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This episode we are joined by 5 time Tony nominated lighting designer Ben Stanton! Ben was recently nominated for a Tony for his work on the newly minted best musical Maybe Happy Ending! Some of his other Broadway credits include Seminar, Fun Home, A Christmas Carol, Goodnight Oscar, Days of Wine and Roses, Spring Awakening, Junk and Mary Jane. Ben also designs lighting for concerts, dance, installations, and events. And he is an Obie, Lortel, IRNE, and Ovation Award winner!We talk with Ben about his work on Maybe Happy Ending, the importance of mentors, how doing lighting design is being a "responsive artist" and much more!
Cathy Cowan is an entrepreneurial success in marketing communications. With more than two decades of agency leadership, she collaborates with nonprofits, agencies, and socially conscious businesses to create communications that drive meaningful change. She began her career actually working for me and then moved to non profits and PR agencies including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, Weber Shandwick and GCI Group, honing my expertise in strategy, management and gold-standard communications. She founded Cowan & Company Communications, a full-service marketing communications agency, where for nearly 20 years led award-winning campaigns and social impact communications for top-tier brands including L'Oréal Paris, Kraft, Jamieson Vitamins and Food Banks Canada. Her work earned more than 15 industry awards, and Cowan & Company was named IABC Toronto's "Boutique PR Agency of the Year" four times between 2007 and 2017. Cathy currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Center for Women's Empowerment, Board of Advisors for Women's Nonprofit Network and volunteer as a mentor and Ovation Awards judge for IABC Toronto. She now focuses all skills and passion for "doing good" at C&C Consulting where she leads integrated marketing communications for nonprofits and corporate social impact programs. Her continual goal is to help purpose-driven organizations transform their communications and maximize their social impact. Stay Connected with #CanadasEntrepreneur! Join our growing community of entrepreneurs across Canada! Don't miss out on inspiring interviews, expert insights, and the latest business trends from the people shaping the future of our economy.
Rachel PeakeOriginally hailing from Saskatchewan, Rachel is a director and dramaturge of theatre and opera. She is currently the Artistic Director of the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario.From 2021 to 2023 Rachel was the Associate Artistic Director of the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver. There she oversaw the running of the Artistic Department from 2021-2022 during the Artistic Director's maternity leave. From 2017 to 2020 she was the Associate Artistic Director of the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, where she led the Citadel's New Play Development initiatives. In January 2023 she won the Ovation Award for Outstanding Direction for her work on Something Rotten!, produced by Theatre Under the Stars.Rachel recently directed Macbeth for Calgary Opera (Betty Mitchell Award nominee - Outstanding Production of a Musical) , Sense and Sensibility for the Arts Club, 9 to 5: the Musical for the Citadel Theatre, Something Rotten! for Theatre Under the Stars, and The Pearl Fishers for Vancouver Opera. Rachel directed and dramaturged Hyperlink for the elbow, which was nominated for a Critic's Choice in Innovation. Recent directorial credits also include The Garneau Block for the Citadel, La Cenerentola for Vancouver Opera, and Phaedra/ Serenade for Pacific Opera Victoria.Some additional career highlights include directing and dramaturging the world première opera, Stickboy, for Vancouver Opera; directing the première of The Contest of the Winds for Caravan Farm Theatre; helming SexyVoices, a community-based creation piece about love and sex in the disability community for Realwheels Theatre; directing Angels in America: Part One at Studio 58, and directing and co-conceiving the interactive project Sustainability in an Imaginary World at UBC.Rachel was the co-Artistic Director of Solo Collective Theatre from 2008-2013 for whom she directed Cool Beans, Play With Monsters, After Jerusalem, The Project, and The Trolley Car. She also spent four years as Resident Stage Director of Dark by Five at Gros Morne Summer Music where she directed and co-created fifteen new interdisciplinary works. Rachel interned at the Komische Oper in Berlin, at Stratford's Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction, and in the Shaw Festival's Neil Munro Directing Internship. She also studied extensively with her mentor, James Fagan Tait. Rachel is a graduate of the University of Alberta and Studio 58.Grand TheatreThe Grand Theatre is known for world-class theatre created and built in London, Ontario. As southwestern Ontario's premiere producing theatre and one of the most beautiful theatre spaces in Canada, the company has deep ties to the community and to its artists, artisans, and technicians. As a vibrant cultural hub and not-for-profit professional theatre, the Grand serves to gather, inspire, and entertain audiences in London and beyond. At our home in downtown London, we create productions on two stages: the Spriet Stage (839 seats) and the Auburn Developments Stage (144 seats). The Grand season of theatrical offerings runs from September to May, and we collaborate with companies and artists across the country through our co-productions that see London-made artistic and creative work travel to audiences nation-wide. Through our successful New Play Development Program, the Grand is committed to developing and premiering new, original works and supporting the growth and reach of theatre writers and creators. Our recently renovated venue offers a contemporary and welcoming environment that is also home to several successful music series', community arts rentals, and cultural and special events.
Carefully Taught: Teaching Musical Theatre with Matty and Kikau
Today Kikau talks to Kelly Todd from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. We have a fantastic conversation about her program, how her and her students survived two fires in the past few months, and hard work! Her recommendation is Brené Brown's podcast Dare to Lead. Kelly Todd received her MEd in mathematics education from UCLA in 1999 and her BA in theater arts also from UCLA in 1997. She has taught as a professor in the theater department at Pepperdine University for four years and has choreographed their recent musicals Big Fish, Crazy for You, and South Pacific. She is the 2014 Ovation Award Winner for Best Choreography for her work on Lysistrata Jones at the Chance Theater, where she is a resident artist. Some of her favorite credits there have been West Side Story, for which she received the LA Drama Critics Circle 2012 Special Award for Fight Choreography, and Triassic Parq, in 2013 and Jerry Springer: The Opera, in 2011 which both won the Ovation Award for Best Musical in an Intimate Theater and garnered her Ovation Award Nominations for Best Choreography. She was named Southern California's Choreographer of the Year in 2011 and 2012 by Stage Scene LA. Other credits include Once (Regional Premiere after Broadway), Light in the Piazza, Ivy and Bean, The Musical, Peter Pan and Seussical at South Coast Repertory, and The Who's Tommy at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
Dale Dickey is an Ovation Award-winning actress who broke out in the 2010 film Winter's Bone opposite Jennifer Lawrence. She takes the lead role in the new Canadian thriller The G. Dale talks about the pressures of leading a film, the challenges of showing no emotion, and shooting in Montreal. Michael John Warren is a documentarian whose latest film is Freediver, which follows master of the sport Alexey Molchanov as he looks to set five world records in a single single season. Michael talks about shooting on four different continents, filming underwater, and swimming with sperm whales. Freediver is available on Prime Video or to buy or rent on Digital December 7th. Subscribe: Apple, Spotify, Pandora, RadioPublic, PocketCast Socials @EndeavoursRadio
Join Rev. Tim as he has a fireside chat with J. Mark McVey - broadway actor and singer! Mark made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in 'Les Miserables' after having won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actor while in DC. He is the first American to perform Valjean in London's West End, reprising the role with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and once again in the 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Miserables where he won the Ovation Award and the Broadway.com Award on his way to eclipsing more than 3,200 performances in the worlds favorite musical Les Miserables. But with all of this comes a fierce devotion and love for God and using his gifts to bring glory and honor to Jesus Christ! Listen to this powerful episode about a dark past, a bright future, and the God in the middle of it all! Join J. Mark McVey and Rev. Timothy J. Mercaldo for "Broadway for the Narrow Way" - limited tickets now available! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/broadway-for-the-narrow-way-tickets-1003082134667?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios
Send us a Text Message.Tom Jacobson swung into the Playwright's Spotlight in the midst of his coinciding plays The Bauhaus Project and Crevasse to discuss the correlation to both of the pieces and the subject matter of fascism and anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany. While discussing the historical influence of the Bauhaus, we explore previews and changes within coinciding pieces, writing trilogies and their process and presentation, standalones within trilogies, jumping timelines in historical works, balancing historic events and relationships, and taking creative license. We also discuss research, outlining, and when to start writing, breaking down structure, layering characters with and for the actor, table work and the role of the playwright, doubling and tripling up actors, writing complex sets with simplicity, stage magic on the play, and the benefits of academia as well as relationships and how they can help land productions. It's a wonderful conversation with a few technical hiccups that you might find entertaining, but you'll walk away with some education in history in addition to some insight in the craft of playwriting. As always... Enjoy!Tom Jacobson has penned more than 50 plays and has had more than 100 productions of his works performed around the world. His play The Twentieth-Century Way premiered at The Theatre @ Boston Court and the New York International Fringe Festival garnering five Ovation Award nominations, four Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle nominations, one GLAAD Award nomination, a Fringe Festival Award for Outstanding Production of a Play, a PEN Center Award for Drama and then moved Off Broadway to Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. He has been a co-literary manager of The Theatre @ Boston Court, a founding member of Playwrights Ink, and a board member of Cornerstone Theater Company and The Theatre @ Boston Court. His most recent play The Bauhaus Project opened at the Atwater Village Theatre and will be running simultaneously with his play Crevasse at the The Victory Theatre here in the Los Angeles area. Both pieces focus on the relationship of art and artists to the rise of fascism, anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany.For tickets for The Bauhaus Project and Crevasse through August 18th, 2024 -https://glamgical.com/the-bauhaus-project-and-crevasse/For the video format of this episode, visit -https://youtu.be/sNg7rH8QzQELinks to resources mentioned in this episode -Dramatists Guild -https://www.dramatistsguild.comMoving Arts - https://movingarts.orgWebsite and Socials for Tom Jacobson -www.tomjacobsonplaywright.comFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/tom.jacobson3Websites and socials for James Elden, PMP, and Playwright's Spotlight -Punk Monkey Productions - www.punkmonkeyproductions.comPLAY Noir -www.playnoir.comPLAY Noir Anthology –www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.htmlJames Elden -Twitter - @jameseldensauerIG - @alakardrakeFB - fb.com/jameseldensauerPunk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir - Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods - @playnoirla IG - @punkmonkeyprods - @playnoir_la FB - fb.com/playnoir - fb.com/punkmonkeyproductionsPlaywright's Spotlight -Twitter - @wrightlightpod IG - @playwrights_spotlightPlaywriting services through Los Angeles Collegiate Playwrights Festivalwww.losangelescollegiateplaywrightsfestival.com/services.htmlSupport the Show.
Robby Fischer is the owner of Dogtown Studio located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a staple in the music scene in GR and has been a honored recipient of an Ovation Award given out by the Michigan Music Alliance for Dogtown Studio's positive contribution to the local music community. Robby is also one of my best friends and I consider him to be a close partner in creativity. (It's like “partners in crime”… but with creativity… get it? anyways…) Whenever I have new ideas or thoughts that I'm working through, he's one of the people I bounce stuff off of and I have so much appreciation on his positive and energetic outlook on creative work. As someone who has the tendency to overthink or can be overwhelmed with negative thoughts about my work, it is crucial that I have friends like Robby around. In this special episode, we chat about a really interesting concept regarding familiar and unfamiliar. What makes something “good”? and what do we really mean when we say something is “bad”? Outside of running a studio business and winning prestigious community awards, Robby is a musician at the core. I also got to hear about his latest music project called “Unsummer Club” and learned about his thought process on how it came about. Enjoy the episode!
