un espectáculo muy particular, muy especial, muy atractiva y cercana para todas las personas que la vengan a ver”, detalla la actriz Bernardita Nasar. En este género, la música no es de fondo, sino que un elemento clave de la dramaturgia que se explicitan en “la variedad de géneros y estilos musicales de cada escena. Cada una de las canciones está escrita en un género musical particular que nos ayudan a evocar lugares y sensaciones y la música complementa de manera magistral los textos y las historias de los personajes. Acá vamos a encontrar tangos, baladas, rock&roll canciones estilo Broadway que permiten mejor lo que está ocurriendo en escena. Por otro lado, vocalmente, cada personaje está construido desde un lugar particular... Sabemos que el teatro Musical tiene distintos estilos para cantarse, podemos encontrar estilos más contemporáneos, por rock, asi también como el uso de voz mixta o el “belting” o el “legit” que es como un estilo de canto más clásico y aquí vamos a encontrar todo eso y más”, explica el director vocal Julián Horning. Para Felipe Contreras, “Te amo, Eres Perfecto, Ahora Cambia” es “una bonita obra para reflexionar sobre el maravilloso pero al mismo tiempo complejo arte de ser pareja en el día de hoy. Acá podrán ver cómo se hace evidente esa necesidad humana que tenemos de estar en pareja y cómo se desarrolla en las diferentes etapas de nuestras vidas y relaciones”.

Send us a Text Message.A delightfully difficult Thursday crossword by Joe DiPietro, a constructor who has a reputation for precisely those sorts of puzzles. The theme? A+. The rest of the grid? A+. The entire crossword? A++, or as we like to say it, 5 squares on the JAMCR scale.Beyond our take on today's crossword, we also have some great listener mail, so check all of that out, and, as always, let us know what you think.Show note imagery: A delicious CHURROContact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

In this episode, six of this season's guests--Caseen Gaines (Episode 87: Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Flournoy Miller, and Aubrey Lyles's Shuffle Along), Mike Meaney (Episode 90: The Lyrics of Yip Harburg), Christopher Culp (Episode 100: TV Musical Episodes Part II), Tammy Tuckey (Episode 101: David Bryan and Joe DiPietro's Diana), BethAnn Cohen (Episode 95: Five-Year Anniversary Live Show), and Victoria Myers (Episode 102: Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller's Once Upon a Mattress)--return to discuss the topics from the season and listener questions and comments. We also discuss the song "Home" from the 1975 Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown musical The Wiz. This discussion was held live on Sunday, December 17th on Scene to Song's Facebook page, and was recorded for this podcast almost in its entirety. Scene to Song will be going on a brief hiatus to prepare for season seven and will return in early 2024. In the meantime, you can write to scenetosong@gmail.com with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you'd like to be a podcast guest. Follow us on Instagram at @ScenetoSong, on Twitter/X at @SceneSong, and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast.”  And be sure to sign up for the new monthly e-newsletter at scenetosong.substack.com. Contribute to the Patreon. The theme music you are hearing is by Julia Meinwald. Music played in this episode: "Home" from The Wiz

We love him, he's perfect, now change into your fanciest hat before we're joined by the legendary lyricist, Mr. Joe DiPietro! (say what?! *faints) In this week's EXTRA-special surprise Thanksgiving episode, the two-time Tony Award winning author of Memphis joins us to discuss his latest play, Babbitt, now playing at the powerhouse La Jolla Playhouse until December 10th, as well as his beloved long-running musical 'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change'. (And we cover Rose Tattoo's Rose Tattoo for the Metal album) Plus, we chat working with this incredible cast, overworking this incredible cast, pro-shots, Diana the Musical, dying satire, and heaps more in this jam-packed episode!Babbitt is sold out. A limited number of tickets may be released daily, so please check the website'Babbitt': https://lajollaplayhouse.org/show/babbitt/--Socials--Joe: https://twitter.com/joedipietronyc Around the World in 80 Plays:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/around-the-world-in-80-plays/id1709294420Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6M8Yff4VPblqINhu2SSrrg*****Juxtaposing Metal with Musicals - joined by iconic guests from the worlds of Music, Broadway, Hollywood, and more! https://www.thetonastontales.com/listen -- https://www.patreon.com/bloomingtheatricals - https://twitter.com/thrashntreasurehttps://linktr.ee/thrashntreasure*****Help support Thrash 'n Treasure and keep us on-air, PLUS go on a fantastical adventure at the same time!Grab your copy of The Tonaston Tales by AW, and use the code TNT20 when you check out for 20% off eBooks and Paperbacks!https://www.thetonastontales.com/bookstore - TNT20 ***** ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode, filmmaker, actress, podcaster, and singer Tammy Tuckey discusses David Bryan and Joe DiPietro's 2021 musical Diana. We also talk about the song "Vivre" from Riccardo Cocciante and Luc Plamondon's 1998 French musical Notre-Dame de Paris. You can write to scenetosong@gmail.com with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you'd like to be a podcast guest. Follow on Instagram at @ScenetoSong, on X/Twitter at @SceneSong, and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast.” And be sure to sign up for the new monthly e-newsletter at scenetosong.substack.com. Contribute to the Patreon. The theme music is by Julia Meinwald. Music played in this episode: "Underestimated" from Diana "Pretty, Pretty Girl" from Diana "Snap, Click" from Diana "Secrets and Lies" from Diana "If (Light the World)" from Diana "Vivre" from Notre Dame de Paris "Live for the One I Love" from The Best of Celine Dion

DAMN YANKEES  Book by Douglass Wallop & George Abbott | Music & Lyrics by Jerry Ross & Richard Adler | Based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass WallopWorks Consulted & Reference :Damn Yankees (Libretto) by Douglass Wallop & George AbbottDamn Yankees (Revised Libretto) by Joe DiPietroDamn Yankees (1958 Film) Directed by George AbbottFosse by Sam WassonSense of Occasion by Hal PrinceThe Secret Life of the American Musical by Jack ViertelMusic Credits:"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer"Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie"Chromolume #7 / Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Judith Moore, Cris Groenendaal, Charles Kimbrough, William Parry, Nancy Opel, Robert Westenberg, Dana Ivey, Kurt Knudson, Barbara Bryne"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble"Whatever Lola Wants" from Damn Yankees (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Jerry Ross & Richard Adler | Performed by Gwen Verdon"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

  David Saint is in his 25th season as Artistic Director of George Street Playhouse. He has directed 43 mainstage productions at GSP, having most recently helmed Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise. Additional productions include Fully Committed and Tiny Beautiful Things for the GSP virtual season, Midwives, and Conscience, in addition to The Trial of Donna Caine, American Hero, American Son, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and An Act of God starring the legendary Kathleen Turner in the 2017-18 season. His time here has been marked by collaborations with such artists as Keith Carradine, Tyne Daly, Rachel Dratch, Sandy Duncan, Boyd Gaines, A.R. Gurney, Uta Hagen, Jack Klugman, Dan Lauria, Kathleen Marshall, Elaine May, Anne Meara, David Hyde Pierce, Chita Rivera, Paul Rudd, Stephen Sondheim, Marlo Thomas, Eli Wallach, and many others including a remarkable partnership with Arthur Laurents. In addition, many new award-winning works have begun their life here during his tenure such as The Toxic Avenger, Proof, The Spitfire Grill, Joe DiPietro's Clever Little Lies, and It Shoulda Been You. He has directed Final Follies at Primary Stages, Clever Little Lies at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY and off-Broadway at West Side Theatre, as well as the National tour of West Side Story. In July 2016, he directed a two-night concert performance of West Side Story at the legendary Hollywood Bowl. In Summer 2019, he directed a revolutionary new production of West Side Story for IHI Stage Around in Tokyo and served as Associate Producer for the new film version of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg. 

Joe DiPietro has had 140 crosswords published in the NYTimes, mainly Fridays, although he's done a fair number of Sundays as well. This one was straightforward (for Jean), and a massive Easter Egg hunt (for Mike). Deets inside, so have a listen, and let us know what you think.Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

In this new podcast, Paul goes behind the curtain with Joe DiPietro, the book writer of Ernest Shackleton whose catalogue of work is stunning: from Diana (Broadway production about Princess Diana), to Memphis, All Shook Up, and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Joining the conversation is the entire cast of the show (all […]

And we're live... from Planet Earth, with the hunky, spunky Lyall Brooks! Yayyy! This week, AW completely humiliates himself in front of our EXTRA-special guest by reliving an embarrassing story INVOLVING Mr. Brooks! *Fail Music* Also in this super-campy episode, the dudes oil-up with some Men-o-War for Manowar's Kings of Metal, before discussing the Thing About Men with the hit Off-Broadway musical. Plus we chat finding the "Aussie voice" in theatre, Lab Kelpie Productions, Midnight - the Cinderella Story, Oz Sketch Comedy, Eurovision, Rolling Down Hills, and heaps more!Lyall on Twitter -- Lyall on InstagramMidnight Tickets Bad Cinderella Tickets www.twitter.com/mattyoungactor -- www.mattyoungactor.comwww.thetonastontales.com/listen -- www.patreon.com/bloomingtheatricals - www.twitter.com/thrashntreasurelinktr.ee/thrashntreasure*****Help support Thrash 'n Treasure and keep us on-air, PLUS go on a fantastical adventure at the same time!Grab your copy of The Tonaston Tales by AW, and use the code TNT20 when you check out for 20% off eBooks and Paperbacks!https://www.thetonastontales.com/bookstore - TNT20 ***** ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Joe DiPietro, Vice President and General Manager North America and Fendt North America at AGCO, joined Jesse Allen at the 2023 Commodity Classic to discuss the latest innovations and more from Fendt and AGCO.

