Podcasts about Other Desert Cities

Legendary Emmy and Tony-winning performer Judith Light joins The Art of Kindness with Robert Peterpaul and we couldn't be more excited. The Who's the Boss? lead discusses kindness to others and yourself, life-changing acts of kindness, researching spooky occurrences for her new Apple show BEFORE and more in this heart-lifting conversation. JUDITH LIGHT is known for her extensive body of work onstage, as well as in television and film, recently receiving a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. Her recent projects include Peter Hedge's film The Same Storm, “Julia,” HBO Max's drama series on Julia Child, Starz' horror comedy “Shining Vale” and Searchlight's dark comedy The Menu, alongside Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes. Second seasons of both “Shining Vale” and “Julia” are currently available for streaming. Light starred in The Young Wife and Down Low for FilmNation, both of which premiered at SXSW, and Out of My Mind for Disney+ which premiered at Sundance and can now be streamed on Disney+. Her 2019 film Ms. White Light also premiered at SXSW. She can also be seen in the second season of “American Horror Stories” and Rian Johnson's series “Poker Face” for Peacock, for which she won the Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy. She currently stars in the Apple TV+ series “Before” alongside Billy Crystal. The full season can now be streamed. Next up, she stars in “The Terror: Devil in Silver” for AMC and Scott Free Productions. Additionally, she is working on a series of producing projects with her production company and Brillstein Creative Partners. Light also co-starred in Ryan Murphy's “Impeachment: American Crime Story” on FX, appeared in Lin Manuel Miranda's film, tick, tick…Boom! for Netflix as well as “The Accidental Wolf,” created by Arian Moyad and now streaming on Topic. In addition to her current projects, Light starred in the anthology series “Manhunt: Deadly Games,” which can currently be found on Netflix, as well as Ryan Murphy's Netflix series “The Politician,” and in the musical finale series of “Transparent,” Amazon Prime's Golden Globe–winning show, created by Joey Soloway, for which Light received a Golden Globe nomination and multiple Emmy and Critics' Choice nominations. Her role in Ryan Murphy's “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” garnered her an Emmy nomination and Critics Choice nomination.  In 2012 and 2013, Light won two consecutive Tony and Drama Desk awards for her performances in Other Desert Cities and The Assembled Parties; these two performances made her the first actress in nearly two decades to win consecutive Tony Awards. Light also received the 2019 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her extensive philanthropy work. She was also recently awarded the Excellence in Media Award from GLAAD in May 2022. Light sits on the board of directors of the MCC Theater in New York. Follow us: @artofkindnesspod / @robpeterpaul youtube.com/@artofkindnesspodcast Support the show! (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theaok) Got kindness tips or stories? Want to just say hi? Please email us: artofkindnesspodcast@gmail.com Music: "Awake" by Ricky Alvarez & "Sunshine" by Lemon Music Studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Erin Shrap & Rose Rhead are local stage veterans. THey talk about Theatre Lab's Other Desert Cities. Then I'll give you a sneek preview of The Vaudies Variety Show.

Transmissions from the Underground Show Episode 167"Transmissions from the Underground Show" Live from Melbourne Australia with Topher Denman, Christine Ries and Michael James. Thursdays at 4:00 AM USA EST - 8:00 PM AEDT Best artist around the world playing #heavyblues #stonerrock & #psychedelicrock #TransmissionsfromtheUnderground AND it's ONLY on Cowboy's Juke Joint Radio #cowboysjukejoint1 Strangled By The Sun - Rise of the Spider Queen - Wrinkle In Time (2024) 2 Nebülith - Beautiful - Feel Good Music for the End of the World Vol.1 (2024) 3 Gnome - Old Soul - Single (2024) 4 Blasting Rod - Bowl of Shala - Mojave Green (2024) 5 King Buffalo - Mercury - Regenerator (2021) 6 Faterus - In Mind - Space and Time (2024) 7 The Other Sun - Black as Gold - Damion, Devil, Dawn (2024) 8 Broken Castles - Deliverance - The Smell of Victory (2024) 9 Bongcleaner - Snow Bunny - Bongcleaner (2023) 10 Mourn The Light - False Prophecies - Single (2024) 11 Gardenia - Philistinism - Get The Fuzz (2024) 12 Mario Llalli & the Rubber Snake Charmers - The Devil Waits For Me - Folklore from the Other Desert Cities (2024)

"I combined the storm in Hanoi with the output of some iOS music apps (Rings FX, Other Desert Cities, PaulXStretch, Relic Flow, Rymdigare and BounceBud to imagine a storm heard both inside and out." Vietnamese rainstorm reimagined by Roland Pyle.

The Doomed & Stoned Show ~Season 10, Episode 5~ In this episode, Billy Goate (Doomed & Stoned) links up with Steve Howe (Outlaws of the Sun) to discuss some of their recent finds from the doom-stoner scene. Enjoy the show? Consider becoming a Patron: https://patreon.com/doomedandstoned Doomed & Stoned: https://doomedandstoned.com Outlaws of the Sun: https://outlawsofthesun.blogspot.com PLAYLIST: INTRO (00:00) 1. HIGH ON FIRE - "Burning Down" (00:31) HOST SEGMENT I (06:44) 2. TRANSIT METHOD - "Frostbite" (20:13) 3. GOAT MAJOR - "Evil Eye" (29:06) 4. ANCIENT VVISOM - "Ashes from on High" (35:47) 5. WITCHORIOUS - "Monster" (39:00) HOST SEGMENT II (43:46) 6. CASTLE RAT - "Dagger Dragger" (54:35) 7. GREENGOAT - "Human" (58:37) 8. ESBEN WILLEMS - "Cabaret Street" (1:03:42) 9. LUNGBURNER - "Embers" (1:08:44) HOST SEGMENT III (1:18:12) 10. MARIO LALLI & THE RUBBER SNAKE CHARMERS - "Other Desert Cities" (1:28:00) 11. THE PALADIN - "Bog God" (1:33:37) 12. CANCERVO - "Sacrilegious Mass" (1:42:59) 13. HAUNTED - "Catamorph" (1:48:49) HOST SEGMENT IV (1:54:24) 14. ALTAR OF BETELGEUZE - "Conclusion" (2:07:49) 15. KULT IKON - "Lost Sea" (2:13:27) 16. HASHTRONAUT - "Rip Wizard" (2:25:14) 17. O ZORN! - "Slow Mood" (2:29:56) OUTRO (2:35:04) CREDITS: Theme Song: Dylan Tucker Thumbnail Art: High on Fire

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Stacy Keach, Legendary Actor About Harvey's guest: Today's special guest, Stacy Keach, is a legendary actor who's given us dozens of unforgettable performances in a career that spans over 6 decades.   He's widely considered to be America's finest classical actor, having tackled the most challenging Shakespearean roles including Hamlet, Richard the 3rd, MacBeth, King Lear and Henry the 4th.  He has starred in many other highly acclaimed theatrical productions including “Incident at Vichy”, “The Country Wife”, “MacBird”, “Indians”, “Long Day's Journey Into Night”, “Deathtrap”, “The Kentucky Cycle”, “Other Desert Cities”, “Death of a Salesman”, “Art” and “Love Letters”.   On the big screen, he's appeared in dozens of great movies including “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter”, “Doc”, “Fat City”, “The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean”, “The New Centurions”, “Up in Smoke” and the sequel, “Nice Dreams”, “That Championship Season”, “Escape from L.A.”, “American History X”, “W”, “The Bourne Legacy”, “Nebraska”, “Gold”, and many more.   And on television, aside from his groundbreaking role as everybody's favourite private detective, “Mike Hammer”, we also remember him in “Die Gang”, “Titus”, “Prison Break”, “Lights Out”, “Crowded”, “Man with a Plan”, and “Blue Bloods”.  He's also starred in many renowned miniseries including “Jesus of Nazareth”, “The Blue and the Gray”, “Princess Daisy”, “Mistral's Daughter”, “Hemingway”, “Blackbeard”, “Meteor”, and “Tokyo Trial”.  And who can forget his wonderful audio podcast series, “The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas”.    In 2013 he wrote a highly compelling, fascinating and insightful memoir entitled, “All in All:  An Actor's Life On and Off the Stage”.    The list of awards and accolades this man has received is jaw-dropping.  He's won 4 Drama Desk Awards, 3 Vernon Rice Awards, 2 Helen Hayes Awards, a Hollywood Film Award, a Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, a Mary Pickford Award, the German Independence Honorary Award and a Star of Excellence at the Oldenburg Film Festival.  He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the San Diego Film Festival and the St. Lewis International Film Festival.   In the year 2000, he received the prestigious Millennium Recognition Award from Shakespeare Theatre Company for his outstanding contribution to classical theatre.  In 2012 he became George Mason University's first Heritage Professor of Stage and Screen.   In 2015, our guest was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.  And in 2019, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.   For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/ To learn more about Stacy Keach, go to:http://www.gostacykeach.com/ https://www.facebook.com/stacy.keach.9/ https://www.instagram.com/stacykeach/https://twitter.com/stacykeach1https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaPJQh5a5MoyqaERgkmXt3A/featured #StacyKeach    #harveybrownstoneinterviews

Who owns the stories of our lives? If every memory is necessarily a flawed, singular perspective, how can we trust the reliability of memoirs and autobiographies? Jackson and Jacob discuss these issues, which are explored in Pulitzer Prize nominated play Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz. Listen in!   ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue.  https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast  ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:  Email: noscriptpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/No-Script-The-Podcast-1675491925872541/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noscriptpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/noscriptpodcast/ ------------------------------ Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows: Music: http://www.purple-planet.com ------------------------------ Thanks so much for listening! We'll see you next week. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue.  https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast  ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:  Email: noscriptpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/No-Script-The-Podcast-1675491925872541/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noscriptpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/noscriptpodcast/ ------------------------------ Thanks so much for listening! We'll see you next week.

