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For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/PTW2Pvj_8lM Maureen Taylor loves to inspire and uplift others through musical storytelling and Cabaret is the perfect vehicle for that! Taylor is known for her critically acclaimed Taylor Made Bob Merrill show which was part of New York's Cabaret's Greatest Hits at the Metropolitan Room. In addition to regional musical theatre, Taylor has performed with the Chicago Lyric, Philadelphia and West Palm Beach Opera companies. She studied with Opera stars Renata Tebaldi and Carlo Bergonzi in Italy as a result of being a Bel Canto Winner. In Switzerland Taylor got to perform as Madame Giry in Phantom Of The Opera (both German and English). * She also lived on a purple bike and got her Reiki certification. In the UK, she performed at Hever Castle, Brighton Pavilion Dome, Theatre Royal, and the London Palladium (where she was a stand-in for Helen Mirren). She was also in a comic book musical entitled The Ultimate Man in the Bridewell. Taylor is a soprano soloist on Tim Wheater's Platinum Award Winning CD: "Incantation" recorded in Bath, England. Fun fact: She taught musical theater in London: 3-16 year olds. *.Ask me about the 3-5 year olds! https://www.facebook.com/maureen.taylor.5895https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureentaylorinspires #RichardSkipper #cabaret #music #NYC https://open.spotify.com/album/17X74rMDTvTfcIDT507hH6

For Video Edition, Please Click Here and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/J7X42iymSeI Cue the composting, recycling, repurposing, carpooling, thrifting, and metal straws to save the turtles. Elaine Ballace is a Native CALIFORNIAN! She became a Professional Ice Skater at age 8, when there was a BIG difference between Amature and Pro. Along with her Professional Ice Skating she began acting in Commercials by age 9. She loved both and did both for many years. As a skater she performed in TANK SHOWS, meaning a small Ice Surfaces, including Plastic, to Madison Square Garden, which was a dream come true for a CALIFORNIA GIRL! Some of her more recent credits include: Just completed her 4th Season, as FERN on the AWARD-WINNING Comedy "The RICH and The RUTHLESS." DARED, which was the highest viewed Series on YouTube, and FREE LUNCH EXPRESS, which is awaiting a release date, due to COVID, and LOVE WITHOUT HAIRS, also awaiting a release date due to COVID. Oh yes, and another film, plagued COVID interference, GAYCISM, where she plays an Interfaith Minister! SPEAKING of COVID, this is what inspired ELAINE to get her book out! Barbara L. George, author, artist, composer and consultant was born in Birmingham Alabama where her father, Frank W. George managed both, the Birmingham Pop Symphony Orchestra and The Town & Gown Theater while her mother, Margo, a well respected model and fashion expert hosted a popular Jazz Radio program. Sara (Wiseman) Wolfson is a learning and talent development specialist with proven experience in a broad range of sectors including regulatory, professional services, not-for-profit and public sectors. She has worked with employees across a broad range of professional disciplines and at all levels from C-Suite to junior entrants. Recently qualified as a mental health adviser. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/Y2GvW4W77ys After finishing Nickelodeon’s Rugrats Live as one of the original cast / cast album performers John moved into yet the next step of his career as a Published Author, Director, Choreographer, Talent Casting and Comedic writer. His work has been featured for twelve years on television with such shows as LIVE, with Regis & Kelly...Now Kelly & Ryan. His stage work was featured in New York City under TONY Award winner Jerry Mitchell in Broadway Bares. The annual spectacular features dancers from all the Broadway shows performing large production numbers for Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights Aids. On a more personal and intimate level he was the Choreographer and Director for Drama Desk winner Mary Testa’s one woman show at Feinstein’s / Studio 54. Finally, John revamped the US tour for the Village People. Choreographer/ Director turned writer; John is currently working on a musical. The production entitled "lbs, The Musical with Weight Behind It” The show tells a story of the lives and sometimes hysterical adventures of four full-sized women. Coming out on the heels of lbs. is yet another comedic show written and choreographed by john called Hairy Tails & Rhymes. "Something More” is a book that takes the reader from a little boy with ADHD and follows him through gay bashing from classmates, moving to NYC, losing his mother to Alzheimer’s, working as a popular and celebrity choreographer, going deaf in one ear, Systemic limited scleroderma to writing a book that launched a new approach to stretching with John Paolillo’s MEND Stretch. To view additional footage, resume, reels, gallery and bio go to www.johnniep.com

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/R7R7AXXaZsc Richard Skipper Celebrates Barbra Streisand on Her Birthday | To Benefit Ukraine Jewish community Barbara Joan Streisand, known professionally as Barbra Streisand, is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. I am putting together a celebration for her FANS! So I'm seeking out YOUR suggestions. Please send your questions/comments/suggestions to Richard@RichardSkipper.com and join in the celebration. Please pay it forward. I will be joined by Matt Howe. Matt Howe created Barbra Archives, an unofficial website he maintains that is all about Barbra Streisand’s decades-long career, in 2003. Barbra Archives has become the go-to site for the Streisand fan community wishing to learn more about her albums, movies, and concerts. Matt’s encyclopedic knowledge of Miss Streisand’s accomplishments even prompted her to joke that he knows more about her career than she does! Since 2006, Matt has assisted her team with photo research and fact-checking for concerts and appearances. His name is listed in the credits of the fiftieth anniversary edition of the Funny Girl cast recording, on Streisand’s two Release Me compilation albums, and on her 2016 CD, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway. Matt recently moved to Western North Carolina with his cats Zach and Jasmin after living for over twenty years in Washington, DC, Please Contribute to https://fjc-fsu.org/ukraine-jewish-relief-fund/ Matt Howe on Social Media: Matt's Twitter and Instagram is — babsdude 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/jwgnsY3Awo4 The work that Wendy Scherl, Ann Kittredge, and Carolyn Montgomery are doing on behalf of the American Songbook Association is worthy of Super Heroines and we will definitely celebrate their individual achievements as well as the alchemy they create together. Ann Kittredge is an award-winning performing artist who has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and at major venues across the country, working with top producers and directors throughout her career. Offstage, Ann has volunteered as a child education advocate and is currently Vice President of the American Songbook Association, an organization that provides music workshops to underprivileged NYC public school students. Carolyn Montgomery is the Executive Director of the American Songbook Association, as well as a MAC, Bistro and Nightlife Award winning singer/songwriter. She’s performed in 42 states across the nation as well as London, Mexico and Canada. She lives on the west side of Manhattan with a teenage son and a Jack Russell terrier. Wendy started her performing career in regional theater after she graduated with honors from Northwestern University (BA,Theater). She made her Cabaret Debut in 1988 with a sold out run at Danny’s Skylight Room (NYC) with her show The Lights and The Smiles. Following MetroStar, Scherl began her collaboration with multiple award-winning director Barry Kleinbort, and esteemed Musical Director Christopher Denny (MD for Karen Mason and the late Julie Wilson). With Kleinbort and Denny, her show NEW Scherl in Town garnered her first nomination for Best Female Vocalist at the 2018 Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs Awards at BB Kings.  https://withcarolyn.norby.live

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/kUBsg0a5Gas Friday April 29 Richard Skipper's Friday Wrap Up Show: National Peace Rose Day Each year on April 29th, we recognize National Peace Rose Day. The day is set aside to honor the “Peace” rose, a well-known and fruitful garden rose. The light yellow to large cream-colored flowers of the Peace Rose have slightly flushed crimson pink petal edges.  Betsy Franco Feeney: https://www.betsyfrancofeeney.com https://uacny.com/event/a-sparkling-conversation-with-your-bff-a-talk-with-author-illustrator-betsy-franco-feeney/ I am joined by Jennifer Roberts. A classically-trained singer and actress with a strong musical theatre background, Jennifer Roberts has also appeared on television and in film.  Josephine Sanges: The Funny Girl in Me https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/11015231?fbclid=IwAR0qkhvudm1O273EEcdd0NPRFCov56ep2YbJ9RBYUYgt62rR-opCzdPven4 https://youtu.be/T4ig5jXdF9I Website: https://josephinesanges.com/  Art Smith has been a writer, storyteller and artist for most of his life. His recent focus has been his #GayBarchives project, where he has been exploring gay history one bar at a time. To date he has documented over 2000 gay bars gone by and conducted more than 80 video interviews capturing the stories of gay movers and shakers. GayBarchives.com Support Art's Research: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-our-gay-bar-research GayBarchives.com 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/CT9eaBupGAY ANDREA McARDLE first captured the hearts of theatergoers everywhere in 1977 when she originated the title role in the mega-musical ANNIE, based on the popular Harold Gray comic strip “Little Orphan Annie”. Since then, she has starred in several Broadway musicals and appeared in theatres in New York, nationally and internationally. She has performed in concert halls from Carnegie Hall to the Hong Kong Philharmonic and casino hotels in both Las Vegas and Atlantic City. She has honed her craft by working with some of the great legends of the entertainment industry such as Ethel Merman, Liza Minnelli, Julie Andrews, Bob Hope, Liberace, Frank Sinatra, Steve Martin and Martin Short, to name a few, and was privileged to have appeared on television with Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin and Dinah Shore. As “Annie”, Andrea became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She also received the Theater World and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for her performance and went on to star when the show was produced on London’s West End.  Andrea appeared Off-Broadway in the satirical NEWSICAL and regionally as the title role in MAME and HELLO DOLLY. Other theatre appearances include starring as Reno Sweeney in ANYTHING GOES, Esther in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, Mrs. Johnstone in BLOOD BROTHERS, Penelope Pennywise in URINETOWN, Sonia in THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, Luisa in THE FANTASTICKS, Eva Peron in EVITA, Nancy in OLIVER, the Narrator in JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, Annie Oakley in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, Sandy in GREASE and as Mama Rose in GYPSY. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/ec6cM5G6RBo Jack Kelly has been in the hospitality business his entire life. Owning his first restaurant when he was 28. Moved toPtown 12 years ago. Opened Tin Pan Alley 9 years ago. TPA has music every night! It is open even in February and March. ( the slow months.). When they are open, there is music. In season, they have live music 6 hours a night. Jack bought Post Office Cafe and cabaret last season. It went for sale because the year before due to Covid they did not open. They wanted to keep the tradition of the 50 year run that they had and to keep shows continuing. There is live music in the cafe every night as well as three shows per night upstairs in the cabaret.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/xnrGlkAM-s0 The legendary Quincy Jones says, One listen and you know… Deborah Silver is the real deal!” Deborah has had a string of hit duets with celebrated artists including Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers, Jack Jones, Freddy Cole, Steve Tyrell, Ann Hampton Callaway, American Idol Casey Abrams and Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel. Her upcoming releases include duets with superstars Tony Orlando, Ronnie Millsap, and Jazz icon Diane Schuur. Known for her philanthropic work, Deborah recorded her first album, Pure Silver, to raise funds for a cure for ALS and continues to honor that charitable commitment to help her sister and millions of others diagnosed with that same disease. Her follow up album, The Gold Standards, an out-of-the-box smash, produced by Steve Tyrell entered at #1 on Billboard’s Traditional Jazz Albums Chart. Her album “Glitter & Grits” with ``Asleep At The Wheel ``was named Broadway World's Best Commercial Recording, landed the #1 spot on both Traditional Jazz and Western Swing Charts, and #3 on the Top 50 Country Album Chart. Her latest EP, Sunny Side, is an Amazon Best Seller in Jazz. Famed critic Rex Reed writes Deborah Silver’s got it all in one package. She’s a thrill and a swinging show-biz whirlwind!”  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/D6gHaWbZO0s  National Nurses Day We celebrate Florence Nightingale and recognize the important role nurses play in our lives. I may even have a few nurses join me. Tune in and let's celebrate the wonderful work they do! Also follow me on Instagram at @richard.skipper.celebrates. Look for my daily LIVE video announcing my WORD OF THE DAY. Send me questions based on the word of the day and we will pick a winner at the end of the week to appear on our Round up Friday Show as part of our FanFriday!  twitter.com/nursestheinside Instagram.com/nursesontheinside https://nursesontheinside.com TikTok nursesontheinside Youtube Nursesontheinside Our Give away Nurses On The Inside: Nurses On The Inside details the stories of two nurses who witnessed the front line of the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Although some of the names, locations, and events have been changed or dramatized, it is important to remember this: this is what really happened to them, and it happened not only to them in New York, but in San Francisco, LA, Miami, and dozens of other cities in the US. Ellen and Valery were not alone, there were hundreds of nurses who went through this experience. They want to tell this story to give a voice to a generation lost, allowing the world to remember. This history cannot be repeated.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/E7zIgjSP0PY CHARLOTTE CROSSLEY, nicknamed "Charlo", is an American singer and actress, best known for her roles in the musical theatrical productions of Hairspray, The Color Purple, Jesus Christ Superstar, as a member of the Harlettes in Bette Midler's Clams On The Half-Shell Revue, and for her appearance in 20 Feet from Stardom. https://www.instagram.com/charlofortierhttps://www.facebook.com/charlo.crossleyfortier.7 AVA NICOLE FRANCES is an award winning, 18 - year old singer, actress, and cabaret veteran. Singing professionally since age 10, Ava has wowed audiences in San Francisco, Los Angeles and NYC. Her most recent show Mutual Admiration (with Charlo Crossley) will premiere in NYC on May 1 at 54Below and Ava is proud to announce her London debut on May 17 in Triple Threats at The Crazy Coqs. ULA HEDWIG has an amazing career that has covered every aspect of the entertainment industry from TV to film to theater to concerts and recordings. She has shared the stage with some of the greatest artists of the entertainment industry. She has been part of Redd, Hedwig and Crossley and lead singer of Bette Midler’s infamous Harlettes. Her backup vocals can be heard on the following recordings Mascara: See You In LA Lead singer w/Luther Vandross and David Lasley, Darlene Love, Carly Simon, Judy Collins: Phoebe Phoebe Snow: Blondie, Olivia Newton John: The Rumor Rosanne Cash, Boz Scaggs: Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters, Melissa Manchester, Gary US Bonds: Dedication, Weather Girls: Big Girls Don’t Cry Noel Paul Stookey, David Lasley: Raindance and more!

