Bette Midler today is a beloved legacy star, best known for her comic witch in Disney's Hocus Pocus (1993) and its 2022 sequel. She has also gained prominence for sentimental, anthemic ballads like "Wind Beneath My Wings," her initiation of green space projects in New York City, and tussling with Donald Trump on Twitter. Her profile is that of an articulate, civic-minded matriarch enjoying thoroughly mainstream stardom. But more than fifty years earlier she emerged from the steam of the subterranean Continental Baths as the Divine Miss M, the bawdy, campy, fearless alter ego she created in front of an audience of towel-clad gay men who came to the baths seeking not just sex, but a sense of community and safety from an often-harrowing outside world. "I was able to take chances on that stage that I could not have taken anywhere else," she later wrote. "Ironically, I was freed from fear by people who, at the time, were ruled by fear. And for that I will always be grateful." Overnight, Bette Midler became a much-loved icon of the gay community.    

Danny Bacher is an award-winning singer, saxophonist, songwriter and entertainer in the fullest sense of the term. He’s not only a master of the demanding soprano sax, but combines his virtuosity on the instrument with a talent for comedy and narrative storytelling. He’s a smooth and cool individual who makes hot jazz and pop, cut fromthe cloth of the great Louis Prima and Mel Torme. With Lived Experience, JAMES BEAMAN returns to the cabaret stage for the first time since 2002, when he, Goldie Dver and David Maiocco received the MAC Award for Revue of the Year for their show Crazy World: Songs of Leslie Bricusse. Jamie came to New York in 1993 with his solo act, Bacall: By Herself (CaB Magazine Award). After headlining the world famous La Cage Revue at The Blue Angel, he created three shows as Marlene Dietrich, Queen of the World (Bistro Award), Marlene! Alive at the Café de Paris and Black Market Marlene, which he toured to San Francisco, New Orleans, and Berlin, Germany for the Millennium. His acting career spans three decades, including Off Broadway (The Road To Qatar!, When Pigs Fly, A Wilder Christmas, Howard Crabtree’s Whoop-Dee-Doo!) and regional theatres, from Goodspeed Musicals to The Kennedy Center. Jamie starred as Sir Robin in the First National Tour of Monty Python’s Spamalot, playing 62 cities and 700 performances, opposite stars Richard Chamberlain, Jonathan Hadary, Gary Beach and John O’Hurley. Tessa began acting as a teenager in Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano” at the Washington Theater Club, and as Sandy in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” for the Chevy Chase Players before heading off to SUNY Purchase to study Political Economy and Film. 

While cancer has silenced Russ Lorenson's voice, San Francisco's Favorite Crooner is on the path to recreating his musical magic, culminating in the eagerly anticipated release of his never-before- heard live album, 'Standard Time: Live in New York,' available now on the airwaves on December 1 (San Francisco, CA) October 30, 2023 - Russ Lorenson, acclaimed as "San Francisco’s Favorite Crooner," is set to enchant audiences worldwide with his latest album, "Standard Time: Live in New York." The record, a captivating live jazz-cabaret experience, is set to be released on December 1, 2023, under the independent label LML Music. A passionate champion of The Great American Songbook, Lorenson has been captivating audiences across the United States and Europe with his burnished tenor and warm charisma. He has previously released three critically-acclaimed albums, including two Christmas albums that garner heavy radio rotation nearly two decades after their release. His second holiday album, In The Holiday Spirit, was given 4 stars by Downbeat, and included in their “Best Albums of 2015.” In 2021, Lorenson faced a life-altering diagnosis of HPV-positive tonsil cancer. Through early detection, he overcame this significant health challenge and is now in remission. While cancer may have taken away his ability to sing, it hasn't silenced his voice. With profound gratitude and a sense of purpose, Lorenson is now channeling his creative energies into a flurry of activities, including the reintroduction of his back catalog, a children’s book inspired by his fan favorite holiday track, "Jingles, The Christmas Cat," and, notably, his first album in 8 years, "Standard Time: Live in New York." "Standard Time: Live in New York" offers a glimpse into Lorenson's captivating live performances in the iconic Metropolitan Room, New York, recorded in 2008. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xId251YH1G4&t=40s Until recently, The New York Times covered cabaret on a regular basis. It was an important part of their cultural coverage. Mindy Fradkin AKA known as Princess WOW been involved in the arts her whole life-as an entertainer of Hat's Entertainment, with my designer hats as props, a singer/songwriter with my was-band(ex)Roland Mousaa, former radio show host, music promoter and founder of The Smile Revolution raising conscious awareness to the healing power of a genuine smile. I am currently a talk show host on Smile Revolution with Princess Wow on    / @princesswownetwork   and https://www.facebook.com/PrincessWowN...  Jeffrey Vause an actor/writer/singer who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii spending my formative years in paradise.  In April of 1989, I took the plunge and moved to NYC where I have lived ever since.  https://www.jeffreyvause.com/blog