Cornell Christianson is the Writer-Producer of the upcoming Off-Broadway musical "Marilyn Exposed" that he wrote with original songs by Beth Lawrence and Norman Thalheimer. Show exposes the truth about Marilyn Monroe with six big musical song and dance numbers. Is set to open in fall 2024.Christianson is the Writer-Producer of the award-winning 1940s film noir musical "Wicked City Blues" which opened in 2019 and ran for a year in historic Off-Broadway theatre Actor's Temple Theatre on 47th St. It was shut-down by the closing of NY theatres in March 2020, but will resume its run in late 2024.. He is also the Writer-Producer of the award-winning 1950s sci-fi musical-comedy "It Came From Beyond" which opened in 2018 and ran for 2 years Off-Broadway in St. Luke's Theatre on 46th St produced by a leading Off-Broadway producer, John Lant. The musical was named Best in Theatre in Los Angeles with 6 Ovation Award nominations. The musical will re-open Off-Broadway in fall 2024.
The International Association of Business Communicators hosted the Ovation Awards in Toronto last week. Matisse Hamel-Nelis recaps the event. From the the May 13, 2024, episode.
Rachel Peake is a director and dramaturge of theatre and opera, and is the Artistic Director of the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. From 2017-2020 she was the Associate Artistic Director of the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton where she led the Citadel's new play development initiatives. Her work has taken her across Canada from Corner Brook Newfoundland to Victoria, BC. Rachel is the recipient of three Jessie Richardson Awards, an Ovation Award, and a Betty Mitchell Award nomination. She is a graduate of Studio 58 and the University of Alberta. @theatreartlife Thank you to our sponsor @clear-com The TheatreArtLife Podcast is a branch of our larger TheatreArtLife Community. Come visit us at www.theatreartlife.com
Rachel Peake is a director and dramaturge of theatre and opera, and is the Artistic Director of the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. From 2017-2020 she was the Associate Artistic Director of the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton where she led the Citadel's new play development initiatives. Her work has taken her across Canada from Corner Brook Newfoundland to Victoria, BC. Rachel is the recipient of three Jessie Richardson Awards, an Ovation Award, and a Betty Mitchell Award nomination. She is a graduate of Studio 58 and the University of Alberta. “ATTENTION SPOTIFY LISTENERS: IF you want to WATCH this with VIDEO, you can also subscribe to our video version: https://open.spotify.com/show/5e9KnBRZdjUTXTvCe6Nrqm?si=6639537c61044396” @theatreartlife Thank you to our sponsor @clear-com The TheatreArtLife Podcast is a branch of our larger TheatreArtLife Community. Come visit us at www.theatreartlife.com
Experience the dynamic world of Brentley Gore, celebrated for his multifaceted talents in the entertainment industry. From his iconic portrayal as Matt Garrison on the globally acclaimed series "California Dreams" to his chart-topping music career, Brentley has enthralled audiences worldwide for over two decades. Join host Elias on Pop Culture Unplugged as he delves into Brentley's latest album, "At The Ready," and explores the exhilarating "California Dreams" Reunion. With a stellar background spanning acting, music, and stage performance, Brentley's journey is a testament to his unparalleled creativity and dedication. Discover the essence of Brentley's musical prowess showcased in his solo releases, including the acclaimed "Up Until Now," produced in collaboration with the legendary Don "Redcloud" Smith. As a distinguished stage actor, Brentley's accolades include the prestigious Ovation Award for his stellar performance in "The Fantasticks." Beyond the spotlight, Brentley's contributions extend to education and philanthropy. As a respected professor at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and the visionary behind the Los Angeles Performing Arts Foundation, he remains committed to nurturing talent and fostering creativity. Immerse yourself in Brentley's latest endeavors, from his electrifying role in the rock opera "Staring Into Nothing" to the launch of his highly anticipated second studio album, "At The Ready." Experience the brilliance of Brentley Gore—an icon whose talent knows no bounds. Watch the full interview on YouTube: Click here For more exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes content, subscribe to Pop Culture Unplugged w/ Elias on YouTube: Subscribe here
Nancy Linehan Charles sits down with Greg and Dustin to talk about crying, dying, smoking, and yelling. She also gives all of us great life advice. Nancy Linehan Charles has been a professional actor for more than 40 years. She has appeared in plays from off-Broadway to regional to summer stock. Her favorite roles on the stage include the lead in The Visit, for which she won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, and her featured performance in Toys in the Attic, for which she won both the Ovation Award and the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award. Her film work includes playing Ben Affleck's mother in The Way Back; Max Von Sydow's wife in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report; Ned Beatty's wife in Mike Nichols' Charlie Wilson's War; and appearances in Testify and Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem. She has shot close to 100 guest-starring roles on TV, including Shameless, Bosch, NCIS: Los Angeles, Criminal Minds, Grimm, Better Things, The West Wing and ER, to name a few, plus a recurring role on the CBS hit Young Sheldon. Charles is also the artistic director of a flash mob Shakespeare company called Salty Shakespeare. Her company flashes bits of the Bard in crowded elevators, or in the coffee line at Starbucks, or anywhere that seems inappropriate. In 2014, the Los Angeles Times called Salty Shakespeare “the best flash mob Shakespeare company in L.A.”—not mentioning that it's the ONLY flash mob Shakespeare company in L.A. Salty Shakespeare lives up to its motto of “Erupting, Interrupting, Disturbing the Peace.” Charles holds a Master's degree in theatre, was a marathon runner and is the mother of two fine young men: Charlie Linehan, a lawyer in the field of Cyber Investigation, and Will Rothhaar, a working actor. Listen to the conversation, get some good news, and have some laughs with the guys on Good Things Are Happening. Visit us on the web at https://www.goodthingspod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodthingsarehappeningpodcast/
Barry Creyton began his career at the age of 17 in theatre and in radio in Australia and by age 20, was playing leads on stage, and in national radio productions. He also hosted his own weekly radio program devoted to theatre news and interviews. At 21, he made his Australian television debut as Lorenzo in a national television production of The Merchant of Venice. For three seasons, he starred in the TV series The Mavis Bramston Show. This ground breaking show, the highest rated in the history of Australian television, dealt with topical and political satire.Creyton relocated to England for twelve years playing comedy and dramatic roles in London's West End - including Don's Party (Royal Court), Roger's Last Stand (Duke of York's), Ten Years Hard (Mayfair), Urban Guerilla (Soho Poly), a revival of the musical Salad Days, and Liz, a musical based on Aristophanes' Lysistrata as well as several revues and the National Tour of Abelard and Heloise.On his return to Australia, Creyton starred in many theatre productions - Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce, Season's Greetings and Absurd Person Singular, Frayn's Noises Off, and in Pack Of Lies, Side By Side By Sondheim, The Owl And The Pussycat, Suddenly At Home, The Philanthropist, and played twins in the comedy-thriller Corpse.He guest starred on many popular TV episodics. These roles were generally amorous cads or big-business villains - characters at odds with the comedies he played on the stage. They included The Restless Years, The Young Doctors, Skyways, Cop Shop, The Sullivans, I Married a Bachelor, Cuckoo in the Nest, as well as guest star roles in TV movies, Image of Death, All at Sea, the Michael Powell feature, They're a Weird Mob and the BBC's Robert Louis Stevenson in Australia. He turned to directing, with the musical Nunsense which broke box office records all over Australia, and employed two companies playing simultaneously. A motorcycle accident during the run of Corpse resulted in a badly broken leg. The long recuperation period enabled him to write a stage comedy, Double Act. Since 1990, Creyton has worked almost exclusively in the United States, principally as writer and director. He relocated from New York to Los Angeles when commissioned to write a movie of the week for Hearst Television, while his off Broadway revue Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know ran for two and a half years in New York. His critically acclaimed adaptation of Noël Coward's Peace in Our Time for the Antaeus Theatre Company in L.A. received the Ovation Award and the L.A. Weekly Annual Theatre Award; the L. A. Times voted the production among the best world theatre of the year.He has appeared on stage at the Antaeus Theatre in Balzac's Cousin Bette, Shaw's The Doctors Dilemma and Moliere's School For Wives and as Apollo in The Curse of Oedipus.Creyton returns to Australia periodically for theatre engagements, starring in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, directing and starring in his own plays, Later Than Spring and Valentine's Day (since produced in several languages and, along with his Double Act, in constant repertoire in Europe), and in 2007 he returned to Sydney's Ensemble Theatre to star in Peter Quilter's play Glorious, and again in 2010 in Quilter's Duets, in which he played four diverse characters.His young adult novels, The Dogs of Pompeii and Nero Goes to Rome, co-authored with American writer Vaughan Edwards, are published by Random House, and his novel Murder is Fatal, an affectionate parody of noir movies, was published in 2017.His novel The View from Olympus Mons, was published in 2022 by NineStar Press.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
So excited to begin Season 5 of my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam!This season I am focusing on My Entertainment Idols.I am thrilled to kick off this season with Singer, Songwriter & Actor Brentley Gore, who you know from NBC's '90s television series California Dreams.Last year, I got to interview Brentley who played Matt Garrison on California Dreams, along with Jennie Kwan who played Samantha 'Sam' Woo when they came to NYC for the California Dreams Reunion Concert.NOW, Brentley has released his newest solo album, At The Ready, and I am so proud to say I am a fan of it.In this NEW interview, Brentley is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:The meaning behind his new album, At The ReadyHis creative process for writing an albumWhen he had to put on a brave face, but was really struggling insideHow Brentley would portray Matt Garrison on California Dreams todayWho are some of Brentley's Entertainment IdolsSo much moreAt The Ready is available to stream on all digital music platforms.More on Brentley Gore:Brentley Gore is a multi-talented performer and creative professional with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He is best known for his role as Matt Garrison on the hit television show California Dreams, which aired in over 48 countries and established him as a teen star. In addition to his acting career, Brentley is a talented singer-songwriter and musician. He has released several albums as a solo artist, including Up Until Now, which includes a mix of songs recorded with his previous band King Straggler, as well as solo recordings. Many of the songs on the album were recorded with the late producer Don "Redcloud" Smith, who had credits on albums by artists such as Tom Petty, Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones. Brentley is also a gifted stage actor, winning the Ovation Award for his performance in the off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks.In addition to his performing career, Brentley has also worked behind the scenes in the entertainment industry. He has served as a professor of performance and song craft at the prestigious American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Brentley was also the founder of the Los Angeles Performing Arts Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the performing arts. In the fall of 2022, he had a starring role in the rock opera, Staring Into Nothing in Los Angeles. Special Thanks:Scott Appel, Scott Appel MediaTheme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYC
Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Jeff Calhoun, Acclaimed Broadway Director, Choreographer & Producer About Harvey's guests: Today's guest, Jeff Calhoun, is a highly acclaimed director, choreographer and producer who's brought us some of the most beloved and iconic Broadway shows. As a dancer he appeared in the first national tour of “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”, and he made his Broadway debut in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”, and then replaced Tommy Tune for a limited engagement, co-starring with Twiggy in “My One and Only”. He's directed and/or choreographed many Broadway shows including “The Will Rogers Follies”, for which his collaboration with Tommy Tune won the Tony Award for Best Choreography. He also brought us the first Broadway revival of “Grease”, for which he earned a Drama Desk Award nomination AND a Tony Award nomination for Best Choreography, “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Big River”, for which he received the Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre, and TWO Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Director and Best Choreography, “Grey Gardens”, “Bonnie and Clyde”, for which he won TWO San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Awards for Best Director of a Musical AND Outstanding New Musical, “Jekyll and Hyde”, and “Newsies”, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical. Our guest has brought groundbreaking productions to the world famous Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles, including “Oliver”, “Big River” and “Pippin”. And he also directed the world premiere of the first original American Sign Language musical, “Sleeping Beauty Wakes”, for which he won the 2007 Ovation Award for Best World Premiere Musical. He also directed both the world premiere and international stage productions of “Disney's High School Musical” and “Disney's High School Musical 2”. And he directed the national tours of 2 immensely popular shows: “Irving Berlin's White Christmas”, and “Dolly Parton's 9 to 5: The Musical”. For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/ To see more about Jeff Calhoun, go to:https://www.instagram.com/thejeffcalhoun/https://www.playbill.com/person/jeff-calhoun-vault-0000004580 #JeffCalhoun #harveybrownstoneinterviews
Michael Shaw Fisher is an actor, producer and writer of musicals, films, and novels in Los Angeles. His original musical DOCTOR NYMPHO VS THE SEX ZOMBIES won Best Musical at the Hollywood Fringe in 2018. His show SKULLDUGGERY: THE MUSICAL PREQUEL TO HAMLET premiered at Sacred Fools Theatre Company in 2016 and earned him an Ovation Award for Best Lyrics and Music. His solo show, SHAKESPEARE'S LAST NIGHT OUT won an Ovation Award for “Best Book of an Original Musical” after winning “Top of Fringe” at the Hollywood Fringe 2015 and "Best Solo Show.” As Artistic Director of Orgasmico Theatre Company, Michael penned and performed in the Ovation-nominated DOOMSDAY CABARET (2012), Best Fringe Musical-winning EXORCISTIC: THE ROCK MUSICAL PARODY EXPERIMENT (2013) and THE WEREWOLVES OF HOLLYWOOD BLVD. (2014). As an actor he has appeared in the Ovation nominated and Top of Fringe-winning SHAKESLESQUE with Cherry Poppins. He's also appeared in Ben Moroski's TILT also appeared in Theatricum Botanicum's RICHARD III and ROSE COTTAGES in 2011. Michael has performed a variety of other plays as well as written, produced and directed others. He has a passion for storytelling in all forms and can't wait to bring more exciting and original theatre projects to life in Hollywood. He is in love with his wife and son. Exorcistic: The Unauthorized Rock Musical Parody of The Exorcist is the must-see rock musical experience of 2023. Come celebrate "the scariest film of all time" with a demon-themed drink, clutch your crucifixes tight and say your prayers. Your Salvation may depend on it!
Irene gabs away with the multi-talented Tracey Power, live from her current Directing contract in Alberta, BC! Tracey has incredible career all over Canada working as an Actress, a Director, a Choreographer, a Producer and she is a published Writer and Creator of multiple published Plays| She is an award winner and a multi nominee from the Jessie Richardson Awards, the Ovation Awards and the Sterling Haynes Awards. Her last name says it all, POWER!! Her Plays have been produced and performed in multiple Theatre companies all across Canada and Tracey is in demand both on and off the stage, infront of the camera, and at the helm directing and choreographing musicals as well as her new works across BC. Hit shows, like "Chelesea Hotel", "Glory", "Miss Shekespeare", "The Jungle Book", and she is currently on tour with her latest collaboration "Hey Viola", and "Chelsea Hotel" is being performed again at the Firehall Arts Centre in February 2024! Tracey's last show "The Prom" just closed after a successful summer run at Theatre Under the Stars, and she is opening her next show as we speak at the Mayfield Theatre! While Tracey is dominating the Theatre industry with her work she is also performing keeping busy as an actress in such shows as "Ubuntu", "Urinetown", "Les Miserables", "The Wizard of Oz", "La Cage Aux Folles", and multiple roles for Hallmark, Lifetime and the CW Networks. Like I said her last name says it all Power!! She's a power house and an amazing woman who brings her positive and warm energy to the workroom, her freindships and any company she is working with making her one of Canadas in demand Artists in all mediums and soon enough we will see her transition her creations from the stage to the screen!!! ALIST!!!! To BOOK Tracey for her Acting, Directing, Choreographing and Writing skills please contact her Agent Lisa King, at King Talent Inc. To learn more about Tracey and see her upcoming projects please visit her Social Media platforms on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and her personal website at www.traceypower.ca. Join me in celebrating my friend, Tracey Power!! #ilo_artistseries
Today on What's My Frame I'm joined by award-winning composer and sound designer Lindsay Jones. Lindsay's resume is extensive spanning mediums, genres and decades. He not only is a Tony nominee, a respected professor but an extremely passionate advocate for the arts and safe working conditions. Lindsay's Broadway credits include Slave Play, The Nap, Bronx Bombers and A Time To Kill; and a nomination for a Tony for Best Score and Best Sound Design of a Play. His off-Broadway work has been heard at Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, MCC, Primary Stages, and many others. International credits include works at Royal Shakespeare Festival (UK), Stratford Festival (Canada), and many others. Lindsay has created music and sound for over 500 productions in regional theatres across the US. Awards include seven Joseph Jefferson Awards and twenty-four nominations, 2 ASCAP Plus Awards, two Ovation Awards and three nominations, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, a San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award and two nominations, as well as multiple nominations for Drama Desk Awards, Helen Hayes Awards, Barrymore Awards, and many others. In film/television, he has created original score for over 35 projects, including HBO Films' A Note Of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, which won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Documentary, Short Subject. His work encompasses features like The View From Tall, Ash, and The Brass Teapot; TV shows such as Sony Pictures' series Family Practice for Lifetime Television, shorts such as The Follower, House Of Stairs, and Grace; and full-length documentaries such as Hearing Voices and Cleveland. In podcasts, Lindsay is the in-house composer/sound designer for the weekly podcast The Imagine Neighborhood, produced by the Committee For Children, and for the ongoing Play On series for Next Chapter Podcasts. Other podcast and audio drama work includes A Streetcar Named Desire (starring Audra McDonald) for Audible, Team Up (starring Susan Sarandon and Timothy Busfield) for Marvel, Wormwood (featuring Kevin Kline) for Real Jetpacks Productions, Hamlet for KPBS/The Old Globe, Soundstage for Playwrights Horizons, Twelfth Night and Measure For Measure for Chicago Shakespeare, and The Intersect for Micromass. In education and advocacy Lindsay is an adjunct professor of sound design at University of North Carolina School Of The Arts. Other universities where he's taught include Yale, Juilliard, Northwestern, Purdue, Depaul, NYU, UCLA, UCSD, UC Irvine, Rutgers, University of Illinois, and Chapman. He is a founding member and the co-chair of the executive board of Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA), and co-founded The Collaborator Party with John Gromada. He is also a founding member of NO MORE 10 Out Of 12's, an advocacy group dedicated to safe working environments in theatre. Now let's get to the conversation!! To learn more about Lindsay's work visit his site, here To get plugged in with TSDCA --- Hosted by Laura Linda Bradley Join the WMF creative community now! Instagram: @whatsmyframe TikTok: @whatsmyframe IMDb What's My Frame? official site Join our monthly newsletter! What's My Frame? merch Proceeds will be donated to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation to support actors affected by the strikes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-my-frame/support
Irene gabs away with the fabulous Sharon Crandall, live from her home in Port Moody! Sharon is an amazing woman who has an incredible career all over Canada both on the stage and the screen! She is an Actress, Mother of two, Singer, Educator, and a multi nominated and award recipient for multiple Theatre awards and nominations from the Jesse Richardson Awards the Ovation Awards, and this year she received her first nomination from the Canadian Screen Awards for the television series "Pillow Talk" currently airing on Crave TV where she plays series regular Mia alongside her onscreen and off screen life partner. She has performed in multiple television series including "The Last of Us" for HBO, "Motherland", "Turner and Hooch" and multiple movies of the week including "Christmas at the Golden Dragon", "A Clüsterfünke Christmas", and currently she is shooting Hallmarks "Holiday Road". This Christmas you will not only see her in your favourite Christmas movies you will also see Sharon play the role of Lois Lin in Hallmarks Christmas TV series "Holidazed". Sharon has performed all over Canada dominating the stage in both musical productions and plays in such shows as "9 to 5" The Musical, "Matilda", "In the Heights", "Shrek", "Lysistrata", and currently she is performing in not one but two productions at Bard on the Beach in "As You Like It" and "Julius Caesar" and if you don't get a chance to see her this summer under the tents you can see her shine on stage this holiday season in "Elf: The Musical" for the Arts Club Theatre Company. Sharon is not only an incredible Actresses bringing her beauty inside and out to your stages and televisions, she's an incredible Mom raising her two beautiful children and her fur baby, she's an amazing Singer and Acting Coach, she's in demand all over Canada both on the stage and infront of the camera and she is a ray of warmth and sunshine! To BOOK Sharon Crandall for her Alist Acting talent please contact her Agent Kendra Naka at The Characters Talent Agency. To learn more about Sharon please visit her website at www.sharoncrandallofficial.com. To follow Sharon on Social Media please visit her on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Join me in celebrating my friend, Sharon Crandall!!#ilo_artistseries