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:https://youtu.be/jXq_j73Iaqg Lorna was born in Carrier Mills, Illinois. At 17 she won Talentville USA, a nationwide talent contest sponsored by Coca Cola - the equivalent today to America’s/Britain’s Got Talent - culminating in finals in New York, but she chose instead to go to Indiana University to study for a degree in music before joining the Metropolitan Opera National Company and subsequently touring all over the United States and Canada. However, her love for Musical Theatre totally overwhelmed that of her love for opera…and a very happy career in musicals has followed. She arrived in London in 1971 to star as Magnolia in SHOW BOAT with Dame Cleo Laine at the Adelphi Theatre - the show was such a smash-hit that it ran for a then-record 2 years and 3 months. The production was recorded and presented on the Tony Awards as the best International production of that season. Lorna fell in love with London, staying in the UK to star in many musicals (SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM, HELLO DOLLY! (with Danny La Rue), and THE KING AND I among them), the European premiere of CLOSER THAN EVER, SEVEN DEADLY SINS in Monaco’s Princes Grace Theatre, concerts in all the major London venues (Barbican, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Palladium, Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and worldwide with the major symphony orchestras with conductors Skitch Henderson and Don Pippin (Carnegie Hall, New York Town Hall, Brisbane Cultural Center, Napa Valley Opera House), the Hong Kong Arts Festival, extensive television appearances including The Royal Variety Performance and her own highly rated BBC series, MY SERENADE and LORNA DALLAS. . .MY MUSICAL WORLD.  http://WWW.LORNADALLAS.COM  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/lJnxh-1BV0Q Please join us to celebrate the release of three new CDs with Melissa Errico, Ian Herman, and Melissa Manchester! “The Maria Callas of American musical theater,” as Opera News has called her, referencing both her crystalline voice and dramatic, expressive intensity, Melissa Errico is a Tony Award-nominated Broadway star -- an actress, singer and author who contributes regularly to The New York Times, and her album Out Of The Dark: The Film Noir Project was just released by Warner Music/Ghostlight Records. First known for her starring roles on Broadway, including My Fair Lady, High Society and Les Misérables. Ian Herman began his musical career studying classical piano. At the age of thirteen he was a guest soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. After attending Manhattan School Of Music, Ian began working with performers including Jane Olivor, Donna McKechnie, Anita Morris, Judy Kaye, Tom Andersen, Karen Mason, Sharon McNight, Marilyn Sokol, Angela LaGreca, Carole Demas, and Joy Behar in nightclubs in New York and around the country and has continued ever since! In 1980, MELISSA MANCHESTER became the first recording artist in the history of the Academy Awards to have two nominated movie themes in a single year, “Through The Eyes Of Love” from Ice Castles and “I’ll Never Say Goodbye” from The Promise, and to perform them both on the Oscar telecast. MELISSA starred in the national tours of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Music Of The Night and Song And Dance. Nominated for a Grammy in 1980 for “Don’t Cry Out Loud,” she won the Grammy Award for best female vocalist in 1982 singing “You Should Hear How She Talks About You.” 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/begHTvBwMTU Friday The 13th! It's My Wrap Up Show! Some may be looking at this day as a day of bad luck. I'm celebrating something entirely different! National Apple Pie Day Grab a fork and a napkin, because Apple Pie day is coming! I am joined by Glen Charlow, Ava Nicole Francis, Karen Mack, Bryon Sommers, Deborah Stone! Glen Charlow (Graphics/Web Design) As a graphic designer in the performing arts, Glen worked on many cabaret and off-Broadway shows, and for many prestigious theatres and production companies in the United States. Currently living in Baltimore, Maryland. Glen is also an actor and has the largest Lucille Ball collection on the East Coast. www.GlenCharlow.comhttp://www.gcdtp.com/ Ava Nicole Frances is an award winning, 18 - year old singer, actress, and cabaret veteran. Singing professionally since age 10, Ava has wowed audiences in San Francisco, Los Angeles and NYC. Her most recent show Mutual Admiration (with Charlo Crossley) will premiere in NYC on May 1 at 54Below and Ava is proud to announce her London debut on May 17 in Triple Threats at The Crazy Coqs.  Ava’s training includes Michael Feinstein’s The Songbook Academy, Kristin Chenoweth’s Broadway Boot Camp, Young Actor’s Theatre Camp and Ruth Asawa School of the Arts where she is currently a senior. Musical theatre performances include Tracy - Hairspray, Diana Morales - A Chorus Line and Rona/Mother - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Ava is proud to announce she will attend NYU Tisch for Musical Theatre in the fall! 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/sLr6rbzYmik PETER BOGYO has been an actor, a Company Manager, a General Manager, an Executive Producer, a Producer of Special Events and Benefit Concerts, and an Author. On Broadway, he served as General Manager of LOVE LETTERS, starring Mia Farrow, Brian Dennehy, Carol Burnett, Alan Alda and Candice Bergen; THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, starring Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr.; STICK FLY, starring Dulé Hill, directed by Kenny Leon, TIME STANDS STILL, starring Laura Linney, directed by Daniel Sullivan, AMERICAN BUFFALO, starring John Leguizamo, directed by Robert Falls, A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, starring Kevin Spacey and Eve Best, directed by Howard Davies, THE BLONDE IN THE THUNDERBIRD, starring Suzanne Somers; SLY FOX, starring Richard Dreyfuss, directed by Arthur Penn; FORTUNE’S FOOL, starring Alan Bates and Frank Langella, directed by Arthur Penn, and VOICES IN THE DARK, starring Judith Ivey, directed by Christopher Ashley. Off-Broadway, his general manager credits include A MOTHER, A DAUGHTER, AND A GUN with Olympia Dukakis; Elaine May’s ADULT ENTERTAINMENT, directed by Stanley Donen; Jerry Herman’s musical revue SHOWTUNE; MR. GOLDWYN, starring Alan King, directed by Gene Saks; MADAME MELVILLE starring Macaulay Culkin and Joely Richardson; and THE UNEXPECTED MAN, starring Alan Bates and Eileen Atkins, directed by Matthew Warchus. He has served as Executive Producer for the soldout Carnegie Hall concert PIAF! THE SHOW, and for FIGARO 90210 at the Duke Theater on 42nd Street. For more information, please visit www.peterbogyo.comnstagram.com/pbogyo.gmg/

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/Ia-hEVnh-Qk National Pizza Party Day Pizza's the very definition of a good time and your options are plentiful. Having a blast on National Pizza Party Day is no pie-in-the-sky idea. Gia Doxey: https://www.instagram.com/giadoxey  Daveed Ben-Arie: https://www.instagram.com/daveedbenarie_ Gia Doxey and Daveed Ben-Arie are the producers and co-hosts of Silhouettes JB Podcast, the deepest dive into JERSEY BOYS worldwide. They are two South Florida kids who made their way to New York City to fulfill their dreams of creating, performing and opening their minds to ideas they've never thought of. Gia is a journalist, actor and choreographer. Daveed is an actor and composer. Shelly Goldstein is a writer-performer who has written for every genre of TV, film and stage. She has written for such artists as Stephen Colbert, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Hugh Jackman, Larry Wilmore, rocker Joe Walsh, Leslie Odom Jr., Jane Fonda, Quincy Jones, and Yoko Ono. She is the winner of the New Yorker magazine’s Cartoon Caption Contest. She performs frequently across the US and UK, often as cabaret singer/comic “GroovyShelly.” SHELLY on YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU3FMI7voYo I will tell you that Ann Kittredge will be stopping by to talk about the release of her new CD:Ann Kittredge's Debut Album 'reIMAGINE' Available on All Digital Platforms this week! Dave McGee (Dr. Moo Moo) is revisiting us to bring us up to date with what he has been up to! He grew up poor, lost several family members to suicide and was beaten because of his sexual orientation. David McGee is a work of art. www.thephyllispastore.com https://www.instagram.com/silhouettesjbpodcast https://www.facebook.com/SilhouettesJBPodcast

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/zgDyh39y5TI Former fashion model, charismatic vocalist and devoted lover of David Bowie during his 1970s golden era, Chicago-born Ava Cherry waited for just the right moment to tell her story, and that moment is now... All That Glitters begins with Ava's musical inspirations, family allegiances, Catholic education and reaction to living on Chicago's South Side. Donning faded denim and "lots of fringe" during her early teen years, she frequents the all-black, opulent Regal Theater, where she dreams about performing live after watching Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson. The free-spirited Ava finds an early path into the world of fashion and entertainment as a young model. Fast forward to a New York after-party, where Ava's then-manager introduces her to flame-haired David Bowie; he's instantly attracted to Ava's short-cropped, dyed hair and down-to-earth persona. Bowie notices something else: When entering the club Genesis, Ava, along with A-lister celebrities, had broken into song, so it was only natural that the still-rising star would ask her, "Can you sing?"  Finally, Ava returns home to embark on her debut recording project, Ripe, helmed by producer Curtis Mayfield (Super Fly). She then works on the follow-up, Streetcar Named Desire, with producer Bob Esty. While Ava is grateful for the opportunity to work with such gifted producers, there is a dark side; she sadly discovers that talent is not enough-Ava faces discrimination on the airwaves and her solo career struggles. Throughout this memoir, Ava recounts fascinating tales of memorable times spent in the orbit of a multitude of artists such as Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, The Rolling Stones, John Lennon and Yoko Ono and Bob Marley, among many others.   

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/k_P-Ox_Z7-w With the energy of a teenager, the wisdom of a sage, and the memory of a super hero, Marilu Henner has done it all. Along with starring in sixty-eight films and two hit classic sitcoms, Taxi and Evening Shade, this five-time Golden Globe Nominee is the New York Times Best Selling author of ten books on health, parenting, memory, and lifestyle improvement. Her books Total Health Makeover, The 30-Day Total Health Makeover, I Refuse to Raise a Brat, Healthy Life Kitchen, Healthy Kids, Healthy Holidays, Wear Your Life Well, By All Means Keep On Moving, Total Memory Makeover, and Changing Normal: How I Helped My Husband Beat Cancer have changed the lives of millions in her quest to make the world a healthier place. Her theatrical credits include Broadway: Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Chicago, Social Security, Pal Joey, Grease, and Over Here. Marilu was in the original production of Grease in Chicago and created the role of Marty. She also sits on the board of Bucks County Playhouse where she recreated her Broadway role in Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. MICHAEL ORLAND is thrilled to have been a part of the mega-hit TV show AMERICAN IDOL for 16 seasons as the Pianist, Arranger, Vocal Coach, and Associate Musical Director both on FOX and ABC. In between those seasons were stints as Music Director/vocal coach on LITTLE BIG SHOTS and FOREVER YOUNG, both hosted by Steve Harvey. Through these amazing opportunities, Michael has appeared on OPRAH, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, ACCESS HOLLYWOOD, and a record number of appearances on THE ELLEN SHOW. At the end of every IDOL season, Michael also accompanied the top 3 contestants to New York for appearances on LIVE WITH KELLY & REGIS (and MICHAEL and RYAN) and more.

For Video Edition, Please Click Here and Subscribe:  https://youtu.be/3Bpk_EbYYRU Dr. Judi Bloom and Richard Skipper Celebrate the Release of Jeff Harnar's latest CD! “I KNOW THINGS NOW: MY LIFE IN SONDHEIM’S WORDS” NYC ALBUM RELEASE CONCERT ENGAGEMENT AT THE LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER ALBUM AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE FRIDAY, JUNE 17 MAC and Bistro Award-winning artist Jeff Harnar heard in the songs of Stephen Sondheim the story of his own life. Ron Thomas received a BA in Theater from the University of Denver and moved to NYC in 1977. He worked at Time Inc. from 1978 to 2015, and lived with his partner, then husband, Bill Stubing, also from 1978 to 2015. https://www.facebook.com/ron.thomas.79230/ Jazz pianist Jon Weber has recorded and performed all over the world, winning numerous accolades for performance and composition - and scoring extensively for television since 1987. Gary Burton, Roy Hargrove, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, and Avishai Cohen have all recorded Jon’s music.  KT SULLIVAN most recently starred with Steve Ross in The Irish Rep’s virtual presentation of “Love, Noël” after a sold-out run in the summer of 2019. KT was named artistic director of The Mabel Mercer Foundation in 2012.  Specializing in Broadway recordings, Bart Nigal has worked on albums like Fun Home, Porgy and Bess, On the 20th Century, On the Town, Follies, Passion, and many more. As a writer, he and Amanda Droste have written songs for Dora and Friends.  Dancer, actress, director, consultant, teacher, and acting coach Sondra Lee (b. Newark, NJ, 30 September 1930) has been a fixture in American and European theatre for over fifty years. Especially remembered for her intensity and unwavering focus as a performer.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/ADbhmJBGKkA Linda Clifford has made her mark among the classic R&B singers and also as a legendary disco diva. Electrifying audiences with her music and widely celebrated performances, this multi-talented and dynamic entertainer’s accomplishments are vast. Linda’s landmark recordings have spent a total of 60 weeks at #1 on Billboard Magazine’s dance charts earning Grammy Award and televised performances, Linda has appeared on American Bandstand, Solid Gold, Soul Train, The Midnight Special (including two stints as host), Don Kirchner’s Rock Concert and The Merv Griffin Show. She is an exciting live performer with sold out live concerts around the world including New York’s Lincoln Center. She has the distinction of being featured on the Oscar winning #1 motion picture soundtrack album Fame and as an actress. Eventually, Linda signed with R&B giant Curtis Mayfield and his Curtom Records. More #1 success followed with her subsequent Curtom releases including Don’t Come Crying To Me, Shoot Your Best Shot produced by Isaac Hayes and Linda’s smash hit Runaway Love, which topped the Billboard Disco/Dance chart at #1 for 16 weeks and reached #3 on Billboard’s R&B chart. A hit duet singer with Curtis Mayfield, Between You Baby and Me, resulted in the pari recording a full length album. Entitled The Right Combination, the effort produced two more R&B hits by the duo. She scored another big success with the hit single Red Light, which appeared on the multi-million selling. Oscar winning #1 soundtrack album Fame. The song earned a Grammy nomination and spent nine weeks at #1 on Billboard’s dance chart and appeared on Linda’s followup hit album I’m Yours. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/RVUQlQ11T6I Friday, May 27 - It's My Friday Wrap Up! National Hairstylist Mental Health Awareness Day Hairstylists so often lend a friendly ear to their customers. Rose Apuzzo (Production Coordinator, Richard Skipper Celebrates) Rose's humble beginnings started in 1980 working for her friend from LA who now owns The Entertainment Group. She also worked for WPLR Radio Station everyday after college doing voice overs. Born in Washington, D.C., Jeff Ganz became a New Yorker at age 13. A year later, he began performing professionally as a guitarist/vocalist in the Hendrix/Clapton tradition. At 20, Jeff made the decision to master the bass, as it represented the ideal hybrid between harmony and rhythm, guitar and drums. https://jeffganz.com) Tess La Bella is a SAG-AFTRA award-winning voice-over artist, actor and author. Her original character, Selma Blingowitz co-hosted a radio show and fronted a multi-media campaign for a South Florida casino Through theater, storytelling and teaching, Tess combined her love of animation voice-over with her passion for children’s literacy. She co-authored a children's picture book, Merry Witchmas, which was named to The Children's Book Council "Hot Off the Press" list and called a "clever, dizzying mashup of Halloween and Christmas" by Kirkus Reviews. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/6vcHvOUB5Tc It was in Michael Stewart and Cy Coleman’s musical I Love My Wife (1977) – a satire on wife-swapping – that Gleason made her Broadway debut, playing Monica, for which she won a Theatre World Award. She returned to Broadway in a 1985 revival of Peter Nichols’s play Joe Egg. Along with Marlo Thomas and Olympia Dukakis, Gleason was a member of the opening-night cast of Andrew Bergman’s comedy Social Security (1986), for which Gleason won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play. Although she had already gained attention and honors for her stage work, her performance as the Baker’s Wife in Stephen Sondheim’s wry fairy-tale musical Into the Woods (1987) made her a Broadway leading lady. The musical itself won Tonys® for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score, and Gleason earned a Tony® for Best Actress in a Musical. Her singing is preserved on the original Broadway cast recording. In the Thin Man-inspired musical Nick and Nora (1991) by Arthur Laurents, Charles Strouse, and Richard Maltby Jr., Gleason played the leading lady, and in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005). A familiar presence in movies and on television, Gleason appeared in two of Woody Allen’s films – as Tony Roberts’s embarrassed wife in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and as Allen’s spouse in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). In Boogie Nights, she played Mark Wahlberg’s abusive mother. On television, she was a regular on the CBS sitcom Love & War as the restaurant waitress Nadine Berkus. Other series in which Gleason appeared regularly are Hello, Larry; Temporarily Yours; Oh Baby; and Bette. She is married to the actor Chris Sarandon.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/fQKCiKM5GZQ “Grease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More is a fabulous rockin’ and rollin’ origin story with every juicy inspiration that went into creating it. . . . A must read for all Grease fans.” —Didi Conn, Grease’s “Frenchy” Grease opened downtown in the Eden Theatre February 14, 1972, short of money, short of audience, short of critical raves, and seemingly destined for a short run. But like the little engine that could, this musical of high school kids from the 1950s moved uptown. On December 8, 1979, it became the longest running show—play or musical—in Broadway history. Here are stories—some touching, some hilariously funny—from names you may recognize: Barry Bostwick, John Travolta, Adrienne Barbeau, Treat Williams, Marilu Henner, Peter Gallagher, and others you may not. Tom Moore directed the original Broadway production, eight national tours, and two London productions of Grease in the West End. He also directed Broadway’s Pullitzer Prize–winning ’night Mother, the subsequent film, and other Broadway productions receiving two Tony nominations. Moore directed many years of film and television, earning three Emmy nominations along the way. His most recent project was the documentary on the Flying Trapeze, The Flight Fantastic. Adrienne Barbeau won a Tony nomination and Theatre World Award for her performance as Rizzo in the original Broadway production of Grease. She has appeared in over four hundred films and television shows, including the hit series Maude and HBO’s Carnivale.