Diana McLean has had a long career in TV, Film and Theatre and is best known by the public for her role of  Vivienne Jeffries in the iconic TV Soap,  The Young Doctors.On her return to Australia, after 16 years in UK and France, she appeared in many TV shows including, Water Rats, Murder Call, All Saints, Backberner, Number 96, Wonderland, and is still remembered for playing Bess O'Brien in Neighbours. Her miniseries credits include Ben Hall, The Norman Lindsay Series, Winner Takes All, and A Model Daughter. Theatre work has included; The Cold Child for Anthony Skuse at Griffin, Colder for Lachlan Philpot at Griffin, Love & Money at The Old Fitz, Three Sisters for Kate Retz, & Cry Havoc at ATYP, Julius Caesar for Anthony Skuse at The New, Other Desert Cities at The Ensemble Theatre (2015) and a national tour playing Florence Foster Jenkins in the play Glorious.Diana reprised her role of  Vera in 4000 miles, twice in 2014 for which she was nominated as Best Leading Actress at the Sydney Theatre Awards. Most recently Diana has appeared in the World Premiere of Joanna Erskine's new Australian play, Air (Old 505) and was part of the ensemble cast of The Humans at the Old Fitz.She joins STAGES for a long over-due catch up, and to reflect on a life-time telling stories.The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

JOE MANTELLO (Director). Broadway directing credits include: Grey House, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Hillary and Clinton, Three Tall Women, The Boys in the Band, Blackbird, The Humans, Airline Highway, The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I'll Eat You Last, The Other Place, Other Desert Cities, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, Laugh Whore, November, The Ritz, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Wicked, Assassins (Tony Award), Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Love! Valour! Compassion!  Off-Broadway: Here We Are, Dogfight, The Pride, A Man of No Importance, The Vagina Monologues, bash, Corpus Christi.  As an actor he has appeared in American Horror Story: NYC (FX), Hollywood, The Watcher (Netflix), The Normal Heart (HBO, Emmy Nom.) and upcoming FEUD Season 2: Capote vs. The Swans (FX) Broadway: The Glass Menagerie, The Normal Heart (Tony nom.), Angels in America (Tony nom.)  Recipient of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Clarence Derwent, Obie, Joe A. Callaway and SDCF “Mr. Abbott" awards. Member of the Theatre Hall of Fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A collaboration with a music friend Encym (Roland). I have done a few collaborations with Roland now and it is always a pleasure to work with him. This track contains a number of wonderful samples that Roland sent me earlier in the year. These have been manipulated with an apps such as Fluss and SpaceCraft and with effects added from a Nembrini delay, Other Desert Cities and Speaker. The track was put together in AUM.

On today's show, an investigation into possible child labor violations at Tyson has led to protests and community leaders speaking out. Also, a symposium dedicated to the life and work of "True Grit" author Charles Portis. Plus, a preview of Smokehouse Players' production of “Other Desert Cities.”

In this latest episode I welcome Chris Bowden from the bands The Merbabies, Focused, Other Desert Cities, and Cussing. Chris and I talk about the beginning of music and art in his life, and each band he has been apart of. We go through each record he has been apart of as well as his personal life and photography career. This is a really cool episode with an influential artist in the music scene. Chris goes deep into his personal life and the struggles and eventual freedom he has found in his life. We also touch on the labels he has been associated with including Tooth and Nail Records, Jackson Rubio Recordings, and Velvet Blue Music. I hope you enjoy this latest episode with Chris Bowden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGbBLSfGF4M&list=PLuygaJbeVr9oIOnU1HgmsM_4oQQMQ2-X9 https://open.spotify.com/album/2RfEjFXYWHzdQcr5mJC8hg https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EYpQpv8Y0e109x8JlnE0U https://open.spotify.com/artist/4txlyiAGrP309lLELZMYJB https://music.apple.com/us/artist/other-desert-cities/193374153 Produced by Brian Jerin @jerinkid Music by Brian Jerin @jerinkid Artwork by Brian Trummel, Mark Montgomery @chinamark, Jared Chase Bowser @jaredchasebowser

In the 2nd installment in the emotionally charged "Randy is…" episode series, Randy welcomes superfriend Sue Schaffel to discuss the surprisingly hilarious topic of perplexion! Sue Schaffel is an award-winning actress based in Naples, FL, who has drawn uproarious laughter, tears and everything in between for over thirty years on the stage and screen. Theatre credits include a hilarious portrayal of Desdemona in "When Shakespeare's Ladies Meet," heart-wrenching turns as Polly in "Other Desert Cities" and Charlotte in "Beyond Therapy" as well as scenery-chewing calisthenics as Cajun sensation Velma in "Hush Up Sweet Charlotte" and close-up connoisseur Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard." Her TV credits include numerous local and regional commercials, as well as episodes of "Evil Kin" and "America's Most Wanted." Her film work includes independent features "The Summer Before," "The Waiting Room," and "Ricardo."   She won Best Actress in a Feature (Sunnyside Up Film Festival and Reading Film Festival) for her performance in the independent feature "I Like Me."   "I Like Me" is streaming on multiple platforms nationally. JONES.SHOW is a weekly podcast featuring host Randall Kenneth Jones (author, speaker & creative communications consultant) and Susan C. Bennett (the original voice of Siri). JONES.SHOW is produced and edited by Kevin Randall Jones. SUE SCHAFFEL Online: Web: www.SueSchaffel.com  Web: www.ILikeMeMovie.com  JONES.SHOW Online:    Join us in the Jones.Show Lounge on Facebook. Twitter (Randy): https://twitter.com/randallkjones  Instagram (Randy): https://www.instagram.com/randallkennethjones/ Facebook (Randy): https://www.facebook.com/mindzoo/ Web:  RandallKennethJones.com Follow Randy on Clubhouse Twitter (Susan): https://twitter.com/SiriouslySusan Instagram (Susan): https://www.instagram.com/siriouslysusan/ Facebook (Susan): https://www.facebook.com/siriouslysusan/ Web: SusanCBennett.com Follow Susan on Clubhouse LinkedIn (Kevin): https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-randall-jones/  Web: KevinRandallJones.com  www.Jones.Show

In this episode READ MORE PLAYS hosts Ricardo Frederick Evans and Jennifer Sassaman discuss Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz!  Theme music by Kalyn Harewood, with additional music by Bob Sassaman.Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for updates and discussions you can participate in.  Support us on Patreon to get bloopers, dramaturgy, and other bonus content. Please like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

This episode of Spaghetti on the Wall features Rose Bianco. Rose Bianco is a film and television actress based in Atlanta. Past credits include a recurring role in Cobra Kai (Rosa Diaz aka Yaya); the Netflix movie Project Power, and a guest starring role in Doom Patrol, among many others. She will be seen this summer in the premiere of McNamara-Brookwell's original story, Moonrise on the Pureflix streaming service. Rose also does stage work whenever she can. She is currently rehearsing Elevenses, a new work selected to be performed in August at Synchronicity Theatre's Stripped Bare showcase. Previous stage work includes Swindlers! co-produced by the Aurora Theatre, and other world premieres including City Preacher at San Francisco's Magic Theatre and Christina, Darling here at The Process Theatre. She's played varied roles including Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town, Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, Silda in Other Desert Cities, and Ophelia in the Aurora's production of El Insolito caso de Miss Pina Colada. Leduc Entertainment is a video production company with offices in New Orleans, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. We help business owners and creatives scale their businesses through video marketing. Using YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Twitter, we are able to communicate your message, brand, and product in an engaging way. Your business deserves great videos!

Come home for Christmas in Palm Springs as we visit the 2012 play Other Desert Cities!

RockerMike and Rob interview The iconic Jack Davidson The accidental actor.   Jack is one of America's busiest actors. Currently his career is burgeoning as STAND BY to SENIOR STARS. Now covering Ed Asner in Grace at the Cort Theater on Broadway and in 2011and 2012 he covered Stacy Keach in Other Desert Cities at Lincoln Center and on Broadway.  In 2010, he played Roy in Chris Hanna's The New Pink at the Virginia Stage Company was in I Know and Wild Terrain at The Ensemble Studio Theatre and became a member of EST. Also was in Destination Alaska at the H.B. Studio Theatre.  He filmed Morning Glory and Footloose 2. In 2008, he played Tobias in Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance for which he was nominated for an Elliot Norton award for outstanding actor and received the IRNE Award[Independent Reviewers of New England] as best actor in a play.   He then played Uncle Ben in Death of a Salesman at the Chautauqua Theater Company and Watson Frye in Close Ties at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City. He was in the National Tour of the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Take Me Out and has appeared in over twenty regional theaters in such plays as Long Day's Journey Into Night, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, the Tempest, Oedipus The King, Picnic, Antony and Cleopatra, and Romeo and Juliet. Film credits include Gardening Tips For Housewives, The Autumn Heart,  The Secret of My Success, Trading Places,  Reuben Reuben, and Baby It's You. Television credits include Law & Order, Law & Order:Criminal Intent, The Wright Verdict, Law and Order, The Equalizer, Spenser for Hire, Cagney and Lacey, and all the New York based Soap Operas. He is a regular reader of short stories for Symphony Space/National Public Radio "Selected Shorts" program. Jack is father of Adam Davidson, NPR's award winning Host and Co-Founder of Planet Money and weekly Columnist for the New York Times Sunday Magazine and  Paramount Picture's Vice President of Aquisition and Production Eben Davidson. A former Marine, Jack is a graduate of Boston University's School of Fine Arts. http://jackdavidson.com/Jack_Davidson/Bio.html https://westbeth.org/wordpress/westbeth-icons/jack-davidson/ https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0203352/ https://youtu.be/QgHToDMeoeU Please follow us on Youtube,Facebook,Instagram,Twitter,Patreon and at www.gettinglumpedup.com https://linktr.ee/RobRossi Get your T-shirt at https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/gettinglumpedup And https://www.bonfire.com/store/getting-lumped-up/ https://app.hashtag.expert/?fpr=roberto-rossi80 https://dc2bfnt-peyeewd4slt50d2x1b.hop.clickbank.net https://8bcded2xph1jdsb8mqp8th3y0n.hop.clickbank.net/?cbpage=nb Subscribe to the channel and hit the like button --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rob-rossi/support https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-lumped-up-with-rob-rossi/id1448899708 https://open.spotify.com/show/00ZWLZaYqQlJji1QSoEz7a https://www.patreon.com/Gettinglumpedup #actorslife #actors #moviemaking #movie #movieedits #moviescenes #moviequotes #movies #moviestar #movienight --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rob-rossi/support