Back in 2008, I made the move to New York City to finally pursue my acting career here. And after a couple of years of doing regional work, though, I was looking for more opportunities that could keep me in the city. So I went to the Actors Fund (now called the more generic Entertainment Community Fund and featured on previous episodes), and at that time they offered assistance to actors looking to beef up their non-performing resume. I talked with someone about places I'd work at in the past, and she asked if I had considered approaching non-profit organizations. Of the ones I looked through, the one that stood out to me was a children's charity called Only Make Believe. I sent them an email and setup a time to meet with a woman named Melissa who was in charge of their volunteers at the time. That was in March of 2010, and what began as a few hours here and there of volunteer office help led to part-time work as their Media Consultant and assisting with their gala and other marketing efforts.  Learn more about this amazing children's organization: https://www.onlymakebelieve.org And all of it was the idea of one woman: Dena Hammerstein. She started out as a British actress who eventually came to the US, met and married into a famous Broadway family, and began producing shows here in New York. In 1999, Dena established Only Make Believe, and every November since 2001 they have held their annual gala to raise funds and awareness for the work they do. In the last episode you heard from Joe DiPietro about his beginnings with the organization, but today you'll hear from the founder herself in this encore presentation of our conversation back in 2018 for a special segment of this podcast called The Spotlight Series. At the time Dena was still head of the whole organization. We talk about her early years as a TV and film actress in London and then what led her to establish Only Make Believe. Find out a bit more about Dena's early years in TV and film: IMDB   Giving Dena a Better Episode When this interview was originally recorded back in 2018, I only had one microphone and guests and myself would sit on either side of that mic for the interviews, so audio quality wasn't that great. For this episode I've been able to go back and improve that audio quality as best I can, thanks in part to the financial support of listeners like you.  Get Bonus Episodes by supporting WINMI with a monthly subscription OR Donate to this podcast and help further its production efforts Also in 2020, as the pandemic was upon us and Dena was spending more and more time in London, it seemed the appropriate time for her to step aside. So I've edited this conversation (using better software, thanks again to listener support) as a reminder of her legacy and the important work she has left to a new generation of capable leadership as they carry on Dena's vision for years to come.      

For the past 23 years, a non-profit theater company called Only Make Believe has been creating and performing live in-person and virtual interactive theater for children in hospitals, care facilities, and special education programs. It started here in New York City but has since opened an office Washington, DC with some outreach in other cities as well. In the next episode you'll hear an encore presentation of my conversation with founder Dena Hammerstein. But for today, I'm sitting down with one of the board members and the director of their annual gala, who has known Dena and OMB since its inception. Joe DiPietro is certainly no stranger to theater and has been writing for the stage since 1991. His musicals and plays have received multiple awards and nominations on and off-Broadway, including Memphis starring Montego Glover and All Shook Up with Cheyenne Jackson. He talks about these two talented performers and shares his affection for Only Make Believe. We also get into two of his most recent Broadway shows: Diana, the Musical and Living on Love, his lone Broadway play so far (starring former WINMI guest Douglas Sills). Both shows had their own challenges coming to and surviving on Broadway. In fact, Diana filmed their stage production for Netflix during the Covid shutdown, and that movie notoriously went on to win Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Screenplay and Worst Picture, among others. But Joe takes it all in stride and shares with us not only his passion for theater but also what has kept him going through the ups and downs. You can support Why I'll Never Make It as well through Subscriptions or Donations. 03:02 - Joe's introduction to theater 05:30 - Only Make Believe and its mission 13:58 - Montego Glover and Cheyenne Jackson 19:32 - How you can help OMB and WINMI 21:37 - Diana, the Musical 34:31 - Living on Love 45:16 - His theater writing process   Staying cooped up anywhere can be difficult for anyone, but facing the four walls of a hospital room 24/7 can be especially tough -- draining even. For more than 20 years, Only Make Believe has brought happiness to thousands of children in hospitals and care facilities in New York City and the DC area through live interactive theater. To date, approximately 95,000 children have been impacted by OMB's services, and that number continues to grow each year. Because OMB knows that “freeing a child's imagination is a valuable part of the healing process,” the organization works with a team of professional actors to provide interactive theater for sick children using nothing by a backdrop, along with a supply of props, costumes and imagination, of course. What happens next is quite magical to say the least. By the end of an OMB show, the same children who were having the worst day imaginable and didn't intend on participating are dancing, laughing and having fun. Professional actor Chris Wilson, who has since gone on to become OMB's Director of Programming & Communications, calls days like this a job well done. “Only Make Believe allows theater to become a truly immersive experience. The actors transform the space, interact with the audience, and adjust the show to the needs of each group of children,” Wilson said. “I am a firm believer that the performing arts have the ability to allow children to think and grasp concepts in a different way.” Learn more about Only Make Believe and how you can help.   The 2022 Only Make Believe Gala Join OMB as they celebrate those who inspire us with their dedication to philanthropy and raise funds to support our interactive theatre programming in hospitals, care facilities, and schools with special education programs. They have garnered so much the support for their virtual & hybrid galas over the past 2 years, and are certainly ecstatic to be BACK ON BROADWAY in person with former WINMI guests like Brad Oscar and Kathryn Allison. Only Make Believe's annual gala has earned a reputation as New York's most entertaining and unique charity event of the season! So join them if you can.        

As a kid, keyboardist David Bryan wanted to be either a rock star or a doctor. He was a pre-med student with a 4.0 GPA when his friend and high school bandmate Jon called with good news. Atlantic Records wanted to sign Bon Jovi. David figured, why not give it a try? Forty years later, the founding member has achieved the rock star dream, having toured the world, sold hundreds of records, and been inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame. David started at the piano at seven years old. The young David practiced hours every day and took lessons from a Juilliard professor. His passion and talent for music were clear, but the road to rock stardom wasn't easy. Bon Jovi's first album, released in 1984, sold only half-a-million records, and the second sold only 800,000. To get their name out there, the band toured relentlessly. David estimates he spent a total of six months at home over six years. On the band's last chance, Bon Jovi leaned into its roots as a live rock band. The resulting third album catapulted the rock group to stardom. Now with the band's 40th anniversary next year, David reflects on how not being afraid to fail allowed him to take the chance to make a career out of his passion. In addition to Bon Jovi, David was a songwriter for the Tony-award-winning Broadway musical Memphis. He and collaborator Joe DiPietro's second project, Diana, a musical inspired by Princess Diana, is streaming on Netflix. David discusses the process behind writing and releasing a Broadway show and the challenges of being in the entertainment industry during a pandemic.

Two weeks ago we started preview performances for 42nd Street here at Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. I've been so grateful to continue on at this theater after the successful run of the Anne of Green Gables musical. And so far audiences have been loving 42nd Street and the plethora of talented tap dancers on the stage. During these previews we have continued to rehearse and make the show the best can be, not to mention understudy rehearsals as well (I'm covering the role of Julian Marsh). And I even had to go back to New York City for an in-person audition (though I didn't get a callback), all the while coming down with an actual cold, though not Covid thankfully.  So I come to you today asking for a bit of patience and understanding at the lack of a new episode this week. certainly one reason why I'll never make it is my own inconsistent time management. Sometimes there aren't enough hours in the day, and then sometimes there isn't enough productivity in those hours. But as with everything I continue to grow and learn and am thankful for listeners like you who are on that same journey with me. There are some great guests coming up like singer songwriter Elaine Romanelli, dancer and actor Ricky Schroder, as well as lyricist and playwright Joe DiPietro from Broadway's Memphis and Diana the Musical. So enjoy your week and I'll be back next Monday with a brand new episode of Why I'll Never Make It.  Check out past episodes on your podcast app or at whyillnevermakeit.com.

