Podcast appearances and mentions of Ron Raines

Daytime TV royalty gather to honor a legend! Join us for a special tribute to the unforgettable Marj Dusay.We'll celebrate her incredible career with heartwarming memories shared by her friends and former co-stars, Vincent Irizarry, Ron Raines, and Nicholas Walker. Vincent played her son on both All My Children and Guiding Light, Ron played her brother on Guiding Light and Nicholas played her son Trey Clegg on Capitol.Get ready for behind-the-scenes stories, hilarious anecdotes, and a touching look at Marj's life and legacy. 

My guest today is the prolific and award-winning book writer and lyricist Stephen Cole who joins me today to talk about his new novel: Mary & Ethel…and Mikey Who? I found it to be a terrific book, both wildly funny and very moving. And as you will hear, at times it feels like Stephen wrote this novel especially for me, and for the fans of this podcast. Stephen Cole is an award-winning musical theatre writer whose shows have been produced from New York City to London to the Middle East and Australia. His off-Broadway musical with Matthew Ward, AFTER THE FAIR, was nominated for the Outer Critic's Circle Award for Best Musical and was subsequently produced in London to great acclaim.THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER won the prestigious Edward Kleban Award and was produced in New York City, Dallas, and San Francisco, where it was nominated for several Bay Area Theatre Awards. The award-winning 1998 concept CD features Ron Raines, Sally Mayes, and Dorothy Loudon. SATURDAY NIGHT AT GROSSINGER'S has had successful runs in Texas (starring Gavin MacLeod), Los Angeles, and Florida. Broadway legend Chita Rivera toured in CASPER, and Hal Linden and Dee Hoty starred in the world premiere of his musical adaptation of DODSWORTH.In 2005, Stephen was commissioned to write ASPIRE, the first American musical to premiere in the Middle East. This experience resulted in another musical about the creation of that show entitled THE ROAD TO QATAR!, produced to rave reviews and awards Off-Broadway, in London, and at the Edinburgh Festival, garnering a Best Musical nomination. Among his other produced shows are ROCK ODYSSEY, which played to hundreds of thousands of kids for ten seasons of productions at the Adrienne Arscht Center in Miami, and MERMAN'S APPRENTICE, presented in concert at Birdland in New York City, followed by an all-star cast album on Jay Records, and an acclaimed premiere production in Sonoma, CA in 2019. Stephen's latest critically acclaimed musical is GOIN' HOLLYWOOD.Stephen's published books include That Book About That Girl and I Could Have Sung All Night, the Marni Nixon story, currently in development as a feature film from Amazon. Stephen has also written several published stories and his real-life friendships with Ethel Merman and Mary Martin resulted in this, his first novel. Visit www.stephencolewriter.org. Become a PATRON of Broadway Nation! I want to thank our Broadway Nation Patron Club members, such as Geoffrey Block and Larry Spinelli, whose generous support helps to make it possible for me to bring this podcast to you each week. If you would like to support the creation of Broadway Nation, here is the information about how you too can become a patron. For just $7.00 a month, you will receive exclusive access to never-before-heard, unedited versions of many of the discussions that I have with my guests — in fact I often record nearly twice as much conversation as ends up in the edited versions. You will also have access to additional in-depth conversations with my frequent co-host Albert Evans that have not been featured on the podcast.  All patrons receive special “on-air” shout-outs and acknowledgment of your vital support of this podcast. And if you are very enthusiastic about Broadway Nation there are additional PATRON levels that come with even more benefits. If you would like to support the work of Broadway Nation and receive these exclusive member benefits, please just click on this link: https://broadwaynationpodcast.supercast.tech/ Thank you in advance for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Como os adelantamos en el podcast de la serie “Protagonistas” dedicado a Bernadette Peters, volvemos para entresacar algunos de los temas que defendió en Broadway liderando nada menos que SEIS de los musicales del maestro. En “SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE” fue Dot la enamorada del pintor George Seurat, en “INTO THE WOODS” fue la bruja, en “GYPSY” dirigida por Sam Mendes fue Mama Rose, en “ANYONE CAN WHISTLE” en una función benéfica que se hizo, ella fue la enfermera Fay, en “A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC” fue Desire Armfeldt y en “FOLLIES” interpretó a Sally Durant. Ella creó los personajes de la bruja de “Into the Woods” y de Dot en “Sunday in the park with George”. Bernadette Peters estrenó las producciones originales y en ambas ocasiones fue nominada al Tony a la mejor actriz en un musical. Bernadette ha colaborado en grabaciones y protagonizado conciertos con las canciones de Sondheim como centro de los mismos. Os dejamos con algunas grabaciones de Bernadette Peters de temas de Sondheim, en que no todos tienen la calidad deseada ya que Bernadette no se ha prodigado en la grabación de discos y algunos temas los hemos encontrado en grabaciones en el teatro hechas por aficionados, que las han subido a la red. Esperamos disculpéis la escasa calidad, dado que no hemos encontrado otra fuente mejor. 00h 00’00” Presentación 00h 02’02” Cabecera 00h 02’39” ANYONE CAN WHISTLE (1964) 00h 02’39” There won’t be trumpets 00h 06’21” A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (1973) 00h 06’21” Send in the clowns (con Alexander Hanson) 00h 11’26” COMPANY (1970) 00h 11’26” Barcelona (con Richard Chamberlain) 00h 14’07” Being alive 00h 16’47” You could drive a person crazy 00h 19’30” DICK TRACY (1990) 00h 20’13” Sooner or later 00h 24’13” EVENING PRIMROSE (1966) 00h 24’13” I remember 00h 27’23” When (con Mandy Patinkin) 00h 31’51” Take me to the world (con Mandy Patinkin) 00h 36’22” FOLLIES (1971) 00h 36’22” Broadway baby 00h 39’37” Losing my mind 00h 44’08” Too many mornings (con Ron Raines) 00h 48’58” GYPSY (1959) 00h 48’58” Everything’s coming up roses 00h 52’30” Rose’s turn 00h 57’28” Some people 01h 00’53” You’ll never get away from me (con John Dossett) 01h 03’07” INTO THE WOODS (1987) 01h 03’07” Into the woods - Children will listen 01h 08’14” Lament 01h 10’17” Last midnight 01h 13’18” No one is alone 01h 17’37” Stay with me 01h 19’33” MERRILY WILL ROLL ALONG (1981) 01h 19’33” Not a day goes by 01h 23’17” PASSION (1994) 01h 23’17” Happiness 01h 27’09” SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (1984) 01h 27’09” Children and art 01h 31’57” Everybody loves Louis 01h 34’44” Move on 01h 38’28” SWEENEY TODD (1979) 01h 38’28” Johanna 01h 41’13” Not while I’m around