Talent Agent Rob McCubbin of The Nexus Talent Group sits down with Richard to discuss his recent take over of the talent group and the side effects from COVID-19, the presence of acting on camera and his personal experiences in the arts and entertainment industry. Rob McCubbin is the Agent/Manager for The Nexus Talent Group. He strives to extend personal attention to all of his clients, with a dedication to their career growth, and a focus on ensuring long term success. In addition to being an Agent, Rob is a Dramatic Arts/English teacher at West Ferris Secondary School. Since 1994, he has directed award-winning Sears Festival and NTS Festival plays, including many Ontario Showcase productions. Rob has also acted in stage plays, and worked in film/television, for a number of years. Most recently, he performed in Gateway Theatre Guild's Other Desert Cities, and Canadore College's short film The Trees Have Ears. Connect with Rob and The Nexus Talent Group: https://nexustalentgroup.com robmcnexus@outlook.com Please Enjoy! Help support Richard Fortin Presents by sponsoring us on our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/richardfortinpresents) to allow us to continue sharing the stories of those who are re-shaping the entertainment industry. Richard Fortin Presents is a video and podcast show for, and about, the people re-shaping the ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY and making, creating, producing impactful ART work. Shot and Edited by Darren Summersby Connect with Richard Fortin Presents: INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/richardfortinpresents/ FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/richardfortinpresents BLOG: http://www.rfpmedia.org/richardfortinpresents PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/richardfortinpresents YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcruSPw-t3E8UifSB-VM7A PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/richardfortinpresents EMAIL: info@rfpmedia.org

On this week's episode of Playdate, Julia and Kait discuss the play Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz. They discuss the dynamics of family, the power of language, and the importance of discovering your own self-worth. Enjoy!**Advertisement music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers**

Shelley Hartle reads The Monitor, by Scott Kaiser. Then, Shelley shares her response to the story. After that, Scott and Olena discuss the story and the play on which it's based, with a wrap up to season 1!Tales from the Vomitorium: 38 Short Stories by Scott Kaiser is sponsored in part by Whidbey Telecom, the Goosefoot Community Fund, and The Goose Community Grocer.Shelley Hartle (she/her; Reader) has worked as an actor for the last 37 years on Whidbey Island, Washington. She studied acting at Seattle's Freehold Theatre and appeared in Miss Julie (Christine) at the Northwest Actors' Studio, also in Seattle. Her Shakespearean credits include Hamlet (Queen Gertrude), Macbeth (First Witch), and at ISF, Romeo and Juliet (Nurse), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Quince), Richard III (Queen Margaret). Other favorite roles include Dr. Livingstone in Agnes of God, Lady Sneerwell in The School for Scandal, Ethel Thayer in On Golden Pond, Clairee Belcher in Steel Magnolias, Mrs. Soames in Our Town, Polly Wyeth in Other Desert Cities, and Sister Angelita in Penguin Blues. In addition, Ms. Hartle has worked as a director for Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA), Island Theatre, and Whidbey Children's Theater. She has narrated documentaries and has acted in several radio theater productions with David Ossman, who laughingly calls her his onstage wife. She has also narrated for the Seattle Peace Chorus. Ms. Hartle learned to fence when she played Charlotte Hay in Moon Over Buffalo. She also learned rudimentary twirling for the role of Twirler in Talking With. Trained in both comedy and drama, Ms. Hartle brings clarity, consistency and commitment to the roles she plays. She's a team player who inspires others to bring their A-game.Scott Kaiser (he/him; Author) is a nationally recognized master teacher of acting and voice, as well as a director, playwright, and author. For 28 seasons, Scott served as a member of the artistic staff at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, where he directed, adapted, coached, or performed in all 38 of Shakespeare's plays. Scott is the author of four books on Shakespeare: Have Shakespeare, Will Travel; The Tao of Shakespeare; Shakespeare's Wordcraft; and Mastering Shakespeare. He has also penned several original plays, including Falstaff in Love, Love's Labor's Won, Now This, Splittin' the Raft, and Shakespeare's Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues. Scott has directed at numerous theatre training programs around the country, including Carnegie-Mellon University, The University of Washington, Duke University, Seattle University, Santa Clara University, the University of Oregon, and Southern Oregon University. Scott holds an ADVS from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, an MFA from the University of Washington Professional Actor Training Program in Seattle, and a BA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.★ Support this podcast ★

This episode of Big Blend Radio’s “Music Monday” Show features singer-songwriter Deborah Crooks from the California band Bay Station. Hear about some of the songs and stories from their new EP “Beyond the Safe & Sound.” Named for the historic train station in Alameda, California, near where its core members live, Bay Station organically came together in 2013 after Deborah Crooks and Kwame Copeland began co-writing after years making music as solo artists. They soon brought in fellow Alamedan Steve Waters on lead guitar and vocals. As they did on their previous three releases, Your Own Reaction (2014 under their former name, KCDC), Go Out and Make Some (2016) and Other Desert Cities (2018), they called on Ben Bernstein and Mike Stevens to round out the rhythm section. Bay Station continues to blend elements of folk, rock, blues and Americana on their fourth recorded collection. Originally planning to head to the east coast to record with Stevens in his Connecticut studio, the band pivoted after the pandemic hit, staying local, and playing weekly porch concerts for their neighbors. Motivated by current events, they began writing new songs and shelving others that no longer seemed relevant to the project.  In mid-summer, they started recording tracks at home, sending digital files to Bernstein and Stevens to complete their parts. Out on all digital platforms, “Beyond the Safe & Sound” reflects on a year like no other.  

JOE MANTELLO most recently received Emmy and Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations for his performance in HBO’s The Normal Heart (dir. Ryan Murphy). This two-time Tony Award-winning director’s credits include: The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last, The Other Place, Dogfight, Other Desert Cities, The Pride, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, The Receptionist, The Ritz, Blackbird, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony nomination), Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Wicked, Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Man of No Importance, Design for Living, The Vagina Monologues, Bash, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Tony nomination), Proposals, The Mineola Twins, and Corpus Christi. Acting credits: The Normal Heart (Tony nomination), Angels in America (Tony nomination), and The Baltimore Waltz. He has received Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie, and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of Naked Angels and an associate artist at Roundabout Theatre Company.    

JOE MANTELLO most recently received Emmy and Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations for his performance in HBO’s The Normal Heart (dir. Ryan Murphy). This two-time Tony Award-winning director’s credits include: The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last, The Other Place, Dogfight, Other Desert Cities, The Pride, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, The Receptionist, The Ritz, Blackbird, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony nomination), Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Wicked, Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Man of No Importance, Design for Living, The Vagina Monologues, Bash, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Tony nomination), Proposals, The Mineola Twins, and Corpus Christi. Acting credits: The Normal Heart (Tony nomination), Angels in America (Tony nomination), and The Baltimore Waltz. He has received Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie, and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of Naked Angels and an associate artist at Roundabout Theatre Company.    

