Podcast appearances and mentions of Max Vernon

Mark Armstrong (he/him) is a Brooklyn-based theater director and the Artistic Director of The 24 Hour Plays. His production of Eric Bogosian's Drinking in Americafeaturing Andre Royo (NYT Critic's Pick) enjoyed an extended run at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre and a live audio capture was released as an Audible audio play. Highlights with The 24 Hour Plays include annual productions of The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, The 24 Hour Musicals, The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues (which engaged millions of viewers worldwide beginning March 2020) + partner productions across the US. As a director, his collaborators include Emily Mann (Execution of Justice, Playhouse Creatures + NYU Tisch mainstage), Christopher Shinn (Falling Away, Ensemble Studio Theatre; The Coming World; Williamstown), Dan O'Brien (From Kandahar to Canada, EST; The Angel in the Trees, Production Company) and many others. As Director of New Work for Keen Company, he created the Keen Playwrights Lab for mid-career playwrights and directed Old Folks by Max Posner and 30 Million by Jason Kim and Max Vernon. Recently, he developed and directed The Accidentwith drummer Kid Millions at Roulette. Assistant professor (part-time), The New School for Drama; proud member SDC and UAW 7902; alum Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and Williamstown Theater Festival Directing Corp. Warren Leight is the Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony-winning author of Side Man, as well as No Foreigners Beyond This Point (Drama Desk nomination), Home Front, Fame Takes a Holiday, Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine (ATCA nomination) and The Loop. He also wrote the book of the musical Mayor (Drama Desk nomination) and co-wrote the book of Leap of Faith (Drama Desk nomination). Warren was showrunner and Executive Producer of the NBC drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” from 2011 – 2016 and 2019-2022 (Imagen, NAACP and PRISM Awards). Previously, he was showrunner and Executive Producer of HBO's Peabody Award-winning “In Treatment,” the FX drama “Lights Out,” and “Law and Order: Criminal Intent.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today on the podcast, we chat with the collaborators of the World Premiere production, The Tattooed lady, A New Musical on stage at Philadelphia Theatre Company. Here is my interview with Max Vernon and Erin Courtney for The Tattooed Lady, A New Musical.The story of The Tattooed Lady highlights one of sideshow's biggest stars, Ida Gibson, in a moving, fantastical tale that reveals the generational chasms and connections between Ida and her granddaughter Joy. A parade of beguiling characters appear, on a mission to liberate Ida from her self-imposed exile and help Joy find freedom through forgiveness. The musical celebrates the resilience of women whose choices have the power to liberate them.ABOUT THE CREATORSErin Courtney (Book) is a New York based playwright. Her play, A Map of Virtue, was awarded an Obie and was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theater. Her play I Will Be Gone, premiered at the Humana Festival, Actors Theater of Louisville. She has written two operas with Elizabeth Swados: The Nomad and Kaspar Hauser, both commissioned and produced by The Flea Theater. Her other plays, produced by Clubbed Thumb, include Alice the Magnet, directed by Pam MacKinnon, and Demon Baby, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. She is an affiliated artist with Clubbed Thumb, a member of the Obie Award winning playwrights collective, 13P, as well as the co-founder of the Brooklyn Writers Space.Max Vernon (Book, Music, Lyrics & Orchestrations) is a musical theatre writer, whose works include The View UpStairs, KPOP (opening on Broadway this November!), The Tattooed Lady, and Show & Tell. They are a three-time Drama Desk nominee, Out100 Honoree, two-time MacDowell Fellow, Dramatist Guild Fellow, and recipient of the Lucille Lortel Award, Richard Rodgers Award, Jonathan Larson Grant, Pew Arts and Culture Grant, and New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship, among others. They have also written work for Audible, Disney, Virgin Group, and Tyra Banks. Notable concerts include Joe's Pub, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. They earned an MFA from NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. www.maxvernon.com IG: @frauleinsallybowelsFOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: https://philadelphiatheatrecompany.org