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGO6zAT8KLw&t=11s Capital Cabaret is an organization dedicated to promoting the cabaret art form by entertaining, educating, and engaging audiences and artists through world-class performances, monthly open mic events, cabaret workshops/master classes, and producing The National Capital Cabaret Festival annually in March. I will be joined by a few of the artists participating! Anna Bergman. "A songstress who has triumphed in everything from Broadway tunes to opera arias and the sultry innuendoes of the cabaret chanteuse.” “Anna Bergman thrills you with spectacular high notes…and the sheer aural sensation of her voice. A vocal citizen of the world” (WASHINGTON POST) www.AnnaBergman.com Crazy Aunt Helen's is where it all takes place! https://www.crazyaunthelens.com/ Lina Koutrakos: https://www.linasings.com/copy-of-his... Originally from Indianapolis, Parker Nolen arrived in the Washington DC area in 2017 (by way of Seattle, San Francisco, Atlanta, Montreal, Nashville, Saint Louis, and Dallas). He is a classically-trained singer and has performed with orchestras and chorales in concert halls across North America - notably Carnegie Hall (Mozart Requiem) and Davies Symphony Hall (Britten's War Requiem). 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgc1N2J-a90&t=160s As an A&R man, songwriter and song publisher JAY LANDERS works in many genres of music – with traditional vocalists, classical-crossover artists, pop, rock, urban and country singers, classical, comedy, children’s music, Broadway Cast albums and Motion Picture Soundtracks. Visit hwww.jaylanders.com. A note from Barbra: I had never even been in a nightclub until I sang in one. And that was a fluke since I had no intention of being a singer. I wanted to be an actress, but I couldn’t get a job. Then a friend told me about a talent contest at this little Greenwich Village club called the Lion, where the prize was $50, and dinner was free. I sang two songs and won, which led to being hired at a more sophisticated supper club around the corner called the Bon Soir, with an actual stage ... and a spotlight. It was 1960, I was 18 years old, and this was the first time I felt the warmth of that light. Everything else in the room went black and I couldn’t see any faces, which made it easier to concentrate on what I was doing as an actress…reaching deep into myself to identify with the characters in songs that came from the theater. All of a sudden, my name was in the newspapers, my two-week engagement kept being extended, and the buzz that began at the Bon Soir led to a contract with Columbia Records in 1962, the start of a long association that continues to this day. The initial plan for my first album was to record it at the club, and these early tapes have been sleeping in my vault for six decades. I’m delighted to finally bring them out into the light and share what could have been my debut album, Live At The Bon Soir. Thanks for listening., Barbra Streisand  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/m2vIJC9YQiA?feature=share Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster is a 2021 American documentary film about the life and career of English actor Boris Karloff, who was known for his roles in horror films. The documentary is directed by Thomas Hamilton, who also serves as a co-writer and co-executive producer with Ron MacCloskey. Kevin McLaughlin Writer/Director/Editor Since graduating from Seton Hall University and earning a Master's Degree in Television and Film from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, Kevin McLaughlin has worked in features, broadcast, documentary, and educational television in a career that spans more than 30 years. McLaughlin recently completed 5 years of work as Writer, Producer, Director, and Editor of Riot, a feature-length documentary film that takes an in-depth look at the long-term effects of the 1967 riots in Newark, New Jersey. Emmy-winner Andre Braugher narrates. After a successful run on the film festival circuit, the film has several distribution offers. It's now updated with material relating to the events of 2020, and will be released in 2023. In 2006, Kevin served as Head Writer and Supervising Producer on Where Health Works, a 3-part series created for PBS TV.  Ron MacCloskey is a writer, producer, performer with 40 years of experience in the fields of stand up comedy in a wide variety of venues. and is the writer & presenter of his long running award winning TV show... Classic Movies with Ronald MacCloskey. Ron has also created an original game show. He has been performing this show for years appearing at THE MEADOWLANDS and PARX CASINO. He wrote a chidren's book WE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT. Listed on Amazon. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/IWwNmiA1iEk?feature=share In this book, readers will: ● Discover how uncomfortable experiences can serve as opportunities for self-exploration and personal growth while creating a foundation for a healthy perspective and an attitude of gratitude. ● Realize that in order to maintain hope, attract positivity, and fulfill one’s purpose, it is necessary to implement pause, practice personal reflection, and routinely acknowledge the needs of our soul, while taking inventory of those who occupy our time and space. ● Reveal a new (or greater) appreciation for their own journey as they recognize the value in painful lessons that serve to bring us closer to our purpose, and a life of peace and fulfillment. Beyond a great story, this book: ● Features reasons to believe in the underdog while showcasing how false perceptions, widely held beliefs, and initial impressions are not only misleading but often wrong. ● Provides a positive pathway to introduce, renew, and stretch that which we believe to be possible. ● Creates a mindset of possibilities within readers as they learn to recognize blessings in disguise, further open their minds, deepen their understanding, and reach their potential in areas of their life where they’ve become stagnant, complacent, or resentful. Shane Svorec is a lifelong writer and author who currently resides in New Jersey, along with her husband, three children, rescue dogs, and chickens. Best described as a traveling gypsy with the heart of a hippie and the faith of a missionary, Shane uses her hardships to connect, inspire and encourage others, refusing to allow her past or circumstances to define her.  

For VIdeo Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/nNbSlgXEf20?feature=share John Anderson is a filmmaker born in Columbus, Ohio on January 12, 1954. John Anderson is the son of J. Milo Anderson, a hospital administrator, and Helen (nee Casterton) Anderson, a registered nurse. Due to his father's career as a hospital administrator, John moved around a lot as a child, living for a time in Ohio, then New York, California and Pennsylvania. John attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where he received a B.S. in Radio/TV/Film in 1976. While at Northwestern Anderson produced and hosted a weekly radio program on WNUR entitled "Rough Cut", comprised of live recordings Anderson made in Chicago-area folk, blues and rock clubs. John's 1974 recording of Steve Goodman was released commercially by Red Pajamas Records in 2013. Upon graduation from Northwestern, Anderson worked as an editor at Chicago post-production facilities Telemation and Post Effects, and in 1985 while at Post Effects edited The Super Bowl Shuffle (1985), the second-highest selling music video ever to that date behind Michael Jackson's Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983). His satiric rock band The Cleaning Ladys achieved national attention with its music videos "Creatures From Outer Space" and "She Won't French Kiss", the latter winning an International Monitor Award over a field including Dire Straits, Don Henley and Yes. Anderson went on to work as a documentary editor at Bill Kurtis's Kurtis Productions and IPA. Then in 1995, Anderson with three partners opened the Chicago post-production company 'Superior Street Inc. [us]'. It was while at Superior Street in   