Thomas Sadoski, Thomas Mazziotti and Face2face host David Peck talk about The Mimic, socio-paths, loss, the old school, mental health issues, rapid fire dialogue, and why you need to keep ringing the bell.TrailerFind out more about the film here.Synopsis:Based on a true story, this clever, intriguing, and hyperbolic comedy follows the main character - the Narrator (Thomas Sadoski) who is befriended by his young new neighbor 'the Kid’ (Jake Robinson), after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that the Kid may be a sociopath, the Narrator goes to extreme lengths to uncover the truth about him and his wife, a woman he ultimately begins to fancy.Between long walks down the street, a twisted dinner date, and a car drive gone terribly wrong, the Narrator gets closer and closer to the truth about the Kid. But the truth, as he finds, is anything but what he expected. "Sociopaths have been portrayed as a shady bunch up until now. Inspired by true events, this confrontational comedy explores the uncharted territory of the lighter side of a sociopath,” says Mazziotti. “I applaud Gravitas Ventures introducing audiences to an alternate character dynamic which has yet to be portrayed under comedic scrutiny on screen, yet he lives among us all.”About Thomas and Thomas:Thomas Sadoski will next star in the upcoming CBS series Tommy, which stars Edie Falco as the first female chief of police for Los Angeles. Equal parts political, procedural, and family drama, Tommy comes from Paul Attanasio, the creator of Bull and Homicide: Life on the Street. On the big screen, he was most recently featured alongside Shirley MacLaine and Amanda Seyfried in The Last Word, directed by Mark Pellington, and reprised his role as Jimmy in John Wick: Chapter Two, starring Keanu Reeves. He will next star in the independent comedy The Mimic, which also stars Jake Robinson, Gina Gershon and Jessica Walter, and will soon begin production opposite Lucy Liu in the romance drama, The Last Weekend in May, for director Matthew Lillard.A veteran of the stage, Sadoski most recently starred in the Public Theater production of the new Suzan-Lori Parks play, White Noise, directed by Oskar Eustis with Daveed Diggs. Over the course of his stage career, he has starred in and earned raves for his performances in a wide variety of Broadway and off-Broadway productions. His most recent New York stage appearance was opposite Amanda Seyfried in the off-Broadway production of Neil LaBute’s The Way We Get By. His previous collaboration with LaBute on reasons to be pretty earned Sadoski a nomination for a Tony Award in the Leading Actor Category, as well as Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Award nominations. Sadoski’s other Broadway credits include Other Desert Cities for which he won an Obie Award, The House of Blue Leaves with Ben Stiller and Edie Falco, and Reckless, his Broadway debut opposite Mary-Louise Parker.Off-Broadway credits include Sam Mendes’s Bridge Project productions of As You Like It and The Tempest, Becky Shaw for which he won a Lucille Lortel Award, This is Our Youth with Mark Ruffalo, the world premiere of Elizabeth Merriweather’s The Mistakes Madeline Made, Gemini, Stay, Where We’re Born, Jump/Cut, All This Intimacy, and The General From America.Sadoski’s film credits include the critically-acclaimed film I Smile Back with Sarah Silverman and Josh Charles, the award-winning John Marc Vallee film Wild with Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, John Wick with Keanu Reeves, Take Care with Leslie Bibb, and many others.In addition to his role as Don Keefer on HBO’s Golden Globe-nominated Aaron Sorkin series The Newsroom and the hit CBS comedy Life in Pieces, his television credits include the NBC mini-series, The Slap, a recurring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and guest starring roles on and Ugly Betty, Law & Order: Criminal Intent. A graduate of Circle in the Square Theater School in New York City, Sadoski has worked extensively to help develop new theatrical works at New Dramatists, The Lark, The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center and the Sundance Institute.In his free time, he works closely with the organizations INARA and War Child, which work to support children affected by war. Sadoski resides in Los Angeles.Thomas Mazziotti started in television production at WPIX in New York before graduating both from college and into filmmaking at the same time. He attended the International Film and Television Workshops in Maine, as well as, Laguna Beach, CA.His first effort, The Beep, a 20-minute short film about a killer answering machine received theatrical distribution in N.Y. and L.A. due to a Fast Track article in New York magazine. This attention enabled him to option a play by Neil Bell performed at Playwrights Horizons in N.Y. and bring Sidney Lumet's producer on board to oversee the project. Undertow opened theatrically in N.Y. and garnished much attention due to its controversial subject matter of a young policeman entrapping a gay congressman on videotape. It stars Peter Dobson from Last Exit to Brooklyn.Tom then turned his attention to comedy and optioned a Canadian short story by Peter Sellers. Charlie Hoboken opened theatrically in N.Y. and stars Jennifer Esposito, Amanda Peet, Austin Pendleton, and Tovah Feldshuh. It tells the story of a fast-talking insurance salesman that makes ends meet by being a part-time hit man. The Mimic is Tom's third feature and first original screenplay. Based on a recent true story that happened to him, it reunited him with Austin Pendleton after 20 years. The stylized vision and rapid-fire dialogue enabled him to attract an all-star cast with strong theatrical backgrounds making it possible to shoot fourteen pages of dialogue in one day.Image Copyright and Credit: Thomas Mazziotti and Circus Road Films.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Collaborating with Stephen Schwartz to update "Working" for modern audiences, Peter breaks down their process and the challenges that make this virtual production so timely. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Peter Flynn! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Peter Flynn: Peter is a New York based director, writer and teacher who works both in new work development, as well as staging classic American musicals in New York and for some of the most notable regional theaters. His New York directing credits include the off-Broadway premiere of Smart Blonde by Willy Holtzman starring Andréa Burns; the off-Broadway premiere of Curvy Widow by Bobby Goldman & Drew Brody; Rhapsody in Seth starring Seth Rudetsky; Lee Blessing's Two Rooms; the 75th Anniversary performance of Thornton Wilder's Our Town with Adriane Lenox, B.D. Wong, S. Epatha Merkerson; On the 20th Century with Douglas Sills & Marin Mazzie; Chess with Josh Groban & Julia Murney; Funny Girl with Bebe Neuwirth, Whoopi Goldberg, & Andrea Martin; Skippyjon Jones, and Junie B. Jones (nominated for two Lucille Lortel Awards including Best Musical). Other credits include Andrea Martin's one woman show, Andrea Martin: Final Days Everything Must Go; Katori Hall's The Mountaintop; Gypsy at the St. Louis MUNY; Kiss Me, Kate for the Maltz-Jupiter Theatre where he has directed productions of Man of LaMancha (Carbonell Award, Best Director & Best Musical), Sleuth, & Other Desert Cities; and Into the Woods & Ragtime (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Direction for both productions) for Ford's Theatre where he is an Associate Artist. As a writer, Peter is currently under commission to create the book for two new musicals: Lily, a musical adaptation of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, and Love of the Game, an adaptation of the Michael Shaara novella. Both are written with composer/lyricist Brooks Ashmanskas. Love of the Game is receiving its first workshop in New York, spring of 2020. He has also written the scripts for the Drama Desk Awards, the Second Stage Theatre Annual Gala, the Guthrie Theatre's 50th Anniversary Performance, and for industrials including Aztra-Seneca Pharmaceuticals. Peter was the Artistic Director of the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, New York for five seasons, overseeing a variety of large scale productions, intimate plays, and the development of new work. He is also the Founding Artistic Director of the Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Peter also creates and directs award-winning entertainment for Carnival Cruise Lines, with music ranging from Motown, rock, disco, and Cuban/Miami fusion. He is currently creating his latest show with Carnival to debut on a new vessel in the fall of 2020. For Peter's teaching experience, please visit the “Teaching” page. Peter is a graduate of Northwestern University, and a member of SDC. Website: www.peterflynndirector.com   --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From One Life to Live and Who’s The Boss to Transparent, The Politician, and much more, Judith Light is always a bright light in theater, television, and film. In 2012 and 2013, she became the first actor in nearly two decades to win two consecutive Tony Awards for her performances in Other Desert Cities and The Assembled Parties, and in 2019 she was honored with the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her extensive philanthropy work to end HIV/AIDS and as a champion for LGBTQIA+ and human rights. Sit back while we chat with the multiple Tony and Emmy award-winning actress about her decades-long career and her passion for doing good. Looking for ways to give back? Check out these worthy organizations discussed in this episode: Actors Fund Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS The Doe Fund MCC Theater QuaranTunes Connect with Judith: Website: JudithLight.com Facebook: @officialjudithlight Twitter: @JudithLight Instagram: @JudithLight Connect with The Broadway Gives Back Podcast: Facebook: @broadwaygivesbackpodcast Instagram: @broadwaygivesbackpodcast Twitter: @broadwaygives Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen and co-produced & edited by Jim Lochner. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, Brittany Bigelow, Katie Rosin, and Yo Nikolova from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; Eric Becker and Broderick Street Music; the Charity Network; and Glenn Weiss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Set designer John Lee Beatty discusses the business of design, intricacies of retirement planning, and the importance of talking about finances. A titan of American theatre, John Lee Beatty designed his first Broadway show in 1976. It was the play Knock, Knock. 44 years later, his most recent design is Plaza Suite, which hasn’t officially opened because of the COVID 19 shutdown.The total count of his Broadway designs is 115. He has won two Tony Awards, one for Tally’s Folly in 1980 and the second for The Nance in 2013. He has received an additional 13 Tony nominations, has won 5 Drama Desk awards, and has been nominated for 10 more. Some of those Broadway credits are Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Odd Couple, Other Desert Cities, The Color Purple, and the 1996 revival of Chicago, which is the second longest running Broadway musical of all time, only behind The Phantom of the Opera. John Lee has also designed more than 70 shows at Manhattan Theatre Club and more than 66 productions of Encores! at City Center. Additionally he has designed for tours, West End, and regional productions. He has also made a reputation of working on new plays, which constitutes the bulk of his portfolio and given way to what he is known for: house interiors and exteriors and their attached gardens. John Lee Beatty - IBDB Profilehttps://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-lee-beatty-26041#Credits Artistic Finance Show Page::https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/OpgExflo4ya6zwKeU8k1 Youtube Link:https://youtu.be/QqZzORzV1j8 USA 829 - Design Union:https://www.usa829.org/ USA 829 Pension Plan & 401k Plan - some light reading!http://usa829funds.benserconj.com/ Elite Tax Service - Company that files JLB's taxes:https://www.manta.com/c/mm57rf5/elite-tax-service-inc AARP Magazine:https://www.aarp.org/magazine/ What is a mutual fund?https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/mutualfund.asp Santo Loquasto - JLB is the "poor man's Santo Loquasto":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_Loquasto Ken Billington - lighting designer of Chicago:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Billington Jane Greenwood - Costume Designer (was married to Ben Edwards):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Greenwood Ben Edwards - Set Designer (was married to Jane Greenwood):https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ben-edwards-21271 John Singer Sargent - Painter:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Singer_Sargent Eduard Vuillard - Painter:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Vuillard Franz Kline - Painter:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kline Links from the Patron only episode: Broadway Design Exchange - signed John Lee Beatty renderings for sale:https://www.broadwaydesignexchange.com/collections/john-lee-beatty Ming Cho Lee - Stage designer - JLB's professor at Yale:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Cho_Lee Jo Mielziner - Stage designer:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Mielziner Robert Edmond Jones - Stage designer - Author of The Dramatic Imagination:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edmond_Jones Max Reinhardt - Theatre and Film Director:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Reinhardt Peter Kaczorowski's interview from Episode 1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-hPMIYRAY&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance?sub_confirmation=1 Interview by Ethan Steimel Become a patron at:www.patreon.com/artisticfinance www.artisticfinance.comwww.patreon.com/artisticfinanceinstagram.com/artisticfinancetwitter.com/ethansteimelfacebook.com/artisticfinanceyoutube.com/artisticfinance

Joe Mantello (Director). A two-time Tony Award-winning director, recent credits include The Boys in the Band (Netflix and Broadway) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Hillary and Clinton, Three Tall Women (Tony nomination), The Humans (Tony nomination), Blackbird, An Act of God, Airline Highway, The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last..., The Other Place, Dogfight, Other Desert Cities, The Pride, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony nomination), Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Wicked, Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Man of No Importance, The Vagina Monologues, Bash, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Tony nomination), and Corpus Christi. Acting credits: Hollywood (Netflix) and the Broadway productions of The Normal Heart (Tony nomination) and Angels in America (Tony nomination). Mantello was nominated for Emmy and Critics’ Choice Awards for his performance in HBO’s “The Normal Heart.” He has received Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie, and Joe A. Callaway Awards and is a member of The Theatre Hall of Fame.