We've got a royal scandal on our hands this week, folks: featuring NYC and Winnipeg's own Raffie Rosenberg! This princess production was directed by Christopher Ashley with music and lyrics by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro. You know, that guy from Bon Jovi and Memphis. Paul, Jill, and Raffie hold court to ask the important questions, like: should one's kingdom get funkadelic? Why can't I marry a Scorpio? And why didn't we go with “Epic Smackdown for the Crown” over “Thriller in Manila”?We got MERCH now y'all! Visit Spring to check out our mugs, t-shirts, hoodies and more!Twitter: @monkeyplaybillsInstagram: @monkeysandplaybillspodEmail: monkeysandplaybillspod@gmail.comPatreon: patreon.com/monkeysandplaybills Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/monkeysandplaybills

We had the pleasure of interviewing Cory Singer over Zoom video!New Jersey native, singer-songwriter Cory Singer, recenlty released a new music video for the song, “Break of Dawn”. Cory Singer has become a social media & TikTok sensation as an autism advocate, coining the phrase “Let's Normalize Autism”. With over 404k followers and 13 million likes (TikTok) and full verification across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, Cory promotes positivity by inspiring others with his unique brand, music, and personal experiences having autism himself. His latest single “Break of Dawn” takes his fans from his lonely heartbreak of not having someone to love and accept him (Someone) to his current status of finding the right “one.” Some of Cory's accomplishments include BRAVO TV's singing competition "The Kandi Factory," winning the grand prize (single and music video release). Multi Grammy Award winner Kandi Burruss penned Cory's winning song “I Can Do Anything." Cory was nominated for Best Vocal Performance in 2013 for his role in Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro's The Last Romance in Broadway World Magazine. He also received a 2011 NJ Perry Award Nomination for his role in "Seussical The Musical" (The Mayor). Additionally, he is on the board of directors for the I Am Able Foundation and an ambassador for Sound Mind Network. We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #CorySinger #Autism #AutismAwareness #ICanSoAnything #BreakOfDawn #NewMusic #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB https://www.bringinitbackwards.com/follow/ Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpod

A sly Saturday stumper by veteran crossword constructor Joe DiPietro, with some really tricky corners, and, come to think of it, a grid full of cruciverbal traps. We have all the deets, as well as the winner of this week's JAMCOTWA (Jean And Mike Crossword Of The Week Award) just waiting for you, so hit download then hit play for an episode that we hope hits the spot.  

SW-031 March 2022 Show Notes **Please check all theatre websites for their current COVID protocols. Many theatres continue to require proof of vaccination and masks** BlackHorse Village Players, Caledon http://www.blackhorsetheatre.ca Tickets for Five Alarm by Karen DaSilva April 27-May 15 https://thelittleboxoffice.com/blackhorsetheatre/ Box Office 905-880-5002 Kempenfelt Community Players, Barrie https://kempenfeltplayers.com Call for Director, Music Director and Producer for Elf Jr. Expressions of interest to kcpcommunication@gmail.com The South Simcoe Theatre, Cookstown https://www.thesouthsimcoetheatre.com Call for Directors for Four Play - Deadline March 27th More information https://www.thesouthsimcoetheatre.com/four-play Expressions of interest to FourPlay@TheSouthSimcoeTheatre.com The Curtain Club, Richmond Hill https://thecurtainclub.org Tempting Providence by Robert Chafe, April 7th-23rd Box Office at 905-773-3434 https://thecurtainclub.org/tempting-providence-by-robert-chafe/ I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and music by Jimmy Roberts - June 10th - 25th Theatre Aurora https://www.theatreaurora.com Lonely Planet by Steven Dietz from May 5-8 and 12-14 No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre from June 2-11. Tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=thtau Auditions for Inez in No Exit - expressions of interest to productions@theatreaurora.com Mariposa Arts Theatre, Orillia https://www.mariposaartstheatre.com Steel Magnolias April 21st-30th at the Orillia Opera House. https://secure1.tixhub.com/orillia-oh/online/b_otix.asp?cboPerformances=3345&cboEvent=1090 Caledon Town Hall Players https://www.caledontownhallplayers.com Kiss The Moon, Kiss the Sun, A Dramedy by Norm Foster March 25-April 2 Tickets: https://www.caledontownhallplayers.com. Dragonfly Theatre Company, Bracebridge http://www.dragonflytheatre.ca Neil Simon's California Suite June 1-11 Dinner theatre info and tickets available from their website shortly. Talk is Free Theatre, Barrie https://www.tift.ca A Grimm Night, an immersive dance creation by TranscenDance Project at The Great Hall on 1087 Queen St. West in Toronto (April 14-17) Tickets: https://tickets.tift.ca/TheatreManager/1/online?event=0 Theatre by the Bay, Barrie https://theatrebythebay.com Professional Workshop Series Text Analysis Brush Up for Actors and Directors with Jeannette Lambermont-Morey March 27th from 2pm-6pm in-person at Studio House Barrie located at 4-347 Bayfield Street, Barrie Tickets: https://theatrebythebay.com/learn#workshop Theatre Lab April 4th 6-9pm, in-person, Five Points Theatre lower lobby Sign up: https://theatrebythebay.com/learn#lab Theatre Collingwood https://theatrecollingwood.ca Sign up for the waitlist for additional sessions of “Effective Storytelling” workshops for seniors, led by Scott Hurst. Call Anne at Theatre Collingwood at 705-445-2200 to be added to the list

Joe DiPietro is a Tony Award-winning playwright and lyricist. His musicals and plays have received thousands of productions across the country and around the world, including NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, MEMPHIS, ALL SHOOK UP, LIVING ON LOVE, THE TOXIC AVENGER, THE THING ABOUT MEN, and, most recently, DIANA: THE MUSICAL. In this episode, Joe shares behind the scenes of the Netflix filming of DIANA: THE MUSICAL, his new collaboration on the Sir Tom Jones musical WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT, and growing up with a big Italian family in New Jersey. Joe Dipietro It's Only Make Believe The Oradell Library

Joe DiPietro is a Tony Award-winning playwright and lyricist. His musicals and plays have received thousands of productions across the country and around the world, including NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, MEMPHIS, ALL SHOOK UP, LIVING ON LOVE, THE TOXIC AVENGER, THE THING ABOUT MEN, and, most recently, DIANA: THE MUSICAL. In this episode, Joe shares behind the scenes of the Netflix filming of DIANA: THE MUSICAL, his new collaboration on the Sir Tom Jones musical WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT, and growing up with a big Italian family in New Jersey. Joe Dipietro It's Only Make Believe The Oradell Library

Dans quelques jours sortira, sur la plateforme Prime Vidéo, le film Spencer de Pablo Larrain. Ce biopic en huis clos, au sein de la famille royale, retrace les derniers jours précédant la décision de Diana de mettre fin à son mariage avec le Prince Charles, en 1991. Le rôle de la princesse au destin brisé est incarné par Kristen Stewart. Alors, où se situe la pertinence d'un énième objet culturel à propos de Diana et de la famille royale ? Ou encore, l'actrice est-elle à la hauteur d'un tel rôle ? Clémentine Gallot et Kaoutar Harchi l'ont vu et répondent à ces questions dans ce nouvel épisode court de Quoi de Meuf. Les références entendues dans l'épisode : Spencer de Pablo Larrain (2022)Jackie de Pablo Larrain (2016)The Crown de Peter Morgan et Stephen Daldry (2016)Diana de Oliver Hirschbiegel (2013)Diana : the musical de David Bryan et Joe Dipietro (2021)Amy de Asif Kapadia (2015)Quoi de Meuf est une émission de Nouvelles Écoutes. Rédaction en chef : Clémentine Gallot. Journaliste chroniqueuse : Kaoutar Harchi. Mixage et montage : Laurie Galligani. Prise de son par Thibault Delage à l'Arrière Boutique. Générique réalisé par Aurore Meyer Mahieu. Réalisation et coordination : Cassandra de Carvalho et Mathilde Jonin.Le podcast Quoi de Meuf devient un livre : 100 oeuvres cultes à connaitre quand on est féministe ! Est-il possible de chérir des œuvres imparfaites ? Comment représenter les violences sexuelles ? Faut-il séparer l'homme de l'artiste ? Que faire des œuvres problématiques ? Quelles sont les films, séries, livres, albums indispensables à son éducation féministe ? Clémentine Gallot, Kaoutar Harchi, Anne-Laure Pineau, Pauline Verduzier et Emeline Amétis apportent leurs réponses (subjectives !) à ces questions en vous présentant une sélection d'œuvres qui les ont nourries et marquées dans la construction de leur féminisme ! Le livre est disponible en librairie depuis le 24 novembre, et il est possible de le commander ici : https://tidd.ly/3E2admVSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's crossword pegged the crossword-difficulty-meter (expressed in units of Joe DiPietro's, see our December 10th podcast for the deets). Everywhere you looked in the grid there was a challenge, from the (believe it or not, relatively easy) 37D, Go out of business?, RETIRE, to the quaint 10D, Buffaloed, ATALOSS (how fitting!), and who could forget 39A, Pieces together?, SUITE (yikes). We have all the details in today's podcast, all ready for you to download and enjoy.