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/DeQ9U_YhcOA?feature=share Mardi Gras refers to events of the Carnival celebration, beginning on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday, which is known as Shrove Tuesday. John Contratti has been an elementary school teacher for over thirty years. He's the author of the children's books Cooking with Mr. C and Mr. C Takes Manhattan. He has cooked on the Hallmark television series Mad Hungry with Lucinda Scala Quinn, which was produced by Martha Stewart. His successful cooking blog, "Cooking with Mr. C." is followed by people from all over the world. With his love for acting, television, and film, he has appeared in the television dramas The Americans and Royal Pains. He is a supporter of Broadway Cares and Keen Company. Mr. Contratti resides in New York. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/xrdXI_reNDo?feature=share From the author of Group, a New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club Pick, comes a moving, heartwarming, and powerful memoir about Christie Tate’s lifelong struggle to sustain female friendship, and the friend who helps her find the human connection she seeks. After more than a decade of dead-end dates and dysfunctional relationships, Christie Tate has reclaimed her voice and settled down. Her days of agonizing in group therapy over guys who won’t commit are over, the grueling emotional work required to attach to another person tucked neatly into the past. Or so she thought. Weeks after giddily sharing stories of her new boyfriend at Saturday morning recovery meetings, Christie receives a gift from a friend. Meredith, twenty years older and always impeccably accessorized, gives Christie a box of holiday-themed scarves as well as a gentle suggestion: maybe now is the perfect time to examine why friendships give her trouble. “The work never ends, right?” she says with a wink. Christie isn’t so sure, but she soon realizes that the feeling of “apartness” that has plagued her since childhood isn’t magically going away now that she’s in a healthy romantic relationship. With Meredith by her side, she embarks on a brutally honest exploration of her friendships past and present, sorting through the ways that debilitating shame and jealousy have kept the lasting bonds she craves out of reach—and how she can overcome a history of letting go too soon. But when Meredith becomes ill and Christie’s baggage threatens to muddy their final days.  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/A-PguWyqmmA?feature=share Debra Solomon has been creating award-winning animation since 1994, the year her first independent film, “Mrs. Matisse,” debuted in the New York Film Festival’s opening day program. It won the Young Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival, appeared in over 25 festivals, and was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Film and Video Collection. “It’s a little masterpiece of gallows humor,” was Village Voice film critic Molly Haskell’s reaction to “Everybody’s Pregnant,” Solomon’s next animated film (1998). The film declares the fearlessness and compassion with which her works transform extreme personal experiences into shared, universal journeys. Funded in part by a Jerome Foundation grant, it went on to win many awards. Award-winning filmmaker and Emmy-nominated animator Sherene Strausberg combines her experience in film, music and sound engineering with graphic design and illustration to create animated videos for her clients at the company she founded, 87th Street Creative. Having won a national composition competition in high school, she was awarded a scholarship to the prestigious Indiana University School of Music, where she completed two bachelor’s degrees in four years. Film scores she wrote in her first career, as a film composer, have been heard on AMC, Spike TV and Netflix. As a graphic designer for Jewish National Fund, she won two awards from Graphic Design USA. Her latest passion project, the short, animated film “Cool For You”, which she animated and scored, has been accepted to 37 film festivals around the world.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/jcxoW-Qs5xM?feature=share Angel J Fajardo Angel’s one true joy lies in the chaotic but collaborative process of filmmaking. You can find him behind the camera designing the shot or calling the shots as an AD or Producer. His directorial debut, Ward, won the Audience Choice for the 2022 Austin Under the Stars Film Festival. Ward will also be screening at the 2023 Garden State Film Festival. Description of the film: Upcoming Film: On his 18th birthday, Peter is forced to leave the safety of his foster home and reconcile with the past. EDWARD B. KESSEL: Composer / Producer / Director Multi-award-winning Composer/Producer/Director, Edward B. Kessel, founded Sound Imagination | Imagination Video, a music, video and audio production company in 1986. Ed was inducted into the NJ Advertising Hall of Fame in 2016 and has been producing music, commercials and entertainment projects for over 30 years. He has composed, orchestrated and produced music for Broadway, movies, TV, songs for major artists, jingles and commercial scores.  Konstantin Soukhovetski: 2019 Innovation Award Winner from Music Academy Of The West Konstantin has a singular artistic voice that communicates with and engages audiences the world over. Konstantin’s creative output continuously innovates, frequently involving multidisciplinary projects with dance and film. In 2020 Konstantin joined the adjunct faculty of his alma mater The Juilliard School, where he received his BM, MM, and AD with Jerome Lowenthal. In 2022 Konstantin was named Director of Pedagogy and Narrative Musicianship at Bronx School For Music. This Season Konstantin’s performances include return to NYC’s Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