The Ojai Playwrights Conference, which takes over two weeks in August, is one the foremost cultural occasions in the country. Typically, the OPC selects eight plays for intensive workshops with experienced dramaturges, theater directors and producers, culminating in stage reads for the public in highly anticipated shows. Sadly, this year the in-person OPC was another victim of the pandemic. But Robert Egan, for 20 years the OPC's artistic director - along with the rest of the staff and board - was not deterred. Instead of moving past this fraught era, they went straight at it, with a lineup of 15 plays from a mix of first-time selections and established playwrights like Luis Alfaro, Jon Robin Baitz and Aziza Barnes. The new OPC Foundry Project will collaborate with eight playwrights developing seven new works, which will form the core of next year's conference. We talk with Egan about the central role the OPC has developed in the creation of new works for the theater, including a number of works that went straight from Ojai to Broadway, including "The Motherf**cker with the Hat," by Stephen Aidly Guirgus and "Other Desert Cities," by Robby Baitz, which was the longest running non-musical in Broadway history. Egan also talks about growing up tough in the Washington, D.C. area, where he made the school's Hall of Fame for two areas - football and theater - and where a brutal beatdown led to a memorable encounter with a police officer that changed the trajectory of his life. We did not talk about the infield fly rule, whether Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was an overrated general, or Boccacio's "Decameron." You can, however, learn more about the OPC's bold new initiatives at ojaiplays.org.

Desert legend Sean Wheeler joins Robert to talk about Palm Springs, Throw Rag, Kyuss, Other Desert Cities and decades of music on this edition of The Film Cult Podcast. Keep up with Sean over on Instagram @otherdesertcities   Intro: The Smalls Outro: Zak Pashak and Chrome Chomsky

On this episode of Big Blend Radio's Nature Connection show, travel writer Debbie Stone shares her experience touring New Zealand's world-renown Waitomo Glowworm Caves. Read her story: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/waitomo-caves-in-new-zealand/Featured music is “Bay Station Wiggle” from the album “Other Desert Cities” by Bay Station Band.

The North Island of New Zealand has an abundance of natural treasures. Among them is the world-renowned Waitomo Glowworm Caves. There ere are around 300 limestone caves in the Waitomo region. These formations stand as one of the country's most inspiring natural wonders and are a must-see destination. As travel writer Debbie Stone shares on this episode, on a tour of the caves, you'll see stalactites and stalagmites and a host of other cave decorations, which have taken millions of years to form. You'll also observe that the walls of the cave are covered with fungi, in particular a variety called the cave flower that is actually a mushroom-like fungus. The celebs of the caves, however, are the glowworms. Unique to New Zealand, these insects are closely guarded by a Scientific Advisory Group. Read Debbie's Waitomo Cave story on NationalParkTraveling.com. Featured music is “Bay Station Wiggle” from the album “Other Desert Cities” by the Bay Station Band. 

“The American theatre is one community.” –Scott RC LevyScott RC Levy is an award-winning and acclaimed artistic director, producer, director, actor and educator of Theatre. He has been the Director of Performing Arts & Producing Artistic Director of the Fine Arts Center Theatre Company in Colorado Springs since 2011. Under his leadership, the FAC Theatre Company has become the largest and most acclaimed professional theatre in Southern Colorado. At the FAC his productions have won numerous Henry (including outstanding season by a Theatre Company in the state of Colorado) & Pikes Peak Arts Council Awards, and is consistently named the best Theatre Company in the Springs in both the Colorado Springs Independent and the Gazette newspapers. For the FAC, his directing credits include: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Barnum, Shakespeare in Love, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (PPAC Winner), Intimate Apparel (PPAC Winner), Annie, Man of La Mancha (Henry Award & PPAC Winner), Shear Madness, Driving Miss Daisy, Wait Until Dark, Guys & Dolls (PPAC Winner), 4000 Miles (PPAC Winner), Mary Poppins (PPAC Winner), and Other Desert Cities amongst others. As a performer, he has appeared on the FAC stage in A New Brain, Matilda (Henry Award Nomination), Bye Bye Birdie, Putting It Together, Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, and The Drowsy Chaperone (PPAC Award), and the upcoming 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Levy was the Producing Artistic Director of the Penobscot Theatre in Maine from 2005-2011. He has produced, directed and/or performed on, off and off-off Broadway, for the New York International Fringe Festival, at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, and in over 60 cities across North America. He has taught for several institutions including: University of Colorado, New York University, the Playwrights Horizons Theater School, the Guggenheim Museum and the University of Maine. Levy is the recipient of numerous grants, fellowships and other recognitions including a 2018 True West Award (with his wife). Additionally, Levy serves on national grant and adjudication panels, presents regularly at conferences, and has been profiled in such publications as 5280 and The Denver Post. Levy holds a BFA in Acting and a Master’s in Educational Theatre, both from New York University. He is a member of Actor’s Equity Association.Hear from Scott RC Levy about:· Embracing the digital world for theatre and the wider arts world· The life of a director of a performing arts center· What people can take from his career as a regional theatre artistic director· What he valued when making theater in New York City· The ways his company is producing opportunities for patrons and artists· How he views American theatre· And so much moreFollow Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College on Facebook. Find them on Twitter and Instagram with @fineartscenter. Learn more at https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/theatre/Your host Steph Newman is a theatre pro who helps people. Contact herSpecial shout out to longtime listener Jonathan Pardon: Happy Birthday!This is a labor of love. Your contributions lead to better equipment and interviews. Contribute at www.stephnewman.com/podcast Support the show (http://www.stephnewman.com/podcast)

Director & playwright Neil Labute on his Ten X Ten series, now available as streaming content on The St. Louis Actors' Studio's Twitter account (@STLAS1) starring Jenna Fischer ("The Office"),  Richard Kind ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"),  Bill Pullman ("While You Were Sleeping"),  Jason Patric ("Your Friends and Neighbors"),  Judith Light ("Other Desert Cities"),  Adam Brody ("Some Girls"),  Louisa Krause ("Martha Marcy May Marlene"),  Frederick Weller ("In Plain Sight"),  Maggie Grace ("Taken") & Amy Madigan ("Gone Baby Gone"). Catch the latest clips here:  http://stlas.org/neil-labutes-10-x-10-woman-50s-man-50s/Director Ryan Barton-Grimley joins us for the second part of the show to discuss his forthcoming film "Hawk and Rev: Vampire Slayers" (https://www.hawkandrev.com/).The Portland Podcast (http://pdxpodcast.com/) is produced & edited by Gregory Druker Day (greg@pdxpodcast.com).  Music used under license. Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/pdxpod)

This episode of Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays show features California singer-songwriter Deborah Crooks who discusses her music and latest full-length album “The Department of the West.” A follow-up to her 2016 EP “Beauty Everywhere” and her work with the band Bay Station, who released “Other Desert Cities” in 2018, Crooks continues to explores themes of natural history, family, and the #metoo movement, while also addressing the nature of land ownership and Native American history, and relationships. https://deborahcrooks.com/Thanks to the National Parks Arts Foundation for sponsoring this episode. https://www.nationalparksartsfoundation.org/

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays show, broadcasting live from the historic Homestead Inn in Twentynine Palms, Calfiornia. This episode features California singer-songwriter Deborah Crooks who discusses her music and latest full-length album “The Department of The West.” A follow-up to her 2016 EP “Beauty Everywhere” and her work with the band Bay Station who released “Other Desert Cities” in 2018, Crooks continues to explores themes of natural history, family, and the #metoo movement, while also addressing the nature of land ownership and oNative American history, and relationship. Thanks to the National Parks Arts Foundation for sponsoring this episode.

This episode of Big Blend Radio features acclaimed landscape black and white analog photographer and dark room expert Cody Brothers, His photography is analog only, using a 4 x 5 field camera and the unique panoramic Linhof 617 Technorama medium format, often using infrared film to create surrealist landscape effects. Hear about his work and recent month-long National Parks Arts Foundation artist-in-residence experience in Death Valley National Park. Featured music is “Sands of Time” from the album “Other Desert Cities” by Bay Station Band. Links:http://codybros.squarespace.com/https://www.nationalparksartsfoundation.org/

This episode of Big Blend Radio’s 1st Friday Toast to The Arts & Park’s show features acclaimed landscape black and white analog photographer and dark room expert Cody Brothers. His photography is analog only, using a 4 x 5 field camera and the unique panoramic Linhof 617 Technorama medium format, often using infrared film to create surrealist landscape effects. Hear about his work and recent month-long National Parks Arts Foundation artist-in-residence experience in Death Valley National Park. Featured music is “Sands of Time” from the album “Other Desert Cities” by Bay Station Band.