For Video Editon, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/OKnJSAuc1z4   Lucie Arnaz began her long career in a recurring role on the television program “The Lucy Show.” At fifteen, she became a series regular on “Here’s Lucy,” and she later starred in her own series “The Lucie Arnaz Show.” On film, Lucie has co-starred in The Jazz Singer with Neil Diamond and Sir Laurence Olivier, as well as starring in several made for television movies including Who Killed The Black Dahlia and Down to You. On the stage, Lucie created the role of Kathy in the West Coast Premiere of Vanities at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles before starring as Gittel Mosca in the first national company of Seesaw alongside Tommy Tune. Lucie’s Broadway credits include They’re Playing Our Song, Lost in Yonkers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Pippin. Arnaz and her husband of thirty-eight years, actor/writer Laurence Luckinbill, teamed up to form ArLuck Entertainment, a film and television production company, and together produced the documentary Lucy & Desi: A Home Movie, which was honored with an Emmy. During her distinguished career, Lucie has received numerous accolades including a Golden Globe nomination, a Theatre World Award, and Chicago’s famed Sarah Siddons award.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/i3YMxS6k_8I  Here are stories—some touching, some hilariously funny—from names you may recognize. Barry Bostwick: In 1972, Bostwick originated the role of bad boy Danny Zuko in the stage production of Grease, earning a Tony Award nomination for his performance. Marya Small originated the role of Frenchy in the original Broadway production of the musical Grease. Carole Demas: best known for originating the roles of Sandy in the 1971 Broadway musical Grease and the title role in the original 1976 production of The Baker's Wife. Ilene Kristin's big break came when she auditioned for the role of Patty Simcox in the original Broadway production of Grease (1972), in which she starred for two years. In 1975, she auditioned for and landed the role of Delia Ryan in the ABC daytime soap opera Ryan’s Hope. Tom Moore directed the original Broadway production, eight national tours, and two London productions of Grease in the West End. He also directed Broadway’s Pullitzer Prize–winning ’night Mother, the subsequent film, and other Broadway productions receiving two Tony nominations. Adrienne Barbeau won a Tony nomination and Theatre World Award for her performance as Rizzo in the original Broadway production of Grease. She has appeared in over four hundred films and television shows. Ken Waissman discovered Grease at the Kingston Mines Theatre in Chicago where it was running on weekends in the summer of 1971. Ken and his then partner Maxine Fox produced the original Broadway production. Alan Paul is one of the founding members of The Manhattan Transfer and an eight-time Grammy Award recipient. 

For VIdeo Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/je9gZ3ROeG8 Becky O’Brien, BGT Singing Sensation, is arguably best remembered for bringing TV’s harshest talent judge, Simon Cowell, to tears with her rendition of “Over The Rainbow”. “Wow! I was not expecting that! You’re voice is so amazing, so authentic, it was just so emotional…..This is the reason we make this show, is to find people like you!” (Simon Cowell, of Becky’s Performance) Becky was raised in a Show Business Family, making her stage debut at the age of 2 years old. She worked hard throughout her younger years to learn the vocal, dance and acting skills she would need to make her dream of being on stage, a reality. In 2005 she starred alongside Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Guest and Will Young in the Pathe feature film “Mrs Henderson Presents”. She and two of her sisters performed the title song for the film, “Babies of The Blitz” and went on to perform in Trafalgar Square with Will Young for the BBC VE Day Celebrations in a Star-studded line up, featuring Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Cliff Richard, Dame Vera Lynn and Katherine Jenkins. Becky has toured extensively across the globe with various shows including, The Songbook of Judy, Puttin on the Ritz, The Rat Pack and The Spirit of Broadway, to name but a few. She has also had the honour of performing at some wonderful venues including the Edinburgh Fringe, Disneyland Paris, Various Theatres from America to China….but possibly her favourite to date, The London Palladium. Becky is also the Survivor Ambassador for the domestic abuse charity, Women’s Aid UK. She has been involved in various campaigns, spoken in Parliament to help change the law for safe child.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/Zkvp-ou7XKI “Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we’d like each other a little bit more.” Judy Garland It's Love Conquers All Day! Chimborazo Day Love Conquers All Day is celebrated on June 3 every year as a day to cherish our loved ones. And boy, do we cherish Judy @carolejbufford on Instagram, Twitter. And Carole J. Bufford on Facebook Jennifer Grimm: Growing up on the road was fun for Jennifer as she danced and sang her way across the country with her family's variety act for the first thirteen years of her life. After settling down in the Twin Cities in her teens, she attended public school for the first time and kept performing with her mother, Colleen Raye, in various venues including the Mall of America, Treasure Island Casino and Mystic Lake Casino. While earning her degree in Mathematics from Augsburg College, Jennifer continued singing in clubs with 10-piece funk bands, in various cabaret and theater venues with theater companies, and in convention halls and churches as a featured vocalist with Augsburg College's Gospel Praise. Jennifer Grimm's social media links: Facebook: Jennifer Grimm Music, Instagram: @JenniferGrimmOfficial, Website: JenniferGrimm.com

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:   www.attractpositiveresults.com Max Ryan is a Spiritual Director & Teacher who has helped hundreds of students around the world for more than 20 years. He helps people who are caught up in the rat race of competition, stress & anxiety to recreate a relationship with themselves, others, and the world in order to experience the true inner peace they truly long for. A graduate of New York University, he is also a certified Life Coach, Law of Attraction Trainer and 39-year teacher and student of A Course in Miracles. Max has hosted 3 popular podcasts; The Magic of Life with Max Ryan, Attract Positive Results with Max Ryan & The Positive Principle. He is also the co-creator of 2 seasons of the reality web series The Positive Principle. Max is also a social media influencer in the livestreaming world, where he has broadcasted daily on platforms such as; Insight Timer, YouTube, Periscope, Happs, Instagram, Facebook and other platforms.  

  For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/QU0-Qz3EePg The Mickey & Judy Show: Two mikes, two stools, and a trunk-load of great songs! Jeff Harnar is familiar to television audiences for his acclaimed PBS specials, “The 1959 Broadway Songbook” and “Remember: Songs of the Holidays” (co-starring KT Sullivan). On A&E he was the Singing Narrator of “Gershwin on Ice” starring Dorothy Hamill. Other television appearances include CBS This Morning and The Charles Grodin Show. Jeff appeared at Carnegie Hall in both the Cole Porter and Noel Coward Centennial Galas, as well as in his own one-man show at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. His solo recordings include “The 1959 Broadway Songbook,” “Because of You: Fifties Gold” and “Sammy Cahn All The Way.”  Please visit www.Jeffharnar.com. Shauna Hicks starred on Broadway in the role of Linda in “Blood Brothers” opposite David and Shaun Cassidy with Petula Clarke, Carole King and Helen Reddy. She won the Florida Carbonell award and a Chicago Jeff Award nomination for her performance as Rosemary in the first national tour of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” opposite Ralph Macchio.  A writer as well as a singer/actress, Shauna has written two critically acclaimed one-woman shows: “Shauna Hicks and Her 60’s Chicks” (MAC, CAB, Bistro Awards) and “Shauna Hicks and Her 70’s Mix.” Recordings include “Unsung Berlin,” “Broadway Sings Bacharach” (Varese Sarabande label) and “The Mickey & Judy Show.” Please visit www.shaunahicks.com.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/wsJ8-6KO204 The Scott Stander Group is thrilled to release a new video of acclaimed vocalist Debbie Wileman at the fabled MGM Studios (renamed The Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage) singing “Over the Rainbow” sung by Judy Garland on the same stage 84 years ago – Garland’s signature song which made one of Hollywood's most enduring icons a global star at age 17. Debbie Wileman said of her experience, “It was honestly a dream come true and so inspiring to be in that room where so much history has been made. Not only all the recordings for The Wizard of Oz, but all my favorite MGM musicals, too.” She continued, “You could feel the electricity in the air and a lot of the original features of the room are still there – including cigarette burns on the 1930’s music stands. It was an honor to be there.” The recording will be included in Wileman’s new album, I’m Still Here, to be released on June 10, 2022, as a tribute to Judy Garland’s 100th birthday, and will be available on streaming and digital platforms worldwide. The album was orchestrated, conducted, & produced by Steve Orich, orchestrator of the Grammy Award Winning album, Jersey Boys. DEBBIE WILEMAN (WINNER-BROADWAY WORLD VOCALIST OF THE YEAR 2020) is following in the footsteps of Judy, Barbra and Gaga with her very own "A Star Is Born" story. Debbie is a stage actress and singer (she starred in the hit musical, LITTLE VOICE, on tour), a deft comedian and an extraordinary vocal impressionist. Debbie is very excited to premiere her new album, "I'm Still Here" - the songs Judy Garland would have sung if she was still with us today.     

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/DTiQGl9tPoM Peabody Award winning broadcaster, director, designer, filmmaker and producer. Afternoon host on New York’s Classical Radio Station 105.9FM, WQXR, host of the national radio concerts of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and has hosted more than 60 concerts on-stage at Carnegie Hall, where his film FACE TO FACE premiered. Founding Executive Artistic Director of ArtsRock.org of Rockland County, NY. For 20 years he’s been bringing professional concerts, theater and conversations to his upstate community. Co-Creator and Producer of the National Tour of AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN and MICHAEL FEINSTEIN CELEBRATES JUDY GARLAND. Co-Director and Projection Designer of the live national tour and PBS TV Special of CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD by Craig Hella Johnson. Executive Producer of The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park on the Radio of RICHARD II. Elliott has directed several versions of A CHRISTMAS CAROL with such Scrooges as David Hyde Pierce, F. Murray Abraham, Brian Cox, Tony Roberts and Kathleen Turner. He regularly produces, directs and designs symphony concerts: LA Philharmonic, The NY Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, New Haven Symphony Pasadena Pops and the Little Orchestra Society in venues including the Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl and Lincoln Center. Orchestra narrator: Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals, Peter and the Wolf, Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale and Britten’s Young Person’s Guide. For 12 years, Host for A&E Television's Breakfast with the Arts. BA in Theater from the University of Texas, Austin. www.ElliottForrest.com  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/glxk3PMKlo8 Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. Judy Garland It's Judy Garland's 100th Birthday! And we are celebrating! In celebration of the centenary of Garland's birth on June 10, events are planned around the world, with San Francisco hosting no fewer than four tributes to the singer and movie star. Garland, who died in 1969 at age 47, had a career that took her from vaudeville to films, the recording studio and concert stage.We are celebrating as well. Join us! You never know who might show up and what might happen! And I Will brought the greatest guests together for what will be more exciting than the greatest of conversations to celebrate the LOVE that is Judy Garland as I continue celebrating Judy Garland and her legacy! Reach out to me! Let's have our own non gossip klatch!

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/6F1dmVZRl8Q The Garland Gab was formed in April, 2020 and the members are Conor Grant, Carly Jade and Sarah Westhead. They focus on podcasts about Judy on literally every aspect of her life and career and are main objective is to put the record straight, show our love and stamp out many of those nasty myths out there. We tend to release a podcast every month bit that does fluctuate depending on how busy we are. We also produce top tens and share Judy gems and also tributes and fun videos. Carly has been a fan of Judy since she was wee, always looking up to the girl in pigtails with those hypnotizing brown eyes. Through the years, she has made her footprint in the Judy community and carried her legacy to new generations of fans by creating accounts on platforms such as Tumblr and Instagram, joining multiple Facebook groups and participating in endless discussions and debates. Sarah is from Liverpool, England and has been a Judy fan since she was 3 years old when she saw The Wizard of Oz one Christmas. Sarah, last year, completed her BA in Creative Writing and Film Studies and will start my MA in Journalism in September In 1940 Judy Garland introduced a song called It’s A Great Day For The Irish and she'd like to introduce, from Ireland, Conor Grant. Conor has been a Judy Garland fan for nearly 25 years ever since he saw The Wizard of Oz. The first Judy film outside of Oz that Conor saw was Meet Me In St. Louis and from the moment she sang on the trolley, it was a lifelong admiration for her extraordinary talent. Sarah has a degree in Business and for the last 7 years I’ve worked in the health insurance industry. Her hobbies include cooking, baking and, inspired by Judy, I attended stage school part time as a teenager. @thegarlandgab Twitter: @gab_garland

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/4-NkRb38e0o It is National Splurge Day and so appropriate that we have as our guest Walter Krueger! He has splurged on one of the largest Wizard of Oz collections in the world. This is one show you will not wish to miss! Wizard Of Oz Collector & Oz Baum Expert/appraiser. Founder & Creator of “Wizard Of Oz Collectors United!” FB Group facebook.com/groups/wizardofozcollectorsunited Join Wizard of Oz Collector extraordinaire, Walter Krueger, for a tour of his Holiday-themed Wizard of Oz collection. LOADS OF FUN! You can join Walter's Wizard of Oz Collectors United Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wizar... and email Walter at wkrueger1939@gmail.com

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/IPQAaxM6bAs Judy Garland on Judy Garland is the closest we will likely come to experiencing and exploring the legend’s abandoned autobiography. Collecting and presenting the most important Garland interviews and encounters that took place between 1935 and 1969, this work opens with her first radio appearance under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and concludes with her last known interview, one taped for Radio Denmark just months before her death. What makes this collection unique and distinguishes it from the plethora of Garland biographies is that it places Judy in the role of storyteller. She wrote a number of essays for various publications and sat for countless print, radio, and television interviews. These and the other autobiographical efforts she made are proof that Judy Garland wanted her story told, and wanted it told in her own words. Finally, here it is. Randy L. Schmidt is the author of the critically-acclaimed LITTLE GIRL BLUE: THE LIFE OF KAREN CARPENTER, a New York Times Editor's Choice and Wall Street Journal Best Seller. He also compiled and edited YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: THE CARPENTER READER, JUDY GARLAND ON JUDY GARLAND: INTERVIEWS AND ENCOUNTERS, and DOLLY ON DOLLY: INTERVIEWS AND ENCOUNTERS WITH DOLLY PARTON. He has served as creative consultant for several television documentaries on the Carpenters, including the E! "True Hollywood Story," A&E's "Biography," and VH1's "Behind the Music." , and was a contributor to the award-winning podcast, DOLLY PARTON'S AMERICA. Schmidt is a music educator in Denton, Texas.  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/suntorypop/ Instagram - suntorypop Bookstore - randylschmidt.ecwid.com  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/64HUw4Myf48 In celebration of the centennial of Judy Garland’s birth, The Ebell in LA premiered “Get Happy! 100 Years of Judy Garland, The Exhibit” Curated by Scott Hedley and co-produced by John Thomas Co-Curator from The Gene London Cinema Collection. The “Get Happy!” exhibit highlighted components from her most beloved role as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz, (for which she won a special Academy Award) through to what many historians consider her pinnacle performance in A Star Is Born. A dozen of Judy Garland’s costumes (including never before seen costumes from The Wizard of Oz), colorful three sheet movie posters, rare photographs, studio documents and personal letters. It is altogether a unique and once-in-a-lifetime immersive tribute to the life and career of Judy Garland we are privileged and eager to share with you in this special online presentation. Scott Hedley is a passionate collector of cinema artifacts. He is considered one of the world's foremost collectors of Judy Garland costumes and memorabilia.