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/-JJz4KO1J_U Donald Pippin, a celebrated and prolific musical director for Broadway and New York's Radio City Music Hall and the last living recipient of the long-discontinued Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director — which he won for 1963's Oliver! — died June 9 at the age of 95. Marcia Milgrom Dodge, : “I met Don when I was the choreographer on The Music Man @ NY City Opera in 1988. He was our Maestro and he was a generous gentleman in the theatre, taking me under his wing with such mastery and kindness…Journey On, dear Don, in beautiful music.” We will be joined by Marcia and other colleagues and friends to share their favorite memories of a man whose Body of WORTH should be celebrated today and always will!

Clifton is excited about his latest project, the new feature film, WORTH , where he worked alongside Michael Keaton and Tate Donovan. The film was selected to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020.Prior, Clifton worked alongside Channing Tatum in the Cohen Brother's film, Hail, Caesar!  Other films include The Unborn (Dir: Tal Lazar), I Fell In Love With The World and Giving Birth To A Butterfly (Dir: Ted Schaefer). He also appeared in the 2014 remake of Columbia Pictures' Annie (Dir: Will Gluck).TV credits include Boardwalk Empire (HBO), The Blacklist (NBC), Younger (TV Land), Friends of the People (TruTV) and guest star appearances on two web series: Alphabet Boys & One Degree of Ms. D.On Broadway, The Kennedy Center and The Ahmanson, Clifton appeared opposite the late Jan Maxwell in the Tony and Grammy nominated revival of Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES (Dir: Eric Schaefer). The cast included Bernadette Peters, Ron Raines, Danny Burstein, Jayne Houdyshell and Mary Beth Piel. He also appeared in the original Broadway company of Amazing Grace (Dir: Gabe Barre) at the Nederlander Theatre.Learn more about Clifton and his upcoming projects:http://cliftonsamuels.com/about.html