Sue Schaffel is an award-winning actress based in Washington, DC, and Naples, FL, who has drawn uproarious laughter, tears and everything in between for over thirty years on the stage and screen. Theatre credits include a hilarious portrayal of Desdemona in “When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet,” heart-wrenching turns as Polly in “Other Desert Cities” and Charlotte in “Beyond Therapy” and, most recently, she portrayed Cajun sensation Velma in “Hush Up Sweet Charlotte.”   Her TV credits include numerous local and regional commercials as well as episodes of “Evil Kin” and “America's Most Wanted.” Her film work includes independent features “The Summer Before,” “The Waiting Room” and “Ricardo.”  She won Best Actress in a Feature (Sunnyside Up Film Festival and Reading Film Festival) for her performance in the independent feature, “I Like Me.”   Beginning 7/9/19, “I Like Me” will be available on iTunes, Comcast, Dish Network, Verzon Fios, Frontier, Suddenlink, Mediacom, Armstrong, Wow!, Rogers & Shaw. “I Like Me” & Sue Schaffel’s Social Media Facebook:  www.facebook.com/Ilikemefilm/ Websites: SueSchaffel.com  ilikememovie.com Jones.Show’s Social Media: Twitter: @randallkjones @siriouslysusan Instagram: @RandallKennethJones @SiriouslySusan  Facebook: www.facebook.com/mindzoo/ www.facebook.com/siriouslysusan/ Join us in the Jones.Show Lounge on Facebook RandallKennethJones.com SusanCBennett.com

JUDIGHT LIGHT is hailed for her onscreen triumphs in One Life to Live, Who's the Boss?, Transparent and more, her strong red carpet looks and her Tony-winning performances in Other Desert Cities and The Assembled Parties. Light is the recipient of the 2019 Isabelle Stevenson Award, which pays tribute to a member of the theater community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations. She stopped by Show People with Paul Wontorek to discuss the honor, her red carpet A-game and what motivates her to use her fame for the greater good.

Coming to the Durham Performing Arts Center from April 16th-21st is the national touring production of ANASTASIA. I recently had the great pleasure of interviewing actress Joy Franz, who is currently appearing in it as the Dowager Empress. A role that in the 1997 animated film was voiced by Angela Lansbury and on Broadway was originated by two-time Tony nominee Mary Beth Peil. Joy's previous credits include Broadway productions of LES LIAISONS DANGEROUS, INTO THE WOODS (Original, Revival, PBS), A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, COMPANY, PIPPIN, MUSICAL CHAIRS, OPEN ADMISSIONS, SWEET CHARITY, and LYSISTRATA. Off-Broadway, she was seen in THE THREE PENNY OPERA (Drama Desk Nomination), GOD OF VENGEANCE, MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION, AVOW, FAIR GAME, BRUTALITY OF FACT, BITTER TEARS, ASSASSINS, ALL MY SONS, TOM FOOLERY, JACQUES BREL, I CAN’T KEEP RUNNING IN PLACE, HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, BLOOD WEDDING. Many National Tours, her favorite being DAMN YANKEES with Jerry Lewis (which they both also did in London). Many Regional productions including Clairee in STEEL MAGNOLIAS, Polly in OTHER DESERT CITIES, Amanda in THE GLASS MENAGERIE, and Grandma Kurnitz in LOST IN YONKERS. She has also been seen on TV in “Royal Pains”, “Allegiance”, “The Carrie Diaries”, “Law & Order”, “Horrible People”, “Central Park West”, and various Daytime Dramas. On film, she's appeared in “Under Red Lantern” and “No Picnic for Penny.” For more information, please visit: https://anastasiathemusical.com/tour/ https://www.dpacnc.com/events/detail/anastasia Follow Kare Reviews at www.karereviews.com and on Twitter: @KareReviews 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, Apple, Google, SoundCloud, Spotify, Breaker, Overcasts, Pocket Casts, and RadioPublic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-kare/support

ntro:Thomas Sadoski is currently appearing in WHITE NOISE at off-Broadway’s The Public Theater. He earned a Tony nomination for his work in Reasons to Be Pretty and his other Broadway credits include Reckless, The House of Blue Leaves and The Other Desert Cities. He has been seen on screen in As the World Turns, The Newsroom, Life in Pieces and more. Follow him on social media at @thomas_sadoskiHosted by Caitlin Moynihan, Beth Stevens and Caitlyn Gallip

Part 4 of Big Blend Radio’s Excellence in Tourism series on How to Put the “I” Back Into Community through a Responsible Tourism Plan that incorporates the 8 Keys of Excellence. This discussion focuses on Communication & Customer Service and the 3rd Key of Excellence, ‘Speak with Good Purpose: Be positive. Keep your community story and all communications positive.’Featured guests include:- Bobbi DePorter - Co-Founder of SuperCamp, President of Quantum Learning Network, creator of the 8 Keys of Excellence, and author of multiple books, including ‘The 8 Keys of Excellence: Principles to Live By’.- Ralph Masengill, Jr - Best-selling author and award-winning advisor, coach, PR and marketing expert. His latest book is “Conquer Change and Win: An Easy-to-Read Fun Book on the Serious Subject of Change.”- Jan M. Smith - Travel writer and publisher of NeverEnoughTravel.com, and Founder & President of Inland Management Group in Temecula, California. See the 8 Keys of Tourism Excellence, here: http://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/putting-the-i-back-in-community-pt-1/Music on this episode is “Everybody’s Business” from the album “Other Desert Cities” by www.BayStationBand.com

When Bloomberg journalist Mark Pittman suddenly died, his widow spent four summers driving 31,152 miles searching for answers. A former NY Daily News crime reporter, Laura Fahrenthold presents her moving portrait of life told with unflinching honesty about marriage, motherhood and mourning in "The Pink Steering Wheel Chronicles: A Love Story." Published by Hatherleigh Press and distributed through Penguin Random House, Laura’s put-your-heart-back-together memoir shares her adventures and misadventures, her deeply-layered love story, and her heartbreaking yet often hilarious slice of life dispatches as captain of a 1993 RV as she traverses North America spreading his ashes with their young daughters and a stray dog where the pink steering wheel becomes their spiritual GPS. www.LauraFahrenthold.comFeatured music on this episode is “Sands of Time” from the “Other Desert Cities” album by Bay Station - www.BayStationBand.com This episode was sponsored by the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association - www.IFWTWA.org

Deborah Crooks – co-founder of Bay Station, talks about the band's third studio recording "Other Desert Cities," which was inspired by the stark, natural beauty of the Mojave Desert. The 10 songs on "Other Desert Cities" were written by Deborah and Kwame Copeland during several week-long writing retreats in Joshua Tree. Their experiences and impressions of the desert town adjacent to its namesake National Park inform the recording, which details the strange, poetic, and distinctly American stories of desert denizens, both animal and human. More here: http://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/bay-station-band-other-desert-cities/ Thanks to the National Parks Arts Foundation for sponsoring this episode. www.NationalParksArtsFoundation.org

S2 Ep. 10 feat. Adam Levy, guitar slinger, musical alchemist, educator and journalist. Adam talks about: Being a regular collaborator touring musician with Norah Jones... and how the first song with words he ever wrote was on her multi-million selling album. How his very first studio session was spent working with Tracy Chapman, where he recorded Give Me One Reason to Stay, which one multiple Grammys. His shift from a jazz focus to a song writing focus. How his experience in New York shaped him into a different type of musician. His path of accidental opportunities. Working in very diverse musical situation with people like Amos Lee, Dan Hicks & the Acoustic Warriors, Vulfpeck, Alan Tousaint, Todd Sickafoose, Anais Mitchell, Joe Henry, Larry Goldings, Kenny Wolleson, etc. How he wound up writing for almost every guitar publication in the world including Guitar Player, Acoustic Guitar, Fretboard Journal, Premier Guitar, Guitar World. Why he started his free educational Youtube Channel named Guitar Tips and the types of lessons that his followers are learning. Guitar Tips Pro, his platform to help players that want to take the next step. The similarities between learning about religion and music. His musical education and studying with sage teachers like Jimmy Wyble and Ted Greene. How he determines the value of his time. His Aunt Susan's advice about who to sleep with. His thoughts on creative risk. The value of apprenticing Life transitions. With Adam's permission, this episode features the following tunes: This is Our House off his album Blueberry Blonde with Jay Bellerose. Something to Drink About off his album Other Desert Cities. Washing Day off his album Washing Day. MM S2 Ep.10 Blogpost:  http://bit.ly/2m9Wx43  MM S2 Ep.10 on iTunes: https://apple.co/2CMGovE  MM S2 Ep.10 Download: http://bit.ly/2qx4G78  MAKE MOVES on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2kOMS1d  MAKE MOVES on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2qsMdDi  MAKE MOVES on Google Play: http://bit.ly/2B7i2I5  MAKE MOVES website: www.makemoveswithjohn.com  MAKE MOVES Facebook Page: @makemoveswithjohn MAKE MOVES EXCLUSIVES Group: http://bit.ly/2t75JqK  MAKE MOVES on Instagram @makemoveswithjohn

Judith Light, award-winning actress, takes us through her life story from soap star to sitcom star to Broadway star to "Transparent". Listen as she tells us about her art and her advocacy. Two-time Tony Award and Two-time Emmy Award-winning actress, Judith Light has captivated audiences worldwide since her portrayal as Angela Bower on the popular 80s sitcom "Who's the Boss?".   Currently you can see Judith Light starring with Al Pacino in "God Looked Away" at the Pasadena Play House through the middle of March, 2017. She is also currently playing Shelly Pfefferman in Amazon Prime's Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award winning series, “Transparent” (created by Jill Soloway).  For this role, she was nominated for an Emmy Award and three consecutive Critics Choice Awards. You may also have seen Judith as Claire Meade on “Ugly Betty” and Judge Liz Donnelly on “Law & Order: SVU” as well as appearances on the TV Land comedy series “The Exes” and TNT's “Dallas”.     In 2106, Judith was honored with the Made in New York Award.  In Fall 2015, Judith played the roll of Madame Raquin, in Broadways "Therese Raquin" staring with Keira Knightly.   In 2014, Judith Light was named the National Ambassador for the 19th KIDS NIGHT OUT ON BROADWAY by the Broadway League. She was also honored with the Women Who Care Award at the 13th Annual UPC of NYC Women Who Care Luncheon.  Judith's work doesn't stop there, in addition to acting, she works as a humanitarian and social activist for the LGBT community and the fight against AIDS.  She starred as Marie Lombardi on Broadway in "Lombardi". Her performance earned her a 2011 Tony Nomination. She then won back to back Tony Awards for "Other Desert Cities in 2012 and "The Assembled Parties" in 2013.  