For VIdeo Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/hsACCMyN4Zc Marc Acito writes about history, whether it’s chronicling the World World II incarceration of Japanese-Americans with Broadway’s ALLEGIANCE, creating THE SOUND OF THE SILK ROAD in China for Nederlander Worldwide, or adapting Victorian literature on film with MAD / WOMAN, which he directed. He’s also an award-winning novelist, a former commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered and a proud mentor at Renaissance High School in the Bronx. Dr. Judi Bloom is a practical, interactive, solution-focused therapist specializing in relationships and in navigating through major life transitions. Tina Marie Casamento's multifaceted career in professional theatre includes credits as a Director, Casting Director, Performer, Teacher and Producer. A self-professed "musical theatre geek",  Denis Jones is a two-time Tony Award nominated choreographer and his work has been seen on Broadway in Tootsie, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn and Honeymoon in Vegas. Karen Mason has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway, television, and recording: and “has few peers when it comes to ripping the roof off with her amazing voice that knows no bounds!” (TheatreScene.net) Ruby Rakos got her start in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot at age twelve. She has since starred as Judy Garland in several productions of the musical Chasing Rainbows: the Road to Oz, about Judy’s early years at MGM, most recently at the Paper Mill Playhouse. She is a graduate of the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan and is a New Jersey native. Richard Skipper is fast approaching 43 years in the entertainment industry. Richard has been blessed to excel in many areas of show business.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/cL6WafJKZy8 John received national attention when Judy Garland sang his songs on The Tonight Show just a few months before she died. Before connecting with Judy, John wrote special comedy material for Lily Tomlin, Linda Lavin, and Eartha Kitt. His comedy number about a girl who fell in love with Mr. Clean attracted the attention of a famous ad agency, BBD&O, and he was offered a high-paying copywriter’s position. But, after a few weeks, John, feeling stifled, left the agency to make his way as a pianist, playing the songs he’d always loved -in clubs, at resorts, on the QE2 and even on a luxury train like the Orient Express. As a writer, collaborating with director Paul Bartel, John wrote the screenplay for a movie, Not For Publication and also the script for an episode of Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories; he also provided the musical scores for each of these with orchestrator Larry Hochman. With co-producer Bobbie Horowitz, John traveled to London to produce his own, film-noir satirical musical, The Betrayal of Nora Blake. “Funniest show of the year” said the reviewers. Most appropriately, today, we must mention the memoir John wrote about the thrilling eight weeks he spent as Judy Garland’s boyfriend, manager and songwriter. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/uhYKYvseHZ4   It’s easy to produce a Judy Garland show: Just give her a stage, a spotlight, and get out of the way.” – Al Jolson National Take Your Dog to Work Day As you run out the door, don’t forget your briefcase and a doggie bag. Since I do everything from the studio I set up in my office, this is an easy one! I may even bring Benny om camera with me. As we all celebrate Judy, maybe all of our guests will bring their little dogs, too! This truly is a Wrap Up show as I leave town the next day for a week of R&R! I'm joined by Kristen Morgenstern! www.facebook.com/Kristenmorgensternmusicwww.Kristenmorgensternmusic.comhttps://www.instagram.com/desiresgirl8/https://www.youtube.com/Kristenmorgenstern8

For Video Edtion, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/Q7JiH9YBWIk Karen Oberlin Telling the story, both musically and lyrically, is what I find most exciting and galvanizing as a performer," Karen Oberlin was quoted saying in an interview. Hailed as one of premier interpreters of the Great American Songbook by both the New York Times and London's Classical Source, Oberlin was deeply honored to receive, in 2013, both the Mabel Mercer Foundation's most prestigious Donald F. Smith Award and an Honorary Doctorate in Music from Dix Hills Performing Arts Center/Five Towns College. She has also been the recipient of the Nightlife Award for Jazz Vocalist of the Year, a Bistro Award for Outstanding Achievement and multiple MAC Awards. Ms. Oberlin's recordings can be heard regularly on the legendary WNYC radio show hosted by Jonathan Schwartz, where he often sings her praises. This year Ms. Oberlin returns for her annual week performing at London's most exquisite cabaret club, the Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zedel, following a return engagement in Paris, this time at Club RaYé. Quoting from among her many reviews in the New York Times, Stephen Holden says, "Beyond having a pretty voice, poise and interpretive insight... Ms. Oberlin has impeccable classic pop style (and) musical intelligence." Rex Reed, in the New York Observer, called her performance "thrilling," and continued, "Oberlin is as lovely to look at as she is to hear -- subtle, elegant and musically spot on... (Her performance) rings true and funny and flawless. She's a keeper!" The music critic, David Yaffe, says Ms. Oberlin "reaches into the minds and muses of our golden repertoire to teach us, dazzle us, and send us to a Tin Pan Alley nirvana, as deep as the ocean and high as the sky."   

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/QPrqiU2SaFk U.S. Every Be a Kid Again Day on July 8, stop what you are doing and immerse yourself in your childhood memories. This special day is about taking a break from being an adult and going back to being the carefree kid you once were. It's also my Friday Wrap Up Show! I'm bringing along some friends to bring out the kid in all of us! Join us to find out who will be here and how we revert back to the kid inside!    

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!

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/3iAYFLlfSZ0 In 1981, Mariann Aalda became one of the first African-American daytime soap opera heroines, the feisty, young criminal defense attorney DiDi Bannister on ABC's Edge of Night. But these days she’s prosecuting ageism with a TEDx Talk, a solo show and as an AARP Age Disruptor. Her 30-yr TV career highlights also include co-starring opposite Redd Foxx and Della Reese as their daughter, Elizabeth, on the CBS sitcom,The Royal Family; recurring as Lita Ford, Anthony’s yuppie-from-hell girlfriend on CBS’ Designing Women, and co-starring opposite O.J. Simpson as his wife, Ellen for three seasons on the HBO dramedy,First & 10. More recently, her solo show, Gettin’ Old Is a Bitch…But I’m Gonna Wrestle That Bitch to the Ground! broke a 30-year box office record at the 2019 National Black Theatre Festival, where it was picked up for a sold out run at New York’s historic Billie Holiday Theatre in pre-pandemic 2020. Up next, she stars in the indie short film GUMBO, written and directed by Jess Waters and produced by Geno Brooks and The Artistic Standard for AMC’s ALLBLK- TV. Ageing Shamelessly! Actor | Influencer | Speaker | Disruptor

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/9nNqQH5TTa0 The New York-born trumpeter, bandleader, teacher, producer, writer and music director grew up amidst the free-wheeling and wildly creative adventures of the jazz rock / avant garde / electric-electronic-flavored Gil Evans Orchestras of the 1970s and 1980s. Miles Evans led the Gil Evans Orchestra, and performed with Paul Shaffer, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Sting, David Sanborn, Hermeto Pascoal, Jaco Pastorious, Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton, Vince Mendoza, Christen McBride, Peter Erskine and Darry Jones—to name a few.  He performed on Grammy Award Winning CDs with Miles Davis, Gil Evans and Quincy Jones. Miles Evans led the Gil Evans Orchestra at The Cutting Room in NYC before COVID-19 came to New York—

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/BLsdG8P4N10 Alan K. Rode’s affinity for classic cinema is part of his DNA. His mother grew up in Hollywood and was an extra in Our Gang comedy shorts and studied acting at Ben Bard Drama. His grandfather was a silent film violinist who went from bit actor to Universal Studios house composer and eventually founded Corelli-Jacobs Recording Inc. A great-uncle doubled Gary Cooper in The Virginian (1929) and fought Jack Dempsey. Yet another grandfather promoted rodeos with cowboy star Hoot Gibson at Gilmore Stadium. Before the advent of classic films on cable, video or streaming, Alan incessantly watched and catalogued movies on television. He is the author of a pair of notable cinema biographies. Charles McGraw: Film Noir Tough Guy is a critically acclaimed saga of the rough-hewn actor’s life and times. Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film is the first comprehensive biography of the director of Casablanca, Mildred Pierce, Yankee Doodle Dandy and The Adventures of Robin Hood among other classic films. The Curtiz book has received enthusiastic reviews from the New York Review of Books (David Thomson), the Wall Street Journal (Scott Eyman), the Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan) and Leonard Maltin. Alan has been the producer and host of the annual Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs, California since 2008.  Alan is also charter director and treasurer of the Film Noir Foundation. With FNF president Eddie Muller, Alan has spearheaded the preservation and restoration of “lost” films and co-programs and co-hosts several of the annual NOIR CITY film festivals. Alan has produced, written and appeared in documentaries for many classic film releases on Blu ray physical media.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/Hu6UFQVMBwg BARBARA MINKUS began her show business career in NYC in Julius Monk’s review, Bits and Pieces. She went on to receive rave reviews touring as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl throughout the United States. She played Lucy Van Pelt in the original NY recording cast of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. On Broadway, Barbara starred in The Education of Hyman Kaplan, directed by the great George Abbott. On television, she was a regular for six seasons on Love, American Style, played Gittel the Witch in ABC’s Curiosity Shop, and was the voice of Ms. Pac Man in the ABC cartoon series, Pacman. She had numerous television appearances over the years on The Danny Kaye Show, The Tonight Show, and made a record 20 appearances on The Merv Griffin Show. After taking time out to raise her family, Barbara returned to the stage at The Santa Monica playhouse to appear in Funny, You Don’t Look Like A Grandmother. She then brought Picon Pie to the Playhouse, playing Molly Picon – a role she helped research – and later reprised the role Off-Broadway. In both LA and Florida, she starred as Jennie Grossinger in the musical Saturday Night at Grossinger’s. Barbara presented From This Moment On – Minkus Sings Porter at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, and returned to present The Songs of Irving Berlin. Other musical theatre performances include Miss Lynch in Grease at the Muni Theatre in St. Louis, as well as Yente in Fiddler on the Roof at both the Muni and the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City. She also starred in the LA and Off-Broadway musical, Don’t Leave It All to Your Children. Along with frequent collaborator Susan Morgenstern. https://www.barbaraminkus.com/18-minutes-of-fame  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/wCzMmKnKHUI Imagine a day when you could clean house and get rid of clutter, show someone that you care, gift small things to strangers, and generally making the world a better place. Yes, this day does, in fact, exist and on July 15 we celebrate National Give Something Away Day! I will be joined by Friends, family, fellow artists, and fans..all of whom have something to give away! Tune in to see what you might get. Perhaps you have something to give away as well. This will be one show you will not desire to miss! It's July, which means we've passed the year's halfway point. July also coincides with the holiday season for most people, making it an ideal time to look at how the year has gone so far and make any necessary adjustments to get back on track or stay on track for achieving your objectives for the year. Do you have something to give away today? If yes, I'd like to hear from you. PM me!  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/ON5-ZwANCSA Gerald Sheldon Herman was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre. One of the most commercially successful Broadway songwriters of his time, Herman was the composer and lyricist for a number of hit musicals, starting in the 1960s, that were characterized by an upbeat and optimistic outlook and what Herman called "the simple, hummable showtune". His shows include Hello, Dolly! (1964), at one time the longest-running musical in Broadway history, which also produced the hit title song for Louis Armstrong; Mame (1966), a vehicle for Angela Lansbury; and La Cage aux Folles (1984), the first hit Broadway musical about a gay couple. #richardskipper #composer #theatre Joining Richard are Jane Dorian, Harlan Boll, and Ann Kittredge. “You have a natural family and you have chosen a family,” Jane Dorian said. “We were a chosen family.” Dorian, a Los Angeles based realtor, is the goddaughter of Jerry Herman. The goddaughter connection dates to the late 1940’s when her mother, Carol, and Herman attended the University of Miami at the same time. “They were both 17 and were the two thinnest students on campus. It was the first day of school and they sort of circled each other on the quad, but nothing happened until that night when the new students got together. Jerry sat down at the piano and started playing. My mother sat next to him, the two started singing and making music.   Ann Kittredge is a lifelong performing artist. This episode was also sponsored by Ann Kittredge.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/RSI-1nbcMQU   SUE PHILLIPS AUTHOR - THE POWER OF PERFUME - How to Choose it, Wear it & Enjoy it! Sue Phillips, CEO Scenterprises Inc.,™ and founder of The Scentarium, was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and inherited her creativity from her mother, Grace Phillips, a renowned artist and calligraphist (www.2marvelous4words.com) and her business acumen from her father Eric, a self-made businessman. Sue came to America in 1977 to pursue her love of acting and singing, and her parents settled in San Diego. Her book “The Power of Perfume” – How to Choose it, Wear it & Enjoy it is a culmination of all the knowledge she has gained over the last 40+ years, questions from her clients and articles she has written. A percentage of sales will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association. Sue has had a distinguished career in the Cosmetic and Fragrance Industry, and has held senior positions at Elizabeth Arden, Lancôme, Paris and Tiffany & Co., where, as Vice President of Marketing, she developed and launched the first Women’s and Men’s Fragrances, TIFFANY and TIFFANY FOR MEN. Phillips formed SCENTERPRISES ™ a global marketing & branding company in 1990. Best selling Author: Read: www.thepowerofperfume.cominfo@suephillips.comInfo@scenterprises.comwww.scenterprises.comwww.suephillips.com  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: http://youtu.be/C43zR7m5qwE It's no secret that Deni Bonet can rock a violin like nobody's business. Or that she writes memorable songs that make you want to listen again and again and again. For years, Deni has been honing her craft as a violinist, singer, songwriter and performer. She is, simply, a musical total package. Her style ranges from pop to roots-rock to new folk. Anyone who’s heard her last few albums, especially the fiery, funny and fabulous Last Girl On Earth, and 2013’s It’s All Good, knows that Ms. Bonet brings something extra special to the table. With her latest album, Bright Shiny Objects, it extends to sheer, ultra-high voltage, genre-defying brilliance, with pure classical training and precision playing. She has performed at some of the most prestigious festivals, performing arts centers, summer concert series, colleges, clubs and house concerts throughout the US and around the world, including a recent sold-out concert at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York City, concerts on the Great Wall of China, at the United Nations and at the White House for President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and the First Lady. Yet is still happy to play a stripped-down show in a coffeehouse. Raised in Northern Virginia, Bonet first came to widespread attention as a founding member of National Public Radio’s premier music show, Mountain Stagewhere she built a following as a member of the broadcast’s house band; singing and playing in her own right and backing up artists as diverse as the Indigo Girls, Richard Thompson and Allen Toussaint. In the nineties, Bonet relocated to London, where she worked with alternative rock legend, Robyn Hitchcock.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/BoQXAbvWjWo A Sprinkling of Stardust over the Outhouse is the long-awaited follow-up to Paul Brogan's highly successful first book, Was That a Name I Dropped? released in 2011. Paul came out as gay when he was ten in the early 1960s and faced a number of obstacles for doing so. He approached them without losing sight of who he was, eventually winning over the naysayers who urged him to be someone other than himself. A Sprinkling of Stardust is a true story that is rich in detail as it tells Paul's story with humor and heart as well as harsh and sometimes shockingly brutal reality. In the 1980s, playing the starring role in a musical production of Peter Pan, Paul Brogan sang the song "Never Never Land." The lyrics "I have a place where dreams are born, and time is never planned. It's not on any chart. You must find it with your heart. Never Never Land" had a great deal of meaning to Paul. Frequently he found himself getting choked up as he sang them. After coming out at the age of ten, Paul created his own Never Never Land. It represented a safe haven, a refuge where he could do and be himself. It was a place to which he escaped after being sexually abused, raped, and suffering a series of life-threatening health issues. His latest book is not a sequel to his 2011 best-seller, Was That a Name I Dropped? Instead, it is the rest of the story told in the same frank and honest manner that earned him kudos for the first book. It is funny, sexy, insightful, moving, and will have the viewer turning away in shock and horror in some instances. Ultimately, it is life. Paul's first book, "Was That a Name I Dropped?" was released in 2011 and was so successful that it hit number-one on numerous best-seller lists.   