We celebrate a book that book marries art and science with a new and exciting collaboration between one of the world’s leading creativity scholars and an internationally renowned musical theatre composer. This book will help readers tap into their creativity and unleash their own creative potential as they start their careers. Blending cutting-edge research, juicy anecdotes, lived experience, hands-on activities, and gentle advice, authors James C. Kaufman and Dana P. Rowe take readers on a journey to explore and enhance their own creativity. Each chapter addresses a key aspect of creativity, from how to overcome blocks to understanding one’s personal strengths all through the lens of Musical Theatre characters along with insights from those within the industry. Kaufman and Rowe shatter creativity myths (such as the tormented artist or having one big break) that may be harming the reader’s potential growth. Probing questions, fun quizzes, and engaging exercises will help the reader reflect on the material and develop strategies for their next step. All throughout, the readers can learn from the tales of Sweeney Todd, Maria Von Trapp, Alexander Hamilton, Christine Daaé, and countless others to inspire their own creativity. This book is ideal for aspiring theatre professionals, students of performing arts, and theatre and creativity scholars.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/jXHLKM1UDw4?feature=share The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.” – Warren Buffett Jerry Torre fled an abusive father to tend to the neatly manicured lawns of socialite mansions in East Hampton, New York. He rode his bike a different way than usual one day and approached a house where the hedges in front were so overgrown that only two peaks of the gabled roof beyond it were visible. This house belonged to Mrs. Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale, aunt and first cousin, respectively, of Jacqueline Kennedy; descendants of a well-bred New York family, whose names were found in the Social Register and on invitations for coming out parties and debutante balls. Today, of course, Mrs. Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale are more commonly known as Big Edie and Little Edie. And they are known not for being in society, but rather for shunning all of society when high society wouldn’t accept their eccentricities. They chose instead to hole up in a neglected East Hampton mansion for more than twenty-five years, only opening to door to a few guests, one of whom was Torre. They were made famous, along with Jerry, and that rotting mansion called Grey Gardens, by the 1975 Albert and David Maysles documentary of the same name that became a cult sensation. So grab some Cheddar Cheese and join Zachary Ford and I as we celebrate The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/hfAAR2VFYpk?feature=share Once upon a time, a long long time ago, Marian was a Broadway actress - doing supporting roles in “Harvey” with Helen Hayes and Jimmy Stewart, “Company” and “the Women.” In the 60's and early 70's. And Brenda in the movie “Lovers and Other Strangers.” Now she is creating stories about our animal friends. She lives and writes with three rescued kitties on the Upper West Side in New York City.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/nRa2buNrcyM?feature=share On February 10, National Cream Cheese Brownie Day shines a spotlight on an irresistible dessert bar. Combining chocolate and cream cheese has long been a favorite in the bakery. When it’s added to a brownie recipe the results are spectacular. National Home Warranty Day on February 10th reminds us to protect the vital appliances and components of our homes. I also will be celebrating with some of my favorite people with some surprise guests I have chosen to celebrate with! Desireé Devar is joining us today! is a working actor/dancer/singer who has performed all over the world from New York to Japan! Recenty playing the role of Mary Delgado in the smash hit musical JERSEY BOYS at the Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, PA. She started dancing with her mother Kristi at the age of 4 in Orange County, CA. In NYC she attended and subsequently taught at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Credits include: the revival of WEST SIDE STORY on Broadway performing the role of Anita, WEST SIDE STORY International Tour as Anita, Anita in WEST SIDE STORY at Sac Music Circus, The Ordway and Lyric Theatre of OKC. CHICAGO as Velma at Village Theatre in Seatlle. Erma in ANYTHING GOES at GoodSpeed, WHERE'S CHARLEY at NY City Center's ENCORES! She and her handsome hubby have their own 2 person show called SUPERHEROES IN LOVE which premiered in Sonoma, CA with Transcendence Theatre Co. in 2015 and have performed multiple times ever since! She also tours around the country with her husband performing their two-person show called Nic + Desi: Broadway Song, Dance and Romance! She was a Featured Dancer in the TV series GLEE the most recent film ANNIE.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/3yY3SRUPQcg?feature=share Giving Hearts Day falls on the second Thursday in February every year, and takes place on February 9 this year. Do you know that it has been 13 years since Giving Hearts Day was first observed? Giving Hearts Day is an opportunity to donate as much as possible to charity organizations and those in need. The more talented ones realize that it’s largely about giving. Making introductions, offering to help, providing feedback and advice. Give, give, give. They avoid the tit-for-tat mentally and in the process build up so much goodwill that it comes back to them in waves. The whole purpose of Giving Hearts Day is to donate and help others as much as possible. Donate to any charitable organization you trust and help people in need. You can also visit the Giving Hearts Day website and donate online.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/FsPOEdeo9bI?feature=share Musical Theatre Guild’s 2022 -- 2023 Season Concludes With Tony Award-winning GREY GARDENS Musical Theatre Guild’s final production for the 2022 -2023 Season – and MTG’s final show at the Alex Theatre after 20 seasons - is GREY GARDENS, a musical as haunting and strange as the two women at its center. This one-night-only event will take place on Monday, February 27th, 7:30PM, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA. GREY GARDENS, The Musical, is inspired by the Maysles Brothers’ famous documentary of the same name. GREY GARDENS was nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning three. Leading the artistic staff of GREY GARDENS is Director Kirsten Chandler, veteran Director of many Musical Theatre Guild shows, including SUGAR, CHESS, and LITTLE WOMEN. Chandler will be teamed with Musical Director Anthony Zediker. Julie Garnye serves as the show’s Production Coordinator. Starring in GREY GARDENS are MTG members Eileen Barnett (“Big” Edith Bouvier Beale), Trisha Rapier (Edith Bouvier Beale/”Little” Edie Beale), Zachary Ford (Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr./Jerry), Tal Fox (Young “Little” Edie Beale), Robert Yacko (J.V. “Major” Bouvier/Norman Vincent Peale), and Glenn Rosenblum (George Gould Strong). Joining them are Guest Artists Phillip Brandon (Brooks Sr./Jr.) and Sophie Petersen (Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier). 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/2-aKo25XPkg?feature=share The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens is Jerry Torre's touching and at times haunting memoir about his teenage days as caretaker of Grey Gardens, the now-celebrated mansion chronicled in the iconic documentary Grey Gardens and two feature-length films. The book, co-written with film historian Tony Maietta, is a behind-the-scenes look at "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" and their bizarre and reclusive life of squalor amidst the tremendous wealth of East Hampton, the family bond that developed between Jerry and them, and the day everything was turned upside down forever with the arrival of documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles. What begins as a teenager coming upon what he assumed was an old, abandoned house takes on new dimensions when suddenly Edie appears on the porch draped in a shower curtain with an apron tied around her head. "You must be the Marble Faun," she tells the stunned Jerry. Rather than chasing him away as he at first feared, she invites Jerry to meet her mother upstairs. So begins a strange and unusually close friendship with the two women as Jerry takes on the task of volunteer gardener of their estate, often sleeping nights in their living room and staying out of the way of mother-daughter arguments. The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens is Jerry's look back on the filming of Grey Gardens but also how the notoriety the movie achieved changed his life along with the Beales as their private world is shared with audiences everywhere. Tony Maietta arrived in Los Angeles in the 1990s as a fresh faced twenty-something, eager to discover the “classic’ Hollywood that he fell in love with as a child. Alas, he was disappointed. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Fj_qCSoi6ws?feature=share The bright, full moon in February is commonly called either the Snow Moon or the Hungry Moon. February is typically the snowiest month in northern North America, and, as a result, some Native Americans found it to be the most difficult month in which to hunt, prompting the name Hungry Moon. The Snow Moon will take place in the zodiac sign of Leo. Leos are generally known for their passion, creativity and, often, vanity. Full moons mark the completion of the lunar cycle and the Snow Moon is thought to be particularly pressing for four zodiac signs : Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. Tune in with your questions, comments, suggestions!  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPt8DTbf9aU&t=281s Children’s book author Ruth Spiro came up with the idea of National Bubble Gum Day as a way for kids to raise money for school activities without having to sell anything. On February 3, kids can “buy” the usually forbidden privilege of chewing gum in class if they make a donation of 50 cents. While there might be some distractions in class — like smacking and bubble-blowing — kids learn about the value of charity and schools make a little money for the causes they support. Oh, and kids also get one day to break the classic “no-gum” rule. Dyan Forrest; D'yan Forest is a one of a kind performer who has performed cabaret and stand-up all over the world with notable performances in New York, Edinburgh, Paris and even Ethiopia. At 85 years old, she brings her unique perspective and vibrant personality to every performance she does whether it’s on stage or screen. Critics have called her everything from "saucy," "witty," "irrepressible," and a "naughty version of Betty White." At the age of 4, D'yan got into show business when she started playing recitals in her parents living room in Boston. Next, she picked up the ukulele, started singing and got into a dance band, which led to the trumpet, drums and naturally – the glockenspiel. While attending the Cite Universitaire de Paris, she began appearing in cafes, cabarets and nightclubs throughout the City of Lights. Paris appearances led to performing in other European countries. D'yan developed an international act with songs in nine languages. After returning to the states, she settled in New York City.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoTWy597RTg&t=42s We will be catching up with previous guests. Shelly Goldstein: SHELLY on YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU3FMI... FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/shelly.golds... INSTAGRAM - GroovyShelly Gretchen Reinhagen: has received numerous awards as an actor, vocalist, comedian and director, including the coveted NY cabaret triple crown – The Nightlife, Bistro, and MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) Awards – for her show, Special Kaye: A Tribute to the Incomparable Kaye Ballard. Her 2019 debut album, Take it With Me, earned her additional Bistro and MAC awards, and she also won the 2020 MAC Award for Major Female Artist. Of her 2019-20 residency at Pangea, Broadway World said, “Reinhagen thrilled the audience with her big voice, soulful music-making, and uproarious comic observations,” and BistroAwards.com said, “Reinhagen’s name pops up most often with the word ‘director’ attached, but in her continuing residency at Pangea the words ‘host’ and ‘star’ are more to the point.” 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGi8utTr3e0&t=94s Charles Kirsch is a podcaster and theater critic who at 13 years old was already a show business veteran. Kirsch created Backstage Babble on YouTube and serves as one of a panel of Kids Critics for the Broadway World website. We will be joining forces to celebrate some of the best books out there today on Broadway! The Book of Broadway Musical Debates, Disputes, and Disagreements By Peter Filichia: The Book of Broadway Musical Debates, Disputes and Disagreements is purposely meant to start arguments and to settle them. Broadway musical fans won’t always agree with the conclusions musical theater judge Peter Filichia reaches, but the best part of any drama is the conflict. Among lovers of musical theater, opinions are never in short supply, and Filichia addresses the most dividing questions and opinions in one book. What will you say when he asks, “What is the greatest opening number of a Broadway musical?” Will your answer be “The Circle of Life” from The Lion King, “Heaven on Their Minds” from Jesus Christ Superstar, or “Beautiful Girls” from Follies? Designing Broadway: How Derek McLane and Other Acclaimed Set Designers Create the Visual World of Theatre by Derek McLane & Eila Mell: In this richly illustrated and information-packed celebration of Broadway set design, Tony Award-winning designer Derek McLane explores the craft while reflecting on some of the greatest stage productions of the past few decades. Together with other leading set design and theatre talents, McLane invites us into the immersive and exhilarating experience of building the striking visual worlds that have brought so many of our favorite stories to life. Ethan Mordden