This week, Deb and Joe talk to Jerry Nehr, director of Other Desert Cities at the Fine Arts Society of Detroit. In our Tech Talk segment, stage combat expert Brian Moultrup discusses the best way to take a punch on stage. Becky's New Car opens this week at Farmington Players. Special thanks to Birmingham Village Players for letting us record interview segments in their green room. Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show directly via email info@frontrowpodcast.com or leave your comments on our hotline at 248-631-4077.

This week, Deb and Joe talk to Jerry Nehr, director of Other Desert Cities at the Fine Arts Society of Detroit. In our Tech Talk segment, stage combat expert Brian Moultrup discusses the best way to take a punch on stage. Becky's New Car opens this week at Farmington Players. Special thanks to Birmingham Village Players for letting us record interview segments in their green room. Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show directly via email info@frontrowpodcast.com or leave your comments on our hotline at 248-631-4077.

Elizabeth Marvel is a stage and screen actress. Most recently she was cast as President Elect Keane on Homeland." On the big screen, Marvel will appear in the upcoming films “Easy Living” directed by Adam Keleman and “Yeh Din Ka Kissa” directed by Noah Baumbach. She recently played Heather Dunbar, Solicitor General on the Netflix original series, “House of Cards. Marvel has been an integral part of the New York theater scene since graduating from Juilliard. She has won four Obie Awards for her work Off-Broadway, most notably for her role of Hedda Gabler in Ivo Van Hove’s 2004 revival of the play. She received a Drama Desk Award Nomination for her performance in “Fifty Words.” Of her numerous Broadway roles, perhaps her most celebrated was that of Brooke Wyeth, which she originated in the Off-Broadway production of “Other Desert Cities.” In film, she has appeared in two films from the Coen brothers, Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” Tony Gilroy’s “Bourne Legacy,” Roger Michell’s “Hyde Park on Hudson,” J.C. Chandor’s “A Most Violent Year” and Cameron Crowe's “Aloha.” On television, Marvel was a series regular on the CBS series “The District” and FX's “Lights Out.” She also held recurring roles on “Fargo,”  “Law and Order: SVU,” “Person of Interest ” and  “Nurse Jackie.” Her guest appearances include “30 Rock,” “The Good Wife,” “The Newsroom,” “White Collar” and “Elementary.” She currently lives in Brooklyn with her family. 

Joe Mantello is an actor and director best known for his work on Broadway productions of Wicked, Take Me Out and Assassins, as well as earlier in his career being one of the original Broadway cast of Angels in America. He began his theatrical career as an actor in Keith Curran's Walking the Dead and Paula Vogel's The Baltimore Waltz. He directed the Jon Robin Baitz play Other Desert Cities at the Booth Theater in 2011. He returned to acting for the first time in over a decade with the role of Ned Weeks in the Broadway limited engagement revival of The Normal Heart in April 2011, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play. Other shows he has directed include the Off-Broadway world premiere of the musical Dogfight, the Broadway premiere of The Other Place, and Sting's new musical The Last Ship.  What did Joe and I chat about?  Listen in to hear: Why Joe loathes auditioning Actors, but what he looks for. How he forgot who Julia Roberts was weeks after working with her . . . and why that was a good thing. How he dealt with failure by returning to his roots, which bounced him back to better than he was before. What Norbert Leo Butz told ME about the tryout of Wicked and whether or not Joe agreed. How he “pivoted” (oooh, such a buzzy business word) from a Broadway Actor to a Broadway Director and how you can transition from one job to another too. Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway www.theproducersperspective.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is better, they say, to give than to receive. That must be why so many groups gather so often to give so many awards to so many people for their efforts in so many different art forms connected to so many different award-worthy fields of endeavor. Though most people in show business are buzzing about the upcoming Emmy awards, about 75 people gathered together on Monday, July 13, to watch the offbeat, quirky annual distribution of certificates known to local theater people as The Sonoma County Stage One Theatre Arts Awards, otherwise known as The SOTAs. Now in its seventh year, the stated purpose of the SOTAs is to honor theater artists and theater productions taking place in Sonoma County. The SOTAs have earned a fair share of criticism over the years for awarding the lion’s share of their honors to shows that, how do I say this delicately, are sometimes conspicuously less deserving of the word “excellence” than shows that were either minimally mentioned or not nominated at all - Main Stage West’s exceptionally strong "Other Desert Cities" is one example from this year’s list of howlingly embarrassing omissions. To the organization’s credit, under the direction of president Lito Briano, clear efforts have been made to make the distribution of awards more balanced and fair, and to do that more in the future, companies who feel they deserve more attention will have to step forward and work harder to get their own fans and followers to join as voting members. With the San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle having stepped up in the last few years to finally notice the work being done by some (but not enough) Sonoma County theaters, the SOTAs will have to step up their game even more to retain any semblance of relevance and credibility in the future. I say this with all hope that the SOTAs will do just that, because many of the smaller community theater companies and student productions honored by the SOTA’s certainly deserve some recognition, so vital are they as an engine of training and community good will throughout the theater scene. With all of that said, allow me to offer my congratulations for the twelve awards taken home by Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse, which donated it’s G.K. Hardt theater for the awards ceremony. Amongst those 6th Street artists honored were Best Director Bronwen Shears for her work on "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," actors Lennie Dean and Danielle Innocenti Beem for their performances in ‘Beauty Queen’ (that would be Lennie) and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (that would be Beem), actor Mike Pavone for "Clybourne Park," and actor Dallas Munger for "The Glass Menagerie," that last one also winning awards for best scenic and sound design, and tying for Best Overall Production with "Phantom of the Opera," performed by Santa Rosa Junior College. ‘Phantom’ was the second-biggest winner of the night, also taking awards for Best Vocal Performance for a Male and Female - that would be Ezra Hernandez and Megan Fleishman - and other awards, including best costume and best makeup design. Mary Gannon Graham won the Best Actress award for her amazing work in Main Stage West’s "Mother Jones in Heaven," coincidentally now playing again in an encore run of the show featuring music by Si Kahn. And Raven Players won for best stage props for the prop-dependent drama "In the Next Room: or, the Vibrator Play," and yes, you may feel free to make jokes about the props needed for a play of that name. Congratulations to all the winners, and even those who did not walk off with a certificate, because the truth is, when there is this much good theater going on in a community of this size, everyone is a winner, especially the audience. I’m David Templeton, Second Row Center, for KRCB.

Greetings! This week is a good one- oh, boy is it a good one! We hear from Chris Bowden, formerly of legendary Spirit-Filled HardCore band Focused, now the man behind Other Desert Cities - a beautiful, twangy, folky band of traveling wonderfulness. Chris talks the early days a bit but delves into darker pages of his history and let me tell you: don't miss this. Therapy comes in all shapes, sizes and... podcasts? Get in there!

It’s awards season, and everyone’s talking about who got nominated and who didn’t. And no, I’m not talking about the Oscars. Last week, the San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle announced the nominees for its upcoming 29th annual awards ceremony, to be held Monday March 9, at the Victoria Theater in San Francisco. After decades of neglect from the Circle, which simply has had a majority of writers working and watching shows in the City, the East Bay and South Bay, the poor North Bay, and especially Sonoma County, has recently been enjoying a gradual shift in attention from the Circle, of which I am a member. Last year, there were actually a fair number of wins for a few surprised actors, directors and stage artists from North of the Golden Gate. With this year’s announcements though, it’s as if some sort of theatrical earthquake has hit the area, changing the geography so much that even Main Stage West, in far-from-the-Bridge Sebastopol got a number of well-deserved nominations. The reason for the change? It’s a mix of factors, one being simply that more North Bay theater critics have joined the circle of late, at the same time that the ranks of the circle have been declining due to attrition and other factors. So the odds once stacked impenetrably against Sonoma County theater artists are, for the time being, somewhat in our favor. There are, in fact, too many local names to mention all of them here, though I will point out a few highlights, and let you look for yourselves, if you find yourself curious. I’ll give the link to the Critics Circle web site in just a minute. Focusing primarily on Sonoma County, congratulations are due to Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater, snapping up 22 nominations, including a Best Director nod for Sheri Lee Miller, for last year’s spectacular "Of Mice and Men," which also got nominations for Samson Hood for best Principle actor in a play, who played Lennie in the production also nominated for best show and best ensemble. Cinnabar was also awarded several nominations for its production of "The Marriage of Figaro," and for "Fiddler on the Roof," the latter snapping up a nomination for best principle actress for Elly Lichenstein and Best principle actor for Stephen Walsh. Nineteen nominations were awarded to Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse including several for choreography in a musical - congrats to Stacie Ariaga and Joseph Favalora for their work on "Grease" and "Victor/Victoria," both for Stacie, and "Thoroughly Modern Milly," that one for Joe. 6th Street also several got nominations for acting, including a much-deserved nomination for Abbey Lee, stealing every scene and dazzling audience with her hilarious strip-tease seduction in "Victor Victoria," and Larry Williams, doing the same thing, sort of, with exhausting-to-watch energy in the comedy "Boing Boing." Other acting nominations include one for Trevor Hoffman who played Kinicki in 6th Street’s production of "Grease." Other companies honored are Spreckels Performing Arts Center, with a whopping 25 nominations, including acting nods for members of "The Book Of Matthew Liebowits," "Annie Get Your Gun," "Oliver!," and "Bell, Book and Candle," and "Scrooge the Musical". Then there’s Main Stage West, with fourteen nominations, including one for Mary Gannon Graham for her work in "Mother Jones in Heaven," directing nods for Sheri Lee Miller for "T.I.C. Trenchcoat in Common" and Beth Craven for "Yankee Tavern," and acting nominations for Sheri Lee Miller (a good year for her) for her work in "Other Desert Cities," which also got nominations for Sharia Pierce. Whew! These names are just the tip of the iceberg. To read them for yourself, and get info on how you can attend and cheer on our local heroes, go to the website at SFBATCC.ORG, those being, of course, the initials of the San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle. Check it out.