Deze week in Radar: het nieuwe album van Belgische superster Angèle en de musicalfilm is overal.   Met ‘Bruxelles, je t' aime' heeft Angèle een  single uit die zo zonnig is dat hij een gletsjer kan ontdooien. Maar vergis je niet: er zit ook een donkere, melancholische kant aan haar nieuwe album Nonante-cinq. Wat zegt deze nieuwe plaat over de Brusselse als artiest? Zal ze het megasucces van haar debuut Brol kunnen bevestigen? En hoeveel groter kan ze nog worden? We vragen het aan muziekredacteur Nick De Leu.  Van West side story in de versie van Steven Spielberg tot Tick...Tick...Boom! van Lin-Manuel Mirana op Netflix: er is een nieuw gouden tijdperk voor musicalfilms aangebroken. Theaterrecensent en musicalliefhebber Filip Tielens gidst ons door het aanbod.  Journalist Nick De Leu, Filip Tielens, Filip Van Ongevalle| Presentatie Lise Bonduelle| Redactie Cathérine De Kock, Lise Bonduelle | Eindredactie Cathérine De Kock| Audioproductie Pieter Santens| Muziek Brecht Plasschaert | Chef  Podcast Bart Dobbelaere | Extra geluidsfragmenten ‘Bruxelles je t'aime' (Angèle), ‘Libre' (Angèle), ‘Démons' (Angèle), ‘Hold up'(Beyoncé), ‘Let it all burn' (Sylvie Kreusch), ‘Solo' (Angèle), ‘Princes' (Oscar & the wolf), ‘Bruxelles arrive' (Roméo Elvis), docu Angèle (Sebastien Rensonnet en Brice VDH), ‘Tout oublier' (Angèle), ‘Fever' ( Dua Lipa en Angèle), Rent (Jonathan Larson), In the heights (Jon M. Chu), West side story (Steven Spielberg), Diana: The musical (David Bryan en Joe DiPietro), ‘Lady marmelade' (Christina Aguilera, Mya, Lil' Kim en P!nk), Annette (Leos Carax), Singing in the rain (Gene Kelly en Stanley Donen), Saturday night fever (John Badham), La la land (Damien Chazelle), A star is born (Bradley Cooper), Everybody's talking about Jaimie (Jonathan Butterelle), Dear Evan Hansen (Benj Pasek, Justin Paul),  Tick...Tick... Boom! (Lin-Manuel Miranda), ‘Saudade' (Arsenal) ‘Estupendo' (Arsenal), ‘Mr Doorman' (Arsenal), ‘Melvin' (Arsenal).  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An absolutely vicious Saturday crossword that somehow got published on Friday, one of the toughest we've seen in years. With clues ranging from a soul crushing 48A, Japanese dish of raw fish and vegetables over rice, CHIRASHI, to an  equally jaw-dropping 10A, Cheek-related, MALAR, Joe DiPietro showed no mercy. Normally we'd say this should've run on a Saturday, but we think it would've scared the other Saturday puzzles away, so maybe it needs its own day, which we will now introduce into the week as DiPietro Day. [Look for it soon in a calendar near you

  Dr. Ashley Mitek and Dr. Jim Lowe from the University of Illinois discuss using ivermectin to treat COVID-19. They talk about past professors at the veterinary school, Dr. Al Paul and Dr. Joe DiPietro, and their groundbreaking research on the drug decades ago. Ashley and Jim provide background information on dangers associated with Ivermectin and how one of their misguided perspectives while in veterinary school could have been fatal.

Join Patti Katter with Cory Singer as they talk about not letting autism get in the way of becoming a singer. Cory is a singer, songwriter, musician, and theater performer all in one. He reveals what it is like living with autism and spreads awareness of the condition through social media. Here's a breakdown of what to expect in this episode: · Life in the shoes of a child diagnosed with autism and the interest in music · How a TikTok video about autism gained traction and became a platform for awareness · Information about the condition in simple terms to debunk misconceptions · Tell-tale signs that directly point to autism · Cory's biggest life hurdle he managed to jump over successfully · And so much more! ~ About Cory Singer: NJ Native Cory Singer is an accomplished singer/songwriter/musician and theater performer. Cory has performed in arenas before thousands nationwide. He starred in BRAVO TV's singing Competition, “The Kandi Factory,” winning the grand prize and taking home a song penned by Grammy Award Winning Artist Kandi Burress, “I Can Do Anything.” Cory is an exceptional songwriter, and he captivates his audiences no matter the venue or event. He finished out 2017 on a high note, being added to several media magazine watch lists for 2018. Cory has become an advocate for children, families, and adults who are on the spectrum. He has used his TikTok to promote positivity by inspiring others with his platform. Cory has coined the phrase ‘“People with Autism Have Superpowers.” Cory began his career in 2005 as a musical theater performer. Through 2013 he celebrated many accomplishments, including a 2011 NJ Perry Award Nomination for his role in Seussical The Musical (The Mayor), and in 2013 Broadway World nominated him for Best Vocalist for his role in Joe DiPietro's “The Last Romance” at the Bickford Theater. Cory has re-entered the theater world in 2019 with his upcoming roles as “Young Buddy” in Westfield Community Players “Follies” in May 2019 and his upcoming role as “Matt Volpe” in the award-winning original musical “They Call it Gravy, We Call it Sauce” with Music Jar Productions. Shows being in October 2019 at the Bound Brook Theater. Cory performs both acoustically and with his full band. His single (the first in a six-song series), released on July 20, 2018, “Blind in Love” to worldwide critical acclaim. His second song, “Everybody Sing,” released on December 7, 2018, was produced in Memphis by Wes Edmonds (Wyclef Jean Production Team). In 2020 during COVID-19, Cory took to TikTok and decided to share his journey with autism. He has become a social influencer to families and other adults living with autism. ~ You can find Cory Singer on . . . Website: https://www.corysingermusic.com/ TikTok: @TheCorySinger ~ Connect with Patti! Website: https://pattikatter.com/ Online Shop: https://thepatrioticmermaid.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pattikatter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pattikatter/ Don't forget to join The Wake Up with Patti Katter's private Facebook group. Listen to Wake Up With Patti Katter on all major podcast platforms. Interested in Podcast Editing Services or Interested in starting your own Podcast? Ask Patti for a Consult! Podblade:https://app.podblade.com/r/5KQLLY --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wakeupwithpattikatter/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wakeupwithpattikatter/support

Today's crossword featured a fine example of grid art — a face that definitely HADABLANKLOOK, and SHOWEDNOEMOTION - which coincidentally is what Jean & Mike look like whenthey have their puzzle-solving faces on.Apart from the Mona Lisa-like grid, there were some interesting answers: 56A, Brand with the record for a single car driven the most miles (3+ million and counting), VOLCO (huh!); 5D, Pennsylvania petroleum center, once, OILCITY (natch!), and 30D, It's been known to chase Wild Turkeys, BEER (nice). A fine effort by Joe Dipietro, we give it an unemotional 5 squares on the JAMCR scale.

It's not easy to BUILDABETTERMOUSETRAP, nor to build a better crossword gimmick, but in today's CADILLAC of a puzzle Joe DiPietro shows us how it's done -- so if you want to CLAP, or  sing a PAEAN in his honor, we would certainly understand. After all, any puzzle that include 21A, Loud thudding sound, CRUMP

This weekend, the “Final Four” for both the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will take place. Each venue will have a limited number of fans, as well as the cardboard cutouts we got so used to seeing during last baseball season. Joe DiPietro is the cofounder of Perk Social, a tech company specializing in fan […]

Linguist George Lakoff explains why at this moment, Americans should be discussing what our responsibility is to others when we live in a democracy that grants us individual freedoms, and how politics frames that conversation. Also, Joe DiPietro, co-founder of Perk Social, the company behind fan cutouts being made for the upcoming Final Four NCAA basketball game, joins us.

Judy Kaye first came to prominence playing Lily Garland in the original Broadway production of On The 20th Century opposite John Cullum and Imogene Coca. In a career spanning five decades, she has played theaters and concert halls across the globe, in roles as diverse as Lucy Van Pelt, Rizzo, Maria Von Trapp, Mrs. Lovett, and Grandma Kurnitz in Lost in Yonkers. Recent Broadway appearances include Cinderella, Wicked, Anastasia and Diana. She played Eurydice in Orpheus In The Underworld, Musetta in La Boheme, and Lucy Lockett in The Beggar’s Opera at The Santa Fe Opera. She has twice received the Tony Award; first in 1988 for the role of the tempestuous opera diva Carlotta Giudicelli in The Phantom of the Opera, then again in 2012 for her performance as the high-flying Duchess Estonia Dulworth in Nice Work If You Can Get It. She has also twice received the Theater LA Ovation Award; for her work as Emma Goldman in Ragtime, and as the melodically challenged Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir, two roles she originated on Broadway. She has sung with symphony orchestras throughout the US and Europe, and twice at the White House. She is also the voice of Kinsey Millhone in the Sue Grafton Alphabet Mystery Series for Random House Audio. (Bio courtesy of Broadway.com)Cocktails at Table 7- Inside New York’s Joe Allen is produced and hosted by Jason Woodruff, Dana Mierlak and Sean Kent, with music by James Rubio and logo and artwork design by Christina D’Angelo. The Producers would like to extend a special thank you to the owners of Joe Allen, Orso and Bar Centrale Restaurants.