For Immediate Release: THE SEASON: STRAIGHT UP WITH A TWIST! A benefit for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 rd - 7:00 SHOW at DON’T TELL MAMA, 343 W 46 th St, NYC $30 Cover Charge - includes 1 raffle ticket (add’l raffle tickets - $10 each, 3/$25) $20 Minimum (must include 2 drinks), Food Menu Available, Cash Only Doors Open at 6:15 Reservations - donttellmamanyc.com Join MAC Award winner GOLDIE DVER and a stellar lineup of performers for a sophisticated soirée, and celebrate the holidays in style! We’ll be decked out in our finest baubles, bangles and beads—so bring your bling to the party as well! Indulge in 90 magical minutes of marvelous music, merriment, and martinis (shaken, not stirred)! Bring your funny bone…and leave the triggers home! In the true holiday spirit of sharing love and bestowing gifts, it was important to Goldie that this show be a benefit for children in need. St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which focuses on children with cancer, has special meaning for Goldie. Remembering the impact of being hit with those three words, “You have cancer” 17 years ago, she can only imagine how hard it is for a parent to hear those same words regarding their child. And when a child is treated at St Jude’s, there is no cost to the families for treatment, housing, or transportation - so families can be together and support each other during this most difficult and challenging time. To that end - Goldie has tapped into the generosity of the cabaret community. Watch to learn more! 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek7d8g5mYck&t=26s In this video, we're going to reveal the secrets to how to let go of backstabbing, so that you can finally free yourself from the grip of vicious gossiping and hurtful betrayal. If you're struggling to let go of backstabbing relationships, then this Let That Go Show is for you! We'll teach you the strategies that have helped me break free from the grip of nasty gossiping and hurtful betrayal, and help you to finally let go. So if you're looking to free yourself from backstabbing relationships, then this video is for you! Thanks for watching! Recently I learned that a good “friend” backstabbed me by badmouthing me in a malicious way. It wasn’t your innocuous, everyday gossip — it consisted of vindictive statements that cast doubt on my character. How does one deal with that? Tune in and find out.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/RqtfeuloARo National Big Wig Day is an annual celebration occurring on the last Friday of January. This year it falls on January 27. It’s a special day that allows anyone not only a place for special recognition as a “big wig” but also for them to showcase their fun sides by donning their favorite silly wigs. Just as people show off those wigs, the goal is to encourage as many people as possible to donate to the activities of the American Cancer Society, to fight the scourge of cancer. People are encouraged to donate as little as $1 for this cause. National Chocolate Cake Day celebrates the cake more people favor. And more often than not, we celebrate our special occasions like anniversaries, birthdays and weddings with cake. Why not enjoy chocolate cake on January 27th every year? It's also National Fun at Work Day! As if Fridays couldn’t get any better around the office, National Fun at Work Day falls on the last Friday of January! Whether you work for a small office or a large organization, injecting fun into the workplace is a great way to bond with coworkers, boost team morale, gain inspiration, and even increase productivity. National Fun at Work Day was created to foster happiness and humor in the office and bring employees together. So, rally your coworkers and bosses and brainstorm ways to best celebrate.  Tony Maietta will be stopping by! Tony Maietta arrived in Los Angeles in the 1990s as a fresh faced twenty-something, eager to discover the “classic’ Hollywood that he fell in love with as a child. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/4y9lWjFLGBw From his humble beginnings growing up on his grandfather's dairy farm in New York, JOEL THURM became one of the most admired, powerful, and accomplished casting directors in Hollywood, Early on, Thurm's instincts proved beyond reproach when he recognized John Travolta as much more than a teen idol, casting him in the TV movie THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE. It was during his years as Vice President of Talent and Casting for both Paramount Television and NBC that he discovered the remarkable Phoenix family, from which River and Joaquin became A-list movie stars. With his insider's knowledge, irreverent style, and biting wit, Thurm tells the stories of his key involvement in such iconic movies and shows as GREASE, AIRPLANE!, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, CHEERS, TAXI, THE LOVE BOAT, FANTASY ISLAND, STARSKY & HUTCH, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, THE GOLDEN GIRLS, KNIGHT RIDER, THE COSBY SHOW, HILL STREET BLUES and many, many more. SEX, DRUGS, AND PILOT SEASON is the ultimate backstage pass to the boardrooms of Manhattan and the executive suites of Hollywood where show-business history was made. "A true talent at the top of the biz. We are all lucky to know him! And a great guy! It's fun and I love it." -JOHN TRAVOLTA  "Actors are naturally nervous around casting directors. Then one comes along who changes your life! Thanks, Joel," -DANNY DEVITO "Joel is one of the good guys," -TONY DANZA "This book will make you laugh out loud, cry and wonder 'did this really happen?' Joel Thurm was in the eye of the tornado and he is still standing." -DEBBIE ALLEN

For Video Editon, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/M0wE-1IEbzU Susan's facile access to her brilliant thoughts, insights, and takeaways from an ever-evolving life, path, and career -- including collaborating with CSN and then consummate, music-making, Renaissance person/maestro Prince -- makes for an endlessly informative, enlightened, fascinating interview and conversation between two brilliant life forces who are graced with focused listening, dedicated attention, constructive perception, instant integration, sensibly flexible collaboration, and openly expansive analysis. The discussion about an artist's self-protecting barrier, shield, wall, and set of boundaries is quite resonant and taps my empathy, especially in light of my coping with an indefinite, forced retirement resulting from a 2018 incident of a longtime acquaintance, experiencing neurological deterioration, invading my space and assaulting me with overzealous affection in the form of an uninvited, excruciatingly painful deathsqueeze handshake that rendered me unable to work.  So, yes indeed, there are necessary boundaries for the sake of self-preservation and for the fact that some people want to usurp one's possible access to contacts. Thank goodness for a career of nearly fifty years that's full of countless memories, an eclectic treasure trove of life's music soundtrack, memorable collaborative accomplishments, priceless friendships, precious extended familiness, invaluable learning, indispensable practical sustenance, the constant ultimate thrill of evolving, the blissfully vast microcosm of the universe in the realm of books, and the gift of life itself. This timeless episode certainly gladly reverberates and falls on deeply appreciative ears, heart, and soul. Gratefully, Alan C.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/zJHAPpL3yL4 Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it’s the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated. —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Renowned choreographer Annie B. Parson explores the dance of everyday life and reveals that art-making is as natural as walking down the street In this sparkling, innovative, fully-illustrated work, world-renowned choreographer Parson translates the components of dance - time, proximity, space, motion and tone - into text. As we follow Parson through her days - at home, reading, and on her walks down the street - and in and out of conversations on everything from Homer’s Odyssey to feminist art to social protest, she helps us see how everyday movement creates the wider world. Dance, it turns out, is everything and everywhere. With the insight and verve of a soloist, Parson shows us how art-making is a part of our everyday lives and our political life as we move, together and apart, through space