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/wrvdt0M51Zg Maria Corsaro returned to her first love, singing, several years ago which led to a duo show at The Laurie Beechman Theater, her solo debut show at Don’t Tell Mama and various other performances at many of NYC and CT cabaret rooms. Her recent focus has been returning to her love of jazz and the music of legendary jazz composers and lyricists. This is the music of her heart. She wants her audience to experience the emotional texture of this great American art form. She feels passionately that music feeds the soul and is the creative result of musical collaboration. John Fisher's plays have been produced in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Haven (Yale) and on HBO as a part of the annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. John is the recipient of the NEA Grant, the GLAAD Media Award for Best Theatre, the L.A. Weekly Award for Best Musical and Best Script, two Will Glickman Playwright Awards for Joy and Medea: The Musical, the BackStage West Garland Award, two Cable Car Awards, a San Francisco Guardian Goldie Award, an S.F. Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grant, a Zellerbach Grant and ten Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Awards. He received his Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley in 2001 and has taught at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Santa Cruz. CombatJohn taught, in a two year appointment (2006-2008) in the Play Writing program at the Yale School of Drama. He currenlty teaches (2008-Present) at the American Conservatory Theatre. He is currently working on a script about the Mahdi and the Sudan that is funded by a San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grant. Directing projects include Red Scare on Sunset for the American Conservatory Theatre’s MFA program and What the Butler Saw for Theatre Rhinoceros. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/DpcO3itP6GE National Hammock Day is celebrated every year on July 22 to commemorate the universal symbol for relaxation. Developed by the Mayans of Central and South America for sleeping or resting, a hammock is a sling made of fabric, rope or netting, which is suspended between two points such as posts or trees. Most often, hammocks were made from the woven bark from the Hamack Tree — hence “hamacas”. Today the hammock is often seen as a symbol of summer, leisure, relaxation, and simple, easy living. So grab your favorite book, put your feet up, and relax! Come relax with us for an hour to wrap up your week and kick off your weekend! I am joined by Tonya Pinkins and Jackie Sanders! TONYA PINKINS is a Tony Awarding actor/singer who has starred in nine Broadway shows including the original CAROLINE OR CHANGE. Her Award Winning Film RED PILL was recently released on TVOD and has been translated into Spanish, Catalonian, Russian and Greek. Her book RED PILL UNMASKED an historical, spiritual and philosophical memoir on life is available at Amazon.com. In addition to being an actress and author, Tonya is a playwright, director and educator. Her MEDIUM essay WHY I AM FED UP WITH PERFORMATIVE ACTIVISM FROM BLACK AND WHITE THEATER MAKERS has been made required reading at universities including YALE School of Drama. She is the author of the self help book GET OVER YOURSELF: How to Drop The Drama and Claim The Life You Deserve (Hyperion). She is also a painter with an NFT collection on OpenSea. You also may have seen or heard her in THE CHICAGO STRANGLER on DISCOVERY, SCANDAL, GOTHAM, MADAM SECRETARY or ALL MY CHILDREN. She played Alma Carthan, Emmett Till’s grandmother in ABC/HULU’s WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/wpw48ITN_gU Carole Cook is a veteran of stage, film and television. On Broadway, Carole created the roles of Blanche Daly in the hit play ROMANTIC COMEDY and Maggie Jones in the legendary Tony Award winning musical 42ND STREET. Additionally, Carole was the second actress in the world to take on the lead role in HELLO DOLLY, following Carol Channing. Carole has appeared in numerous films beginning with THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET, co-starring Don Knotts, and including PALM SPRINGS WEEKEND, AMERICAN GIGOLO, THE GAUNTLET, SIXTEEN CANDLES, GRANDVIEW, U.S.A., SUMMER LOVERS, Disney’s HOME ON THE RANGE, and A VERY SORDID WEDDING. Carole has made countless television appearances, most recently on GREY’S ANATOMY. In 2018, she appeared in a sold-out engagement at FEINSTEINS/54 BELOW in her highly acclaimed one woman show. In addition to her numerous theatrical roles and other accomplishments, Carole has proudly and tirelessly lent her voice and talent in the fight against HIV and AIDS for over thirty-five years.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/wpw48ITN_gU For millions of people, Peggy Dillard-Toone is instantly recognizable. As a leading model in the world of fashion, she has been featured on the covers of international fashion and glamour magazines, like Cosmopolitan, Essence, Ebony and Mademoiselle, becoming the second African-American woman to appear on the cover of Vogue. By her senior year in college, Dillard-Toone had already made her mark in the North American, European and Japanese worlds of high fashion. Dillard-Toone graduated at the age of 16 with a strong interest in architecture. Awarded a full-scholarship by J.E. Sirrine Architectural Firm, she moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., to attend Pratt Institute of Technology, earning a bachelors degree in the fine arts, with an emphasis on advertising, fashion merchandising and marketing.  She is highly respected world-wide as a pioneer for African-Americans in the international fashion arena. For more than ten years, Dillard-Toone has owned and operated Turning Heads Salon, one of New York City’s most renowned black hair care salons. Spirituality is an important part of Dillard-Toone’s life. Dillard-Toone and her husband, the artist Lloyd Toone, moved to Harlem 18 years ago and restored a 110-year old Victorian mansion. It is one of two holistic-style bed and breakfast locations known as Villas de Toone. The second location is a ranch in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Tess La Bella is an award-winning, Author , SAG-AFTRA voice-over artist, actor, comic, producer and just for fun chef. Though theater and storytelling, Tess combined animation voice-over with her passion for children’s literacy. She’s personified everyone from the big bad wolf to Mrs. Claus. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/agam6y-sWwo Donna Pescow was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from New York's prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA). Shortly after graduation, she was cast as Annette in the iconic film Saturday Night Fever that launched her career. For her performance, Ms. Pescow was named Best Supporting Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle. Shortly after that, Donna starred in the popular sitcom Angie. Her work on the sitcom garnered her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and a People's Choice Award nomination for Favorite Female Performer on a New Television Program. In addition, she starred in the long running sitcom Out of This World and the popular sitcom Even Stevens for which she was nominated for three Emmy Awards. Her career spans four decades of work in the theatre, on screen and on television. She remains a constant presence in the world of entertainment.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/3Ie_C-ipr-s Every girl's (and some guys!) go-to makeup item and the power of a set of stained lips is celebrated on National Lipstick Day on July 29. Splurge on the high-end crimson lipstick you’ve been eyeing this July 29, National Lipstick Day! Lipstick has likely been around for thousands of years, made out of an insane array of items, from gemstones to crushed bugs.  Geraldine Ann "Geri" Jewell is an actress, stand-up comedian, diversity consultant, and motivational speaker, noted for roles on the 1980s sitcom The Facts of Life and the mid-2000s western Deadwood. Renee Katz received her vocal and musical theater training at LaGuardia High School of Music and Art, NYU and from Martha Gladston of the Julliard School of Music. A MAC Award and BroadwayWorld nominee, Renee appeared in the 29th Annual Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention at Jazz at Lincoln Center and at Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2019 for the Jerome Kern tribute show- All the Things You Are. Roslyn Kind is an actress and songwriter. She is the maternal half-sister of Barbra Streisand. She has been performing on Broadway and other venues since her teenage years. https://roslynkind.com The new movie The Eyes of Tammy Faye recounts the landmark 1985 interview Tammy Faye Bakker did with Steve Pieters, who was undergoing treatment for AIDS, on her PTL network. Destino Rubiani “T’Bone Rube” is a Jersey Bound entertainer who, since childhood, has developed a strong love and passion for Broadway music and 50’s Rock Culture.  David S. Zimmerman :Producer, Casting Director, Actor, Creator of "Meet The Biz", Owner of DSZ Productions and Next Breath Productions

For Video Edition, Please Click Here and Subscribe: https://youtu.be/0W-s75LaXK0 Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, Charlotte Crossley better known as Charlo got her start singing in the choir at Metropolitan Community Church at the tender age of seven. She continued music education in elementary school learning the piano and clarinet and continued until she graduated from South Shore High School. At fifteen, she got her start in theater with roles in West Side Story and the Three Penny Opera at the Young Men's Jewish Community Center where she was encouraged by the director to audition for HAIR, The Musical: the American tribal love-rock musical by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt McDermott's, which was opening a Chicago company. She was performing eight shows a week. While it was hard work for young Charlo, but being the center of attention was second nature to the burgeoning star. She continued with the Chicago Company, traveled to Las Vegas, and ultimately went on the Tony Award-winning production’s first national tour. After moving to New York City, she joined the original Broadway cast of Jesus Christ Superstar, rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice which later won a Tony Award. Charlo later met and toured with Bette Midler and Barry Manilow, which opened many doors that led to recording for CBS Records with the highly coveted trio of backup singers formerly known as The Harlettes with Sharon Redd and Ula Hedwig. Her music credits include working with the likes of Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, Lainie Kazan, Muddy Waters, Sister's Love, Boz Scaggs, and Hiroshima. She has also appeared on the big screen in films including The “Preachers Wife,” “Beaches,” “Sister Act 1,” ...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/m79ArEJpd70 Christine Andreas’ shows in NY at 54 Below: Love Is Good, beMused, And So It Goes…, Cafe Society, and most recently PIAF - No Regrets had the NY Times accusing her of “ …electrifying her audiences, transforming them with pure alchemy and delicately killing with the sheer beauty of her voice… ” On Broadway, this multiple-award-winning singer, actress, and two-time Tony nominee starred as Jacqueline in the recent revival of La Cage aux Folles with Kelsey Grammer, and created the role of Marguerite St. Just in The Scarlet Pimpernel. She captured theatergoers’ hearts as Eliza Doolittle in the 20th anniversary production of My Fair Lady (Theatre World Award), Oklahoma! (Tony Nomination) and On Your Toes (Tony Nomination). National audiences remember her portrayal of Margaret Johnson in a much-acclaimed national tour of The Light in the Piazza. Concerts include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Café Carlyle & Feinstein’s 54 Below, garnering her the prestigious Mabel Mercer award and the 2016 Bistro Award for Ongoing Artistry in Concert and Cabaret. She has also worked with major symphonies nationwide. Television credits include Law & Order: SVU, The Cosby Show, PBS’ Musical Comedy Tonight, Taylor Benson in Another World, and Ava Gardner in Fox’s mini-series Mia, Child of Hollywood. Collaboration with her husband, Grammy nominated producer & composer Martin Silvestri and writer Joel Higgins led to her West End debut starring in their musical The Fields of Ambrosia, followed by concerts in London, Paris, Rome, Australia and the White House. These concerts were the basis for her award-winning CDs: Love is Good, Here’s to the Ladies and The Carlyle Set. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/69YNNK8oNgk Prime-Time Emmy-nominated actress Lee Purcell recently completed a starring role in the upcoming feature film CAROL OF THE BELLS for director Joey Travolta and his Inclusion Films, scheduled to be released late 2019. Lee is the recipient of two Prime-Time Emmy nominations, her first being for LONG ROAD HOME starring opposite Mark Harmon, the second for SECRET SINS OF THE FATHERS starring opposite Beau Bridges. She recently completed the TV pilot SICK and was also recently seen in the film JL RANCH opposite Jon Voight and in KIDS VS. MONSTERS opposite Malcolm McDowell and in LOVE AT FIRST GLANCE opposite Amy Smart. In her extensive career, this acclaimed actress has earned numerous film, television and stage credits, including her role as “Louise St. Laurent” on the international TV series DUE SOUTH and as the sultry step-mom in the iconic film VALLEY GIRL with Nicholas Cage. Lee was also seen as “Eleanor Sullivan” in the NBC-TV Prime-Time series PERSONS UNKNOWN with Chadwick Boseman, created by Oscar winner Christopher McQuarrie. Fans around the world also frequently reach out to Lee for her role as "Peggy" in the cult favorite film BIG WEDNESDAY. As an ingénue, Lee’s film career began when she was personally selected and mentored by legendary movie star Steve McQueen to star as a small-town high school student in McQueen’s Solar Productions’ film ADAM AT 6 A.M. opposite Michael Douglas. She will always be grateful to McQueen for his casting and mentoring her and cherishes the time spent with him. At only three years old, Lee was chosen by Neiman Marcus to be a runway child model for their flagship store in Dallas, Texas and began modeling professionally.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/IbNnEKk-S24 Adrienne Aurichio is the Director of Bill Eppridge’s photographic archive and the editor of Becoming Barbra published in 2018. Adrienne spent twenty years as a picture editor at magazines, and book publishers. She and Bill met in 1986 while they were both working at Sports Illustrated. He had previously been a staff photographer for Life magazine throughout the 1960s and early 1970s until that magazine ceased publishing as a weekly. They later married and spent 28 years together until his death in 2013. Bill said that his former boss at Life magazine told him to “find a good picture editor and marry her.” Their final collaboration, Becoming Barbra, was begun in 1994 and finally published 24 years later. Publishers were mistakenly worried that Streisand would sue them. The book is filled with photographs that Bill made of Streisand in 1963 before she was a star, and then in 1966 as she was about to star in Funny Girl on Broadway. He had full access and cooperation. There were no publicist restrictions. Eppridge’s archive became a full-time business for them after back surgery in 2003 curtailed Bill’s ability to travel as much as he had done before while at Sports Illustrated. Adrienne left her full time job and they began to produce museum exhibits, began a long collaboration with Monroe Gallery to sell fine art prints, and published more books. After Bill’s death, Adrienne continued to catalogue his work and finish the projects that they had begun. During their time together they produced 6 books of Bill’s work. Those include Jake: A Labrador retriever; Upland Passage; Robert Kennedy: The Last Campaign; A Time It Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties; The Beatles: Six Days That Changed the World; Becoming Barbra.