Brandon and Sophie sit down with Joe DiPietro, two time Tony Award-Winning playwright, author, and lyricist, and discuss his career from beginning to multiple world-famous musicals (Memphis, The Toxic Avenger, Catch Me If You Can, All Shook Up, Diana) and his special collaboration with musician David Bryan of Bon Jovi’s band.

The Toxic Avenger – The Musical (2018)   Based on the 1984 film with book written by Joe diPetro with music by David Bryan, both would write the lyrics together.  Opening in 2008, the musical would receive multiple nominations and embrace hard nosed theatrical critics the world over.  The show would play all over the world while smashing attendance records for an off Broadway tour and has played Australia, Canada, UK and across the USA.  The video is available through Broadway HD.   Anna and the Apocalypse  (2017)   The UK Christmas Zombie film came out to critical acclaim and became a UK hit.  It stars an ensemble cast of relatively unknown actors, the film and its soundtrack have become a cult classic.  Based on Ryan McHenry's Zombie Musical, the film was adopted for the screen by Ryan McHenry and Alan McDonald.  Directed by John McPhail, he chose the short shorts and cropped t-shirts from the cult classic Sleepaway camp whilst the film is a cross between West Side Story and Shaun of the Dead as its inspiration.   We are joined by the author of the novelisation of Anna and the Apocalypse book, Barry Waldo and Joe Randazzo, producer and scriptwriter.     If you are in the UK, you can have a free audiobook of Anna and the Apocalypse by clicking on this link:  https://www.audible.co.uk/acx-promo   Type in this code:  4C674FHXHL2GZ  and the audiobook is all yours for people in the UK.  Please leave a review on the audiobook which will help the sales of this fantastic audiobook.   Opening Credits/Introduction (2.58); Story Geek – What To Watch During COVID Crisis (10.01); Man Messes With Nature (18.37); Toxic Avenger - The Musical (2016) Trailer (22.01); Why God? (23.11); Death of a Bounty Hunter (50.29); Nature Messes With Man (52.06); Anna and the Apocalypse (2017) Trailer  (56.24); Mother Nature’s Revenge (58.03); Nature Lives To Fight Another Day (1:27.41);  End Credits (1:40.36); Closing Theme (1:41.01)    It’s Christmas Eve – taken from the album A Christmas Horror Story by Alex Kashkin.  Used by kind permission of Universal Music.   Legend of the Toxic Avenger and Bitch/Liar/Slut/Whore - by the 2014 London Cast of Toxic Avenger.  Words and Music by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan.  Used by kind permission of Direct Holdings America.     Turning My Life Around, Soldier at War, The Fish Wrap by the motion picture cast of Anna and the Apocalypse.  Words and Music by Tommy Reilly and Roddy Hart.  Used by kind permission of MGM Music.     Naughty and Nice by LVCRFT - 2019 single LVCRFT Naughty and Nice.  Used by kind permission Spooky Never Sleeps   Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast.    All rights reserved.  Copyright reserved.

Episode #13: New York City Designer, Thomas Burger, has been celebrated internationally for over 30 years as one of the top, most exclusive designers to the Who’s Who of the World. Since the launch of his New York City firm in 1987, Mr. Burger has composed a broad spectrum portfolio which includes HRH King Hussein of Jordan, The Royal Family of Monaco, foreign ambassadors, Rod Gilbert of New York Ranger fame and other American sports’ heroes, Tony award-winning playwrights including Joe DiPietro of “I Love You, You’re Perfect Now Change,” television and film celebrities, and CEOS/CFOS of Fortune 500 companies such as Ernst and Young, Northrop Grumman, MGM, Bed Bath and Beyond, Japan Airlines, Atlantic Container & Shipping, Sotheby International, and many others. Mr. Burger is a major force in designing and refurbishing interiors of many landmark buildings, including 100 United Nations Plaza, Lincoln Towers, Galaxy Towers, Lakeside Towers, The Oxford, The Savoy, The Carlton Regency, Nathan Hale Tower, 36 Gramercy Park, 10 West 74th Street, 941 Park Avenue and many others in New York City. Although Thomas works globally with projects in Dubai, London, Hong Kong, Palm Beach, Los Angeles, and Dallas, he has recently opened new offices in the Las Vegas World Market Design Center where he plans to focus more of his time these days to better serve his west coast clientele. Thomas’ mission is more than creating beautiful spaces and introducing his clients to a world of resources, but to positively impact the human soul and the total human experience through his designs. He ultimately is committed to his vision of sanctuaries that soothe his clients’ souls, call them to be more peaceful, loving, productive and joyful inside environments that cause a rebirth of their connection to something higher. Recently, Thomas was asked to design and create “The City of the Future” in China for The Chinese government. http://www.thomasburgerdesign.com

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A grueling Saturday delight by Joe DiPietro (edited as always by Will Shortz), including an exceptionally tough top-left corner minefield with tricky clues such as "Unrepaired" (ASIS), "Something the force is responsible for?" (SALES), and "Finer cut, usually" (SIDEA) - yikes! 

In tonight's interview, Samantha Belding talks with Tony-Award Winning Broadway Producer Randy Adams. Randy is a founding partner of Junkyard Dog Productions (JYD), a theatrical producing company dedicated to the development and production of new musical theatre. JYD is currently represented on Broadway with Come From Away which is the winner of the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Helen Hayes and Dora Award for Best Musical of 2017. The National Tour of Memphis (by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan) completed a successful multi-year run following an almost three year run on Broadway. Memphis is the winner of the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical of 2010. First Date premiered at Seattle's 5th Avenue /ACT Theatre prior to its Broadway run at the Longacre Theatre. Since its inception in 2006, JYD has also produced Make Me A Song, The Music of William Finn off-Broadway at New World Stages (Drama Desk nom., Outer Critics Circle nom.) and in London and Vanities, A New Musical at Second Stage Theatre. Prior to creating JYD, Randy was the Managing Director at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto from 1984 to 2006. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

James Vagias | Producing Artistic Director, Producer, Educatorwww.americantheatregroup.orgJim Vagias (Producing Artistic Director) has been involved in theentertainment industry since 1983 and has had the pleasure of working withsome of the industry’s leading professionals, as well as discovering andnurturing up-and-coming talent who later have gone on to great success (e.g.Thomas Kail, Tony Award-winning director of Hamilton; Joe DiPietro, TonyAward-winning author of Memphis.) A former attorney, Vagias foundedAmerican Theater Group in 2012 with industry professionals Joe Mancuso andRick Sordelet. Prior to American Theater Group, Vagias produced over 40 newand classic plays and musicals, including 14 world premieres, 6 of whichsuccessfully transferred to Off-Broadway (such as I Love You, You’re Perfect,Now Change, and Swingtime Canteen). Jim has also worked for commercialproducers such as NAMCO (Chicago, Seussical, Waitress) and TimothyChilds (Annie revival). He has worked with Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin)to inaugurate the New American Musical Reading Series, a program designedto help emerging writers of theatrical musicals to develop their work. Inaddition to having served on several panels of the ASCAP Musical TheaterWorkshops, he has also served as the magic consultant for Broadwayproductions. Vagias has taught courses on Theatre Management andEntertainment Law at Montclair State University, and has also been a guestlecturer at Rutgers, Kean University and the New School.