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/0yE041QCbt8 The most efficient and effective way to avoid conflicts about double standards in a relationship is to communicate openly and honestly with one another. As part of this, you may need to consider individual communication styles, ways to communicate more effectively, and conflict resolution skills. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/C6pZTjbNDlA Tess La Bella is an Sag-Aftra voice over artist, actor, creator of original character Selma Blingowitz, writer, author and chef. A New Jersey native, her love of animation and imitation began in grade school when she voiced her favorite cartoon characters. She also does the voice overs for our shows! She has picked favorite authors from previous shows and they are joining us! Ruta Lee (Consider Your Ass Kissed!): Ruta Lee's memoir, entitled "Consider Your Ass Kissed" (released through Briton Publishing), is a treasure trove of wonderful personal stories and anecdotes with rare first-hand and authentic memories of the entertainment industry. - Her starring roles in films such as "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" to 'Funny Face" "Bullet for a Badman" "Witness for the Prosecution" "Sergeants 3" - Ruta has worked with Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Charles Bronson, James Garner, Johnny Carson, Fred Astaire, Robin Williams, Howard Keel, Bob Crane, Frank Sinatra, and the rest of the Rat Pack, the list goes on! - The iconic ladies she called friends are, Rona Barrett, Phyllis Diller, Julie Newmar, Lucille Ball, Sally Fields, Gypsy Rose Lee (no relation), and her best friend and founder of Thalians, Debbie Reynolds. - During Ruta's film career, she launched into television success with over 2000 appearances on shows from Perry Mason to Power Rangers, Twilight Zone to Murder She Wrote, Hogan's Heroes to Love Boat, Roseanne and auditioned for the role of Ginger on Gilligan's Island. Melissa Manchester: is a singer, songwriter and actress. Since the 1970s, her songs have been carried by adult contemporary radio stations. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/zmdvvH30EIo I, however, will be celebrating National Book Blitz Month with some surprise guests to discuss books with quite a few surprises! Let's see how cheesy we all will be... CREATE! How Extraordinary People Live to Create and Create to Live by RONALD RAND Create Sharing their insights on the process of creativity and the importance of the arts for humankind CREATE! features over 100 rare Interviews — actors, artists, choreographers, composers, dancers, designers, directors, musicians, composers, mime artists, playwrights, poets musicians, and writers — including Edward Albee, Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Ellen Burstyn, Martha Carpenter, Carol Channing, Brian Cox, Jacques d’Amboise, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Katherine Dunham, Eve Ensler, Kelsey Grammer, Joel Grey, Al Hirschfeld, Julie Harris, Sheldon Harnick, Bill T. Jones, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Chaka Khan, Stephen Lang, Robert Lepage, Arthur Laurents, Mario van Peebles, Christopher Plummer, Harold Prince, Bill Pullman, Tony Randall, Luise Rainer, Phylicia Rashad, Chita Rivera, Roy Scheider, Tim Stevenson, Charles Strause, Tadashi Suzuki, Tommy Tune, Ben Vereen, Sir Derek Walcott, Elie Wiesel, Robert Wilson, and Eugenia Zukerman. CREATE! features over 150 iconic photographs, paintings, and illustrations including Al Hirschfeld, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Tim Stevenson, Jim Warren, Martha Carpenter, Michael Shane Neal, Thomas V. Nash, Tommy Tune, Stephen Lang, Joel Grey, Tara Sabharwal, Carolyn D Palmer, Ming Cho Lee, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Fred Hatt, Gregg Goldston, David Pena, Parish Kohanim, Andre Gregory, Lucie Arnaz, Allan Warren, Stan Barouh, Jacques d’Amboise, Jimmy Turrell, Jillian Edelstein, James McMullan, Mary Gearhart, Alvin Colt, Sir Derek Walcott and Ronald Rand

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/ZW-g8iC47aA Tony Roberts Sr: Between Me and God: Personal Conversations With God Between Me and God is about a young man's battle with himself, and his struggle with God. His one-on-one conversations take you inside the mind of a street hustler who questions God's existence. Raised in the inner city of Baltimore, Maryland Tony attended public schools where he first discovered his passion for role play. Tony worked as an Extra on The HBO show The Wire, and several other movie projects and fell in love with working in film; before making his decision to go back to college and graduated from Morgan State University, majoring in Theatre Arts. Tony is a man with a vision and a great purpose to make a difference in the lives of the youth. He offers a variety of services and has dedicated his life to Changing The Narrative of the youth in America. Thomas Quinn: "What Do You Do with a Chocolate Jesus?" is the funny and skeptical, yet genuine exploration of the Christian history they don't teach in Sunday school. It finds humor, irony, and occasional insight amid the inconsistencies, absurdities, hypocrisies, and flat out weirdness that too often passes for eternal truth. Like a history of religion as done by The Daily Show, it humorously explores the facts, the history, and the big ideas in an engaging and entertaining story. Pitting actual Scripture against pious propaganda, Thomas Quinn treks through chapter and verse of the New Testament, explores the sordid saga of medieval beliefs (including End-of-the-World panics and fights about what kind of stuff Jesus was made of), and reveals some of the shocking attitudes of America's founders toward religion. It isn't always pretty, but it's usually good for a laugh. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/ihM5GTOEB1Y Joyce Bulifant: My Four Hollywood Husbands: Joyce Bulifant has lived the "Hollywood life" for nearly seven decades, and through it, experienced what few outside the entertainment world can imagine. While following the path of her own successful career, Ms. Bulifant managed to navigate the choppy waters of husbands' alcoholism, codependency and an extended family of four marriages. James MacArthur played Danno on Hawaii Five-0. Edward Mallory was Dr. Bill Horton on "Days of Our Lives." William Asher was the famous director-writer-producer of "I Love Lucy," "Bewitched" and the Beach Party movies. Roger Perry starred in "Star Trek" and over 300 TV shows and films. He has also composed music for Barbra Streisand and Bing Crosby. Along the way Bulifant managed to command the spotlight for her own accomplishments. As Gavin MacLeod's wife Marie on "The Mary Tyler More Show," a concerned mother in the movie "Airplane," dancing with Fred Astaire, and her reoccurring role on "The Match Game." My Four Hollywood Husbands is a rare peek into what happens off the screen. It's a story of love, a lasting love that is woven through the fabric of the world of entertainment. It's also a story about perseverance and overcoming obstacles--and that happy endings are indeed possible. Matthew Corozine: If You Survived 7th Grade, You Can be an Actor Applying The Meisner Technique To Get Outta Your Head in Acting and in LifeActing is living and behaving truthfully and fully under imaginary circumstances. But why is "truthfully" and "fully" so hard for us? Why is it so difficult to be in the moment with our art and in our lives?

