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The TV ShowEpisode 108: Lorne Michaels, Vince McMahon, and MegalopolisSend us a textAngelo, Jay, and Rhea are back to review the riveting new Vince McMahon documentary on Netflix, Mr. McMahon. Is it possible to play a creep convincingly for so many years without actually being a creep? (SPOILER ALERT: NO)Then, the gang discusses reports that a nearly 80-year-old Lorne Michaels wants to continue producing SNL despite the 50th season being the perfect stopping point for him and a chance to bring in some new blood. When is the right time to retire?Speaking of retiring, Jay reviews the incomprehensible slog of M...2024-10-0345 min
JBK On Air#143 - Jay MichaelsJay Michaels is Assistant Brand Manager & an air-personality for KHMX Mix 96.5 in Houston, TX. He joins Jimmy to talk about his career in radio after meeting each other working together in Indianapolis. Jay shares his favorite local spots to eat in Houston and how he tries to have work/life balance with the demands of his job. Finally, Jay emphasizes the need for young professionals to be authentic in their on-air performance. I am available for hire to produce, edit, and publish your next media project at affordable rates! Reach out for more information! at https://linktr.ee/jbkonair...2024-08-2853 min
Jay Michaels 2nd Date Update#2ndDateUpdate: Brian and Wendy2nd Date Update can get wild on Jay Michaels in the Morning and has become a favorite of listeners in the Shreveport area every morning. Get 2nd Date Update at 6:30 and 8:30 each weekday morning on Jay Michaels – and subscribe to the 2nd Date Update podcast.. text DATE to 318-320-0973. This morning Brian called in about his date with Wendy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2022-12-1509 min
If These Walls Could TalkWendy Stuart & Tym Moss Chat With Theatre Veteran Jay Michaels!If These Walls Could Talk with Wendy Stuart & Tym MossHosts: WENDY STUART & TYM MOSSSpecial guest: JAY MICHAELSWednesday, February 16th2 pm EST LIVE from PANGEA Restaurant, NYCWatch LIVE on YouTube at Wendy Stuart TVJay Michaels is a producer/executive with a specialty in communications and promotion. He has been part of the independent theater and film movement since 1977 and was part of Lincoln Center’s tribute to Caffe Cino and the original off-off-Broadway movement in 1985. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he worked as an actor (stage and film) and di...2022-09-2753 min
The Story BoxJillian Michaels Unboxing | What A Spinal Injury Can Teach You About ForgivenessCommitted to helping people be the best versions of themselves, and live their happiest and healthiest lives, Jillian Michaels has dominated the health and wellness space in every realm of media – apps, podcasting, streaming, television, print, publishing, and social media with a collective community of over 100 million strong. The Fitness App created by Jillian is the top-rated diet and exercise app for women, having won best-of awards from both Google and Apple. Jillian is an Emmy-nominated television talent having starred in multiple hit TV shows and regularly contributes to E! News, Access, Live with Kelly & Ryan, Wen...2022-02-2459 min
A Wrestling GalA Wrestling Gal Focus: Shawn Michaels (ft "Queen of the Ring", Alex) || #173Episode 173 of A Wrestling Gal features the fourth installment of "A Wrestling Gal Focus", as I am joined by the "Queen of The Ring", Alex, to discuss the career, impact, and legend of the "The Heartbreak Kid", Shawn Michaels!
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The Tony Michaels PodcastEpisode #024 - The Tony Michaels PodcastSend us a textLet's TalkThe Tony Michaels PodcastEpisode #024Today Tony talks to Michael Jay, @oneblackmansopinion on TikTok & YouTube, about his Juneteenth video that went viral. Also cover the Republicans hating democracy and blocking the For The People Act.In your face commentary of current events and political news.No rules and no boundaries!Follow Tony on Social Media@thetonymichaelsCatch Him Onlinethetonymichaels.comSupport the show2021-06-2358 min
Channel iQuote-In: An Excerpt from Tony Anthony's "Quote's that Touch a Nerve"2021-03-2716 minChannel iRADIOSPOT: Doug DeVita's THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOWThe Fierce Urgency of Now – by Doug DeVita in March 2021
In this fast-moving caustic comedy, Kyle, an art director in high-powered New York ad agency, tries to discover his real self amid power struggles and stereotypes. He finds an ally in Dodo, who understands his plight – being that she became a lady-living-legend in an era of “Mad Men.”