British announcer Simon Mathis joins Adam from a social distance to co-host, and they welcome two-time Tony Award-winning playwright Joe DiPietro, whose new Broadway musical, "Diana," was set to open days before the Coronavirus shut everything down. Plus, actor Daniel Lynn Evans tells us what it was like to be catfished by nefarious drag queen Sherry Pie. This tea is hot, children. Visit www.adamsank.com

From March 24th-29th*, North Carolina Theatre will be presenting a production of Joe DiPietro & David Bryan's 2010 Tony-winning musical, MEMPHIS, at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. I recently had the great pleasure of interviewing Robert Hartwell, who will be directing and choreographing the production. Robert has previously appeared on Broadway in MEMPHIS, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, HELLO, DOLLY!, as well as the national and international tours of DREAMGIRLS. Hartwell is also the founder of The Broadway Collective, Inc., a musical theatre class tour that connects Broadway’s finest performers with students across the country. *Due to ongoing cases of the coronavirus, the production has been postponed. Be sure to catch North Carolina Theatre’s production of MEMPHIS. It will be playing at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium from July 28th-August 2nd. For more information, please visit: www.nctheatre.com/shows/memphis%20 For more information regarding the The Broadway Collective, please visit: www.bwaycollective.com Follow Kare Reviews at www.karereviews.net and on Twitter: @KareReviews Also please visit the newly launched Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/jeffreykare?fan_landing=true Follow Jeffrey Kare on Twitter: @JeffreyKare If you like what you've heard here, please subscribe to any one of the following places where the Kare Reviews Podcast is available. Anchor: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-kare Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kare-reviews-podcast/id1453846013 Google: www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy85NWFhZDFjL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6GL69s4zoDQmBcZf3NALTG Breaker: www.breaker.audio/kare-reviews-podcast Overcast: overcast.fm/itunes1453846013/kare-reviews-podcast Pocket Casts: pca.st/47Vw RadioPublic: radiopublic.com/kare-reviews-podcast-6rMdXk --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-kare/support

Good morning theater fans! This is Caryn Robbins with The Broadway Scoop for Monday, March 2nd.The Broadway premiere of Rona Munro's MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON ended its limited run at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Saturday. Adapted from Elizabeth Strout's best-selling novel, the Manhattan Theatre Club production starred Tony nominee Laura Linney, who reprised her role from the show's acclaimed London engagement. Also wrapping up its limited run over the weekend was the Broadway premiere of Bess Wohl's GRAND HORIZONS. Among the cast members taking their final bows at the Hayes Theater on Sunday was Gotham star Ben McKenzie, who made his Broadway debut in the production.The new revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's COMPANY begins preview performances tonight at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, ahead of an official opening on March 22nd, the date of Sondheim's 90th birthday. Marianne Elliott’s gender-reversed production stars Tony winner Katrina Lenk alongside Tony winner Patti LuPone, who reprises her Olivier Award winning performance from the production’s West End premiere.And DIANA, the new musical about the late Princess of Wales, also begins previews tonight at Broadway's Longacre Theatre, ahead of an official opening on March 31. Directed by Tony winner Christopher Ashley, and featuring a score from the Tony-winning duo of Joe DiPietro and David Bryan, the bio musical stars Jeanna de Waal in the title role, alongside Tony winner Judy Kaye as Queen Elizabeth.And that's The Broadway Scoop for Monday, March 2nd.

On this edition of "Bagels and Broadway" conversations with rock star-turned-author Gene Cornish of the legendary band, The Rascals, Jacob Dickey and George Abud featured in "Emojiland:The Musical" and actress Harriet Harris, star of the new Joe DiPietro play, "Conscience." Plus the owner and founder of Tipsy Scoop, the ice cream with a twist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Kechi Playhouse is putting Living on Love onstage Fridays through Sundays from September 6 to the 29 th . This two-act farce from Joe DiPietro is actually a re-working of the play Peccadillo , by Garson Kanin.

Anna Chlumsky is an Emmy nominated actress who has continued to make a name for herself in film, on television and on stage.  Most recently, Chlumsky completed production on the seventh and final season of the Emmy-winning comedy, Veep, which will premiered on HBO on March 31st, 2019.   Chlumsky was seen on screen in Minhal Baig’s film “Hala” as Shannon, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Festival. “Hala’s” worldwide rights has also been acquired by Apple.  In 2017, Chlumsky was nominated for her fifth consecutive Emmy© in the category of “Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series” for her portrayal as Brookheimer. She was also nominated for a Critics Choice Award, and won the SAG Ensemble for VEEP. She won the Gracie Allen Award in 2015 for Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a comedy or Musical for her work on Veep. Chlumsky made her Broadway debut in 2015 in Scott Ellis’ revival of You Can’t Take It With You. She played “Alice Sycamore,” the daughter of an eccentric family, opposite James Earl Jones and Annaleigh Ashford. She also reprised her role as “Iris Peabody” in Joe DiPietro’s Living on Love, which made its Williamstown Theatre Festival debut in 2014 and transferred to Broadway. Based on the famed Peccadillo, Chlumsky starred opposite Renee Fleming, Douglas Sills and Jerry O’Connell. Additionally, her New York stage credits include: Cardinal, 3C, Love, Loss, and What I Wore (Westside Theatre); So Help Me God (Mint Theatre Company); Unconditional(LA Byrinth Theater Company); The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero (DR2);Darwin in Malibu (Bay Street Theatre); The Butcherhouse Chronicles (Summer Play Festival); Balm in Gilead (Barefoot Theater Company - Member); Half Life (Flea Theater/Fringe Festival); Iphigeneia at Aulis (TimeSpace Productions); Measure for Measure (Astoria Performing Arts Center); No Alarms: Headfullofradio (Veritas Productions); and The Trojan Women (Veritas Productions). Additional TV credits include AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, NBC’s Hannibal,: 30 Rock, and  Law & Order” SVU.  Chlumsky became a household name when she starred alongside Macaulay Culkin as Vada Sultenfuss in the 1991 film, My Girl. Other notable film credits include: The End of Tour, Bert and Arnie’s Guide to Friendship, In The Loop; The Good Guy; Blood Car; My Girl 2; Gold Diggers; the Glamour Reel Short, and Wait.  She currently resides in NY. 

David Saint, Artistic Director of George Street Playhouse, joins us to chat about their newly announced 2019-20 Season! The season includes a heartwarming new musical, a hilarious one-woman show starring a beloved television personality, a gripping suspense thriller based on a bestselling novel, a world premiere historical drama by George Street Playhouse favorite Joe DiPietro, and a new musical adaptation of a popular film. For all of the details check out www.GeorgeStreetPlayhouse.org.Season

This podcast is from episode number 527 of the program, originally broadcast on Thursday, May 9, 2019 and features reviews of the plays:SALT, ROOT, AND ROE, by Tim Price, at Upstream TheaterTRANSLATIONS, by Brian Friel at Black Mirror TheatreMISS SAIGON, by Schoenberg, Boublil, & Maltby at the Fox Theatre BILOXI BLUES, by Neil Simon at Clayton Community Theatre A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, by William Shakespere at R-S Theatrics & Blind Pigs NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, by George & Ira Gershwin & Joe DiPietro at Kirkwood Theatre Guild GODSPELL, by John-Michael Tebelak & Stephen Schwartz at Saint Louis Universityand…OVER THE TAVERN, By Tom Dudzick at The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves You can also see video and still pictures of the shows that we've talked about in all of our episodes by looking for us on all social media platforms...YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Search for "twontheaisle" on all of them. Here are the direct links:Facebook: http://facebook.com/twoontheaislehecYouTube: http://youtube.com/twoontheaiseInstagram: http://instagram.com/twoontheaisleTwitter: http://twitter.com/twoontheaisleSee you on May 23, 2019!

Un musical que lo tiene todo. La partitura es de los hermanos George e Ira Gershwin y el libreto es de Joe DiPietro, conocido por sus musicales "TE QUIERO, ERES PERFECTO... YA TE CAMBIARÉ" (1996), "MEMPHIS" (2002) o "EL VENGADOR TÓXICO" (2008) que en el caso que nos ocupa se las ingenió para crear una historia ambientada en los años 20, en la que encajar un buen número de canciones de Gershwin, con lo que tenemos el primer jukebox que utilizamos en la serie de "Cuéntame un musical". Era imprescindible meter en esta serie de podcast a George Gershwin, ese compositor que murió en 1937 con 38 años, pero al que recurren una y otra vez los músicos y productores teatrales para bien reponer sus obras "PORGY AND BESS" o "UN AMERICANO EN PARÍS", o para cantar un buen número de canciones salidas de su pluma, la más reciente el disco homenaje de Tony Bennett con Diana Krall titulado "Love is here to stay". El disco que hemos utilizado para el podcast es el del reparto de Broadway que aparte de ser el único, tiene un excelente reparto: Matthew Broderick (Jimmy Winter), un playboy Kelli O'Hara (Billie Bendix)., contrabandista de alcohol Judy Kaye (Estonia Dulworth), Duquesa de Woodford, hermana del senador Evergreen Michael McGrath (Cookie McGee), contrabandista amigo de Billie Jennifer Laura Thompson (Eileen Evergreen), novia de Jimmy Terry Beaver (Senador Max Evergreen), padre de Eileen Robyn Hurder (Jeannie Muldoon), corista enamorada de Duke Stanley Wayne Mathis (Jefe de policía Berry) Chris Sullivan (Duke Mahoney), contrabandista amigo de Billie Estelle Parsons (Millicent Winter), madre de Jimmy Espero os guste 00h 00'00" Presentación 00h 03'53" Cabecera 00h 04'56" Inicio 00h 05'34" Overture 00h 08'50" Sweet and Lowdown 00h 14'20" Nice work if you can get it 00h 18'26" Demond rum 00h 23'05" Someone to watch over me 00h 26'43" Delishious 00h 31'53" I've go to be there 00h 36'10" Treat me rough 00h 38'50" Let's call the whole thing off 00h 42'53" Do it again 00h 46'52" 's wonderful 00h 54'06" Fascinating rhythm 00h 59'00" Lady be good 01h 01'37" But not for me 01h 05'14" By Strauss / Sweet and Lowdown (Reprise) 01h 09'50" Do, do, do 01h 14'15" Hangin' around with you 01h 15'54" Looking for a boy 01h 19'51" Blah, blah, blah 01h 22'47" Will you remember me? 01h 25'52" I got to be there (Reprise) 01h 26'47" I've got a crush on you 01h 33'07" Someone to watch over me (Reprise) 01h 34'34" They all laughed 01h 37'36" Crate dance 01h 39'23" Curiosidades y conclusión Si os ha gustado, como siempre os remito a otros artículos publicados en esta web que pueden completar lo comentado en el podcast con fotos o videos NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT GEORGE GERSHWIN, músico IRA GERSHWIN, letrista STRICTLY GERSHWIN