Episode 410."Eye In The Sky" Movie Composer: Paul Hepker.Paul Hepker is a talented composer whose "Eye In The Sky" remains one of my most favorite movie scores. It is also Alan Rickman's last movie. His other credits include Rendition, Tsotsi and so many more.Born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa, Paul Hepker trained as a concert pianist under Adolphe Hallis. He worked as a Musical Director at the National Theatres in Pretoria and Cape Town (The Rocky Horror Show, Joseph) and has performed or recorded with a number of prominent South African and international artists such as Shirley Bassey, Miriam Makeba, Ice Cube and Vusi Mahlasela. He wrote the voter education theme “Make Your Mark” for the first democratic elections in South Africa, which gave birth to a National TV gameshow of the same name. In the mid-1990's he toured the world as a member of Grammy-nominated band Johnny Clegg and Savuka (Juluka) before moving to Los Angeles in 1997 to pursue a career in composing for stage and screen.A long-time member of acclaimed Los Angeles theatre company Circle X, Hepker garnered an Ovation Award, two LA Weekly Awards, and numerous nominations for his work as composer or Musical Director on productions such as Grendel, Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog, and Romeo & Juliet: Antebellum, New Orleans, 1839.In 1999 Hepker was a Finalist in the inaugural John Lennon Songwriting Competition and has had songs featured in, and included on the soundtracks for Eye In The Sky, Tsotsi, Permanent Midnight, Soul Survivor, The Bird Can't Fly and Into The Light.Paul's latest project is Official Secrets (Starring Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Matt Smith) – his fourth collaboration with director Gavin Hood. Paul also co-composed the music for Tsotsi (which won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film), Eye In The Sky (starring Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman) and Rendition (starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep). Along with fellow South African composer Mark Kilian, Paul scored The Bird Can't Fly (starring Barbara Hershey). His score for Into the Light – a documentary exploring the AIDS crisis in Tanzania, featured Kenyan singer Ayub Ogada.Paul was series composer on numerous Discovery, History and National Geographic Channel series, including Deadliest Catch, IRT Deadliest Roads, Crash Files, Impact, America's Deadliest Season, Into the Firestorm, Raw Nature, Iditarod, Herrings – all for Original Productions – and Shark Taggers (NBC).Paul returned to South Africa in mid-2012, where he has been involved in music production (Ard Matthews), writing music for commercials (Nedbank Private Wealth, OUTSurance, Spar, Nissan, Serengeti Beer) and film-scoring: he recently composed the music for Kite (starring Samuel L. Jackson) and Shepherds and Butchers (directed by Oliver Shmitz and starring Steve Coogan) both for visionary South African producer Anant Singh.Welcome the awesome, Paul Hepker.Monday Morning Critic: Instagram, TiKTok, YouTube and Facebook.www.imdb.com/title/tt12597724/www.mmcpodcast.com
Gordon Firemark on the Virtual Sessions presented by The DJ Sessions 7/27/23 About Gordon Firemark - Gordon Firemark helps artists, writers, producers and directors achieve their dreams in the fields of theater, film, television and new media. Since his admission to practice in 1992, he has focused his attention on providing sound practical, legal and strategic advice to his clients so they can make smart deals, grow their businesses, and do great things. Gordon is the producer and host of Entertainment Law Update., a podcast for artists and professionals in the entertainment industries. His practice also covers intellectual property, cyberspace, new media and business/corporate matters for clients in the entertainment industry. He is the author of The Podcast, Blog and New Media Producer's Legal Survival Guide. Mr. Firemark served two terms as President of the Board of Directors of The Academy for New Musical Theatre (now renamed New Musicals, Inc.). In the past he has served on the Boards of Governors of The Los Angeles Stage Alliance , (the organization responsible for the annual Ovation Awards for excellence in Theater) and the Beverly Hills Bar Association , where he served as liaison to the Association's Entertainment Law Section (of which he is a former chairman). He holds a B.A. in Radio, Television and Film from the University of Oregon, and earned his law degree at Southwestern University School of Law. Before opening The Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark, Mr. Firemark was a partner with the Business Affairs Group, a boutique entertainment law firm in Los Angeles. He has also worked in the legal and business affairs departments at Hanna Barbera Productions and the MGM/UA Worldwide Television Group, and started his legal career as an associate at Neville L. Johnson & Associates, a West L.A.firm specializing in entertainment litigation. Gordon is an alumnus of the Commercial Theatre Institute, and an accomplished producer of stage plays and musicals. He serves as CEO of Fierce Theatricals , which produces small cast musicals, cabaret shows and regional tours. He is the founder and chief instructor at Theatre Producer Academy, a one-of-a-kind online training program for those who produce plays and musicals. He has been involved with the entertainment industry in one way or another since his youth as a sound, lighting, and special effects technician in the theatre. Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked in the television industry, producing and directing live sports telecasts, public affairs programming commercial announcements, documentaries, and industrial videos. Mr. Firemark has taught courses in Entertainment Law at Columbia College Hollywood; Business Law at Loyola Marymount University; and Theatre Law in the innovative Online Entertainment LLM program at Southwestern Law School. He has also offered courses in Theater Law at Cypress College, and Entrepreneurial Studies at California Institute of the Arts. Mr. Firemark has served as a moderator and featured panelist at seminars sponsored by the Beverly Hills Bar Association, California Lawyers for the Arts,Theatre LA, and the Oregon Artist's Rights Coalition. Hehas also been a guest lecturer at Southwestern University School of Law, Loyola Law School, California Western School of law, UC Irvine, and California State University, Northridge. About The DJ Sessions - “The DJ Sessions” is a Twitch/Mixcloud "Featured Partner” live streaming/podcast series featuring electronic music DJ's/Producers via live mixes/interviews and streamed/distributed to a global audience. TheDJSessions.com The series constantly places in the “Top Ten” on Twitch Music and the “Top Five” in the “Electronic Music", “DJ", "Dance Music" categories. TDJS is rated in the Top 0.11% of live streaming shows on Twitch out of millions of live streamers. It has also been recognized by Apple twice as a "New and Noteworthy” podcast and featured three times in the Apple Music Store video podcast section. UStream and Livestream have also listed the series as a "Featured" stream on their platforms since its inception. The series is also streamed live to multiple other platforms and hosted on several podcast sites. It has a combined live streaming/podcast audience is over 125,000 viewers per week. With over 2,400 episodes produced over the last 12 years "The DJ Sessions" has featured international artists such as: BT, Youngr, Sevenn, Wuki, Scott Slyter, Simply City, Micke, Netsky, Rich DietZ, Bexxie, Boris, MJ Cole, Flipside, Skeeter, Bissen, Katie Chonacas, Hollaphonic, Lady Waks, Arty/Alpha 9, Miri Ben-Ari, DJ Ruby, DJ Colette, Nima Gorji, Kaspar Tasane, Andy Caldwell, Party Shirt, Plastik Funk, ENDO, John Tejada, Hoss, DJ Sash U, Arkley, Bee Bee, Cozmic Cat, Superstar DJ Keoki, Crystal Waters, Swedish Egil, Martin Eyerer, Dezarate, Maddy O'Neal, Sonic Union, Lea Luna, Belle Humble, Marc Marzenit, AthenaLuv, Maximillian, Inkfish, Kidd Mike, Michael Anthony, They Kiss, Downupright, Harry “the Bigdog” Jamison, DJ Tiger, DJ Aleksandra, 22Bullets, Carlo Astuti, Mr Jammer, Kevin Krissen, Amir Sharara, Coke Beats, Danny Darko, DJ Platurn, Tyler Stone, Chris Coco, Purple Fly, Dan Marciano, Johan Blende, Amber Long, Robot Koch, Robert Babicz, KHAG3, Elohim, Hausman, Jaxx & Vega, Yves V, Ayokay, Leandro Da Silva, The Space Brothers, Jarod Glawe, Jens Lissat, Lotus, Beard-o-Bees, Luke the Knife, Alex Bau, Arroyo Low, Camo & Crooked, ANG, Amon Tobin, Voicians, Florian Kruse, Dave Summit, Bingo Players, Coke Beats, MiMOSA, Drasen, Yves LaRock, Ray Okpara, Lindsey Stirling, Mako, Distinct, Still Life, Saint Kidyaki, Brothers, Heiko Laux, Retroid, Piem, Tocadisco, Nakadia, Protoculture, Sebastian Bronk, Toronto is Broken, Teddy Cream, Mizeyesis, Simon Patterson, Morgan Page, Jes, Cut Chemist, The Him, Judge Jules, DubFX, Thievery Corporation, SNBRN, Bjorn Akesson, Alchimyst, Sander Van Dorn, Rudosa, Hollaphonic, DJs From Mars, GAWP, Somna, David Morales, Roxanne, JB & Scooba, Spektral, Kissy Sell Out, Massimo Vivona, Moullinex, Futuristic Polar Bears, ManyFew, Joe Stone, Reboot, Truncate, Scotty Boy, Doctor Nieman, Jody Wisternoff, Thousand Fingers, Benny Bennasi, Dance Loud, Christopher Lawrence, Oliver Twizt, Ricardo Torres, Patricia Baloge, Alex Harrington, 4 Strings, Sunshine Jones, Elite Force, Revolvr, Kenneth Thomas, Paul Oakenfold, George Acosta, Reid Speed, TyDi, Donald Glaude, Jimbo, Ricardo Torres, Hotel Garuda, Bryn Liedl, Rodg, Kems, Mr. Sam, Steve Aoki, Funtcase, Dirtyloud, Marco Bailey, Dirtmonkey, The Crystal Method, Beltek, Darin Epsilon, Kyau & Albert, Kutski, Vaski, Moguai, Blackliquid, Sunny Lax, Matt Darey, and many more. In addition to featuring international artists TDJS focuses on local talent based on the US West Coast. Hundreds of local DJ's have been featured on the show along with top industry professionals. We have recently launched v3.1 our website that now features our current live streams/past episodes in a much more user-friendly mobile/social environment. In addition to the new site, there is a mobile app (Apple/Android) and VR Nightclubs (VR Chat). About The DJ Sessions Event Services - TDJSES is a 501c3 Non-profit charitable organization that's main purpose is to provide music, art, fashion, dance, and entertainment to local and regional communities via events and video production programming distributed via live and archival viewing. For all press inquiries regarding “The DJ Sessions”, or to schedule an interview with Darran Bruce, please contact us at info@thedjsessions.