A Fresh Fruit Awards of Distinction winner for Outstanding Play AND Outstanding Production! press: Arts Stage – Seattle Rage:
“ The writing is fresh, funny, and smart without striving for hilarity. It hits where it’s meant to hit. ” Outer-Stage: “ A rapid...2021-03-2500 min
Channel iANTHONY'S QUOTES & THOUGHTS COLLECTION THAT MIGHT TOUCH A NERVETony Anthony and Jeff Milstein are showmen from way-back and they are now giving-back. Producer, Jeff Milstein has entered into an agreement with author/actor Tony Anthony, a star of Westerns from the good-old "studio" days, to present a book filled with yet-unheard-of quotes from celebs then-and-now. Hilarious, touching, shocking, ANTHONY'S QUOTES & THOUGHTS COLLECTION THAT MIGHT TOUCH A NERVE is great as a traveling companion, a gift for the collector and the history buff, and simply an enjoyable alternative. Tony and Jeff gab like Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner while I try and get a word in edge-wise.
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Channel i"Clowning" around with David Howard ThorntonDavid Howard Thornton was born on November 30th, 1979 in Huntsville, Alabama. He is an actor known for work in stage, film, and voice over. He is best known for his roles as Grandpa Who in the 1st- 5th national tours of "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical", the voice of Shizoku and others in the video game "Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom", The Joker in the YouTube series "Nightwing Escalation" ...
and Art the Clown in the film "Terrifier" and the soon-to-be-released "Terrifier 2."
David, a pleasant, humorous, gent, praises Charlie Chaplin (among others) for h...2020-11-1753 min
Channel iGravity City: Where to go when Earth just isn’t fun anymore?Return with us to the wondrous days of Famous Monsters, the science vs. fiction of Omni and Starlog, the satirical humor of Mad Magazine, and the brilliant short stories of the legendary pulp magazines.
Gravity City Digital Magazine — a stunning amalgam of these great periodicals will burst upon the genre by Halloween!
Filled with Mad Magazine lampoon-style ads and spoof gadgets and products, the magazine — aside from its humor — serves as a platform for emerging authors of science fiction, fantasy, and Horror, as well as illuminating interviews and articles about new films, books, and other genre...2020-10-2143 min
Clearly KosciuskoJay Michaels: Arts & culture at the Wagon Wheel and COVID-19 recoveryWe chat with Jay Michaels the Wagon Wheel Theater Center for the Arts, and what COVID-19 recovery looks like for this local small business.
Show Notes
Jay Michaels, executive director of Wagon Wheel Center for Arts in Warsaw, shares that the theater has been in Warsaw for 65 years, and still seems to be a “hidden gem.”
Despite what some may think, spending time at the theater doesn’t have to be a huge expense. Michaels mentions the most expensive ticket at the Wagon Wheel is $40.
Spoiler alert! The Christmas show at...2020-08-0831 min
Stage Notes with Brian MichaelsEpisode 30 - Artist Spotlight Series - Jay NelsonJoin me on this episode as we chat with Jay Nelson and learn a bit more about his background and what brought him to get involved in theatre after the age of 50.2020-07-0727 min
Channel iKalonjee Gallimore
Kalonjee Gallimore, a brilliant actor/singer/songwriter, with whom I worked in COMMON GROUND expressed his feeling of the current state of affairs as only artists could. I'll be talking to him next week in the PassionPit. Meantime ... he wrote this ...
I look around and I watch the world burn.
Elders.. pass the baton sayin’ now it’s my turn.
Covered, head to toe in their ashes I yearn
For lessons untaught, knowledge unlearned.
We turn from Sudan, weep for Quasimodo,
Instead of action use a hashtag and a photo.
Infatuated with the likes and the Logos,
But how to get ou...2020-06-0501 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 70 - Joyce Randolph ... a TV Pioneer talks of the future.This is the last "audio" passion-pit as we move to video. I received de facto approval thanks to a line stated in my brief conversation with the last member of the famed Honeymooners ensemble TV series of the 50s. Ms. Randolph, amid sharing how they rehearsed one night and then performed - truly before a live audience with no re-shoots just like any stage play - she said prayed for live theater to return in some form soon but ... TELEVISION WILL NEVER GO AWAY.
She might be predicting the next evolution of the arts.
