Heilman & Haver - Episode 46 (Guest Diane Haithman)

Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 46.  We hope you enjoy the show!

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Pirates Spotted at WWCA

“The Pirates of Penzance” directed and choreographed by our friends Dan Estes and Rebecca Ewen runs through October 3rd.  Check out Greg's review of Pirates on our Facebook page and get your tickets at wwca.us.

"GET TO KNOW A THEATER" - Seattle's Historic 5th Avenue

This week we had the privilege of sitting down with Producing Artistic Director Bill Berry and Managing Director Bernadine Griffin from the Historic Fifth Avenue Theater in Seattle.  The Fifth just celebrated its 95th anniversary and is currently undergoing a major renovation in anticipation of an exciting return in 2022.  Find this episode on our YouTube channel and learn everything you wanted to know about the theater actress Helen Hayes called “a national treasure."

IN THE SPOTLIGHT:  Entertainment Business Reporter Diane Haithman

Diane Haithman recently left a job as Staff Reporter at the Los Angeles Business Journal to take on a new challenge as Senior Entertainment Business Reporter at online news website TheWrap. She was a longtime contributor to entertainment industry website Deadline Hollywood and an Arts and Entertainment Staff Writer for the Los Angeles Times before embarking on an independent writing and teaching career.  

The recipient of two Los Angeles Press Club Awards, Diane first joined the Los Angeles Times covering the television industry before moving to the arts and culture beat for most of her career.  Prior to joining the Times, Diane was West Coast Bureau Chief and Hollywood columnist for the LA-based Detroit Free Press.  She has been a Critic Fellow at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s New Playwright’s Conference and has also written for The Hollywood Reporter, Angeleno and Coast magazines and many other publications.

Diane is a graduate of the University of Michigan Honors College with a joint degree in English and Psychology and is currently an adjunct Professor of Entertainment Journalism at Emerson College LA in Hollywood.   She is also an author.  Her novel Dark Lady of Hollywood, a merry mashup of the TV industry and the world of Shakespeare, was published to critical acclaim in 2014 by Harvard Square Editions and is currently available in both paperback and Kindle.  Diane joined us from her home in Los Angeles.

Connect with Diane:

Web: www.dianehaithman.com

Twitter: @dhaithman

At TheWrap: www.thewrap.com/author/dianehaithman/

COMING UP NEXT WEEK 

Join us Friday, October 8th, for the second half of our interview with Diane and her take on some of the emerging news stories coming out of Hollywood.