In this episode, my friend Randy Redd joins me to discuss his long and winding road through Broadway, film, and television that brought him to find something that brings fire to his heart. We talked about his journey as a writer, musician, actor, singer, and anything New York City needed from him. Randy describes his attempts at escaping the hustle and bustle only to be pulled back. And then, one day, he just knew it was time to make the changes that brought him to where he is now.RANDY REDD is a Writer, Director, Producer, and Actor whose Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include PARADE, RING OF FIRE, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN, Andrew Lloyd Webber's BY JEEVES, Terrence McNally's SOME MEN, THE BURNT PART BOYS, Randy Newman's FAUST, Alain Boublil's MANHATTAN PARISIENNE, Max Vernon's THE VIEW UPSTAIRS, and Florida Georgia Line's MAY WE ALL. Film/TV credits include BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AFTER THE STORM, KINSEY, FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE (PBS), and The Tony Awards (CBS). His first play, MISSISSIPPI SUGAR, was developed and produced at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Other original works include AMERICAN TUNE, SONS OF LEVI, ELKIN DAB, TOUCHÉ, Dan Mills' FICTION IN PHOTOGRAPHS, and a new musical project with Tony Award-winner Levi Kreis. He is the Producing Artistic Director of JOOK - Locally Sourced Theatre, Film, & TV based in Memphis, TN. @randyredd www.randy-redd.comhttps://www.jookms.com/ To listen in on more conversations about pivotal moments that changed lives forever, subscribe to "The Life Shift" on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.www.facebook.com/thelifeshiftpodcastInstagram: @thelifeshiftpodcastIf you'd like to support the show's recording and hosting costs, please visit www.thelifeshiftpodcast.com.Please take a moment to rate the show. I would be forever grateful. Thanks!-Matt GilhoolySpecial Thanks:Intro/Outro Music: Motivated by Alex MakeMusic from Pixabay Friends! If you want to help support the show AND get episodes ad-free and a few days early, please consider joining the group here! - Thank you for your kindness - https://plus.acast.com/s/thelifeshiftpodcast. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

About the Guest Randy Redd made his Broadway debut in PARADE at Lincoln Center directed by Harold Prince. Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include MAY WE ALL, Max Vernon's THE VIEW UPSTAIRS, ALLEGRO at Classic Stage Company directed by John Doyle, Alain Boublil's MANHATTAN PARISIENNE directed by Graciela Daniele, and PUMP BOYS & DINETTES at City Center Encores. Other credits include MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, RING OF FIRE directed by Richard Maltby, Jr., Randy Newman's FAUST, THE BURNT PART BOYS, Terrence McNally's SOME MEN, the American premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's BY JEEVES directed by Alan Ayckbourn, David Greig's MIDSUMMER, LUCKY STIFF, ONE MAN BAND with James Lecesne, and SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN. Film and TV credits include https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1HQ5OP9E8c (“Beautiful Creatures”) and “The Last 5 Years” directed by Richard LaGravenese, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJjmpO8k9m0 (“After The Storm”) directed by Hilla Medalia, "Kinsey" directed by Bill Condon, “From Broadway With Love” (PBS), “All-American New Years” (FOX), "The Wright Verdicts", Good Morning America, the Today Show, the Tony Awards, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with Wynonna Judd, and Show Biz After Hours with Frank DiLella, a monthly variety show at Birdland. He has worked as an actor, writer, musician, and director at Manhattan Theater Club, Lincoln Center Theater, Classic Stage Company, Tectonic Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, Naked Angels, Second Stage, New York Musical Theater Festival, The Kennedy Center, Goodspeed, Geffen Playhouse, Primary Stages, York Theater, Emelin Theater, City Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park, New Stage Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, Charlotte Repertory Theater, the Flat Rock Playhouse, the Coconut Grove Playhouse, Stamford Center For The Arts, the Arden Theater, New World Stages, the Cape Playhouse, the Actor's Playhouse, and more. Recordings: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/showfolk/id305047066 (SHOWFOLK) with Tony Award-winner Rachel Bay Jones, Robin Skye's https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/robin-skye/id383949971 (HOUSE OF LOVE), LUCKY STIFF, NEO, Jason Robert Brown's WEARING SOMEONE ELSE'S CLOTHES and the Original Cast Recordings of PARADE, RING OF FIRE, THE BURNT PART BOYS and THE VIEW UPSTAIRS. In concert: Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, Symphony Space, Cooper Union, St. John the Divine, Feinstein's, Ars Nova, Birdland and Joe's Pub. Links North Carolina Theatre http://www.randy-redd.com/ (Randy Redd's Website) Connect with Us Facebook @beltlinetbroadway Twitter @beltlinetobway Instagram @beltlinetobroadway