2020-06-0412 min
The Big Bald Buddies ShowJay Michaels of TerrorTv join us!Jay Michaels of TerrorTv join us!2020-05-3029 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 69 - Donald Loftus: Brilliance & Eloquence are still in FashionThere is no need to announce the winner of THIS “IN NEED OF A CAPTION” COMPETITION ... it's Donald Loftus.
The best caption would be "gentleman ... captain of industry ... raconteur ... master playwright"
My hair was once dark, now it is not, so I remember other eras well and Donald Luftus possessed all the grace and eloquence of that other time. I didn't need to prepare questions. I just needed to listen to this man's tales of great success despite adversity and be enthralled.
2020-05-2836 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 67 - Caytha Jentis: Being well by being happyPlaywright and filmmaker, Caytha Jentis, was readying her play, POOLING FOR PARADISE, for its off-Broadway opening. She was also readying her film, POOLING FOR PARADISE, for opening. That's right, she pulled the ultimate indie move ... play and film simultaneous! OK, play's on hold but the film is on its way! She shared with me how she keeps herself happy by keeping her friends happy.
2020-05-1931 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 66 - Isabella Babich: Willkommen, Bienvenue, WelcomeDocumentary filmmaker, Isabella Babich, lensed an engaging account of the multi-dimensional world of Cabaret. She did it becasue she fell in love with it as an art-form. She also shared her hopes that her love affair can eventually continue.
2020-05-1617 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 65 - Attila Juhasz: Still ConqueringY'know, sometimes it takes just one conversation.
I've had the pleasure of working alongside Attila Juhasz in sunny Arizona at equally sunny, Sun Studios on Terror TV. Little did I know that he is a fellow native New Yorker AND little did I know he published his own magazine; created his own video game featuring George Romero, has deep and extensive work within numerous facets of technology and worked with rock stars, movie personalities, and so much more. He's more than ready for whatever the arts world looks like when the curtains again rise.
One thi...2020-05-1228 min
Indie Art Today with Anthony J. PiccioneEpisode 2 - Jay MichaelsIn the NYC indie theatre scene, Jay Michaels is best known as the founder of Jay Michaels Arts & Entertainment, a communications agency dedicated to promoting the works of independent artists in theatre, film & cabaret. Throughout his career, he has also been an actor, writer, singer, director, producer & podcast host, which has given him a unique perspective on multiple aspects of the production process.
For this week’s episode, Anthony spoke with Jay about his career in independent theatre, what led him from handling publicity for big name clients such as James Earl Jones and Jon Stewart to wo...2020-05-1150 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 64 - Jessie Fahay: Cause a Sci-Fi Ripple EffectJessie Fahay, founding artistic director of Ripple Effect Artists, has scored a media triumvirate. The live theatre company (that's 1) recently branched out into indie film (that's 2) and - in honor of Orson Welles' birthday - will present arguably the most famous and easily historic radio play (that's 3) WAR OF THE WORLDS on Station WPKN on the internet (ooops, I guess that make 4) as a fundraiser for CoVid-19 relief.
Jessie was somewhat surprised when i pointed out that she is rapidly becoming a sci-fi company as well.
WAR OF THE WORLDS (of course) plus her new fil...2020-05-0729 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 63 - Jim Kierstead: On BroadwayBroadway producer and selfless supporter of indie theatre, Jim Kierstead, talks of Broadway's reopening and what he feels are viable alternatives until the curtain goes up.
It is always a pleasure to speak to Jim. He is accessible, friendly, and intelligent. We hear so many hypothesis from so many "informed" sources ... it is truly priceless to hear form some to whom this directly affects.
2020-05-0526 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 62 - Travis Martin - Video on DemandFebruary: Travis Martin was a successful actor doing an open end run of Anthony Piccione's new play and taking some video editing jobs on the side.
April: Travis Martin is a video editor looking for Zoom Plays.
Can anyone relate?
2020-04-2914 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 54 - Micah Young: Children Will ListenProfessional musician, Micah Young, can't be in the pit for a Broadway show right now; nor on the stage of Lincoln Center; nor in a cabaret venue. Instead, he is traveling around the world, hosting instructions and singalongs with children.
A parent once told him that - after he sang with her child - it was "the first time she smiled in weeks."
Maybe he can't hear it but he's getting standing Os around the world.