Corn Stock Theatre’s production of 2015 is “Other Desert Cities,” a 2011 family drama written by Jon Robin Baitz. Stan Strickler has this review for Peoria Public Radio and the Live Theatre League of Peoria. Opinions expressed are those of the reviewer, not those of Peoria Public Radio or the Live Theatre League. Sometimes, I am astounded by the talent on Peoria area stages, and “Other Desert Cities” -- currently playing at Corn Stock Winter Playhouse -- is an excellent example. The cast is outstanding, and the play moves along to a riveting climax. Paul Gordon is to be commended for assembling an all star cast and directing with such finesse. Psychologists tell us that keeping secrets within a family can result in misunderstanding and faulty family dynamics, and this play illustrates that nicely. The play opens on Christmas Eve, 2004 in Palm Springs, California, with the Wyeth family coming in from a tennis match. All seems happy and light, but as secrets unfold we start to see the

(1) OTHER DESERT CITIES, by Jon Robin Baitz, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (2) GEE'S BEND, by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder, at Mustard Seed Theatre, (3) LOVERS, by Brian Friel, at the West End Players Guild, (4) THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED, by Douglas Carter Beane, at Stray Dog Theatre, (5) FALSTAFF, by Giuseppe Verdi & Arrigo Boito, at Winter Opera St. Louis, (6) TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS, by Constance Congdon, at Meramec Community College, (7) MAN OF LA MANCHA, by Dale Wasserman, Joe Darion & MitchLeigh, at the Peabody Opera House, and (8) THE ANDREW BROTHERS MUSICAL, by Roger Bean, at Harvest Theatre.

Here it is, folks. Episode 3 with the director of BFT's production of Other Desert Cities.Episode 3Here is where you can find the article  I mentioned on the show... Birmingham Stage: Boom or Bust.http://weldbham.com/BFT ticket info.http://bftonline.org/

Elvis Mitchell talks to legend of stage and screen, Stockard Channing, about her Tony-nominated performance in Jon Robin Baitz's play 'Other Desert Cities.'

Being in "the moment" is every good actor's mantra. In the latest Downstage Center Stacy Keach and Elizabeth Marvel talk about that moment, professional training, and Shakepeare, among other topics. Of course, the "Other Desert Cities" stars also discuss their Tony nominated play through its development, the characters they portray, and the emotional power behind Jon Robin Baitz's script.

Being in "the moment" is every good actor's mantra. In the latest Downstage Center Stacy Keach and Elizabeth Marvel talk about that moment, professional training, and Shakepeare, among other topics. Of course, the "Other Desert Cities" stars also discuss their Tony nominated play through its development, the characters they portray, and the emotional power behind Jon Robin Baitz's script.

Elizabeth Marvel talks about whether being "a bad kid" has influenced her more daring stage performances, and discusses the challenges of remaining alienated from her on stage family in Jon Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities" while she grows ever closer to her castmates. She also discusses how she was drawn to theatre after a small town upbringing, including the moment when she knew she had to act; the influence of her Juilliard mentor, the late Michael Langham, both on her craft and her career; how she managed to get jobs at Canada's Stratford Festival, The Guthrie and A.R.T in her first year out of school; what it was like to switch between Mark Ravenhill's "Shopping and Fucking" and Wendy Wasserstein's "An American Daughter" in the same year; why she is so drawn to work with director Ivo van Hove on such classic plays as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Little Foxes", and how that work has expanded her range as an actor; how her pregnancy informed her performance as a lizard in Edward Albee's "Seascape"; what it was like to work with playwright and director Woody Allen; how violence has been a recurring theme in her performances, including Michael Weller's "50 Words"; and how she handled the decidedly mixed response from audiences to Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls". Original air date - March 2, 2011.

Elizabeth Marvel talks about whether being "a bad kid" has influenced her more daring stage performances, and discusses the challenges of remaining alienated from her on stage family in Jon Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities" while she grows ever closer to her castmates. She also discusses how she was drawn to theatre after a small town upbringing, including the moment when she knew she had to act; the influence of her Juilliard mentor, the late Michael Langham, both on her craft and her career; how she managed to get jobs at Canada's Stratford Festival, The Guthrie and A.R.T in her first year out of school; what it was like to switch between Mark Ravenhill's "Shopping and Fucking" and Wendy Wasserstein's "An American Daughter" in the same year; why she is so drawn to work with director Ivo van Hove on such classic plays as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Little Foxes", and how that work has expanded her range as an actor; how her pregnancy informed her performance as a lizard in Edward Albee's "Seascape"; what it was like to work with playwright and director Woody Allen; how violence has been a recurring theme in her performances, including Michael Weller's "50 Words"; and how she handled the decidedly mixed response from audiences to Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls". Original air date - March 2, 2011.

Stockard Channing discusses her work in Jon Robin Baitz's new play "Other Desert Cities", acknowledging the ambiguity of the character for the audience and explaining whether she has defined her character's secret motivations with certainty. She also talks about her years breaking into theatre at Harvard, alongside other students like John Lithgow and Tommy Lee Jones, and her subsequent work around Boston before coming to New York and getting her increasingly bigger break in the Broadway musical "Two Gentlemen of Verona", which also began her association with John Guare; her years in Los Angeles, including a film gig she did simply because she needed money, namely "Grease"; her return to the stage in successive productions of "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" at Williamstown, Long Wharf, Roundabout and finally Broadway; being given the opportunity to choose between playing Bunny and Bananas in the Lincoln Center Theatre revival of "The House of Blue Leaves"; how it felt, as a native Upper East Side New Yorker, playing an Upper East Side New Yorker in "Six Degrees of Separation", and how her performance had to change when she acted in the film version; whether she knew how divided response would be to Guare's "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun"; why she wasn't daunted about stepping into the shoes of Rosemary Harris or Katharine Hepburn for "The Lion in Winter" in 1999 -- and what about doing the show did give her pause; what it was like to do "Pal Joey", her first musical in over two decades (having previously followed Liza Minnelli into "The Rink"); and how she approached the role of Lady Bracknell in "The Importance of Being Earnest" for a production at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, Ireland last year. Original air date - February 2, 2011.

Stockard Channing (1985 Tony Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for “Joe Egg”) discusses her work in Jon Robin Baitz's new play “Other Desert Cities”, acknowledging the ambiguity of the character for the audience and explaining whether she has defined her character's secret motivations with certainty. She also talks about her years breaking into theatre at Harvard, alongside other students like John Lithgow and Tommy Lee Jones, and her subsequent work around Boston before coming to New York and getting her increasingly bigger break in the Broadway musical “Two Gentlemen of Verona”, which also began her association with John Guare; her years in Los Angeles, including a film gig she did simply because she needed money, namely “Grease”; her return to the stage in successive productions of “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg” at Williamstown, Long Wharf, Roundabout and finally Broadway; being given the opportunity to choose between playing Bunny and Bananas in the Lincoln Center Theatre revival of “The House of Blue Leaves”; how it felt, as a native Upper East Side New Yorker, playing an Upper East Side New Yorker in “Six Degrees of Separation”, and how her performance had to change when she acted in the film version; whether she knew how divided response would be to Guare's “Four Baboons Adoring the Sun”; why she wasn't daunted about stepping into the shoes of Rosemary Harris or Katharine Hepburn for “The Lion in Winter” in 1999 -- and what about doing the show did give her pause; what it was like to do “Pal Joey”, her first musical in over two decades (having previously followed Liza Minnelli into “The Rink”); and how she approached the role of Lady Bracknell in “The Importance of Being Earnest” for a production at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, Ireland last year.

Stockard Channing discusses her work in Jon Robin Baitz's new play "Other Desert Cities", acknowledging the ambiguity of the character for the audience and explaining whether she has defined her character's secret motivations with certainty. She also talks about her years breaking into theatre at Harvard, alongside other students like John Lithgow and Tommy Lee Jones, and her subsequent work around Boston before coming to New York and getting her increasingly bigger break in the Broadway musical "Two Gentlemen of Verona", which also began her association with John Guare; her years in Los Angeles, including a film gig she did simply because she needed money, namely "Grease"; her return to the stage in successive productions of "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" at Williamstown, Long Wharf, Roundabout and finally Broadway; being given the opportunity to choose between playing Bunny and Bananas in the Lincoln Center Theatre revival of "The House of Blue Leaves"; how it felt, as a native Upper East Side New Yorker, playing an Upper East Side New Yorker in "Six Degrees of Separation", and how her performance had to change when she acted in the film version; whether she knew how divided response would be to Guare's "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun"; why she wasn't daunted about stepping into the shoes of Rosemary Harris or Katharine Hepburn for "The Lion in Winter" in 1999 -- and what about doing the show did give her pause; what it was like to do "Pal Joey", her first musical in over two decades (having previously followed Liza Minnelli into "The Rink"); and how she approached the role of Lady Bracknell in "The Importance of Being Earnest" for a production at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, Ireland last year. Original air date - February 2, 2011.