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Max. We appreciate you spending your time with us! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Max Vernon (Book, Music & Lyrics) is a 3 time Drama Desk nominee, Out100 Honoree, and recipient of the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical, Richard Rodgers Award, Jonathan Larson Grant, New York Stage and Film's Founders Award, New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship, and the JFund Award from the Jerome Foundation. They have been a Dramatist Guild Theatre Fellow, MacDowell Fellow, and an artist in residence at Berkeley Rep, Ars Nova, Kimmel Center (viaThe Public Theater), Disney Creative Entertainment, and Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat, among others. Their musical, The View UpStairs, ran 105 performances Off-Broadway and will have sixteen new productions around the world in 2017-2019; original cast recording on Broadway Records. Their other musical, KPOP, enjoyed a sold-out, extended run at Ars Nova this past October and was the most nominated Off-Broadway show of the 2017-2018 season. Max is also an acclaimed cabaret artist. Notable concert performances include a sold out 6 month residency at Joe’s Pub of the Public Theater (“Existential Life Crisis Lullaby”), Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. www.maxvernon.com Instagram: @frauleinsallybowels Twitter: @maxvernon Want more of Page To Stage?! Follow us on Social! @PageToStage on Instagram and Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Charlotte Wilcox, Broadway General Manager, started her company in 1990 and has managed over 40 musicals and one play, CYRANO starring Kevin Klein and Jennifer Garner. Previous productions include CITY OF ANGELS on tour, MY FAIR LADY starring Richard Chamberlain, GREASE starring Rosie O’Donnell, DAMN YANKEES starring Jerry Lewis, BUSKER ALLEY, ON THE WATERFRONT, CHICAGO, STREET CORNER SYMPHONY, RAGTIME, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, THE FULL MONTY, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s BY JEEVES, STONES IN HIS POCKET on tour, TABOO, BOMBAY DREAMS , SUNSET BOULEVARD starring Petula Clark, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, THE WEDDING SINGER, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, Twyla Tharp’s THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’, GREASE starring Laura Osnes & Max Crum, CYRANO, [TITLE OF SHOW], WEST SIDE STORY, COME FLY AWAY, ELF, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, WONDERLAND, GODSPELL, ON A CLEAR DAY, ELF, JEKYLL & HYDE, BEAUTIFUL: The Carole King Musical, ON YOUR FEET, ALLEGIANCE, SUNSET BOULEVARD starring Glenn Close, and BANDSTAND. This week’s #SongWriterOfTheWeek is Max Vernon! Today we’re playing Max’s song “Some Kind of Paradise”. If you like what you hear and want to learn more, check out Max on instagram @frauleinsallybowels or www.maxvernon.com. This episode is sponsored by Curtain Call! Curtain Call is the platform for all theatre professionals; onstage or backstage, creative or cast, producer or theatre. You can network easily AND look for work. You can view and apply for jobs directly through the platform. Just go to curtaincallonline.com to sign up. They also have an awesome Instagram page - with incredible photography @curtaincall.  Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway This podcast was edited by Stanley Wiercinski.  www.theproducersperspective.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BONUS EPISODE ALERT! Join me and today’s guest Max Vernon (book, music and lyrics - The View Upstairs) as we talk all about bringing his off-Broadway musical to London, being a queer creative in the theatre industry and the unique challenges when writing a show based on a forgotten piece of LGBTQ history. ____ Connect with Max on Twitter: @MaxVernon Instagram: @frauleinsallybowels ____   Book tickets to see The View Upstairs, currently playing at the Soho Theatre until August 24th 2019: http://theviewupstairs.co.uk/ Check out the original cast recording, now available to download and stream on iTunes & Spotify! ____ About the show: Millennial fashion designer Wes has just purchased an abandoned building, but little does he know that this forgotten gem was the UpStairs Lounge, a vibrant ‘70s gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, starting an exhilarating journey of seduction and self-exploration in the summertime heat with the rush of lust, sex and incense mixed in the air. A provocative new musical, The View UpStairs is inspired by the true story of the 1973 arson attack that was the largest single attack against the LGBTQ+ community until the Pulse Nightclub shootings in Florida in 2016. Filled with a collection of beautiful love songs and power rock ballads, this is a musical about friendship, community, how far we’ve come and how far we still have yet to go. It is a story of hope; and it’s a rainbow rollercoaster you do not want to miss. About Max Vernon: Max is a 3 time Drama Desk nominee, Out100 Honoree, and recipient of the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical, Richard Rodgers Award, Jonathan Larson Grant, New York Stage and Film's Founders Award, New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship, and the JFund Award from the Jerome Foundation. His musical, The View UpStairs, ran 105 performances Off-Broadway; original cast recording is available on Broadway Records. His other musical, KPOP, enjoyed a sold-out, extended run at Ars Nova and was the most nominated Off-Broadway show of the 2017-2018 season. Notable concert performances include the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Joe's Pub, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ____ Background music:

In today’s Encore Meets episode, we sit down with the creator of The View UpStairs Max Vernon. We find out more about how Max created this musical and how he came across this story. The View UpStairs runs from 18 July to 24 August 2019 at Soho Theatre, London.

The Friends host a live show at BroadwayCon, where they talk with Max Vernon and Diana Oh about queer representation and making non-traditional theatre.

The nighttime is going to be a different color now. We now have a Patreon! To support the show, head over to patreon.com/dreamboy. Dreamboy is co-created by Dane Terry and Ellie Heyman. Starring Dane Terry, featuring Dito Van Reigersberg, Michael Cavadias, Max Vernon, Saretta Wesley, Renata Friedman, Morgan Meadows, and Avery Draut. For show merch, more information, and full credits, go to dreamboypodcast.com. You can also find us on Twitter (@DreamboyPodcast) and Instagram (dreamboypodcast).

Interview with Max Vernon, composer/lyricist of "The View Upstairs," "KPOP," and more. Talk of the Hound is a new podcast by TheaterHound. TheaterHound is a new, unique theater website launching next year, which looks at the art and business of theater from a multitude of angles. Interviews by Wes Braver. Produced by Wes Braver and Linda Healey.

Play along as Max Vernon (The View Upstairs & KPOP) joins Bryan, Kevin, and Kimberly for Hudson Whiskey, broadway talk, theatre games, bad puns, and Montelobos. Become a supporter on our Patreon: https://bit.ly/2Q2zELG This episode is brought to you by Goldstar! Get $10 off already discounted tickets by using the code BROADWAYSTED at checkout. goldstar.com/broadwaysted

Max Vernon loves to mess with audience expectations, and he certainly succeeds with The View Upstairs. The cast album just came out and the show has opened in LA. He tells us all about it. J. Harrison Ghee has taken an unusual road to his Broadway debut, taking over as Lola in Kinky Boots. He talks about the art of drag and the long run. And Gabrielle Stravelli has released her new cabaret CD. She talks about her career and lets us hear a couple songs from her new release.