2020-04-2822 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 53 - Joel Eisenberg & Lorie Girsh: Filming after the ApocalypsePower couple, Joel Eisenberg & Lorie Girsh present great films and TV. Some recent successes remember the past (Then Again, Terror Talk). They cited examples of how we coped in the past that might help us in the future. Even looking to make-up with our BIG BROTHER.
2020-04-2427 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 52 - Living to Tell the Tale ... and Take the PictureThe New York Times reported today that the first case of death in the United States for Covid-19 was February 6. Dan Lane Williams was in hospital with the Flu and Pneumonia on January 12. His friends at the Wednesday Repertory were fearing the worst. Happily and thankfully, they were wrong.
Dan is a brilliant photographer now taking this shelter-in-place to hone his craft. His hospitalization might also change history by pushing a timeline.
2020-04-2319 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 51 - Lester Cook: We are in TransitionWhat will happen to the art world after Covid-19? What will happen to the world?
I spoke with Lester Cook. He transitioned from the business world to the theatre world. He also made another TRANSITION. Who better to discuss a change of reality?
2020-04-2225 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 49 - Dave Morrissey, Jr. - VIRTUALMy "UVX" buddy, Dave Morrissey, Jr. has always been on the cutting-edge of things. With Luxury Universal Xperience and then FUTUREPROOF, he was on the cusp of a new kind of theatre - a cinema/virtual/live hybrid. Many questioned, many laughed.
Who Laughing Now???
2020-04-2025 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 50 - Bobbie Horowitz - She is a number ... #1Life and Music Sage, Bobbie Horowitz and i sat down to discuss the world. Little did i know I was speaking to someone who has an "in." Ms. Horowitz - amid discussing egg creams and being a nice Jewish girl - shared her philosophies on this time in history. They were powerful and deep. She was shocked to hear I thought she was a leader. I can't imagine her being anything else.
2020-04-2031 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 48 - Casey Hartnett: Time to LearnActress Casey Hartnett is doing just fine. She plays the lead in Anthony Laura's play, THE GIRL WITH THE RED HAIR, and is taking every second of this staycation to solidify her character.
2020-04-2013 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 47 - Jeff Frumess: the Philosophy of FrightHorror filmmaker Jeff Frumess talked of transformation in horror film ... but not about the monster. He then BRILLIANTLY answered my on-going question about what kind of horror movie are we living in. He waxed philosophical about making movies as well.
2020-04-1732 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 46 - Nannette & Robert: IRTE-tated!The founders of New York's finest improv troupe, the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble, have already set-in-motion when their season would resume; they have already connected with their troupe about the future; they have already began fundraising. Now Nannette Deasy & Robert Baumgardner just have to figure out how to simply STAND STILL!!!
2020-04-1722 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 45 - David Sabella: We're at war so CURTAIN UP!One of the most visible names in Cabaret and a Broadway veteran, David Sabella's ability to read the hand-writing on the wall is as sharp as his reading music. Assessing the present and the hypothetical future, David is now a warrior making music possible - even from behind locked doors.
2020-04-1724 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 44 - Edward Gusts: The Toil and Trouble of Adapting the Bard to Blood!So Edward Gusts captured my attention in two ways... he wrote an engrossing and topical horror film ... based on Shakespeare's Macbeth! We chatted classics ... literature and genre.
2020-04-1722 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 43 - Nick McAnulty: Capturing the THRILLIndie filmmaker Nick McAnulty didn't think of himself as a horror film maker ... until I asked him.
2020-04-1722 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 42 - Andrew Lorhenz: The Horrors of MoviesAndrew Lorhenz wrote and directed a film about murder, deception, crime, and revenge... but he was the nicest guy! He shared with me what it was like to go from film crew on big-budgets to director of an indie!
2020-04-1730 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 41 - Jared Masters: REALEmerging genre filmmaker, Jared Masters, answered my question about what kind of horror movie we're currently in with "none ... this is REAL" We then got literal and philosophical.
2020-04-1714 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 40 - André Vauthey: is there a doctor in the house?
André Vauthey gave up a career as a doctor at Hôpital Cantonal de Fribourgin in Switzerland to come to America to be an actor. Crazy, right?
He was gaining great success as an actor. Enough so that he was building his own repertory company.
Then this happened,
Now he put his acting career on hold and went back home to help his family and community.