For Video Edition, Please Click Here and Subscribe: https://youtu.be/q40VLNI1Rns Michael grew up in Ohio where he did musicals and danced with his sister around Cleveland and Lorain, his home town. He attended the Boston conservatory of Music and spent summers in summer stock at the Milwaukee Melody Top doing 16 different shows choreographed by Tommy Tune, such as Sweet Charity with Gretchen Wyler, Irma La Deuce with Chita Rivera and The Boyfriend with Jane Powell. He landed his first Broadway show, THE FIG LEAVES ARE FALLING on his first day in New York City, and eventually worked with Michael Bennett, Bob Fosse, Ron Fields Hal Prince, Steven Sondheim and a host of other well-known choreographers, directors and producers. He appeared in nine Broadway productions including FOLLIES, PIPPIN, APPLAUSE, MAME with Ann Miller and was cast in A CHORUS LINE at Public Theater where he was to originate the role of Mike. He was in EQUUS with both Richard Burton and Anthony Perkins. He appeared in 70 plays and musicals in regional theaters and over 150 television commercials including the first musical Dr Pepper Commercial for which he won a Cleo Award as “Best Male Performer.” In Los Angeles Michael appeared in numerous television series such as KNOTS LANDING, FAMILY, LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY, and CHARLIES ANGELS, the soaps ALL MY CHILDREN and SANTA BARBARA, and films, THE GREAT GATSBY and ALLIGATOR. Hosting his own cable television show for 10 years he spoke on conscious awareness, taught seminars and is the author of several books one of which, BELIEVE IN NOTHING, has been published throughout Europe and Asia. Michael choreographed 15 big stage shows for a large chorus in Orange County, Calif. and has choreographed 10 musicals including LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, GYPSY, MARY POPPINS and THE PRODUCERS.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/1gXmmJR6ppk The Magic of Believing: An Excerpt from Broadway World, by Stephen Mosher Aug. 6, 2019 The musical autobiography that Mr. Skipper presented was a true celebration of a gifted entertainer and a resilient human being – and it was an absolute delight. The standing-room-only audience was a veritable who’s who of cabaret luminaries, all on hand to hear Skipper’s tale, and it did not disappoint. Armed with only a few songs and impeccable comic timing , Richard spent most of his time on stage regaling with stories that anyone could relate to – especially anyone with a childhood dream of going on the stage, anyone who had been a small-town misfit, anyone from the south, or anyone with fond remembrances of New York of the 70s/80s. The over-forty crowd was so captivated by Skipper that only one person was seen tiptoeing out for a restroom break, an unheard-of feat in a two hour evening of theatre. Skipper’s ability to paint a picture with words brought to life characters one might easily find in the writings of Willa Cather or Armistead Maupin, and it didn’t matter that the characters weren’t famous enough to give the audience a frame of reference because the true star of the night was the story being told. Oh, there were famous names, make no mistake: it would be impossible for Mr. Skipper to speak about his life without some delicious name-dropping, but it wasn’t essential, except in the case of Carol Channing, for obvious reasons. Skipper’s audience hung on his every word, riotous laughter and uncontrollable vocal response ringing in the air, and while much credit goes to his director, Jay Rogers, it was clear that the time for Richard Skipper to be celebrated is now. VISIT RichardSkipper.com TO READ FULL ARTICLE

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/p09XctTNxhQ KURT PETERSON began his Broadway career when Leonard Bernstein and Richard Rodgers chose him to play Tony in the revival of West Side Story at Lincoln Center. He then starred opposite Angela Lansbury in Dear World and created the role of Young Ben in Stephen Sondheim’s Follies. Off-Broadway, Kurt starred in Dames at Sea, By Bernstein, and Alias Jimmy Valentine, and appeared in the Town Hall productions of Knickerbocker Holiday, Music in the Air and I Married an Angel. Kurt sang “Proud Lady” to Patti LuPone when he starred opposite her in the Broadway-bound The Baker’s Wife. He also starred in the highly acclaimed Canadian premiere of Company and Rob Marshall’s production of Side By Side By Sondheim. Kurt was featured in the 75th birthday celebrations “Wall to Wall Sondheim” and “Children & Art” honoring Stephen Sondheim and has performed as a leading man in many productions and concerts around the country and in Europe. Kurt and his company, James William Productions (JWP), produced the acclaimed Sondheim: A Musical Tribute, the first celebration of the composer/lyricist; helped launch the New York and London productions of Angela Lansbury’s Gypsy; produced the live tours of WPIX-TV’s classic children’s show “The Magic Garden”; and the National Tour of Rob Marshall’s innovative Side By Side By Sondheim. Recent projects include co-producing the New York productions and National Tour of the Stephen Schwartz family musical Captain Louie; the Off-Broadway production of the play Capture Now, directed by Larry Moss; and the BC/EFA benefit Alone At Last, featuring the music of Ian Herman. www.jameswilliamproductions.com

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/ydPysrh8JcI Gary Flannery is a professional performer who toured the world as Shirley MacLaine’s partner; was a Principal Dancer on many TV Shows and Hollywood movies; and was a lead dancer on Broadway in Pippin and Dancin', and in the movie All That Jazz (Bob Fosse called Gary “The Bull” for the sheer non-stop energy). Gary has studied with teachers including Antony Tudor, Martha Graham, Jose Limon, Stanley Williams, Alexandra Danilova, Anton Dolan, Lucas Hoving, Fred Benjamin, Chuck Davis, and Jaime Rogers. He received full scholarships to the School of American Ballet and Juilliard. Gary continues to teach master classes, lectures, and seminars at universities, dance schools and colleges around the world.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/PSgUudEb3SY Brad Oscar was nominated for the 2001 Tony Award for his role as Nazi playwright "Franz Liebkind" in The Producers. He has appeared in several productions at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC. In 2005, he played "The Devil" (Mr. Applegate) in Damn Yankees, and in October 2006 he played "Master of Ceremonies" in Cabaret. He has completed playing multiple roles, including "Lady Enid" in The Mystery of Irma Vep in 2008. Other regional work includes the title role in the musical Barnum, at the Asolo Repertory Theatre (Florida).

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/FEa7aN3EGoo Patricia Ann Carroll (May 5, 1927 – July 30, 2022) was an American actress and comedian. She was known for voicing Ursula in The Little Mermaid as well as having a long acting career, including appearances in CBS's The Danny Thomas Show, ABC's Laverne & Shirley, and NBC's ER. Carroll was an Emmy, Drama Desk, and Grammy Award winner, as well as a Tony Award nominee. I first became familiar with her as Prunella in the 1965 Rodgers and Hammerstein's adaptation of Cinderella and became an instant fan. Please join me as I celebrate her with colleagues who knew her best as we celebrate her career, life, and body of WORTH! We are joined by Christine Fournier, Dan Goggin (Nunsense), and Lesley Ann Warren!

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/TQxoz9lHk08 For those who value the quality of sound, vinyl records are here to stay. As we wrap up the week, I will be joined by 5 friends who will share their favorite vinyl record experiences! National Vinyl Record Day on August 12 is your chance to go old school. Spin music lovers all around the world have disagreements on a number of things, but one thing we think everyone can agree on is that vinyl records are here to stay. For those who value the quality of sound, owning physical copies of your favorite albums, or simply the nostalgia factor, it’s probably safe to assume you’ve got your own collection of vinyl records stashed away somewhere. So now’s your time to dust off the old needle and let the music take you away on a cloud of good, good, good, vibrations. Tune in for an hour devoted to one of my favorite methods of listening to music! I am joined by Conor Grant from The Garland Gab and Charlotte Libov of Sing Out! on Facebook https://youtu.be/6F1dmVZRl8Q https://www.facebook.com/groups/225197787622771/

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/DjeqKdR7TnQ Although holding onto people, places and things is a human trait, it doesn't mean it's good for us. It keeps us stuck and attracts more negativity into our lives.In LET THAT GO! Kassíra McKee leaves no stone unturned. By presenting examples of her own and others' personal experiences, she clearly identifies the reasons we hold on and provides you with the powerful keys to blessing, releasing and completely forgiving them.Most important, Kassíra teaches you how to create and recite your own powerful, affirmative prayers, which assists you in quickly and energetically letting go of anything and anyone that is negative from your life experience - once and for all!K Kassíra's inspiring book Let That Go! epitomizes Václav Havel's hard won sentiment, "Hope is a state of mind, not a state of the world." She has done a thorough job of correlating the Buddhist concept of the creation of our individual karma - cause and effect - with the practice of blessing, releasing and complete forgiveness. I believe this is a valuable addition to the ongoing dialogue about how to live a meaningful and joyful life. I think anyone would benefit from reading and then doing the work to experience the benefit of Letting That. As we return, for our first return episode we are going to focus on the first 25 pages of the book. The more you send out, the more powerful the energy becomes, and the greater opportunity it has to team up with similar energy so that it can grow and flow, contributing to what she calls the "boomerang effect" - what you send out comes back to you multiplied.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/2wqCy5X48Rg LaVon Fisher-Wilson's Broadway credits include: The Color Purple (Sophia, three Gossips, Church Soloist), Chicago the Musical (Mama Morton), Lysistrata Jones (Heteira), and Disney’s Newsies (Medda Larkin). Her off-Broadway credits include Emmet Otters Jugband Christmas (Mrs. Mink), Three Mo Tenors, Super You the Musical (AMA amazing) and Three Mo Divas! Regional Credit include Hairspray (Motormouth), Jelly’s Last Jam (Gran Mimi, Suzu Award), Once in this Island (Asaka), Dreamgirls (French Davis’ Understudy for the role of Effie), and most recently, All Shook Up (Sylvia). She can be seen in TV and in films such as Disney’s Teen Beach Movie (Big Mama), Team Toon (Ike’s Mom), “Quantico,” and HBO’s “Divorce.” LaVon also does voice lesson and workshops that include fellow Broadway actors/actresses, for schools visiting New York called The Broadway Experience. She is also the lead singer of her singing group: LaVon & The Vonettes!!! Much love goes to Hubby, Darrell C. Wilson and Their 3 greatest creations: Darrell Jr., Darrien, and DaVonna Wilson! She’s Represented by Avalon Artist Group. Follow her on twitter@lavonfwilson, instagram@lavonfisherwilson, Facebook@lavonfisherwilson, and TikTok@lavonfisherwilson1 millikin university alumna kentucky

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/enRebjK97Uk ALAN PAUL is one of the founding members of internationally acclaimed, 10 x GRAMMY AWARD winning vocal group, THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER. This year, 2022, the group is celebrating their 50th Anniversary with a worldwide tour and a new album FIFTY, being released by Craft/Concord in October. Alan was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey and began his professional career on Broadway at the age of 12 in the original Broadway cast of OLIVER. As a child actor, he worked extensively in stage, film and TV and then took a hiatus from his career to further his music studies. He entered Kean University (Newark State College), as a Voice Major and earned a BA in Music Education. In 1992 Alan received an Honorary Doctorate degree in Human Letters from his alma mater, Kean University and another in Music from Berklee College of Music along with his Transfer partners. After graduation, Alan and was cast in the original Broadway production of GREASE, where he created the roles of Teen Angel and Johnny Casino. In 1972, while still performing in Grease, Alan met Janis Siegel, Tim Hauser and Laurel Massé and together formed The Manhattan Transfer. In 1975 they released their first album on Atlantic Records which propelled the group from playing clubs in New York City to international fame. In 1979, Cheryl Bentyne joined the group after a car accident forced Laurel Massé to stop. They have recorded over thirty albums, have been inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, The East Coast Music Hall of Fame, received Lifetime Achievement Awards from The Society of Singers, Barbershop Harmony Society and the National Music Council. https://www.facebook.com/alanpaulofficiall