What does it mean to be a servant leader in government HR, and how can embracing this mindset make life better for citizens? Join us in an insightful conversation with our esteemed guest, Alex Smith, the Chief HR Officer for the City of Memphis, as we explore the power of servant leadership and its impact on talent management, especially during the pandemic. Alex Smith, 2022 HRD Global 100 HR leader and winner of HRO Today Magazine's CHRO of the Year 2020, is best known for positioning the City of Memphis as a model for city government for the 21st Century. A firm believer in community service, Alex serves on the advisory council for 3SixtyInsights and the advisory board for Government Executive Media Group's RouteFifty. She also serves on the board of directors for the Soulsville Foundation. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Duke University and a Master's degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota. Alex currently lives in Memphis with her two daughters. Learn more about Alex: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chroalexsmith/ Episode highlights:[3:37] What is servant leadership for Alex?[7:00] An example of a program promoting servant leadership and barriers encountered [12:52] What is Ovation Award?[15:11] Parenting vs. great leadership[18:20] What her kids taught her about leadership[20:47] How leaders can bring servant parental leadership into the workplace[23:24] How to show that you actually care and helping your organization to grow[29:04] Some challenges that allowed Alex to grow[32:45] What's in the future for Alex?[34:33] Outro Follow and Subscribe to Jimmy BurroughesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmyburroughes/Website: https://www.jimmyburroughes.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmybleadership/ ---------- Beat Burnout - Ignite Performance Chapter 1 is now available to download for FREE Grab a copy now at: https://jimmyburroughes.com/book
I always find something to learn in an episode of Playwright's Spotlight. However, Bernardo Cubria's insight to playwriting was nonstop. Every minute turned another corner of knowledge. His approach and insight to playwriting was intimidating that I'm not sure I could keep up - from a naivety to submitting plays that could lead to success to paying for opportunities to extracting knowledge from workshops. Bernardo shares his steps from completing the first draft, what consists of smart, intelligent feedback, Liz Lerman's critical approach to feedback, and hitting the flow state of creativity. We also tackle telling the best story, staying the course, how to approach rewrites, and the benefits of Clown School as well as "staying in the shit," not to mention compensation outside of money and what makes a brilliant director. It's only a small sample of topics that could have gone for much longer. As with playwriting, I encourage you to stay the course and listen to the entirety of this episode. You won't walk away empty handed, or headed, and will hopefully be a much better playwright by the episode's end. Either way, I hope you enjoy my conversation with Bernardo as much as I did. His energy and humor is contagious. Enjoy!!! Bernardo Cubría is a Mexican playwright and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. He is the winner of the 2021 Smith Prize for Political Theatre. His play, The Play You Want won the 2020 BETC Generations Award and was also a finalist for the 2020 Ingenio Play Festival. His play The Giant Void in my Soul was nominated for Best Playwright at the 2018 Ovation Awards, Los Angeles Drama critics Circle Awards, and The Stage Raw Awards. His play Neighbors: A Fair Trade Agreement will be receiving it's world premier at INTAR in NYC in the fall of 2017. It was a Semi-Finalist for the O'Neil in 2017, and his play The Judgment of Fools has received three critically acclaimed production in NYC, LA, and Houston, TX. His play The Redhead is Coming was a part of F*ckfest at The Brick in NYC in 2015. He is a proud member of Ammo Theatre Company in LA.To view the video format of this episode, visit the link below -https://youtu.be/ibY4478Fsb4Links to sites and resources mentioned in this episode - Crabs in a Bucket Play Info and Tickets -https://www.echotheatercompany.com/crabs-in-a-bucket/#:~:text=Crabs%20in%20a%20Bucket%20follows,who%20still%20live%20among%20themAmmo Theatre -https://www.ammunitiontheatre.comThe O'neill's -https://www.theoneill.org/npcPlay Submission Helper -https://playsubmissionshelper.com/category/play-submissions/LAByrinth Theatre Company -https://labtheater.orgCTG (Center Theatre Group) -https://www.centertheatregroup.orgWebsites and socials for James Elden, Punk Monkey Productions and Playwright's SpotlightPunk Monkey Productions - www.punkmonkeyproductions.comPLAY Noir -www.playnoir.comPLAY Noir Anthology –www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.htmlJames Elden -Twitter - @jameseldensauerIG - @alakardrakeFB - fb.com/jameseldensauerPunk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir - Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods - @playnoirla IG - @punkmonkeyprods - @playnoir_la FB - fb.com/playnoir - fb.com/punkmonkeyproductionsPlaywright's Spotlight -Twitter - @wrightlightpod IG - @playwrights_spotlightPlaywriting services through Los Angeles Collegiate Playwrights Festivalwww.losangelescollegiateplaywrightsfestival.com/services.htmlSupport the show
Television star Katey Sagal (Married with Children, Futurama, Sons of Anarchy) & writer Paul Gordon (2001 Tony Nominated Composer for Jane Eyre) pull back the curtain to talk about the new Off-Broadway Musical, The Gospel According to Heather.In this interview, they reveal:What they relate to most about the showTheir creative processesStage/Theatrical mishapsBest Advice they receivedOne rule they each live byIn The Gospel According to Heather, Heather Krebs just wants a boyfriend. But how can she even navigate her way through high school if she might be the New Messiah? A small town in Ohio grapples with politics, religion and teenage romance in this eclectic pop musical.The Gospel According to Heather plays at Theater 555 in NYC through the newly extended date of July 16, 2023.*This interview took place live at The Gospel According to Heather press event, where members of the media were given a sneak peak of this new Off-Broadway Musical. More on Katey Sagal:TV: The Connors, Rebel, Sons of Anarchy (Golden Globe Award), Superior Donuts, 8 Simple Rules, Futurama and Married with Children.FILM: Bleed For This, Pitch Perfect 2 and The Good Mother.Music: CDs Well..., Room, Covered and performs with her band The Reluctant Apostles.Books: Her first book, Grace Notes: My Recollections, was published in 2017 by Simon and Schuster.More on Paul Gordon:2001 Tony Award nominated composer for his musical Jane Eyre. Other works include Sense and Sensibility (winner of the 2015 Jeff Award for Best New Work), Daddy Long Legs (2009 Ovation Award, 2 Drama Desk Award nominations, Off-Broadway Alliance Award nomination and 3 Outer Critic Circle award nominations). He is the co-founder of StreamingMusicals.com, where his musicals Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Estella Scrooge, Being Earnest and No One Called Ahead can currently be streamed. Knight's Tale, written with John Caird, has had multiple productions in Japan. His other shows include: Stellar Atmospheres, Little Dorrit, Schwab's, Analog and Vinyl, The Front, Juliet and Romeo, Sleepy Hollow, First Night, The Circle, Ribbit, Greetings From Venice Beach and The Sportswriter. In his former life, Paul was a pop songwriter, writing several number one hits.Special Thanks:Richard Hillman PRTheme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergMore Call Me Adam:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYC
Taking a look at the evolution of playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins with special guest LISA DRING Lisa is a writer, director and actor originally from Hilo, Hawaii and Reno, Nevada. Her play SUMO will be co-produced by La Jolla Playhouse and Ma-Yi Theater Company in 2023. She has recently worked on multiple projects with Meow Wolf and was a member of The Geffen Writers' Room. She was honored as a recipient of the 2020/21 PLAY LA Stage Raw/Humanitas Prize. Her play The Wicked One was a finalist for the Relentless Award, a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, a finalist for the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference and a semi-finalist for the O'Neill Playwrights Conference. Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin, a piece she co-wrote with Chelsea Sutton, was nominated for 7 Ovation Awards including Best Production (winner of 5). Lisa's work has been developed/produced by The New Group, Actors Theatre of Louisville, East West Players, Circle X, SCF @ Son of Semele, Playwrights' Arena, Rogue Artists Ensemble, UCSB Launch Pad Series, The Motor Company and Theatre of NOTE. Lisa has been awarded fellowships at MacDowell, Blue Mountain Center and Yaddo. Her play SUMO was recently named as a finalist for the O'Neill Playwrights Conference. Lisa graduated from the University of Southern California. She was awarded the 2021 Dorothy and Granville Hicks Residency at Yaddo, which honors one promising young writer a year, and was nominated for an Emmy for Welcome to the Blumhouse Live, a project she co-wrote and co-directed with Matt Hill. Shows Discussed: Part 1: An Octoroon Part 2: Gloria Part 3: Everybody SUBSCRIBE. RATE. REVIEW!! THEME and Stingers: Ryan Thomas Johnson IG: @theatre_theater_pod Twitter: @the_theatre_pod Gmail: theatretheaterpod@gmail.com tiktok: @theatre_of_the_absurd LA SPOTLIGHTS: A New BrainIG: @CelebrationThTr www.celebrationtheatre.org Resources below FGM Education Resources https://www.fgmeducation.com/post_resources/fgm-medical-resources/ BLM Donation and Education LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/NationalResourcesList Black Owned Businesses in LA: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18w-0RBhwBBlXDN9kRV9DVSCAGSCjtHb9K0Pq2YBv18U/htmlview?usp=sharing&pru=AAABcpXptV0*XfoiE2Ay5SJUCEO3tXROGQ&urp=gmail_link MPJI https://marshap.org/ Petitions https://linktr.ee/petitions_123
Interview with Battlesong of Boudica Actress/Fight Choreographer Jen Albert. Jen Albert trained with Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) fight master David Woolley and is certified in Unarmed, Rapier and Dagger, Smallsword, Broadsword, Sword and Shield, and Quarterstaff. She is also a martial artist and an original company member of Babes with Blades, Chicago's only all-female stage combat company. She is the first female to win the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award for Fight Choreography for the School of Night's production of Punch and Judy. In addition, she received the 2019 Stage Raw award for Fight Choreography for Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood. She also won the 2019 Ovation Award for Fight Direction for Sucker Punch at Coeurage Theatre Company and was nominated again in 2020 for The School of Night's Production of Klingon Tamburlaine. In addition, Jen choreographs for film, TV, and theatre. Taken from the press release. www.latheatrebites.com
In this episode we are joined by Padraic Moyles, talking all things dance. Born in Dublin, Padraic emigrated to New York when he was nine years old. At the age of twelve he starred as the principal actor in the Off-Broadway production of Grandchild of Kings, directed by Harold Prince. Dancing under the tutelage of Donny Golden, he joined Riverdance in 1997, going on to become Dance Captain and Principal Dancer. He was nominated for an Ovation Award for his leading role in the show. In 2006 he joined the Broadway production of The Pirate Queen as Dance Captain before returning to Riverdance in 2008. He has had the privilege to perform for a number of heads of state and notable individuals from around the world, including Michelle Obama and Queen Elizabeth II. Padraic is also proud to be the Executive Producer/ Director for the international show Heartbeat of Home which has toured China, North America and played for a six-week run in London's West End. He was Dance Director and a choreographer on Riverdance: The Animated Adventure. Padraic would like to give special thanks to his wife Niamh and children Juliette-May and Harrison Rhys, his father, brothers and sister for their continued support. He dedicates all his work to his late mother Christine Moyles. We want to hear from YOU and provide a forum where you can put in requests for future episodes. What are you interested in listening to? Please fill out the form for future guest suggestions here and if you have suggestions or requests for future themes and topics, let us know here! @theatreartlife Thank you to our sponsor @clear-com