Hero, right?
2020-04-1621 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 39 - Chip Deffaa: A Familiar TuneI was honored to speak with renowned author and fellow "newspaper man" Chip Deffaa. We spoke of the pandemic ... the 1918 one. Chip gave me incredible insight into how they differ, how they're similar, and how we should learn from the community then about being a community now.
2020-04-1625 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 38 - Laurie Rae Waugh: Still Holding Down the FortWe all are on our perennial "day-off" but I spoke with Laurie Rae Waugh on one of her few. Working for the court system, Laurie is considered essential, thus, she puts on her mask and goes to work. Is she brave? Definitely. Is she used to it? Definitely. The award-winning director/producer began her career managing one of the first AIDS benefits ... ever.
2020-04-1622 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 37 - Robert Viagas: There will always be a BroadwayWriter/reviewer and all around Broadway theatre authority, Robert Viagas was unabashed in his confidence that when the time comes Broadway will burst back like an 11 O'Clock Number. A fellow judge at the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival, we got all futuristic about precautions.
2020-04-1435 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 36 - Nicholas Thomas: Up Here, Down Under, EVERYWHEREI spoke with Nicholas Thomas, one of the triumvirate that brings us the amazing art from spit&vigor, about times here in NYC and in his native New Zealand. Normally, one might be encouraged when someone says "we're alike."
2020-04-1412 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 35 - Ziporen Yahav Hazum: Another Tour of DutyZiporen Hazum, a former Israeli soldier, now film producer, talks about how she will soldier on during this next "war."
2020-04-1324 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 34 - STEPHANIE SATIE: Surviving and ThankfulFilm, TV, and stage actress, Stephanie Satie, has achieved a sold measure of notoriety from her one-person shows. One, in which she portrays children of the Holocaust hit home to her now. One must appreciate it all ... all the time.
2020-04-1323 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 33 - Robert Liebowitz: Waiting and WatchingCelebrated Playwright Robert Liebowitz is helping out right now by sitting all alone in a taxi dispatchers booth, guiding the last two cabs of a company pick-up and deliver the ailing to hospitals. It is so quiet, he could hear every thought in his head. Soon he will write down these thoughts into a play about our current reality. He's waiting to start ... to see how the play ends.
Until then he's Burgess Meredith from The Twilight Zone.
2020-04-0818 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 32 - Lee Adhemar G. Feldshon: Legal Ease in Tense TimesI had an engrossing and enlightening conversation with Lee Adhemar G. Feldshon - but you can call him Lee AND you can call him often as well ... and for free. This prominent entertainment attorney realized that - right now - many of us are in the midst of a contract that simply can't happen. What can we do? What can they do? What does the future hold. If you haven't thought about this ... you must listen. If you have thought about this ... you must listen.
2020-04-0729 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 31 - Tony Anthony: ArchivingA veteran of everything including legendary spaghetti westerns, Tony Anthony feels that now is the time when we MUST remember the past. So he has devoted his life to making that easy on us.
2020-04-0729 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 30 - Justice: Singing PraisesHip-hop artist and now TV personality, JUSTICE, talks about her career and her upcoming pilot about a superhero... and her faith. She is as fearless as her character because when she answers to a higher power.
2020-04-0733 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 29 - Jeffrey MilsteinJeffrey Milstein spent his days walking the [bottom] line between investing in and producing entertainment events and artist management AND running a successful tax accounting firm. Now he is using a combination of that knowledge to assess the future of the industry.
2020-04-0737 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 28 - Chris McLennan: Still EssentialIn light of the fact that Arizona has joined the lock-down, I spoke with my buddy at Sun Studios, Chris McLennan, on NOT staying home. The film and TV studio manager is MEDIA, thus, she is essential and must brave the outside. Brain Damage Films operates out of Sun Studios so maybe that's why Chris still had a bright disposition ... she 's used to scary situations.
2020-04-0223 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 27 - Marcus Slabine can scare the hell out of you!Fright filmmaker Marcus Slabine and I shared some thoughts on the horror show outside our doors. This clever, friendly, highly intelligent visionary filmmaker made an old monster like me absolutely shiver!
2020-04-0228 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 26 - Jay Michaels talks to Jay Michaels about uploading the classicsSo I get a call from Jay Michaels recently ... I was beside myself!
He is a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ... Am I in The Twilight Zone?