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/0hu9wbebKOg National Potato Day is August 19, so if you like spuds, this one’s for you! Never celebrated this tasty tot before? Good news, we have the lowdown on how to do things up right with facts and links to turn you from couch potato to party animal. Potatoes have been a popular food for centuries so it’s about time we recognize this versatile and ap-peeling favorite. Mashed, smashed, chipped, or covered in cheese, potatoes can be eaten with just about every meal — or as a meal! — making these starchy veggies a delicious and easy way to get iron, potassium and vitamin c. The puns are just baked right in! Now just fry and stop us from telling you the whole scoop on what makes National Potato Day so …spudtacular.  I am joined by cross over vocalist Martha Bartz, publicist Harlan Boll, actress Ilene Graff and Danielle Enlightened. Martha Bartz is in demand as a mezzo soprano classical concert and oratorio soloist, solo recitalist, cabaret performer and opera principal.  Harlan Boll (BHBPR) is an independent publicist, specializing in literary, personality, theatre, music, event and non-profit PR.  Danielle Enlightened is a 33 year old queer, female from Long Island, NY; who has been an awakened spirit medium since her earliest memories at age 3. Ilene Graff's television work includes Barnaby Jones, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Three's Company, Lewis & Clark, and St. Elsewhere. From 1985 until 1990, she played what is possibly her best known role, Marsha Owens, the wife of Bob Uecker's character, George, in the sitcom Mr. Belvedere.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/o4eV9qN2SEI Karen Morrow, beloved stage and television personality, first stepped onto the New York stage as the female lead 'Jeannie' in I Had a Ball co-starring Buddy Hackett and Richard Kiley. Her last performance on Broadway was playing the dual role of ‘The Princess Puffer’/‘Miss Angela Prysock’ in the original Tony® Award-winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Her stage work outside of New York includes the role of ‘Parthy’ in the Tony®- Award winning production of Show Boat, as well as leading roles in Die Fledermaus, Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Madam, Hello, Dolly!, Oliver!, Follies, Sweeney Todd, A New Brain and White Christmas The Musical. She has appeared in concerts with major orchestras in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Honolulu and The White House. She can be heard on the concept album Miss Spectacular, a studio recording of an unproduced work by Jerry Herman with whom she has worked and recorded extensively. Other albums include White Christmas: The Musical. Karen performed regularly on Garrison Keillor's popular broadcast A Prairie Home Companion. She starred in the series Singin' alongside her performance peer (and friend) Nancy Dussault. Together, they won an Emmy® Award for the PBS program Cabaret Tonight. In addition to theatre and concert performances, Karen is a nationally sought-after Master Class Teacher in the art of musical theatre performance. She has conducted classes at Carnegie-Mellon; Northwestern; University of Southern California; University of California-Irvine; Pepperdine; Arizona State University; Viterbo; Baylor; the Kennedy Center and the Los Angeles Music Center. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/0IJIGbcSQFE Although holding onto people, places and things is a human trait, it doesn’t mean it’s good for us. It keeps us stuck and attracts more negativity into our lives. In LET THAT GO! Kassíra McKee leaves no stone unturned. By presenting examples of her own and others’ personal experiences, she clearly identifies the reasons we hold on and provides you with the powerful keys to blessing, releasing and completely forgiving them. Most important, Kassíra teaches you how to create and recite your own powerful, affirmative prayers, which assists you in quickly and energetically letting go of anything and anyone that is negative from your life experience – once and for all! I believe this is a valuable addition to the ongoing dialogue about how to live a meaningful and joyful life. As someone who has also suffered and overcome serious childhood abuse and illness, I found Kassíra's truths and stories to be an effective way to absorb her unique perspective and lessons on life. I think anyone would benefit from reading and then doing the work to experience the benefit of Letting That Go!- Michael Lisagor, author, Romancing the Buddha, and 49 year practitioner of SGI Nichiren Buddhism “Raw and intimate. Wise and vulnerable. Let That Go! is a book, a workbook, for life. It is possible that we can choose not to cripple ourselves by spinning emotionally through challenges.”- Terri Zee, Evolutionary Astrologer Soul contracts are based on the notion that before incarnating into a new body, our souls correspond other’s souls. During these prenatal meetings, human souls negotiate agreements to collaborate and develop further on Earth.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: http://youtu.be/n1eIVTxTtY4 Eddie Korbich is currently appearing on Broadway in The Music Man. He has also appeared on Broadway in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, A Christmas Story, The Little Mermaid, The Drowsy Chaperone (Drama Desk nomination), After the Night and the Music, Wicked, Seussical, Carousel, Singin’ in the Rain, and Sweeney Todd.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/vXg9cBd-VhE Lesli Margherita is currently reprising the role of Mona Kent in Dames at Sea, a role she played brilliantly in the most recent Broadway revival. An Olivier Award winner for her West End debut as Inez in ZORRO THE MUSICAL , Lesli made her Broadway debut originating the role of Mrs. Wormwood in MATILDA THE MUSICAL. After over 1000 performances, she bid farewell to the Broadway company of Matilda and crossed the street to The Helen Hayes to star as the diva Mona Kent in Broadway's DAMES AT SEA. Lesli later returned to MATILDA to close out its Broadway run. Off-Broadway, Lesli starred as Princess in EMOJILAND and Cindy Lou Who in the one woman tour-de-force WHO'S HOLIDAY. Her hilarious show-stopping performance earned her critical acclaim including a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance, a Lortel nomination for Outstanding Solo Show and an Off-Broadway Alliance nomination for Best Solo Performance. Television credits include the ABC sitcom pilot "Most Likely To" opposite Yvette Nicole Brown and recurring roles on "Homeland" (Showtime), "Instinct" (CBS), "Seven Seconds" (Netflix), "Transparent" (Amazon), and "The Crew" (Netflix). Movie credits include the upcoming The Many Saints of Newark, Opening Night, Boogeyman 2 and Number 23. Lesli's critically acclaimed solo shows Rule, Broad, and This Broad's Way continue to play to crowds across the country. Her debut live album RULE YOUR KINGDOM is currently in stores and available on all digital platforms. Please visit https://www.leslimargherita.com for more info.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/undcAtOPzXE Jamie Bernstein is an author, narrator, and filmmaker who has transformed a lifetime of loving music into a career of sharing her knowledge and excitement with others. Jamie’s memoir, Famous Father Girl, published by HarperCollins, details her youth growing up in an atmosphere bursting with music, theatre and literature. Her father, composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein, and her mother, pianist and actress Felicia Montealegre—who filled the house with a veritable who’s-who of friends in arts and letters—created an ebullient atmosphere that turned Jamie into a lifelong cultural enthusiast. Inheriting her father’s passion for sharing and teaching, Jamie has devised several ways of communicating her own excitement about classical music. In addition to “The Bernstein Beat,” a family concert about her father modeled after his own groundbreaking Young People’s Concerts, Jamie has also written and narrated concerts for audiences of all ages. A frequent speaker on musical topics, Jamie has presented talks around the world, from conferences in Japan to seminars at Harvard University. In Spanish-speaking locations such as Madrid and Caracas, Jamie narrates en español. Jamie is the co-director of a film documentary, Crescendo: the Power of Music—which focuses on children in struggling urban communities who participate in youth orchestra programs for social transformation inspired by Venezuela’s groundbreaking El Sistema movement. The film has won numerous prizes on the festival circuit, and is currently viewable on Netflix. More about Crescendo: the Power of Music can be found at http://www.crescendofilmdoc.com 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/OrWJ-O-k8No National Dog Day 2021 is on August 26 and we are getting ready to celebrate all our furry friends in the best ways possible! Can you believe that our furry friends have been with us for at least 14,000 years? Thank goodness for that because what would we do without man’s best friend? It is time to pull out all the cake and pictures of your pup and share your love for them with the world! I'm joined by a few friendsto talk about THEIR furry friends! You won't won't to miss this show!  Marylee Fairbanks Www.stagespodcast.net Linda Kahn got her start as an actress, growing up in the suburbs of Chicago and immersing herself in theater. Her first roles, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, and Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, ignited her love of musicals and Broadway shows from an early age. This sent her on a winding journey to USC Drama School and subsequent roles in L.A. in television and theater productions.  THERESE LEE returns to New York for an encore performance of her new show, RIDING THE BUS TO THE RED CARPET. In it, she recalls her days in Los Angeles as an entertainment reporter too broke to own a car, and shares what her interactions with some of Hollywood's biggest stars during that time did to change her life forever. Ellen Matzer was born in the late-fifties and was raised first in California before moving to Queens. She attended public school. She is now a resident of Wantagh for almost 3 decades. Ellen, like Valery found the ICU to be over- run with young men coming in with severe respiratory symptoms progressing rapidly to death. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/TBktvLCVngY In this episode we talk about Letting Go of Material Things! How to Let Go of Stuff with Sentimental Value Get rid of easy items first. ... Discover your motivation behind keeping things. ... Cultivate a gratitude practice to make letting go easier. ... Try not to compare yourself or your home to others. ... Slowly get rid of items with sentimental value.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/0lGUJxChuXo Amanda Scalici and her father, Robert Scalici, have been performing together since she was a little girl. They’ve toured across America, played venues in Canada & London, and now they’re making their cabaret debut! Amanda has been inspired by Doris Day for many years, and she’s bringing her love to the stage in “A Sentimental Journey: Celebrating 100 Years of Doris Day”. http://facebook.com/thescalicishttp://instagram.com/thescalicis

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/nZBJF8gSo-Q First Friday of September Commemorated on the first Friday of September every year, Bring Your Manners To Work Day is a much-needed reminder to all that the workplace has a decorum to be followed, and that bad manners are just bad for business. Today's Call To Action: Subscribe on YouTube and Tell at least 8 friends about today's show! I'm joined by 5 artists and we discuss what manners mean to them and so much more! Claudine Jellison, Charles Kirsch, Jeffrey Vause, Andrea Wolper, and David S. Zimmerman join us! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083157977219   https://www.instagram.com/claudinejellison  www.jeffreyvause.com/blog  www.facebook.com/jeffrey.vause www.instagram.com/jeffrey.vause   Twitter: @jeffreyvausenyc www.AndreaWolper.com www.youtube.com/AndreaWolper www.instagram.com/andreawolpermusic https://soundcloud.com/andrea-wolpertinyurl.com/scatblues   

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/EzSJHVK0DnE Robert Richter! His new book Documentaries and Serendipity is worth celebrating. Robert Richter: His career, his often serendipitous life and life-changing films, including several Oscar nominations. He made or helped make 90 films, beginning in Oregon public television and the New York Times, then five years at CBS covering U.S. national politics with Walter Cronkite and other notable journalists, then covering pressing little reported global issues as an independent investigative producer. This book describes how he made documentaries; his outspoken freedom-risking and life-risking journalistic courage attacked by networks and major corporations, one of which described him as “America’s most dangerous” filmmaker because of his investigations that won top journalism awards. Richter has filmed in over 40 countries, with participants ranging from people living in garbage dumps, to tropical rainforest residents, to jailed political protesters, to those aspiring to become President of the United States, to Nobel Prize winners. His films have been praised as a “work of genius,” the “most beautiful film on ugliness ever made” and the definitive look at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/rxX20sLsZiY Step back, take a deep breath and think about all that surrounds us. There are dozens of reasons I love to travel: new sites, new sounds, new tastes, new places and faces, the thrill of doing something different and the desire to see every square inch of this beautiful planet we call home. Travel is amazing and they’re all valid points. Yet sometimes we are unable to just take off and enjoy ourselves because something is always weighing us down! It's Pet Rock Day! So let's take those proverbial pet rocks, name them, and then release them!

For Video Edition, Please Click Here and Subscribe: https://youtu.be/6QlOmP-Jh04 Batman Was an Overnight Sensation! The Ratings soared and audiences fell in love the dynamic duo of West and Ward. In fact, Burt Ward and Adam West continued to do movies, TV shows and appearances, individually and together, until Adam’s death, and had a lifetime of more than 50 years of friendship working together and have even been submitted to the Guinness Book of World records in 2017 as the only two actors who have worked together for more than 50 years. Burt has also been submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records as the actor who has played “Robin, the Boy Wonder” most onscreen in all forms of media; including TV, Movies, Animated Features, TV Animated Series, Radio performances, and more. In 2016, Burt Ward’s and Adam West’s new animated feature film, “Batman: Return of The Caped Crusaders” was released in theaters as well as on Blu-Ray and DVD and was reviewed and acknowledged to be the best Animated Superhero Movie of the year for 2016. Outside of his time as a “Caped Crusader”, Burt and his wife Tracy have made names for themselves as “Canine Crusaders” in founding Gentle Giants Rescue and Adoptions. The charity has rescued and adopted more than 15,500 giant breed, medium breed, and small breed dogs, along with unique combinations, during their 23 years of operation. All of the dogs are socialized, behaviorally trained, and live communally together in their home. Gentle Giants is the largest giant breed dog rescue in the world and rescues and finds homes for 45 different dog breeds, ranging from 2 lbs. to 300 lbs. 

For Video Edition, Please Click Here and Subscribe: https://youtu.be/SI4GFOisahM Written by a career vocalist, The Contemporary Singer’s Blueprint: From Amateur to Professional and Beyond (Meredith Music Publications) is a valuable blueprint providing readers with the professional insight and practical steps for building a top notch, profitable singing career. JILL SWITZER is a singer/songwriter, voice/life coach, morning radio producer and personality of the popular Legends Radio show of eight years The Morning Lounge with Jill and Rich, plenary speaker, spokesmodel, and author of The Diva Next Door: How to be a Singing Star Wherever You Are which Tony Award® winner Linda Lavin called “warm, funny, right to the heart of what counts in the pursuit of a singing career.” Jill’s thirty years in showbiz from Palm Beach to New York includes stage appearances and/or recordings with Nicolas King, Faith Prince, Steve Tyrell, John Pizzarelli, Marilyn Maye, Ann Hampton Callaway, Mary Wilson of The Supremes and The Four Freshmen. Her voice has been heard on The Ellen Show, countless national commercial jingles, and the internationally syndicated radio show Dick Robinson’s American Standards by the Sea, where she was voted by listeners three consecutive years the “Best New Female Vocalist.” She resides in her native Palm Beach County, FL, with Rich, her husband and musical soulmate of twenty-six years. Deemed “South Florida’s First Couple of the Great American Songbook,” Jill and Rich are one of the most sought-after acts in the area and perform regularly at high-profile venues. “I highly recommend this book for anyone who is trying to make a bigger impact with their musical career and is looking for inspiration and guidance!” -Tony-nominated singer/songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/BWd1atlJV2g In 1983 and barely out of high school, 2 teenagers, known to become The Latin Rascals had more ideas than dreams in the music business., Albert Cabrera and Tony Moran became a new kind of DJ collective. The New York Puerto Rican and Colombian duo grew up in the artistic melting pots of both Brownsville Brooklyn and Spanish Harlem. New York provided all sorts of inspiration from the creative pool of talent that surrounded the barrios of East Harlem and Brooklyn apartment projects. The friends teamed up after meeting at World Renowned Downtown records, where impoted dance music was sold and DJ’s came from all over spent time there. Once teamed up after discovering that we were looking to DJ in new ways of blending and overlaying multiple tracks. Each loved playing local playing block parties and selling mix tapes to promote themselves and did not realize that they were revolutionizing the art of mixing and editing without any former technical education. Their popularity grew so quickly that this noticeable new style of mixing was exactly what the radio programmers from the top radio stations in NYC. DJing on their own mix shows for 98.7 Kiss and then WKTU as featured for the historic afternoon mixshow, Paco’s Supermix, Tony and Albert were living more than a dream. An Artist/ Producer and one of the greatest remixers of all time, Arthur Baker (Hall & Oates/ Diana Ross) brought the Latin Rascals in right away to apply that exact Latin Rascal editing style to Arthur’s dance remix of “Born In The USA” by Bruce Springsteen and with his musical involvement in the BEAT STREET MOVIE sound track with producer Harry Belafonte. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/NQ1Miysw_l4 Wonderful Weirdos Day is celebrated on 9th September every year. Nothing is very dull and boring in life as being normal and average. Celebrate this funny and Wonderful Day by being weird, and honor the person who was always weird in your life on Wonderful this Day. And I'll be joined by some of my favorite weirdos! You never know who might show up and what might happen! I will be joined by Desiree Davar, Alex de Suze, Charles Evans and Frank McDonough Charles Evans is an actor in the San Francisco area . Raised in Boston , he went to every show that came to town starting at 13 , also starting acting lessons at that age . He studied theatre at Boston University before going on to a career in corporate Human Resources , Training and Development. Theatre lured him back in the late nineties and he has been in nearly 100 shows since then . Favorite roles include : Ismay in Titanic, the Judge in Sweeney Todd , the Mysterious Man/Narrator in Into the woods, Herr Schultz in Cabaret , Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire, Adult Men in Spring Awakening , Virgil in Bus Stop, Joe in Merrily We Roll Along , the Old Actor in The Fantasticks , Sipos in She Loves Me and Mr Webb in Our Town. He has also done 2 one person cabaret shows directed by Faith Prince and studied cabaret with her and such artists as Marilyn Maye , Billy Stritch, Ann Callaway, John Bucchino, Jason Graae , Karen Mason, Natalie Douglas , Tedd Furth and Alex Rybeck. He is now having a blast in Kinky Boots, at Ray of Light theatre in San Francisco through Oct 8. Here is some basic info about Frank McDonough Started out 10 years ago with taking a course at the YMCA with Collette Black and Ricky Ritzel. Frank is one of three people to win a 2022 Singnasium award for Cabaret Trailblazer 

For Video Edition, Please Click Here and Subscribe: https://youtu.be/E97txq4d9TA The theme of this show was suggested by the winner of our last show, Anarene Barr. We will discuss Letting Go of Anger so we can get on with our lives in a productive way. How to let go of anger quickly and effectively Try deep breathing. ... Meditate. ... Honor the anger. ... Build a connect with the anger. ... Notice how anger has impacted your life. ... Recognize anger is trying to protect you. ... Talk to the anger. ... Affirm that you are safe. Anarene may even join us to discuss how she has been able to let go of anger! If you know Anarene, you will not want to miss this show!