Josefina López (Writer/Director/Producer/Performer/Author/Activist/Shaman) is best known for authoring the play and co-authoring the 2002 SUNDANCE AWARD WINNING film Real Women Have Curves. López started her writing career at 17 and has had over 130 productions produced of her many plays throughout the country. She has been working as a professional screenwriter in Hollywood for over 30 years with countless development deals and screenplay assignments. She has worked with many established producers like Norman Lear (All In the Family) and Michael McDonald (American Crime) to bring Latinos to television. Born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico on March 19, 1969, Josefina López was five-years-old when she and her family migrated to the United States and settled in the East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. López was undocumented for 13 years before she received Amnesty in 1987 and eventually became a U.S. Citizen in 1995. She is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago, has an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA’s School of Film/Television and Theater, as well as a Diplôme de Cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, France. López has also attended the New School of Cooking in Culver City, CA where she studied cuisine with a California touch and making pastries, and at the Gourmandise Cooking School in Santa Monica, CA where she studied chocolate making, bread making, pasta making and pastries. Josefina López is the Founding Artistic Director of CASA 0101 Theater. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/0n0kF7YphU8 In this episode of Richard Skipper Celebrates, we're celebrating the release of Tom Santopietro's latest book, The Way We Were: The Making Of A Romantic Classic. Tom Santopietro, Author, joins us to discuss the book, and we have a lively discussion about the book and the historical significance of this classic film. If you're a fan of Richard Skipper's work, then you won't want to miss this episode! The Way We Were: a nostalgia drenched, bittersweet romance starring superstars Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford at the peaks of their careers, and a story for everyone who was ever loved with passion, if not wisely. A smash hit around the world whose power echoes to this day—yet a film whose success was so far from assured that one studio executive was heard to exclaim: “Barbra Streisand doesn’t sing and she plays a communist—are you trying to kill me?!” But succeed the film did, propelled by a smash-hit title song and career defining performances from Streisand and Redford. Now, just in time for the 50th anniversary of the film’s release, best-selling author Tom Santopietro provides the definitive inside story behind the challenges, disputes, and creative passions of those who fought to make this landmark film. Tom Santopietro is the author of seven books: Why To Kill a Mockingbird Matters, Barbara Cook: Then and Now, the bestselling The Sound of Music Story, The Godfather Effect: Changing Hollywood, America, and Me, Sinatra in Hollywood, Considering Doris Day (New York Times Sunday Book Review Editor’s Choice) and The Importance of Being Barbra. A frequent media commentator and interviewer, he lectures on classic films, and over the past thirty years has managed more than two dozen Broadway shows.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/t4NLj7jOjFc U.S. National Vision Board Day is celebrated annually on the second Saturday in January, on January 14 this year, to encourage us to set our goals visually. The day seeks to help us to reimagine and achieve goals in every area of life by effectively visualizing them to life. One of my favorite guests is returning! This time to discuss some of her favorite self help books! Danielle of DsEnlightenedEdits! A self-help book is one that is written with the intention to instruct its readers on solving personal problems. The books take their name from Self-Help, an 1859 best-seller by Samuel Smiles, but are also known and classified under "self-improvement", a term that is a modernized version of self-help. promise a few surprises!  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/YaClhUwFHp0 For over 10 years, Author Ed Shankman and Illustrator Dave O'Neill have collaborated to create rhyming picture books that have found a special place in the hearts of families across the nation. Your children will lose themselves in the dazzling illustrations, the irrepressible imaginings, and the magical, mesmerizing music of words. ​ Whether you choose the award-winning “I Met a Moose in Maine One Day”, the family favorite, “My Grandma Lives in Florida”, the heart-warming “The Sea Lion’s Friend”, the giggle-inducing “Where’s the Bathroom” or any other Shankman & O’Neill classic, you and your family will discover a blend of creativity, meaning, and pure fun. Dave O'Neill is an Illustrator, and during the day he's an Art Director at MAG, an NYC-based experiential marketing agency. Dave and Ed have created twelve additional books in the Shankman & O'Neill library and believe a movie studio should approach them with plans for a cinematic MOOSE-iverse. Today, Dave is a husband to a cool, talented girl and a father to a cool, talented, smaller girl. More of Dave's work can be found on his art blog, at oneilldave.blogspot.com. The Shankman and O'Neill Library can be explored at shankmanoneill.com/ Ed Shankman: An award-winning children’s book author (12 titles and counting), Ed has also published his novel, "The Backstage Man" — a labor of love that he co-authored with his cousin, Robert Gordon, over the course of 35 years! Ed’s entire life has been one long creative project.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/I5RKnkt1Rxw When she was just 18, scientist, industrial designer, animal behaviorist, and autism activist Temple Grandin created one of her most well-known inventions: the hug machine. Inspired by the squeeze chute–a device that holds and soothes cattle before they’re handled–Temple designed a device for her and other hypersensitive people who want to experience being held without overstimulation. In this episode, Temple talks about her long, multifaceted career, and how her neurodivergent mind and its gift for identifying patterns and thinking visually has helped her pioneer groundbreaking research. She also explains how all kinds of brains can contribute to creating knowledge, and shares how neurodiversity is a strength across many disciplines. Temple’s latest book, “Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions,” is out now.    

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/rO5YDoiRD6M I'm joined by Jennifer Homans AND Liza Gennaro today! Jennifer Homans is the dance critic for The New Yorker. Her widely acclaimed Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet was a bestseller and named one of the ten best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review. Trained in dance at George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet, she performed professionally with the Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet and the Pacific Northwest Ballet. She earned her BA at Columbia University and her PhD in modern European history at New York University, where she is a Distinguished Scholar in Residence and the Founding Director of the Center for Ballet and the Arts. https://www.amazon.com/Mr-George-Bala... Liza Gennaro is a choreographer and writer. Her book Making Broadway Dance published by Oxford University Press was released in 2021. On Broadway, Liza choreographed the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of The Most Happy Fella directed by Gerald Gutierrez and the Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress starring Sarah Jessica Parker. She choreographed Roundabout Theater Company’s Tin Pan Alley Rag (2010 Outer Critics Circle Nomination, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical) and has choreographed extensively in regional theaters across the country including: Hair at Actor’s Theatre Of Louisville, directed by Jon Jory, the  https://www.amazon.com/Making-Broadwa... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennife...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/dtfe6mBK43o In this video, we'll be talking about January's Wolf Moon. This is a full moon that will be visible on the 31st of January. We'll be discussing what this moon means, what to expect and some tips on how to prepare for it. If you're looking for information about the Wolf Moon, this is the video for you! We'll discuss what this moon means,. We hope you enjoy this video and that it helps you prepare for the upcoming month! January’s full Wolf Moon reached peak illumination on Friday, January 6, at 6:09 P.M. EST. At a full Moon, the Moon is located on the opposite side of the Earth to the Sun so the face of the Moon facing towards the Earth will be completely illuminated by the Sun’s rays. The full Moon names used by The Old Farmer’s Almanac come from a number of places, including Native American, Colonial American, and European sources. Traditionally, each full Moon name was applied to the entire lunar month in which it occurred, not just to the full Moon itself. In this episode, Kassira McKee and Richard Skipper celebrate the Wolf Moon with Erron Galore. Follow Erron on Facebook and tine in tonight with your questions, comments, suggestions. This is National Book Blitz Month. If you don't already have Kassira's Let That Go, order it today...or order it for a friend! https://www.amazon.com/Let-That-Go-Ka...  