He quoted from Doctor Who ... I get it ... an alternate universe!
Then he told me he is a classical harp and string player working to put medieval and renaissance music online. Even there, considering my Shakespeare dedication, i found the similarities scary!
It must be the name.
2020-04-0220 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 25 - Bree O'Connor: Other Playful SubstancesThe artistic director of the immensely collaborative Playful Substance theater company and "everyone's mom" talks of two cooking adventures: helping everyone eat right, right now; and making sure she offers her writers group ingredients for creative survival.
2020-04-0217 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 24 - Anthony Laura: Staying inside ... his playFace to Face Films founder, Anthony Laura discusses how his play, The Girl With the Red Hair, looks really different from a "viral" point of view.
2020-04-0218 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 23 - Maryann Penzaro: Dancing as fast as she can!Maryann Penzaro is indeed a lively artist. The dancer/dance captain whose "been there-done that" was handling a production of Guys & Dolls with young people of all kinds up in Westchester when all of this came down. THEN she really started dancing. Now she is keeping the company together; working to get it reopened after all this; caring for the neighborhood and those who need it most; sharing her thoughts and prayers with everyone; and doing it with a grace and joy that would be necessary in normal times. Now ... she is a godsend. I almost forgot why I called h...2020-03-3132 min
Channel iESSENTIEL-NONESSENTIEL: PARTIE 22- Ellen Wolf et Rémi Amblard: Même la France a l'air sombre de nos jours!Ellen Wolf and Rémi Amblard are making music from their home in Paris ... sounds lovely huh? Y'know you can be arrested if you are out for more than an hour there and don't try to drive over the border to Belgium!
2020-03-3124 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 21- Laris Macario: Once More Unto the BreachLaris Macario is known for his powerful portrayal of Henry V. Speaking with him, i don't think he's stopped playing it. He is aggressively battling this situation and preparing for the next challenge after it's all over. I always admire people who know that the expression, "hit the ground running" means. he does ... and he is.
2020-03-3012 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 20 - Zan Vailento: One Man ShowZan Vailento, displaying his energy, talent, and ingenuity, has tapped into the latest trend in a really unique way. He is also enjoying making pasta. Both atop a ladder while painting his apartment.
2020-03-3014 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 19 - Ellen Matzer & Valery Hughes: Ministering Angels - Then & Now. PART IIEven as a quip, to call these two amazing women "nonessential" is criminal. Ellen & Valery were nurses during the AIDS epidemic and chronicled their heart-breaking yet empowering experiences in NURSES ON THE INSIDE. Some of the story is raw, sometimes graphic, but familiar for people with HIV infection or those dear to them. Retired, they were contacted by Governor Cuomo to return to active duty to help the community and to help in finding a vaccine.
When I spoke with Ellen I didn't know what to expect so my "charm" was on. She knocked me for a l...2020-03-2733 minChannel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 18 - Ellen Matzer & Valery Hughes: Ministering Angels - Then & Now. PART IEven as a quip, to call these two amazing women "nonessential" is criminal. On the front lines back-in-the-day during the AIDS crisis, Ellen & Valery were nurses during the AIDS epidemic and chronicled their heart-breaking yet empowering experiences in NURSES ON THE INSIDE, a book based on true and real events that happened during the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic ... from the frontlines. It focuses on their lives and their experiences. Some of the story is raw, sometimes graphic, but familiar for people with HIV infection or those dear to them.
Retired, they were contacted by G...2020-03-2728 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 17 - NICK LaMANTIA: Body of WorkFilmmaker and really deep thinker, Nick LaMantia, spent two years creating a genre masterpiece that is clearly a parable of something going on just outside our understanding. We spoke of his really enticing horror film and the other horror going on just outside our understanding.
NOTE to Gigi & Reggie Bannister ... I see a little "Angus" in my new friend, Nick.
2020-03-2718 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 16 - DC ANDERSON: The Sun is Still ShiningDC Anderson spent 18 years in the Paris Opera House. Not the one in Paris... the one with a ghost in it on Broadway. He is now a renaissance man - still acting but also planting, photographing, song-writing (I'm circulating a link to his music soon), and most of all smiling. He [still] loves life, gets as much sun and fun as he can, and is waiting for the overture to the next symphony of life to begin. You'd think he was in "Annie" instead of "Phantom."