Gisela Adisa from 1776 on Broadway joins the Black Hair in the Big Leagues lineup with host, Salisha Thomas. Gisela is a Broadway, television, commercial, and voiceover actress. Some of her stage credits include the National Tour of Sister Act, she made her Broadway debut in Beautiful the Carole King Musical, and was nominated for an Ovation Award for her performance as Eartha Kitt in Lights Out: Nat King Cole, and at the time of this recording has been killing it in 1776 on Broadway as Robert Livingston. Gisela is a star, currently killing it at life, and we can't wait to see what she does next! Follow Gisela Adisa on IG @imgisela. Follow host Salisha Thomas on IG @salishathomas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Meg Howrey is the author of the novels They're Going to Love You, The Cranes Dance, and Blind Sight. She is also the coauthor, writing under the pen-name Magnus Flyte, of the New York Times Bestseller City of Dark Magic and City of Lost Dreams. Her non-fiction has appeared in Vogue and The Los Angeles Review of Books. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Meg was a professional dancer who performed with the Joffrey Ballet and City Ballet of Los Angeles, among others. She made her theatrical debut in James Lapine's "Twelve Dreams" at Lincoln Center, and received the 2001 Ovation Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her role in the Broadway National Tour of "Contact." Book Recommendations: Bojan Lewis, Sinking Bell Leni Zumas, Red Clocks Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Meg Howrey is the author of the novels They're Going to Love You, The Cranes Dance, and Blind Sight. She is also the coauthor, writing under the pen-name Magnus Flyte, of the New York Times Bestseller City of Dark Magic and City of Lost Dreams. Her non-fiction has appeared in Vogue and The Los Angeles Review of Books. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Meg was a professional dancer who performed with the Joffrey Ballet and City Ballet of Los Angeles, among others. She made her theatrical debut in James Lapine's "Twelve Dreams" at Lincoln Center, and received the 2001 Ovation Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her role in the Broadway National Tour of "Contact." Book Recommendations: Bojan Lewis, Sinking Bell Leni Zumas, Red Clocks Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Meg Howrey is the author of the novels They're Going to Love You, The Cranes Dance, and Blind Sight. She is also the coauthor, writing under the pen-name Magnus Flyte, of the New York Times Bestseller City of Dark Magic and City of Lost Dreams. Her non-fiction has appeared in Vogue and The Los Angeles Review of Books. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Meg was a professional dancer who performed with the Joffrey Ballet and City Ballet of Los Angeles, among others. She made her theatrical debut in James Lapine's "Twelve Dreams" at Lincoln Center, and received the 2001 Ovation Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her role in the Broadway National Tour of "Contact." Book Recommendations: Bojan Lewis, Sinking Bell Leni Zumas, Red Clocks Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
Meg Howrey is the author of the novels They're Going to Love You, The Cranes Dance, and Blind Sight. She is also the coauthor, writing under the pen-name Magnus Flyte, of the New York Times Bestseller City of Dark Magic and City of Lost Dreams. Her non-fiction has appeared in Vogue and The Los Angeles Review of Books. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Meg was a professional dancer who performed with the Joffrey Ballet and City Ballet of Los Angeles, among others. She made her theatrical debut in James Lapine's "Twelve Dreams" at Lincoln Center, and received the 2001 Ovation Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her role in the Broadway National Tour of "Contact." Book Recommendations: Bojan Lewis, Sinking Bell Leni Zumas, Red Clocks Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature
Vicki Lewis (vickilewis.com)(IG:@vickilewis1)is perhaps best known for her role as Beth the secretary on the hit NBC series “Newsradio”. She also starred in the NBC series“Three Sisters” with Diane Cannon. She has had recurring and guest starring roles on “Doll & Em” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” “The Middle” “Bones” “Dirt” “Grey's Anatomy” “'Til Death” “Surviving Suburbia” ”Sonny With A Chance” “Melissa and Joey” “Caroline In The City” “Norm” “The Five Mrs. Buchanans” “Phenom” “Murphy Brown” “Grace Under Fire” “Seinfeld” and “Home Improvement”. Her Films include: “The Ugly Truth” ”Den Brother” “The Last Day Of Summer” “California Dreamin” (Dave Foley and Lea Thompson) “Godzilla” (1998) “Mousehunt” (Nathan Lane, Lee Evans and Christoper Walken) “Pushing Tin” (John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton Angelina Jolie and Cate Blanchett )“I'll Do Anything” (Nick Nolte, Albert Brooks) “The Huntress” “Bye Bye Birdie” (Tyne Daly, Jason Alexander) and “Breakfast Of Champions”. (Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte) Her voice can be heard in Pixar's animated blockbuster “Finding Nemo” as well as “Alpha and Omega” “Wonder Woman” “Justice League – The New Froniter” “Doctor Doolittle: Million Dollar Mutts” ”Scooby Doo” ”Ben 10: Alien Force” “Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures” “King Of The Hill” “Rugrats” “An Extremely Goofy Movie” “Phineas And Ferb” and she voices Wonder Woman in “Batman – The Brave And The Bold” for Warner Brothers. She starred as Velma Kelly in the Broadway and Las Vegas productions of “Chicago”. She played Gloria Thorpe in the Tony nominated “Damn Yankees” she performed as a soloist in “An Evening With the Pops” at Carnegie Hall (with the late great Skitch Henderson) and in “Pal Joey” (opposite Patti Lupone and Peter Gallagher) for “Encores”. She received the Ovation Award for her performance in the world premiere of Michael John Lachuisa's “Hotel C'est L'amoure” at The Blank Theatre in Los Angeles, and was nominated for an Ovation award for her performance in ”How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” (directed by Marcia Milgrim Dodge) for the Reprise Theatre Company. Also for Reprise – “I Love My Wife” “My One and Only” “City of Angels” and “Carol Burnett In Conversation”. Vicki starred in “Funny Girl” “ Into The Woods” “Gypsy” “Anything Goes” and “The Little Mermaid” for CaliforniaMusic Circus. “East of Midnight,” her debut album, which she wrote and produced with Junior Burke, and which was orchestrated by Stephen Taylor, is available on iTunes, along with her hit EP of Christmas songs “Santa's Little Helper”.
Vicki Lewis (vickilewis.com)(IG:@vickilewis1)is perhaps best known for her role as Beth the secretary on the hit NBC series “Newsradio”. She also starred in the NBC series“Three Sisters” with Diane Cannon. She has had recurring and guest starring roles on “Doll & Em” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” “The Middle” “Bones” “Dirt” “Grey's Anatomy” “'Til Death” “Surviving Suburbia” ”Sonny With A Chance” “Melissa and Joey” “Caroline In The City” “Norm” “The Five Mrs. Buchanans” “Phenom” “Murphy Brown” “Grace Under Fire” “Seinfeld” and “Home Improvement”. Her Films include: “The Ugly Truth” ”Den Brother” “The Last Day Of Summer” “California Dreamin” (Dave Foley and Lea Thompson) “Godzilla” (1998) “Mousehunt” (Nathan Lane, Lee Evans and Christoper Walken) “Pushing Tin” (John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton Angelina Jolie and Cate Blanchett )“I'll Do Anything” (Nick Nolte, Albert Brooks) “The Huntress” “Bye Bye Birdie” (Tyne Daly, Jason Alexander) and “Breakfast Of Champions”. (Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte) Her voice can be heard in Pixar's animated blockbuster “Finding Nemo” as well as “Alpha and Omega” “Wonder Woman” “Justice League – The New Froniter” “Doctor Doolittle: Million Dollar Mutts” ”Scooby Doo” ”Ben 10: Alien Force” “Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures” “King Of The Hill” “Rugrats” “An Extremely Goofy Movie” “Phineas And Ferb” and she voices Wonder Woman in “Batman – The Brave And The Bold” for Warner Brothers. She starred as Velma Kelly in the Broadway and Las Vegas productions of “Chicago”. She played Gloria Thorpe in the Tony nominated “Damn Yankees” she performed as a soloist in “An Evening With the Pops” at Carnegie Hall (with the late great Skitch Henderson) and in “Pal Joey” (opposite Patti Lupone and Peter Gallagher) for “Encores”. She received the Ovation Award for her performance in the world premiere of Michael John Lachuisa's “Hotel C'est L'amoure” at The Blank Theatre in Los Angeles, and was nominated for an Ovation award for her performance in ”How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” (directed by Marcia Milgrim Dodge) for the Reprise Theatre Company. Also for Reprise – “I Love My Wife” “My One and Only” “City of Angels” and “Carol Burnett In Conversation”. Vicki starred in “Funny Girl” “ Into The Woods” “Gypsy” “Anything Goes” and “The Little Mermaid” for CaliforniaMusic Circus. “East of Midnight,” her debut album, which she wrote and produced with Junior Burke, and which was orchestrated by Stephen Taylor, is available on iTunes, along with her hit EP of Christmas songs “Santa's Little Helper”.
Actor and Director, Apollo Dukakis, is a member and longtime resident artist of the Pasadena, CA based theater company, A Noise Within. As a professional actor for over fifty years, Apollo has worked off-Broadway and in many prestigious regional theatres across the country, including: The American Conservatory Theatre of San Francisco, The Pasadena Playhouse, The Mark Taper Forum, The Actors' Theater of Louisville, The Trinity Repertory Theater of Rhode Island, and many others. Along with his sister, the late Olympia Dukakis, he co-founded the Tony nominated Whole Theatre Company of Montclair, New Jersey, where he was Associate Artistic Director, actor, director, and teacher for fifteen years. In Los Angeles, Apollo was a company member of the acclaimed Antaeus Theatre Company. He's the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, the Dramalogue Critics Award, and the Ovation Award. His film work includes: American Heart with Jeff Bridges and The Last Action Hero with Arnold Schwarzenegger. TV appearances include: Seinfeld, ER, Beauty and the Beast, Doogie Howser, L.A. Law, and many others. Apollo recently won the Best Actor In a Short Film Award from the London Greek Film Festival for the film Mr. Segur.
About the Guests Adam Halpin Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Glory Days. Off-Broadway: Daddy Long Legs, Rent, Dogfight. National Tours: Come From Away, Kinky Boots, Rent. Select Regional: Chess at The Kennedy Center, The Last 5 Years at Long Wharf, The Music Man at The Muny. Megan McGinnis recently toured with the North American company of Come From Away. Prior to that, she completed the Off-Broadway run of Daddy Long Legs, originating the role of Jerusha Abbott, both nationally and internationally (Ovation Award, Jeff Nomination, London What's On Stage Nomination). Broadway: Side Show (Revival, Standby Daisy/Violet), Les Miserables (Revival, Eponine), Little Women (Beth), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Diary of Anne Frank, Parade. Links https://theatreraleigh.com/ (Theatre Raleigh) http://meganmcginnis.net/ (Megan McGinnis Website) Connect with Us Facebook @beltlinetbroadway Twitter @beltlinetobway Instagram @beltlinetobroadway
We are excited to bring you this podcast series, Choreographers in Conversation. This series will allow choreographers to interview other choreographers whose work excites them as a way to learn more about their craft and preserve the stories of these exciting artists in our industry. In this episode, Maria Torres, Director/Choreographer/SDCF Trustee interviews Director/Choreographer, Jerry Mitchell to learn more about his career, what brought him to the theatre, the work that he is passionate about, the current state of our industry, and what he hopes for the future. Jerry Mitchell: Jerry Mitchell (Director/Choreographer, Kinky Boots) made his Broadway and West End debuts as Director/Choreographer of Legally Blonde, which won the Olivier Award for Best Musical. He was also nominated for both the Tony® and Drama Desk Awards for his choreography for Legally Blonde, as well as the Drama Desk Award for his direction. A Tony® winner for his dazzling choreography created for the first revival of La Cage Aux Folles, Jerry was also nominated for that Award for choreographing Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hairspray, Never Gonna Dance, and The Full Monty. For Broadway, Jerry also choreographed Catch Me If You Can, and revivals of Charlie Brown, Rocky Horror Show, and Gypsy (starring Bernadette Peters), and for Off-Broadway and film, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Jeffrey. Other film work includes In & Out, Camp, Drop Dead Gorgeous, and Scent of a Woman. Twenty years ago, Jerry conceived and created Broadway Bares, a comedy burlesque show performed annually for the charity Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Jerry proudly serves as a Board member of BC/EFA and annually as the Executive Producer of Broadway Bares, with a book, website and satellite productions in Las Vegas and London. Cumulative fundraising efforts have resulted in more than $10 million raised for the charity. Next up: directing and choreographing The Honeymooners on Broadway. Maria Torres: Maria Torres' extensive career as director, choreographer, instructor, and Producer began as a critically acclaimed performer, contributing choreography while performing in the film Dance, with the six-time Tony-nominated Broadway musical Swing and Me!. Torres was nominated for a 2018 Ovation Award for Best Choreography for Luis Valdes' Zoot Suit, is a Lucille Lortel & Carbonell nominee of Four Guys named Jose', The Donkey Show and Celia, the musical based on the life of the late Cuban singer Celia Cruz. Torres received accolades as Associate Choreographer for the Broadway & Touring productions of On Your Feet, the Oscar-nominated film Enchanted, the musical film Idlewild, the showcase for the Tony Award-winning In The Heights, and as a resident choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance. Torres also co-conceived, choreographed, and directed the Magic Of Salsa Kingdom and Off-Broadway hit Latin Heat. Recently, she directed and choreographed the new musical Havana Music Hall, Sol of El Barrio, and served as dance consultant for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway. Torres is an Artist in Residence at The Rosetta LeNoire Amas Musical Theater, Trustee of Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), a proud executive board member of the Stage Directors, and Choreographers Society, and the League of Professional Theatre Women. Her life is documented in the Dance Oral History Project at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Doobie Doobie Doobie: Reefer Madness @ Maverick Theatre in Fullerton – Review 8.5 out of 10 - Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended June 10 – July 17,2022. This side-splitting musical parody of the 1936 film is our musical offering for our twentieth season! Reefer Madness premiered in 1999 in Los Angeles; the original production received five Ovation Awards and seven Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards before transferring to Off-Broadway.