Un musical que lo tiene todo. La partitura es de los hermanos George e Ira Gershwin y el libreto es de Joe DiPietro, conocido por sus musicales "TE QUIERO, ERES PERFECTO... YA TE CAMBIARÉ" (1996), "MEMPHIS" (2002) o "EL VENGADOR TÓXICO" (2008) que en el caso que nos ocupa se las ingenió para crear una historia ambientada en los años 20, en la que encajar un buen número de canciones de Gershwin, con lo que tenemos el primer jukebox que utilizamos en la serie de "Cuéntame un musical". Era imprescindible meter en esta serie de podcast a George Gershwin, ese compositor que murió en 1937 con 38 años, pero al que recurren una y otra vez los músicos y productores teatrales para bien reponer sus obras "PORGY AND BESS" o "UN AMERICANO EN PARÍS", o para cantar un buen número de canciones salidas de su pluma, la más reciente el disco homenaje de Tony Bennett con Diana Krall titulado "Love is here to stay". El disco que hemos utilizado para el podcast es el del reparto de Broadway que aparte de ser el único, tiene un excelente reparto: Matthew Broderick (Jimmy Winter), un playboy Kelli O'Hara (Billie Bendix)., contrabandista de alcohol Judy Kaye (Estonia Dulworth), Duquesa de Woodford, hermana del senador Evergreen Michael McGrath (Cookie McGee), contrabandista amigo de Billie Jennifer Laura Thompson (Eileen Evergreen), novia de Jimmy Terry Beaver (Senador Max Evergreen), padre de Eileen Robyn Hurder (Jeannie Muldoon), corista enamorada de Duke Stanley Wayne Mathis (Jefe de policía Berry) Chris Sullivan (Duke Mahoney), contrabandista amigo de Billie Estelle Parsons (Millicent Winter), madre de Jimmy Espero os guste 00h 00'00" Presentación 00h 03'53" Cabecera 00h 04'56" Inicio 00h 05'34" Overture 00h 08'50" Sweet and Lowdown 00h 14'20" Nice work if you can get it 00h 18'26" Demond rum 00h 23'05" Someone to watch over me 00h 26'43" Delishious 00h 31'53" I've go to be there 00h 36'10" Treat me rough 00h 38'50" Let's call the whole thing off 00h 42'53" Do it again 00h 46'52" 's wonderful 00h 54'06" Fascinating rhythm 00h 59'00" Lady be good 01h 01'37" But not for me 01h 05'14" By Strauss / Sweet and Lowdown (Reprise) 01h 09'50" Do, do, do 01h 14'15" Hangin' around with you 01h 15'54" Looking for a boy 01h 19'51" Blah, blah, blah 01h 22'47" Will you remember me? 01h 25'52" I got to be there (Reprise) 01h 26'47" I've got a crush on you 01h 33'07" Someone to watch over me (Reprise) 01h 34'34" They all laughed 01h 37'36" Crate dance 01h 39'23" Curiosidades y conclusión Si os ha gustado, como siempre os remito a otros artículos publicados en esta web que pueden completar lo comentado en el podcast con fotos o videos NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT GEORGE GERSHWIN, músico IRA GERSHWIN, letrista STRICTLY GERSHWIN

University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro sits down with the panel to discuss free speech on campus, student safety and how the new Amazon hub could impact graduates.

Relationships are front and center in two very different shows now running on the North Bay’s northernmost stages through August 19. The Cloverdale Performing Arts Center is presenting Heroes, playwright Tom Stoppard’s adaptation of a 2003 French play about three World War I vets in a retirement home. Gustave (Robert Bauer), Henri (Peter Immordino), and Philippe (Dale Harriman) pass their days sitting on a terrace, annoying each other, and plotting their escape from the veterans’ home. Convinced that the tyrannical nun in charge has it out for Philippe, their latest plan starts out with the goal of running to French Indo-China but ends on settling for a poplar grove within view of their terrace. Now if they can just figure a way to take a 200 lb. statue of a dog with them. An odd combination of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Waiting for Godot, and The Golden Girls (with Gustave as Dorothy, Henri as Blanche, and Philippe as Rose), Heroes is a slight piece with some amusing dialogue and geriatric slapstick. 'Heroes' runs Friday through Sunday through August 19 at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center in Cloverdale. Friday and Saturday evening performances at 7:30pm; the Sunday matinee is at 2pm. For more information, go to cloverdaleperformingarts.com Healdsburg’s Raven Players have converted the cavernous Raven Theatre into an intimate black box performance space and are presenting an updated version of 1996’s I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. The Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts musical revue holds the record as the second-longest running Off-Broadway show. It consists of a series of comedic vignettes that follow the arc of human relationships from dating, sex, and marriage through children and aging. Four versatile performers (Bohn Connor, Kelly Considine, Troy Evans, and Tika Moon) sing and dance their way through eighteen scenes with songs like “Better Things to Do”, “Single Man Drought”, and “I Can Live with That”. Recent revisions include 21st century additions like sexting (“A Picture of His…”) and same-sex families (“The Baby Song”). It’s a very entertaining show helped immensely by the talented cast. All do well by the multiple roles they play, but the rubber-faced Connor really makes an impression with characters ranging from an incarcerated mass murderer giving dating tips to a hapless husband trying to put the kids to bed so he and the missus can get it on. ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’ runs Thursday through Sunday through August 19 at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg. Thursday through Saturday performances are at 8pm; the Sunday matinee is at 2pm. For more information, go to raventheater.org.

  Child of the Universe by David Wahler from his album Mosaic. Presented on Positively Entertaining with Beth Hilton.Selfish Pride – The first single by Derrick T. Lewis in collaboration with Stefan Moessle and Aswad SamadHis Sweet Breath – from the Musical Fairy Tale “The Trial of Pastor Goodson” by Moonshine Revival Tent. Bret Fetzer, Sari Breznou and Eric Padget.In the Morning - from Gregg Coffin’s musical “Convenience." Sung by Mary Jo McConnell who plays Mother Superior in the current Westchester Broadway Theatre show - Sister Act.Song for Dunnie – by Fiona Joy, brought to us by Beth Hilton of The B. CompanyBirth of the Blues – sung by Kittie DeCarlo, by Ray Henderson, Buddy G DeSylva and Lew Brown.Cow – by Smith Sister’s Bluegrass – Kelli Lewis and Wendi Kilman for Boyz and the BeezColored Women - from Memphis the Musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro. Sung by Zuri Washington -Deloris Van Cartier in the WBT Production of Sister Act. Greater Purpose – by Reverend Cindy Paulos of the Metaphysical Media Network. Another Positively Entertaining guest of Beth Hilton. Sung by Gretchen Rhodes.It Rains – by LDM Music Country Music Singer of the Year nominee Franklin Cisco Burns. ENJOY!!!

Ep. 67 Guest: Joe DiPietro Broadway’s Backbone is a podcast dedicated to the men and woman of the ensemble: The chorus of dancers, singers, and actors that are the foundation of every Broadway musical. These often-unsung gypsies are the hardest working people on the boards and are Broadways backbone. #Broadwaysbackbone #Brad2ley #Broadwayworld #Broadwaypodcasts

In Spring of 2015, Sam Doernberg and Joe DiPietro taught Introduction to Neuroscience to 10 students in the Auburn Correctional Facility in upstate New York as part of the Cornell Prison Education Program. In this episode Sam and Joe tell us the ways in which the class was the same and different from the large lecture version of the class they taught to undergraduates at Cornell. They also share just how rewarding the experience was for all involved.