2020-03-2622 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 15 - ASHLEY GRIFFIN: Regarding BroadwayAshley and I never met before this. Suddenly i find myself on the phone with a Broadway performer with a lot to say about the state of the current art and how we can keep the lights on when this is behind us. She's also a Hamlet-junkie.
2020-03-2644 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 14 - THOMAS KEE: Monsters Walk Among UsPlay-and-screenwriter as well as film actor, Thomas Kee shared some info on the film, THE NEW MUTANT, which he is/was in; the next round of his play about the creation ... of the creation ... of Frankenstein; and the darkest demons from the lowest pits of hell ... politicians.
2020-03-2638 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 13 - JOE MOE: The Famous Monster SpeaksForry Ackerman's associate and caregiver, and renowned writer, JOE MOE has devoted his days (and nights) to connecting with the horror genre community on everything from a good scary movie to how to chase away the scares from outside our own windows.
2020-03-2622 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 12 - TYM MOSS: A press conference with the Mayor ... of FabulousLGBTQTYM
One of the more visible members of the LGBTQ community, Tym Moss, spoke with me on the current state of affairs. Never has such a serious conversation made me laugh so hard.
2020-03-2520 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 11 - ASHLEY ADELMAN: Technical DifficultiesAshley Adelman, the artistic director of Infinite Variety Productions, the company that gave us the cautionary tale about how the mentally ill were treated (The Women of Blackwell) now looks at our new world of technology.
2020-03-2519 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 10 - MARCINA ZACCARIA: Been therePlaywright/Producer Marcina Zaccaria recalls an 8:00 performance cancelled at 5:30 and what great art and knowledge that was lost. Now we multiplied that by the entire world. She lamented an amazing series of works that were to be done at the Public Library. We they reopen? The works? The library?
2020-03-2512 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 9 - ANTHONY J. PICCIONE: GETTING TOUGHPlaywright and Activist, Anthony J. Piccione, had some tough things to say. He understands the obstacles life offers and shoots from the hip in this interview.
2020-03-2509 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 8 - GARY MORGENSTEIN: The show WILL go on ... Date TBAMy buddy, Gary Morgenstein, prominent author/playwright and my own PR rabbi had a play, which he considered his best work to date. So much so he invested 100% of the budget. You know what happened.
But Gary is firm in his resolve that the theatre WILL rise from the ashes like a Phoenix. So he waits for that Phoenix - and the curtain to his magnum opus - to rise!
2020-03-2518 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 7 - ADAM ROTHENBERG: Call me, Adam ... so I did.Thrilled to have a chance to speak to master interviewer, Adam Rothenberg. He has been face-to-face with some of the industry's brightest stars and most admired names. I asked him what it was like, now, being facetime-to-facetime.
2020-03-2523 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 6 - DOUG DEVITA: A dapper fellow walks his dog cautiously down the street. He turns to the invisible camera and...Celebrated award-winning playwright, raconteur, educator, and all-round brilliant and hilarious guy, Doug DeVita spent some time with me on the phone talking of the state of the art through his many irons in the fire; the state of the world as his husband is a doctor thus a soldier on the front lines; and as a observer of life. Sit back and forget your troubles at this one man show! Max was unavailable for comment.
2020-03-2438 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 5 - JEREMIAH KIPP: We must hear the BellsAcclaimed award-winning horror and suspense filmmaker, Jeremiah Kipp spoke of how if you want to see the future, watch a scary movie. He is completing a film made DURING THE PANDEMIC. "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe is a response to the crisis featuring actors who sent in their readings of the ominous poem.
This is also broadcast on Terror TV's podcast IN THE DARK WITH JAY MICHAELS
2020-03-2426 min
Channel iESSENTIAL-NONESSENTIAL: PART 4 - JESSICA JENNINGS: At home ... not the theatre.The name Jennings has been part of the theatrical indie landscape for nearly 50 years. the name Jessica Jennings has been synonymous with quality work at Ripple Effect Artists and at the American Theatre of Actors - where her father, James Jennings, has led the charge since the Off-Off Broadway Movement.
Now she's at home with her family. We've heard how our day-jobs have transcended (listen to Jed Ryan's interview here on Passionpit) and now, let's hear what it means to a mother. Jessica offers some sad and disturbing news and how she looks at it philosophically.
2020-03-2414 min