We’re back from summer break with our September preview of theater beyond Broadway. Liz, PennyMaria, and Lindsay discuss what they’re most looking forward to seeing this month: KPOP conceived by Woodshed Collective and Jason Kim, book by Jason Kim, music and lyrics by Helen Park and Max Vernon from Ars[...]

We saw the new immersive musical The View UpStairs, and the man who wrote the whole thing is here to debrief with us! Writer and composer Max Vernon talks to us about the history of the project, why he thinks it's important to tell depressing stories in a fun way, and the exciting combinations of understudy tracks that keep the show just a little bit dangerous. Speaking of danger, we also reveal to him that there was a special guest star at our performance who almost sent us into cardiac arrest. To buy the cast recording of The View UpStairs, visit http://www.broadwayrecords.com/cds/the-view-upstairs-original-off-broadway-cast-recording Be sure to follow us on twitter and instagram @OneMoreThang! To subscribe to our newsletter, go to tinyletter.com/onemorething!

Derek and Romaine recently sat down with the delightful composer Max Vernon to talk about his new off-Broadway hit The View Upstairs. In 1973, the UpStairs Lounge in New Orleans was the scene of a deadly arson attack on the LGBT community and Max tells why sharing this story is more important than ever. This is a lively and delightful discussion with a great young talent and was a Fan Favorite for DNR 2.0 subscribers.  To hear Derek and Romaine every weekday, subscribe to DNR 2.0 at derekandromaine.com/start-here. You'll get hours of live shows with the callers and guests you love every week, plus hundreds of hours of shows available in the Audio Archive. All for a great low price. You can even try it free. Plus, listening on the go is easy when you add DNR 2.0 to your smart phone, to stream live or download. Go to derekandromaine.com/start-here for more.  For tickets and information about The View UpStairs visit: www.theviewupstairs.com. 

Ooh honey gird your loins because we have the composer/writer of "The View UpStairs", and all around queer superstar, Max Vernon! This self-proclaimed dildo-whisperer stirs some deep "T" as we dive into his most recent musical about the UpStairs Lounge fire in New Orleans, 1973. We dish about the musical's process to to being fully realized Off-Broadway and the implications it has within the gay community - this one is not to be missed!

The very accomplished and celebrated musician and lyricist, Max Vernon, is celebrating the world premiere of his latest work The View Upstairs. He sits with me to chat about the piece, finding and working with mentors, and how someone of his youth has managed to teach me something. All about Max Vernon: http://maxvernon.com/ About The View Upstairs: http://theviewupstairs.com/#home Keith Price's Curtain Call: http://www.keithpricecurtaincall.com On Instagram: @keithpricecurtaincall On Twitter: @kpcurtaincall ON FB: https://www.facebook.com/Keith-Prices-Curtain-Call-1380539615593807/

This is our fourth and final episode of our Let Me Ascertain You: Sex Variants 1941, taking inspiration from a study conducted in the 1930’s by Dr. George Henry in which he interviewed a couple hundred individuals and cataloged data such as a complete family history with symbols to indicate who had what venereal disease, tuberculosis, alcoholism, who committed suicide, who was psychotic. We set some of these personal histories to song and brought others to life with monologues performed at Joe’s Pub in NYC. To kick us off, we’ll start with a song written and performed by Max Vernon taking inspiration from the case study of Moses I. And the little intro you’ll hear is taken from Dr. Henry’s own words, performed by Trey Lyford. Also featured, actor Nedra McClyde performing the case study of Myrtle K, a vaudeville comedian. After that, we’ll wrap things up with a sea shanty, “Odd Girl Out” written by Jill Sobule, inspired by Roberta H., and performed by Marykate O’Neil. Many thanks to everyone involved in this project and our project contributors Ian Daniel, Joel Glassman, Amina Henry, Leicester Landon, and Benjamin Viertel. For more, please visit http://www.thecivilians.org.To leave a comment, please visit The Civilians' blog http://blogforthecivilians.blogspot.com/!