We are in the presence of greatness this week with Celia Weston, an incredible actor who joined us remotely despite not even having the internet. Can you believe? You Might Know Her From Dead Man Walking, In the Bedroom, Junebug, Alice, The Talented Mr. Ripley, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Igby Goes Down, Far From Heaven, and The Village. Celia, one of the truest embodiments of the premise of this show, talked to us about bringing improv to Jody Hill’s set but not being encouraged to do so on Nancy’s Meyer’s The Intern, working with auteurs like Todd Haynes and M. Night Shyamalan, sinking her teeth into accents whether Staten Island or Bavarian, and the complexities of joining the sitcom Alice in its fifth season. There was just so so much.  Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne  Celia Weston IMDB Charlotte Raines (daughter of Ron Raines and Dona Vaughn, Celia’s goddaughter) facilitated our interview, shout out to her.  Nominated for Best Supporting Actress Indie Spirit  Award for Dead Man Walking Susan Sarandon as Sister Helen Prejean was very generous during their filming Had extremely emotional scene opposite Sissy Spacek in In the Bedroom (2001, Todd Field) Directed actors turned directors: Jodie Foster (Little Man Tate), Diane Keaton (Hanging Up), Todd Field (In the Bedroom), Tim Robbins (Dead Man Walking). Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven) was a tribute to Douglas Sirk (All That Heaven Allows, Imitation of Life)  Female directors: Poms (Zara Hayes), The Intern (Nancy Meyers), Jodie, Diane Improvised with Anne Hathaway in The Intern (Meyers not into it) Loved working with director, Jody Hill (Observe and Report). He also directed her in an excellent episode of Vice Principals with Danny McBride where she gets fired and destroys the office.  Joined the sitcom Alice in season 5 as Jolene Honeycutt. Was almost in the Private Benjamin tv series but ultimately landed on Alice. Sitcom money paid for her UES apartment.  Nancy Walker directed many episodes of Alice, and once came over and told her she was “a real lady.” Matthew McCounaghey’s character in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days was originally supposed to be from Staten Island.  Has performed Bavarian (Snow Falling on Cedars) and Czech (The Invasion) accents M Night Shyamalan put the cast of The Village through a 19th century bootcamp so they could get that authenticity right Cast as Tom Cruise’s mom in Knight and Day (she’s 10 years older than him) Plays Lady Ambrosia on a crazy episode of The Blacklist. If she fell down a well in real life and could only call one person from the cast of Poms, she’d call Diane Keaton. Did not read The Secret but co-starred in the film.  Plays Cate Blanchett’s aunt in The Talented Mr. Ripley and was in the opera scene when Matt Damon had to produce a single tear.  While on Alice, she competed on Battle of the Network Stars (1984) and her CBS team beat ABC and NBC

I talk to Anthony Drewe, the award-winning musical theatre lyricist.In collaboration with the composer George Stiles, Anthony has written songs for; the Cameron Mackintosh/Disney production of Mary Poppins, The Wind in the Willows, Half a Sixpence, Just So and Betty Blue Eyes.And his Olivier-winning musical Honk! has been seen by more than 6 million people around the world.As we hear about his wonderful career and listen to some of the beautiful songs he's written with composer George Stiles, Anthony talks to me about:How we went from a student zoologist to award-winning lyricist!How at first he was too shy to perform on the stage.Why he tries to stay "biologically true" to the animal characters in his musicals.After hearing Sweeney Todd he decided to write his first musical - despite having never done anything like it before!How George and he had to work as part-time decorators to fund their early musical writing career.Why he used wallpaper to help write his first musical.The emotive, shocking inspiration for his smash-hit musical Honk!His big break.What an animated film version of the Thumbelina fairytale and the musical Les Misérables have in common.How George and he got the job writing new songs for the Mary Poppins musical!The making of the Mary Poppins London show production - and the story behind the new songs he wrote for it with George Stiles.What Pamela Travers was really like to work with (was it Saving Mr. Banks?).Mrs. Banks' backstory.Why supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is said backward in the new version he wrote with George Stiles.His new musical Identical - and why he's still looking for identical twins to be in it!ANTHONY'S CHALLENGE!Write new lyrics for the song The Perfect Nanny or Practically Perfect from Mary Poppins, or NYC from Annie (choose one song). If you choose the song NYC, write new lyrics for it with the song title changed to "NHS".Please listen to Anthony talk about his challenge in this Podcast before you start writing anything.The winners of each song choice will be taken by Anthony to see the London production of Mary Poppins. Winners pay own travel and expenses.Record yourself performing the new song and send your video/sound clip to: spotlightvideos2020@gmail.comCLOSING DATE: 28th June 2020THANK YOU ANTHONY - AND GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!Music credits:Mary Poppins (Original London Cast Recording)Jolly Holiday, Brimstone and Treacle, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Being Mrs. Banks, Practically Perfect, Anything Can Happen, The Perfect NannyNYC Company, Kimmy Cobb, Ron Raines, Ruthie Henshall & Sarah French Annie (Original Studio Cast)Prelude / The Ballad of Sweeney Todd Michael Ball Sweeney Todd (The 2012 London Cast Recording) SoundtrackThe Schuyler Sisters Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" & Renée Elise Goldsberry Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) SoundtrackHeart of the Weave The Wicker Husband, Darren Clark and Rhys JenningsOther songs kindly provided by Stiles&Drewe:Different, Honk!Every Tear a Mother Cries, Honk!One, Two, Three Little Pigs, Three Little PigsDoes the Moment Ever Come?, Just SoThere's Always Tomorrow, Peter Pan