Joe DiPietro is a playwright, lyricist, and author. He is best known for the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, as well as for writing the book and lyrics for the long-running off-Broadway show I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, which ran for twelve years off-Broadway. His work made its Broadway debut in 2005 with the Elvis Presley jukebox musical All Shook Up. The Toxic Avenger, written with Bon Jovi's David Bryan, debuted off-Broadway on April 6, 2009. Nice Work If You Can Get It, a re-imagining of a Gershwin musical, opened at Broadway's Imperial Theatre in 2012. The show, and his book, were nominated for Tony Awards in 2012, and he won the Drama Desk Award for Best Book of a Musical. The musical Chasing the Song was workshopped at La Jolla Playhouse in the summer of 2014.  Joe sat down to tell his story of how he got to where he is, what has kept him sane (and smiling) in a business that can beat you up, and a whole host of other things, including . . . How he learned to write under pressure and on deadline (like, I don’t know, when a $15mm Broadway show is in previews?). Whether writers should think about the commerciality of a piece when coming up with an idea for Broadway. How the lack of success of All Shook Up helped changed his career (and his life) for the better. The challenges of writing a jukebox musical and how he overcomes them. What has changed about writing for the theater in the last 20 years, and what that means for new writers. If you’re looking for a way to see theatre for cheap, and also meet new people, check out the Broadway Meetup. Literally just google ‘Broadway Meetup,’ you’ll see there are all these opportunities for you to see shows like Jersey Boys for $59, before it closes, Something Rotten for only $39.    Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway www.theproducersperspective.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s talk about Jukebox Musicals. That’s a slangy term describing a stage show that is built around an assortment of pre-existing, usually well-known songs, stuff you might have heard on the radio, or on a barroom jukebox. Most traditional musicals build the songs into the stories as a unified whole. A jukebox musical lets the songs themselves suggest the storyline, the characters, and the tone. It’s basically building a musical in reverse. Nice Work if You Can Get It, built around classic 20s and 30s songs by George and Ira Gershwin, is pleasant, classy, solidly performed, and light-as-a-feather. Written by Joe DiPietro, seems to evaporate almost as soon as its over, along with the majority of its pleasing but strangely unmemorable tunes, the two or three exceptions including ‘Someone to Watch Over Me,’ ‘S’wonderful,’ and ‘Fascinating Rhythm.’ The plot, about a Prohibition era playboy, falling in love with a sweet bootlegger on the eve of his marriage to a famous dancer, is slight and silly, but crammed with old-fashioned, simplistic charm. The performances are lively, if mostly just skimming the surface, and the dancing, from swing moves to ecstatic tap numbers, is frequently breathtaking. Rock of Ages—constructed from hard-rocking, face-melting, pop-rock-and-metal tunes from the garish 1980s—is coarse, crude, exuberant, and sprinkled with sleazy Sunset Strip darkness and danger. Created by Chris D’Arienzo Rock of Ages employs songs by Journey, Van Halen, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Starship and others in telling the story of Drew, a wannabe rocker stuck cleaning the bar at an L.A. music club, and Sherrie, the aspiring actress he falls hard for. That Drew will eventually break into a rendition of Steve Perry’s ‘Oh Sherrie’ is inevitable from the moment he first hears her name. While both working at the a legendary rock venue called The Bourbon Room, their budding romance is derailed by the arrival of Stacee Jaxx, the amoral lead singer of a band called Arsenal. A subplot involves a plot by German developers to raze the Bourbon Room to make way for chain stores, galvanizing the club’s supporters into various forms of protest, including repeated group performances of Twisted Sister’s ‘We’re Not Going to Take It.’ As written, it’s a bit of a hot mess, with a fair share of gleefully offensive moments and one potentially moving scene marred by the actors’ use of distasteful stereotypes. But overall, Rock of Ages is infectiously pleasurable, with loads of high energy, a kind of gritty youthful innocence, and tunes written to stick in your brain for days. 'Rock of Ages' runs through August 11, and ‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ runs through August 13. Visit www.summerrep.com

Randy Adams is a Tony-award winning Producer and founding partner of Junkyard Dog Productions, a theatrical producing company dedicated to the development and production of new musical theatre. The National Tour of Memphis (by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan) completed a successful multi-year run following an almost three year run on Broadway. Memphis is the winner of the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical of 2010. First Date premiered at Seattle’s 5th Avenue /ACT Theatre prior to its Broadway run at the Longacre Theatre.  Since its inception in 2006, JYD has also produced Make Me A Song, The Music of William Finn off-Broadway at New World Stages (Drama Desk nom., Outer Critics Circle nom.) and in London and Vanities, A New Musical at Second Stage Theatre.   Sue Frost is a founding member of Junkyard Dog Productions which is dedicated to developing and producing new musicals. 2010 Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-winning Best Musical Memphis, First Date. Since its inception in 2006 Junkyard Dog has also produced Vanities, Make me a Song (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk noms.), and Party Come Here. Prior to founding Junkyard, she was Associate Producer at Goodspeed Musicals for 20 years, where she produced more than 50 new musicals at both the Goodspeed Opera House and the Norma Terris Theatre.  Hear this three-way convo as we discuss: What they learned from running non-profit theaters that helps them in the commercial world. How they’ve learned to divide and conquer their producing duties. Why the independent Producer is becoming an endangered species. The challenges of producing Come From Away and why they are producing it anyway. How they found each other, and how you can find a partner too.   Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway www.theproducersperspective.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 1922 murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor inspired playwright Joe DiPietro to write "Hollywood," which has its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in May. Cinema Junkie gets an early behind the scenes look at the play in progress.

We welcome Marlo Thomas, star of “Clever Little Lies,” & playwright Joe DiPietro. Also, co-host Michael Riedel & Albert Poland discuss “Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway” pt. 2, with theater critic Jesse Green, "New York" Magazine and Susan Haskins.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, & Wendy Kesselman, at the New Jewish Theatre, (2) ANTIGONE, by Sophocles, at Upstream Theater, (3) AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, by Agatha Christie, at Stray Dog Theatre, (4) BONNIE AND CLYDE, by Ivan Menchell, Frank Wildhorn, & Don Black, at New Line Theatre, (5) SIDE SHOW, by Bill Russell & Henry Krieger, at Over Due Theatre Co., (6) STOP KISS, by Diane Son, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory, (7) NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, by George & Ira Gershwin & Joe DiPietro, at the Peabody Opera House, (8) ANON(YMOUS), by Naomi Iisuka, at Washington Univ., and (9) BUS STOP, by William Inge, at Saint Louis Univ.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review ((1) SUESSICAL, by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Dr. Suess, at The Muny, (2) LITTLE WOMEN, adapted by Marian DeForest from Louisa May Alcott, at Clayton Community Theatre, (3) SWEENEY TODD, by Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler, at Family Musical Theater, (4) LA TRAVIATA, by Giuseppe Verdi, at Union Avenue Opera, (5) THE ADDAMS FAMILY, by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice and Andrew Lippa, at The Muny, (6) HAMLET, by William Shakespeare, at St. Louis Shakespeare, (7) LABUTE NEW THEATRE FESTIVAL, by Neil LaBute et al., at St. Louis Actors' Studio, (8) OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS, by Joe DiPietro, at Insight Theatre Co., and (9) SCUTTER MURPHY'S WAKE, by Patrick Conroy, at First Run Theatre.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL, by Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Douglas Carter Beane, and Cheri & Bill Steinkellner, at the Fox Theatre; GODSPELL, by Stephen Schwartz & John-Michael Tebelak, at the Peabody Opera House; I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, by Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts, at Kirkwood Theatre Guild; MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA!, by Athol Fugard, at Washington Univ.; VERONICA'S ROOM, by Ira Levin, at Theatre Guild of Webster Groves; MORNING'S AT SEVEN, by Paul Osborn, at Hawthorne Players; and A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, by Stephen Sondheim, Larry Gelbart & Barry Shrevelove, at Saint Louis Univ.; and THE COUNTRY WIFE, by William Wycherley, at the Webster Univ. Conservatory.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) MEMPHIS, by Joe DiPietro & David Bryan, at the Fox Theatre, (2) ANGELS IN AMERICA, by Tony Kushner, at Stray Dog Theatre, (3) VINEGAR TOM, by Caryl Churchill, at Saint Louis Univ., (4) I DO! I DO!, by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt, at Dramatic License Productions, (5) LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN, by Oscar Wilde, at Webster Univ. Conservatory, (6) THE NEW WORLD, by Nancy Bell, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, (7) AS YOU LIKE IT, by William Shakespeare, at Washington Univ., and (8) THE FOREIGNER, by Larry Shue, at Clayton Community Theatre.

In advance of his "new Elvis" musical "All Shook Up", author Joe DiPietro talks about the process of incorporating pop songs into musical theatre, and reflects on the never-ending success of his show, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change". Original air date - September 24, 2004.

In advance of his "new Elvis" musical "All Shook Up", author Joe DiPietro talks about the process of incorporating pop songs into musical theatre, and reflects on the never-ending success of his show, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change". Original air date - September 24, 2004.

In advance of his "new Elvis" musical "All Shook Up", author Joe DiPietro talks about the process of incorporating pop songs into musical theatre, and reflects on the never-ending success of his show, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change". Original air date - September 24, 2004.