This week Jacob sits down with Tony Award Winner Tonya Pinkins. Tonya Pinkins is an American actress and filmmaker. Her award-winning debut feature film RED PILL was an official selection at the 2021 Pan African Film Festival, won the Best Black Lives Matter Feature and Best First Feature at The Mykonos International Film Festival, Best First Feature at the Luléa Film Festival, and is nominated for awards in numerous festivals around the globe. Her web-series The RED PILLING of AMERICA can be heard on her podcast "You Can't Say That!" at BPN.fm/ycst She is known for her portrayal of Livia Frye on the soap opera All My Children and for her roles on Broadway. She has been nominated for three Tony Awards (winning one), and has won Obie, Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, AUDLECO, Garland, L.A. Drama Critics Circle, Clarence Derwent, and NAACP Theater Awards. She has been nominated for the Olivier, Helen Hayes, Noel, Joseph Jefferson, NAACP Image, Soap Opera Digest, and Ovation Awards. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Jelly's Last Jam. Real Conversations with Jacob Young is brought to you by Boys Town. FOLLOW JACOB: Instagram Facebook Twitter
About Andrew: Andrew Dolan's credits include American Daughter (Broadway), Strictly Dishonorable (Vineyard), Pink, Ted Kaczynski (SPF), What Then (Clubbed Thumb), Tree House (NY Stage & Film), Measure for Measure (Target Margin) UK: Edmond (National Theatre). The Woods (National Studio), Boy from the Book (English Touring Theatre). Regional: Mamba's Daughters (Spoleto Festival), Burn This, Marco Millions, Cyrano, 12th Night, Hapgood (ACT), Substance of Fire. Savage/Love (Magic Theatre), Loot, Amadeus (Arizona Theatre Co.), Road to Nirvana, Down the Road, Boy's Life, Coming Attractions (Encore Theatre). TV/Film: House of Cards, Your Honor, Chicago Med, Blue Bloods, Bull, Elementary, Good Cop, Blacklist, Handsome Harry Unstoppable, Partners in Crime, 28 Days, Being Human, David Letterman. all Law & Orders, Conviction, Return of Jezebel James. Training: Bowdoin College, American Conservatory Theatre. He is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His play, The Many Mistresses of Martin Luther King won the Ovation Award for Best New Play in Los Angeles. He also has an extensive voiceover career. He has taught at Stella Adler, ACT, AADA, and TheFreemanStudio. Operative words and images and how much you can throw away. Identify the core emotion of the script. Find the words and phrases you can act upon. That's when you lean into everything you have to give. “Find the good stuff.” Your body needs to be engaged even when your full body isn't on the camera. Mentality: practice as hard as you play. One quality a CD looks for in an actor: I know I am in good hands with them. Self-esteem needs to be earned by yourself. Monologues: Find a cut that works Always leave them wanting more Catalogue of works Casting yourself is 70% of the game Don't be lazy, find material that works for you Sign up for Andrew's Monologue Class Ground yourself in the realities so you are ready to play. The purpose of technique is to fill in the gaps when the inspiration fails. Use the conscious side of your brain so your unconscious can be free. So you can feel: I got this.
For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/wpSqy_Hrwus KEN PAGE Is the recipient of THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD from THE ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL OF ST. LOUIS. He directed “LOVE LINDA, the Life of Mrs. Cole Porter” with Max & Louie Productions St. Louis. His production of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN for Tom McCoy/Cathy Rigby Productions at The La Mirada Performing Arts Center in California, was recently awarded two Los Angeles Ovation Awards. It was his fourth time at helm of the historical musical. He directed a critically acclaimed production of CAROUSEL for The Union Avenue Opera Company of St. Louis. Ken co-produced, wrote and directed SUBLIME INTIMACY, a play with dance for Max & Louie Productions as well as the four-time St. Louis Theatre Circle Award nominated CAFÉ CHANSON for Upstream Theatre St. Louis. The shows garnered STLTC nominations including Best New Play (both productions) and Best Director. Ken has staged productions with the Blank Theatre Company of Los Angeles, including The Young Playwright's Festival as well as Tennessee Williams' HELLO FROM BERTHA, and Harvey Fierstein's TIDY ENDINGS. He directed the L.A Premieres of Charlayne Woodard's one woman play PRETTY FIRE and the AIDS Quilt remembrance play with music, ELEGIES FOR ANGELS, PUNKS AND RAGING QUEENS. His production of THE FANTASTICKS was awarded the L.A. Ovation Award as Best Musical Production in a small theatre. Drama League” for his performances on the Broadway stage. ORBC of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN, CATS, also on Broadway THE WIZ, GUYS AND DOLLS etc. He is also the recipient of two GRAMMY AWARDS as a principal cast member of the awarded Cast recordings of CATS and AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'. Mr. Page is a proud member of AEA, SAG/AFTRA and SDC, Stage Directors Choreographers Society.
For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/SIEz5u0GkTo Born to legendary entertainer Judy Garland and producer Sid Luft, Lorna Luft made her performing debut singing on “The Judy Garland Show.” Since then, she has had dozens of starring and guest-starring roles on film and television, ranging from Grease 2 and Where the Boys Are '84 to the series “Murder She Wrote” and “Sean Saves the World.” Lorna was co-executive producer of “Life with Judy Garland,” the 5 time Emmy award-winning miniseries based on her best-selling memoir, Me and My Shadows. For the past several years, Lorna has been starring in American and British productions of Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Her other theatrical credits include her Broadway debut in Promises, Promises; Off-Broadway's Snoopy and Extremities; the national tour of They're Playing Our Song; a British tour of Pack of Lies; and Gypsy, Grease, Guys and Dolls, Mame, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, among many others. Lorna is also a gifted concert and cabaret artist, performing in the world's most prestigious venues, including The Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, The London Palladium, and L'Olympia in Paris. Her highly acclaimed multi-media production, Songs My Mother Taught Me-The Judy Garland Songbook, melds one of the world's most familiar songbooks with personal memories. It won two Ovation Awards, and a CD based on the show was released by First Night Records.