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/82YLlfVQRuU This volume in the Routledge Key Guides series provides a round-up of the fifty musicals whose creations were seminal in altering the landscape of musical theater discourse in the English-speaking world. Each entry summarises a show, including a full synopsis, discussion of the creators' process, show's critical reception, and its impact on the landscape of musical theater. This is the ideal primer for students of musical theater – its performance, history, and place in the modern theatrical world – as well as fans and lovers of musicals. WE are joined by editor Robert W. Schneider. Robert W. Schneider (he/him/his) has been called a “renaissance man of the theatre” by his previous bio….which he wrote himself. He is an award-winning Director, Producer, Author, Educator, and Podcast Host residing in New York City, where he is the Artistic Director of The J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company. While he has been praised by many publications and media outlets, Robert’s greatest achievement is that he is always able to get three dipping sauces automatically added to all Burger King orders. As Artistic Director of The J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company, Robert directed their award-winning productions of Seesaw, A Class Act (1st NYC Revival), A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine (1st NYC Revival), and The Baker’s Wife, in which he collaborated with Stephen Schwartz on an intimate re-telling of the story. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/Q-D3xPqCYhc Today, I celebrate three great books with the authors who wrote them! Digital Madness: From the author of the provocative and influential Glow Kids, Digital Madness explores how we’ve become mad for our devices as our devices are driving us mad, as revolutionary research reveals technology's damaging effect on mental illness and suicide rates―and offers a way out. Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is at the forefront of psychologists sounding the alarm about the impact of excessive technology on younger brains. In Glow Kids, he described what screen time does to children, calling it “digital heroin”. Now, in Digital Madness, Dr. Kardaras turns his attention to our teens and young adults and looks at the mental health impact of tech addiction and corrosive social media. In Digital Madness, Dr. Kardaras answers the question of why young people’s mental health is deteriorating as we become a more technologically advanced society. While enthralled with shiny devices and immersed in Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat, our young people are struggling with record rates of depression, loneliness, anxiety, overdoses and suicide. What’s driving this mental health epidemic? Our immersion in toxic social media has created polarizing extremes of emotion and addictive dependency, while also acting as a toxic "digital social contagion”, spreading a variety of psychiatric disorders. The algorithm-fueled polarity of social media also shapes the brain's architecture into inherently pathological and reactive "black and white" thinking―toxic for politics and society, but also symptomatic of several mental disorders. 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/G57O3YbJLqM National Book Blitz Month is observed in January every year. How many times have you bookmarked a book on a shelf to read with good intentions to complete reading it in record time, only for it to be abandoned? It is Book Blitz Month again, and this is the time to pick them back up, rededicate yourself, and complete them as a means of celebrating. Y’all know readers are leaders! U.S. National Screenwriters Day is celebrated on January 5 in recognition of the writers who toil day and night to bring us the best stories, the ultimate zingers, and the sublime messages that steer our conscience. Dr. Judi Bloom and Richard Skipper Celebrate three men who are making a difference in the arts and are continuing to create in an ever changing world. Ronald Rand is a celebrated Goodwill Cultural Ambassador, renowned Solo Performer, teaching artist, internationally award-winning Director, and author of his newest book, SOLO TRANSFORMATION ON STAGE. Starring around the world in his second decade as Harold Clurman, the "Elder Statesman of the American Theatre" in his solo play, LET IT BE ART! - Rand has received standing ovations in twenty-five countries and twenty states, at the World Theatre Olympics in New Delhi and Kerala, and in three critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway productions. Ronald has appeared in many films and television shows including A Marriage-Georgia O’Keefe & Alfred Stieglitz with Christopher Plummer and Jane Alexander, The Royal Tenenbaums, Family Business, Quiz Show, Homeless opposite Yoko Ono, Guiding Light, Another World, and Saturday Night Live. As a Director, his production of Murray Schisgal's LUV ran for eight years at the prestigious Chamber Theatre 55 in Sarajevo starring Zana Marjanovic.

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Eddie Shapiro grew up singing music from every cast album he could get his hands on. He is the author of Here’s to the Ladies: Conversations with More of the Great Women of Musical Theater, Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater, A Wonderful Guy: Conversations with the Great Men of Musical Theater, Queens in the Kingdom: The Ultimate Gay and Lesbian Guide to the Disney Theme Parks, and hundreds of articles in magazines with much shorter and more sensible titles than his books. He lives in New York City and Los Angeles. “Another delightful gathering of the voices of women of Broadway” — Library Journal In the follow-up to Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater, theatre journalist Eddie Shapiro sits down for intimate, career-encompassing conversations with yet more of Broadway's most prolific and fascinating leading women. Full of detailed stories and reflections, his conversations with such luminaries as Barbara Cook, Kelli O'Hara, Heather Headley, Faith Prince, Stephanie J. Block, Tonya Pinkins, and a host of others dig deep into each actor's career -together, these chapters tell the story of what it means to be a leading lady on Broadway over the past fifty years. This new volume brings more fly-on-the-wall opportunities for fans to savour, students to study, and even the unindoctrinated to understand the life of the performing artist. Key Features:  Includes nineteen unique and career-encompassing conversations with Broadway's leading women  Features a chapter of conversations honoring the late Marin Mazzie  Offers a behind-the-scenes look at the inner lives of musical theater veterans  Ranges from Barbara Cook to Tonya Pinkins, from Faith Prince to Charlotte Amboise

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/_KCQch_2u8c We celebrate the king of meat and the delicious recipes made from it on National Bacon Day on December 30. Falling Needles Family Fest is a special day that is celebrated on December 30 every year. This day reminds us to clean up Christmas trees and recycle them instead of letting them rot away. We will be bringing some great minds together to celebrate the end of another week and YEAR! Reach out to us if you have questions to ask...OR if there is something on your mind from the past week! You may even win a giveaway!

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/NhID7dBHIfU Merry Christmas from Kassira McKee and Richard Skipper from the Let That Go Show. So that we can enjoy the holidays with our loved ones, we have pre taped this episode of the Let That Go Show...Our Christmas Message To You...    

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/PVerSR4S1tQ The new moon phase is a more introspective time and represents new beginnings as we plant seeds for the future. It's a good time to set clear intentions for the month ahead, clarify your goals, start new projects, and acknowledge your growth since the previous new moon. Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. HumanLight is a secular Humanist holiday celebrated every year on December 23. Human values of compassion, reason, hope, and humanity are celebrated and expressed on this holiday. Did you know that HumanLight is a holiday that is not rooted in any existing religious tradition? We will be bringing some great minds together to celebrate the end of another week and to let them ask US questions. Reach out to us if you have questions to ask...OR if there is something on your mind from the past week! You may even win a giveaway!