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/n-N8C5ZEaLc Stacia Fernandez is an Actor, writer, producer based in NYC. Latest jobs - Drowsy Chaperone at Music Theatre wichita Summer 2022. Native Gardens at Ivoryton Playhouse 2022. Soon to be Frau Schmidt in Sound of Music At Papermill. Pre- Pandemic- Off Broadway as Hilda in Einstein’s Dreams. She has also appeared on Broadway in MAMMA MIA, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE where she performed the Tony Award Winning Role, SWING where she got to live out a lifelong dream of singing swing music on Broadway, TOM SAWYER, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. She has toured the country in several National tours (Evita, Beauty and the Beast and Jerome Robbins Broadway among them) and appears across the country in Regional Theatre Papermill Playhouse as Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast and at Westchester Bway as Reno Sweeney. Among her favorite roles are Diana in next to Normal, Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Mrs. Anna in the King and I, and Grizabella in CATS. She also has done vocal work on several films including Enchanted, Shaggy Dogg, Captain America and Frozen 2. StaciaFernandez.com Stacia is a founding member and partner of Streamingmusicals.com, who has produced 8 films, including the Telly Award Winning Estella Scrooge and most recently a horror movie, yet to be released, called IN THE SHADOWS, starring Keith David and Bruce Davison and in post production for 1660Vine (1660vine.com) Writer of THE LOOP and SMALLTOWNE CHRISTMAS https://www.smalltowne.com/  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/X562TchJuok Versatile singer/actor Damon Evans is a native of Baltimore, MD. He is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and Brooklyn College where he majored in Africana Studies. He has had an active career on Broadway, Television, and Classical Music. Most American audiences are familiar with his work as an actor on the popular tv sitcom The Jeffersons. He also portrayed Alex Hailey in the mini-series Roots: The Next Generation which is still considered one of the ten most watched mini-series in television history. Prior to his television work he appeared on Broadway in such shows as The Me Nobody Knows, Via Galactica, Don’t Bother Me I Can’t Cope, and Lost in the Stars. On stage he has toured with Pearl Bailey in Hello Dolly and became the first African-American actor/singer to portray the role of Jesus Christ in the authorized production of Jesus Christ Superstar. He has also appeared on the London stage in Carmen Jones for which he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He was also active in the Classical Music and has appeared at the New York City Opera, the Tulsa Opera, The Cincinnati Opera, the Virginia Opera, the Canadian Opera Company, the Royal Opera in London, and the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam. He has appeared as soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Boston Pops and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra amongst others. He has also recorded for EMI Records, Chandos Records, and Dorian Records. He’s taught Voice and Musical Theater at Marymount Manhattan College and currently resides in Queens, NY with his husband and two dogs Princeton and Seewee.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/-8-6LAH_dj8 Darcy Donavan is an American born actress and recording artist with a German, Italian and Brazilian ancestry. Born in Miami, Florida and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Darcy began her career in the entertainment industry as a child actor and starred in a number of national television commercials at a very young age. Darcy started performing in children's hospitals and raising money for charities in her hometown. She later competed in talent and beauty competitions, winning the title of Ms. Nashville, Tennessee. Darcy has appeared in roles for hit movies and television shows including, "Anchorman", "Modern Family", "Parks and Recreation", "Secret Agent Dingledorf", "Bones", "Six Feet Under", "Entourage", "Cult", "All My Children", "My Name is Earl", "Las Vegas" and "Nip/Tuck", to name a few. With her extensive knowledge in the business, Darcy is now producing her own projects in addition to her acting. Her work in film and television are only a few of Darcy's passions. As a platinum selling recording artist, Darcy's release of her first album had catapulted her singing career and enabled her to tour with well-known artists across the nation. Gaining worldwide recognition with a number of tracks off of her second album, "Distraction," Darcy’s songs became number one ringtone downloads across North America. Darcy’s most recent single, "It's My Life," charted in the top 100 Dance Billboard Charts in four countries and she is currently working on a new album.  https://www.darcydonavan.com  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/39lU5PjEjPo JUDITH “JUDY” BLAZER began her career in opera, oratorio, and recital in New York City and throughout Italy. She moved into Broadway theater with leading roles in Me and My Girl (Sally), A Change in the Heir (Prince Conrad), Titanic (Lady Caroline), Neil Simon’s 45 Seconds from Broadway (Cindy), LoveMusik (Brecht’s mistress) featuring the music of Kurt Weill, and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Miss Shingle). Off-Broadway, she has appeared in Candide (the Old Lady) and Sweeney Todd (the Beggar Woman) with New York City Opera, The House of Bernarda Alba (Magdalena) and Hello Again (The Nurse, Drama Desk nomination) for Lincoln Center Theater, and Richard Greenberg’s Hurrah at Last (Gia) at the Roundabout Theater. She also performed a solo work for Primary Stage’s Inner Voices series, Whida Peru: Resurrection Tangle. A few regional theater credits include: Long Wharf Theater (Maria in Twelfth Night), McCarter Theater (title role in The Night Governess), Paper Mill Playhouse (Eliza in My Fair Lady, Maria Merelli in Lend Me a Tenor and most recently the sequel, A Comedy of Tenors). Judy sang at the Met as a soloist in Twyla Tharp’s Everlast with the American Ballet Theater and played Bessie Thomashefsky in Michael Tilson Thomas’s touring concert documentary The Thomashefskys (on PBS’ Great Performances in 2012). Other TV credits include Leonard Bernstein’s New York, and In Performance at the White House on PBS; regular appearances on As the World Turns (Ariel), The Guiding Light (Marissa), and two episodes of Law and Order. Judy is heard on over twenty recordings. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/Nii24bOpU8s This is your Skipper asking you to come on board! Mayflower Day commemorates the day the ship set sail from Plymouth, England in 1620. On September 16 of 1620, the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England with 102 souls on board. These colonists- men, women, children, some seeking fortune, some seeking religious freedom – were later known as pilgrims. My Pilgrims today include Maria Gentile, Sudi ( RIck) Karatas, and Artemisia LeFay Artemisia LeFay is a dark cabaret performer, bellydancer, actress, classical mezzo soprano, pianist, and songwriter based in NYC. She specializes in the performance of vintage European cabaret and vaudeville, particularly the sonic rarities of 1920s Paris and Berlin. She is best known for her show "Ghosts of Weimar Past", a madcap, historically inspired "cabaret-sical", and will be performing her brand-new show "Phantoms of the Cabaret" several times this Autumn to usher in "spooky season" in the cabaret community. GHOSTS OF WEIMAR PAST: A love letter to those subversive artists and martyrs of the kabarett scene of Weimar Berlin. Performed by actor-musicians to fully immerse the audience in their musical time travel, it is the Ghosts' cry of warning not to let history repeat itself. Full of pathos and humor, GoWP features rare and painstakingly collected tunes by Spoliansky, Weill, Hollaender, and Jary. PHANTOMS OF THE CABARET: Continuing with Artemisia's penchant (dare we say obsession?) with the Other Side, she continues to conjure up spirits in a melange of vintage hot jazz, European cabaret, American neo-rag, and original dark cabaret pieces. www.sudirick.com www.facebook.com/rick.karatas www.youtube.com/user/sudirick www.instagram.com/sudirick/

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/m6F0swlXFQY In 2015 Shonda Rhimes came out with her book, The Year of Yes. I LOVE THIS BOOK! There was lots of buzz around it at the time. Some may think, "Man, a year of ‘yes’ sounds EXHAUSTING." Granted, that perspective has everything to do with the way some move through the world I have a long history of knowing how to keep other people happy and comfortable, and saying ‘yes’ in the name of other people’s comfort and happiness. I think this is one show that many of you will be able to relate to. "Are you afraid to say "no" to people and things? Do you fear rejection when you do? Well, honey, here's the truth: we all have the right to say "no" and we're going to tell you why and how."-Kassira McKee

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/tgzDRzOPDcE Luke Yankee (yes, it’s his real name) has written, directed, produced, taught, lectured and acted throughout the country and abroad. He has run two regional theatres, serving as Producing Artistic Director of the Long Beach Civic Light Opera (one of the largest musical theatres in America) and the Struthers Library theatre, a historic landmark in northwestern Pennsylvania. Luke’s published plays include THE LAST LIFEBOAT and A PLACE AT FOREST LAWN, both published by Dramatists Play Service. THE LAST LIFEBOAT is receiving 12 productions throughout the U.S. and Canada in 2016. He created and hosted the seminar series, CONVERSATIONS ON CRAFT, where he interviewed prominent members of the entertainment industry, including actor Emmy winning actor Edward Asner (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”), Emmy winning actress actress Michael Learned “The Waltons”) Oscar nominated director Mark Rydell (“On Golden Pond), Golden Globe winning writer/producer Marc Cherry (creator of “Desperate Housewives”), writer/executive producer, David Rambo (“Empire”, “CSI”) and writer/executive producer Adam Belanoff ( “The Closer”, “Major Crimes”) His book, JUST OUTSIDE THE SPOTLIGHT: GROWING UP WITH EILEEN HECKART is published by Random House (under the imprint of Back Stage Books), with a foreword by Mary Tyler Moore. Critics have praised it as “One of the most compassionate, illuminating showbiz books ever written.” (Musto, The Village Voice) It was recently cited by PaperMag as “One of the Ten Best Celebrity Memoirs of All Time.” 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/tPxW-w79lRA David A.R. White is a storyteller by nature. He tells many stories through his acting, producing and filmmaking. David has been building his career in the film industry for more than 20 years. As a founding partner of Pure Flix in 2005 and with many credits to his name, David’s career hit new heights in 2014 with the release of the Pure Flix film God’s Not Dead, in which he also starred became one of the TOP 10 most successful films of all time, based on it’s ROI, making his studio, Pure Flix, the most successful Faith and Family production and distribution company in the industry. David was raised in a small Mennonite farming town outside of Dodge City, Kansas. At the age of 19, he moved to Los Angeles to begin what would quickly become a successful career as an actor, producer and Movie Mogul. Since then, he has starred in over 25 feature-length films, including the 4 movies in the God’s Not Dead Franchise, Finding Love in Quarantine, Beckman, Love on the Rock, Brother White, Revelation Road 1 & 2, 3, and many others. David’s latest film, God’s Not Dead…We the People is released through Universal. David also has starred in two sitcoms on the Pureflix.com – Hitting the Breaks, which features special guests like Rob Schneider, Tim Tebow, and Morgan Fairchild and Malibu Dan the Family Man along with Kelly Stables (The Exes) and Robin Givens (Riverdale) and David Rasche (Succession). David’s first book, Between Heaven and Hollywood released by Zondervan/Harper Collins. The Book gives audiences a more complete, wide-reaching picture of how one can achieve his dreams in an ever changing culture. When David is not producing or starring in movies, @DavidARWhite   

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/51ztZR92flg Redhead Appreciation Day on September 23 reminds us of the beauty and uniqueness of red-haired people. They possess the rarest hair shade and are often associated with having a “fiery” or “hot-tempered” nature. Please join me as I bring on a few glorious redheads to help celebrate with me! Mary Ann Conk, Geoffrey Mark, Judi Mark (No Relation!), and Johnny Whitaker! Critics have called Geoffrey Mark a walking encyclopedia of show business history. Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised all over the country, Mr. Mark has spent his entire life in one part of show business or another. He has been appeared off-Broadway and in summer stock, been a singer and stand-up comedian in New York nightclubs and cabarets as well as on cruise ships, the proud recipient of an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award nomination, hosted two radio series in Los Angeles, writes comedy for several stand-up comedians, writes and produces documentaries and reality shows. ABOUT JUDI MARK: Judi Mark is familiar to New York audiences from recent engagements at The Laurie Beechman Theater and The Triad. She has created five one woman shows, including Dancing Through My Life, also directed by Jeff Harnar. She has appeared at The Madison Theater in Rockville Centre, New York in the musical revues Showtune, The World Goes Round, Back to the 20’s!, The Melody Lingers On and Blame in on The Movies, sharing the stage with Anita Gillette, Kathryn Crosby and Marilyn Maye. A professional dancer, singer, actor, producer, and educator, for over four decades, Judi has produced and performed throughout the USA on concert stages, Off-Broadway theaters, regional theaters, and cabarets. Judi Mark performerjudimark@gmail.com www.judimark.com

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/XbrNNQMFn_o And It's Daughters Day! Neither I nor Kassira have daughters. Perhaps YOU do. How do you deal? Tune in for the answers you need! Conflict is a normal part of any healthy relationship. After all, two people can’t be expected to agree on everything, all the time. The key is not to fear or try to avoid conflict but to learn how to resolve it in a healthy way. A moment of conflict is an opportunity to personally evolve. We have the present moment to take a high road and evolve in the moment of dialogue and resolution.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/R8CxN6JPnAI Marc Saltarelli is an award-winning director with both narrative and documentary credits. He has directed seven narrative films that have screened collectively in over 250 major film festivals worldwide, including OutFest Los Angeles, Palm Springs ShortFest, Hollywood Film Festival, BFI London, Barcelona and Mumbai Film Festivals. The films were acquired for domestic television on MTV Networks (Logo) and internationally on Canal + Television. Marc's film WHERE WE BEGAN was honored at the PlanetOut Short Movie Awards at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2018, Marc directed, shot and edited I KNEW ANDY WARHOL, a documentary featuring interviews with artists and contemporaries of icon Andy Warhol. Artist Ed Ruscha, photographer Michael Childers, actor Udo Kier and Warhol superstar Cherry Vanilla were among the particpants. The film was part of the Warhol exhibit at Palm Springs Art Museum. The film won Best Short Documentary at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival and is an official selection of the Provincetown Film Festival. TO COMFORT YOU, starring Pauley Perrette (NCIS) and Susan Blakely (This Is Us) won best picture and best drama awards at the Beverly Hills Shortfest. Pauley and Susan shared best actress as well. REMEMBER TO BREATHE, starring Lee Meriwether, Susan Blakely and Leigh Ann Larkin ("A Little Night Music") earned five BEST PICTURE nominations worldwide including Barcelona and Mumbai LGBT Festivals. Lee Meriwether ("Batman") was honored with the Spotlight Performance Award for her role as forgotten musical legend Alice Martin at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.   

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/Pa6ZuENFQNI “I had the sense of being in the presence of a pop-soul superwoman whose every gesture and inflection conveyed confidence and mastery.” - Stephen Holden, New York Times “(Henry) can sell a power ballad as well as Whitney, Diana and Patti.” - Jazz Times “A paragon of perfection. The voice that pours out of her is even more impressive…the vocal love child of Whitney Houston and Sarah Vaughan." -Jordan Levin, Miami Herald “Listen and you’ll hear an artist who knows how to make a song her own… Henry aims right for the emotional center…". - Philip Van Vleck, Billboard Since her debut, Nicole Henry has established herself among the jazz world's most acclaimed performers, possessing a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance. Her passionate, soulful voice and heartfelt charisma have earned her a Soul Train Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Performance," and four Top-10 U.S. Billboard, Jazz Week and HMV Japan jazz albums. Heralded by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Japan Times, El Pais, Jazz Times, Essence and more, Ms. Henry tells real stories through peerless interpretations of repertoire from the American Songbook, classic and contemporary jazz, popular standards, blues and originals. She has captivated audiences in over 20 countries, headlining at venues in cities including New York, Tokyo, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Miami. Ms. Henry has also performed in more than 30 music festivals worldwide and in some of the world’s most famous venues including Blue Note; Jazz at Lincoln Center...