This week on On Story we'll hear from screenwriter April Shih who has worked on shows like Dave, You're The Worst, and This is America and Tripper Clancy who wrote the script for 2019's Stuber, and has worked on Netflix's I Am Not Okay With This. April Shih is a screenwriter and producer, known for You're the Worst, Mrs. America,starring Cate Blanchett and most recently served as supervising producer on FX's Dave, which follows the semi-autobiographical story of American rapper Lil Dicky. April has also produced several films and plays including the Ovation Award-winning revival of Kiss of the Spiderwoman: The Musical. Tripper Clancy is a screenwriter known for writing the scripts for Stuber which starred Kumali Nanjiani and Dave Bautista as well as Die Hart starring Kevin Hart and John Travolta. After working in the Fox Writers Studio in 2011, Tripper went on to write comedies and dramas of all shapes and sizes for Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Amazon, and is currently a writer on season one of I Am Not Okay With This, a half-hour show for Netflix. Moderator Harrison Glaser spoke with the pair about their journeys as writers at the Austin Film Festival. Clips of Dave courtesy of FX Productions, LLC. Clips of You're The Worst courtesy of Bluebush Productions, LLC. Clips of I Am Not Okay With This courtesy of Netflix Studios, LLC. Clips of Stuber courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
Hello World! Welcome back to Let's Talk...Audio. Remember to join us on https://discord.gg/7RfWWYSb (Discord)! The interview starts off discussing the stereotype of the grumpy sound engineer, and where it might have come from. After some thoughts on stereotypes, they attempted a proper introduction for Gilly Moon. She is an audio engineer and sound designer based in Los Angeles, CA. She holds her MFA in Sound Design from California Institute of the Arts, where she did sound design for theater, themed entertainment, film, animation and spatial audio. After graduating in 2016, her wide range of interests led her to doing a lot of work for themed entertainment attractions, such as Halloween Horror Nights and San Diego Comic Con. In 2018, Gilly and her co-sound designer won an Ovation Award for Excellence in Sound Design for Rogue Artist Ensemble's "Kaidan: Walls Grow Thin," an immersive Japanese horror production that spanned three floors of a warehouse. Gilly currently works as a Broadcast recording Technician for NPR. Tangela asks Gilly about the general advice in the industry about niching down. "I find that there are a good number of people that do not do that, and you are one of them! ... Was that on purpose? ... How'd that come to be?" After some discussion about each of their academic and career histories, they concluded that while a person's career can seem to lack a defined niche, oftentimes there's a common thread that ties things together. Tangela asks Gilly how she developed an interest in audio. That sparked an involved discussion about both their backgrounds in theater. From there they move on to a discussion about resources for training your ear to be a better audio engineer. Gilly says she really enjoyed https://www.beatsinabottle.com/letstalkaudio/episode/34f43a4e/black-cat-bonifide-or-lets-talkaudio-with-bonnie-bogovich (listening) to https://www.beatsinabottle.com/letstalkaudio/episode/291c3255/make-space-to-fail-or-lets-talkaudio-with-daniy-oberle (these) https://www.beatsinabottle.com/letstalkaudio/episode/3d63e11e/be-a-kind-imposter-or-lets-talkaudio-with-akash-thakkar (past) https://www.beatsinabottle.com/letstalkaudio/episode/1d061afb/lets-talk-post-production-audio-with-christa-giammattei (episodes). After discussing podcast format, Tangela makes the case that the podcast industry still has a lot of growing room in comparison to other industries like cinema and gaming. From there they spend some time discussing the accessibility of recording and the different pros and cons of Apple products. Gilly wrote a https://soundgirls.org/sound-guys-how-bias-is-transmitted-through-implicit-and-explicit-language/ (blog post for Sound Girls a while ago about language and biases in audio) that Tangela wanted to dig into. They cover a variety of specific examples of biased language before getting around to the question of, is there "an end point to trying to transform the audio world ... without it just turning into ... a clutter bucket of tomfoolery ... ?" Gilly explains the point of Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives, concluding with "I don't think there's an end goal, I think we're always gonna be looking at our group and being like, 'what does it look like right now, ok how can I make it better?' And I think that's kinda fun." Tangela wonders what diversity means outside of metropolitan areas. After riffing on that, they tackle the idea of "minorities are expected to take on the work of diversifying a predominantly white place often," in Gilly's words. Tangela points out to Gilly that a lot of her questions are meant to be open ended and don't necessitate an answer in this moment. The point of the her questions tends to be "are we thinking about it? ... if we don't have an answer, why don't we have an answer, and why haven't we thought about it?" Tangela: "I think there is a time and a place for everything, and sometimes it is neither the time nor the place nor the person ... You gotta find
For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/XkUJNWbOSh8 Todd Schroeder is a brilliantly talented pianist, composer, vocal performance coach and certainly one of the hardest-working music directors in the world with the prestigious L.A Stage Alliance awarding him their Ovation Award for “Best Musical Direction” and BroadwayWorld.com named him their “Musical Director of the Year”. Schroeder has musical directed and performed with a coterie of distinguished performers including Tony Award winners Leslie Odom Jr., Billy Porter, Katrina Lenk, Jason Alexander, Liza Minnelli and the legendary Angela Lansbury. Other celebrities include Tom Jones, Haley Reinhard, Shoshana Bean, Cheyenne Jackson, Sam Harris and the you-tube sensation "Postmodern Jukebox". He has also performed on “The Late Late Show”, “Oprah”, at Radio City Music Hall and Carnegie Hall. As music and vocal director for live performance shows, Todd has worked on such projects as Disney's "Aladdin, A Musical Spectacular" and "Wicked" at Universal Studios Japan. (Just named “2022 Best Theme Park Show in the World”.) Todd has composed music for film, television and stage including the movies “HAM, A Musical Memoir”, “Bridesman” and the stage productions, “Unbeatable”, “Longing4Love.com” and “Wallace, das Musical”. And finally, Todd is very proud to be the founder of the “Todd Schroeder Young Artist Grant”, an annual scholarship presented to graduating high school students that wish to pursue a career in the arts. For more info: ToddSchroederMusic.com, @thetoddschroeder
Today's podcast episode carries a message that I KNOW you'll relate to from an actress, you'll probably recognize. A lot of people think that actors with BIG Network TV credits have it easy. And don't get me wrong, credits can help – but even Viola Davis and Olivia Colman worry about where they're gonna get their next job. Sarah Utterback had an epic Recurring Role as Nurse Olivia on Grey's Anatomy – 19 episodes in Shondaland… so you'd think she'd hit the tipping point. She was working & making opportunities for herself – she's one of the founding members of Los Angeles' critically-acclaimed, Ovation Award-winning IAMA Theatre Company. When you meet Sarah you'll fall in love with her (just like I did) – she's got a warm voice and easy smile – you could easily see her take any of Jessica Chastain's roles or play Kristen Bell's sister on The Good Place. But when we met, Sarah was in THE BAD PLACE. …she didn't have an agent… …she was jaded about the bizniz… …and in her own words, she was “letting some shadowy stories” run the show… In today's episode of the podcast she tells you first-hand how there's a perversely satisfying fast-food feel-good self-righteousness when you judge the bizniz and yourself. This episode doesn't sugarcoat it: Icky, shadowy stuff is gonna come up, AND you have a choice. You can see those feelings as: permission to back off from your purpose and stop showing up OR an opportunity to slow down and DO THE WORK to reveal the truth of who you are so you can attract the attention you're ready for. Sarah did the work and it worked. GOOD SPOILER ALERT Sarah got 35 OFFERS for representation – plus 10 more reps said "If after all your meetings, you're still looking, please reach out.” CONNECT WITH SARAH Instagram https://www.instagram.com/misssarahutterback/ https://www.instagram.com/iamatheatre Website https://www.iamatheatre.com IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1925959/ Subscribe To The Podcast https://plinkhq.com/i/1570747490?to=page Watch The Uncut Behind-the-scenes Video Of This Episode On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/brianpatacca Need New Representation? Get In On This Free Training: https://makeagentswantyou.com Follow Me On Instagram For A First-look At Our Guests And Upcoming Episodes! https://www.instagram.com/briansaysthat Episode Transcript: https://brianbreakscharacter.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Ep.+55+-+Sarah+Utterback+-+Transcript.pdf
On this week's episode Elizabeth is excited to introduce her dear friend, David Guerra, who quickly takes the reins and teaches her more about Tennessee Williams, the conquest of Mexico City, and what it means to get deeply vulnerable about family. Our guest David is an award winning actor, director, teacher and performing artist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles and has worked and collaborated with a lot of respected institutions within Southern California, including the Center Theatre Group, the Geffen Playhouse, and the experimental physical theatre company that is Theatre Movement Bazaar (TMB). With TMB David has won Ovation Awards, traveled to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with multiple productions, as well as toured in several cities in China. As a teaching artist, David intentionally turns every classroom into a theatre space and creates a level playing field for both the arts and academia. While exploring The Christus of Guadalajara by Tennessee Williams, Elizabeth and David explore the themes of religion, sacrifice, and, as David puts it, the subtext of death. Come with us to investigate how the poem picks up speed, asks us to reflect on mortality, and encourages us to pay respect to our mothers. Come listen to David share the many lenses through which he views this poem and how he believes art seeks us. “This is the thing Elizabeth, you know, the art?... in a way instead of you seeking it seeks you. Well, I don't know if it fell in my lap... but I'm serious. I don't think I sought it.” - David Guerra Timestamps: 00:00:47 Guest Introduction 00:03:14 Poem Reading (David) 00:05:55 Author Info 00:08:44 David's Relationship to the Poem 00:23:29 Pause / Poem Reading (Elizabeth) 00:35:00 Reflection & Offering Poem & Links: The Christus of Guadalajara by Tennessee Williams (© 1956) Theatre Movement Bazaar Celebration (TMB Digital Project) I.O.P. Lexicon: Gitana: (noun) a Spanish female Gypsy Lachryma Christi: literal translation is "tears of Christ" ALSO the name of a celebrated Neapolitan type of wine Flagellation: (noun) flogging or beating, either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification Where to find David & TMB: @elsrguerra | Instagram @tmbazaar | Instagram Where to find our host Elizabeth: @ellsonelizabeth | Twitter Where to find us: @iofferpoetry | Instagram @iofferpoetry | Twitter iofferpoetry@gmail.com Produced & Edited by John Campione: Campiaudio.com | @campiaudio campiaudio@gmail.com Music @zacharymanno | Art @sammycampioneart
In this episode of Brian Breaks Character, Showrunner, Creator, and Actor, Paul Witten gives us a MASTERCLASS in putting yourself out there! I brought him on the show so you can see how relentless creativity (and not taking NO for answer) reallllllly pays off! Paul is the creator and showrunner of Dropping the Soap starring Jane Lynch. And Jane WON the Emmy Award for her role on his show. But it wasn't all rainbows, lollipops, and big-name comedians… Paul heard NO a lot, but instead of letting the NOs bring him down, he transformed them into finding the right community of artists and supporters for his projects. What I love about Paul (and I know you will too!) is that he leads with kindness. In this episode, Paul explains how he surrounded himself with like-minded individuals who wanted to get on board with his project because of HIS story and then was able to make his show happen WITHOUT ONE OUNCE OF CROWDFUNDING. He tells us how there are no rules in this business (you there in the back row, did you hear that?!?) and why vulnerability is the key to getting people to believe in (and invest in!) your projects.And beyond all that, Paul is a joy to talk to and I can't wait to introduce you to him. Paul is an inspiration and I hope that you learn as much as I did from this episode.TAKEAWAYS The power of NO and what you can learn from it Tell your personal stories and allow yourself to be vulnerable - That is how to get someone to be a part of your project Know your boundaries as an artist and what you need to protect and take care of yourself There are no rules Paul Witten is an actor/writer/producer. He recently had the pleasure of shooting “The Comeback Trail”, a feature film working alongside Robert DeNiro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman and Zach Braff, as well as a recent guest spot on Brooklyn 99. He also had a recurring role in the multiple award winning Apple+ series “The Morning Show”, with Jennifer Aniston. Additionally, Paul created, co-wrote and stars opposite Jane Lynch in the Emmy winning comedy series, "Dropping The Soap", currently available on Amazon. Paul's most recent short film, “A Play”, which he produced, co-wrote and stars in, is currently running the festival circuit having won numerous festival awards. Paul also just penned a half hour comedy pilot, “You Are Here”, which he will begin pitching soon. Favorite Los Angeles theatre credits include; "The Goat Or, Who Is Sylvia" (Best Actor nominee, Ovation Awards), "The Woman In Black" (Best Actor nominee; LA Drama Critics Circle and Ovation Awards/ LA premiere); "The Brothers Karamazov" (Best Ensemble LA Drama Critics Circle, LA premiere). Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Brian Breaks Character! If you loved this episode, please subscribe and leave an honest review. Your review helps boost the show and gives us the chance to help more creatives get out of suffering for their art and into action. Be sure to leave your IG handle when you do so I can send a VIP episode to say thank you. Want to learn more? If you're an actor and your goal is to have a fabulous representation, come watch Make Agents Want You for free (https://www.makeagentswantyou.com). That way, you can get off the hamster wheel of reaching out and focus on the acting you were born to do. CONNECT WITH PAUL Instagram https://www.instagram.com/paul_witten/ Dropping the Soap on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Dropping-the-Soap/dp/B06XHZQ3HD Subscribe To The Podcast Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brian-breaks-character/id1570747490 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2A0QC6RYtcULRMtbsIT3yq?si=xu3QstDpS9WkpoQwHVSueg&nd=1 Watch The Uncut Behind-the-scenes Video Of This Episode On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/brianpatacca Need New Representation? Get In On This Free Training: https://makeagentswantyou.com Follow Me On Instagram For A First-look At Our Guests And Upcoming Episodes! https://www.instagram.com/briansaysthat Episode Transcript: https://brianbreakscharacter.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/EP23+Paul+Witten+-+Transcript.pdf
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