An intimate concert sampling Herbert's operetta classics, including Babes in Toyland, Naughty Marietta, and moments from the Ziegfield Follies. Rediscover an important composer and cellist who influenced Antonín Dvořák, and later, great American musical theater figures like Irving Berlin and the Gershwins. Hosted by Loras John Schissel (Music Division), with William Hicks (music director/pianist), Rebecca Luker (vocalist), Ron Raines (vocalist), Aaron Lazar (vocalist), Korliss Uecker (vocalist) and Jerry Grossman (cellist). For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6275

Fans will love this trip down memory lane as I bring together Ron Raines (Alan Spaulding), Tina Sloan (Lillian Raines) and Beth Chamberlain (Beth Raines) from the legendary day time soap opera, Guiding Light, for a special 2 hour tribute to their show and their roles.

Fans will love this trip down memory lane as I bring together Ron Raines (Alan Spaulding), Tina Sloan (Lillian Raines) and Beth Chamberlain (Beth Raines) from the legendary day time soap opera, Guiding Light, for a special 2 hour tribute to their show and their roles.

What happens when "Follies" star Elaine Paige sits down to interview her co-star Ron Raines? Listen now to the lively discussion about everything "Follies" and Sondheim: his lyrics, Sondheim as teacher, and the difficulty in performing "Sweeney Todd", among other topics. Sondheim isn't the only show in town. Paige and Raines also talk about balancing life and art, musical theatre vs. opera, the economics of Broadway, career longevity in the theatre, "The King and I", transitioning from film/television acting to acting on the stage, and Paige's most embarrassing stage moment while performing in "Evita". Of course, it all goes back to "Follies" and its cast and why it's so hard for Raines to follow Paige's showstopper "I'm Still Here!" Original air date - January 4, 2012.

What happens when "Follies" star Elaine Paige sits down to interview her co-star Ron Raines? Listen now to the lively discussion about everything "Follies" and Sondheim: his lyrics, Sondheim as teacher, and the difficulty in performing "Sweeney Todd", among other topics. Sondheim isn't the only show in town. Paige and Raines also talk about balancing life and art, musical theatre vs. opera, the economics of Broadway, career longevity in the theatre, "The King and I", transitioning from film/television acting to acting on the stage, and Paige's most embarrassing stage moment while performing in "Evita". Of course, it all goes back to "Follies" and its cast and why it's so hard for Raines to follow Paige's showstopper "I'm Still Here!" Original air date - January 4, 2012.

Actors Elaine Paige and Ron Raines discuss their roles in the hit Broadway revival of the classic musical Follies. Also The NY Times critic Charles Isherwood explains why he will no longer review the plays of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer Adam Rapp.

Emmy nominated actor, Ron Raines, who plays Alan Spaulding on CBS Daytime's Guiding Light, will be appearing on BuzzWorthy Radio! Hear what it is like to play the role of Alan on the show, if he is still singing, as well what is to come with the character. Will he be awaiting prison? Ever see his great-granddaughter? And what has been his favorite Alan storyline to date.

ACS Chemical Biology Executive Editor Evelyn Jabri and Managing Editor Sarah Tegen interview Volume 2, Issue 3, authors Ron Raines and Jiyong Hong. They also speak with Taekjip Ha, expert on single-molecule biophysics, featured on the journal’s website.