Richard Skipper Celebrates
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Acclaimed composer and performer Jim Wilson shares celeb stories
March 19, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBJim Wilson about his memoir Tuned In: Memoirs of a Piano Man: Behind the Scenes with Music Legends and Finding the Artist Within. “In Tuned In, I write about some of my favorite memories of singing Beatles songs with Paul McCartney, limo rides with Elton John, road trips with Carole King, and horseback riding with Dan Fogelberg,” Wilson says. Praise for Tuned In: “Tuned In is much more than I expected. With humor and insight, Jim shares his adventures and experiences with some of the world’s ...
Richard Skipper Celebrates The Snow Moon with Cyprian Diaz, Erron Gralore, ...
March 17, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBThe Snow Moon is the name given to the full moon in February. It is named after the heavy snowfall that occurs in the Northern Hemisphere during this time of year. In astrology, the Snow Moon is the full moon in Virgo, which is the final full moon of winter. It's also the first micro-moon of the year, and it's considered a time of transition and shifting energies. Send us your questions/comments/suggestions and we will try and incorporate into the show!
Unveiling La Raisha Dionne's Center Journey with Richard Skipper
February 19, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBJoin us for an hour of sparkling fascination and contagious joy as LaRaisha DiEvelyn Dionne, the 2023 Mama’s Next Big Act winner, takes us on an electrifying journey through their vibrant life. Daughter of O’Bryan, one of Soul Train’s pioneer artists, and raised in a creative family, she’s a nomadic visionary with a knack for chameleon-like transformations. Having earned their Master of Fine Arts from Wayne State University, LaRaisha is a multi-hyphenate artist, spanning Theatre, TV/Film, Voi...
Richard Skipper's Friday Wrap Up Show! Goodbye 2023!!
January 08, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBIn this episode, we say goodbye to 2023 and I'm bringing along five amazing artists to help me do just that! Saloon Singer Christopher Collette is a fresh face on the New York cabaret and nightclub scene. His most recent show, “Come Fly with Me: Songs of Travel, Trips, Tours & Treks” was an acclaimed success at The Laurie Beechman Theater in November. A classical pianist by training, he stepped out from behind the keyboard and took center stage in 2018 with his debut performance “This Could b...
Setting Goals for 2024 with Dr. Judi Bloom and Richard Skipper
January 07, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBHappy New Year! Have you set your artistic goals for 2024? Join Dr. Judi Bloom and Richard Skipper as they hep you with Creativity, with a dose of therapy! We will also be joined y three artists who trly do set oals and achieve them! Dr Judi Bloom is a practical, interactive, solution-focused therapist specializing in relationships and in navigating through major life transitions. For 3 decades she has treated patients of every background and helped them work through a wide variety of persona...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story’
January 07, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBMarieete Hartley and Jerry Sroka's screenplay tells the slightly fictionalized details of their later-in-life romance and marriage. Directed and executive produced by Don Scardino, executive produced by Hartley and Sroka, co-executive produced Matthew Bennett, produced by Jeff Hardwick and Tim Mann, associate produced by Dana L. Williams. The film will open in limited theatrical release on December 8, 2023 at Theatrikos Theatre Company in Flagstaff and Sedona Film Festival Theatre in Arizo...
Experience Time Travel: Richard Skipper's Friday Wrap Up Show Revealed
January 02, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBPatti Bottino Bravo: https://www.pattibottinobravo.com/ Born in the Bronx, NY of Puerto Rican descent, actor and singer Adrian Christian first came to public attention on the New York stage and in small roles in TV and film. While singing in nightclubs, an early recording drew an audience but offered limited opportunity, so he set his sights to Los Angeles, and Gospel music. An EP and a national tour followed, culminating with the release of his epic music film short, “A Song For You” in 202...
Richard Sipper's Friday Wrap Up Show! Goodbye 2023!!
January 01, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBIn this episode, we say goodbye to 2023 and I'm bringing along five amazing artists to help me do just that! Saloon Singer Christopher Collette is a fresh face on the New York cabaret and nightclub scene. His most recent show, “Come Fly with Me: Songs of Travel, Trips, Tours & Treks” was an acclaimed success at The Laurie Beechman Theater in November. A classical pianist by training, he stepped out from behind the keyboard and took center stage in 2018 with his debut performance “This Could b...
Discover the Secret Jazz Masterpiece of San Francisco's Legendary Crooner
December 31, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBWhile 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...
The Secret to Unlocking Creativity from Musical Theatre Characters
December 18, 2023 00:30 - 1 hour - 56 MBWe 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 j...
Richard Skipper Celebrates THE SEASON: STRAIGHT UP
November 29, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBFor 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 cel...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Josefina López (Writer/Director/Producer
November 28, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBJosefina 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 pro...
Richard Skipper Celebrates the release of HERE’S TO THE LADIES
November 28, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBEddie 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 ti...
Richard Skipper Celebrates National Jukebox Day!
November 25, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBThe day before gathering around the turkey, gather around the nearest jukebox to celebrate National Jukebox Day! As Americans flock to their hometowns for Thanksgiving, many will head out to neighborhood bars and restaurants. They will catch up with friends and family and celebrate by playing great songs on their local jukebox. The name jukebox is thought to originate from places called ‘juke houses’ or ‘jook joints.' In the early 1900s, people congregated in these establishments to drink and...
Unveiling the Secret Behind Dana Aber's Captivating One-Woman Musical
November 11, 2023 01:30 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBDana Aber (she/her) is an award-winning theatre performer, producer, collaborator, and creator, with a 20 year career spanning across the country and across the seas. She has been seen in NYC Off-Broadway, at The Dixon Place, NYFringe Festival, NYMF, Apollo Theatre, and FDCAC/Classical Theatre of Harlem. A strong advocate for the development of new musicals, she has been involved in countless presentations at New Dramatists, NYU Tisch, Dramatists Guild, Ars Nova, and across virtual media. Thr...
Richard Skipper Celebrates The Hunter's Moon
November 08, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBRichard Skipper Celebrates The Hunter's Moon is a YouTube video. The video discusses the name "Hunter's Moon," which is thought to have originated in the 1700s when hunters prepared for winter. Huntersmoon Hall is also a place. Other videos by Richard Skipper include: Special FULL MOON AFTERNOON Edition Of The Let That Go Show The Ultimate Tribute to Kathy Searle Richard Skipper Celebrates Eugene Ebner and Paul Page Happy Publicists Day!: Richard Skipper Celebrates Renee Katz Unveiling ...
Richard Skipper Celebrates James Beaman: Lived Experience
November 07, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBAfter a 20 year absence from the cabaret stage, Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Bistro Award winner James Beaman returns, older, wiser, with a song in his heart and his filter decidedly off. Celebrating 33 years in show biz, including a decade as one of cabaret's finest female impersonators, Beaman brings his unique and tartly critical point of view on the cultural zeitgeist. Reunited with his longtime musical director, the brilliant David Maiocco, Beaman hopes to dazzle in this long anti...
Richard Skipper Celebrates The Big Time with Douglas J. Cohen
November 07, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBhttps://douglasjcohen.com “Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be,” says political figure and diplomat Eleanor Roosevelt When the young composer-lyricist Douglas Cohen first secured the musical rights to the novel No Way to Treat a Lady by William Goldman—the acclaimed author of The Princess Bride and Marathon Man—he hoped it would be his big break, the first step on a gilt path to artistic triumph and commercial success in the form of a hit Broadway musical. What happened...
Richard Skipper Celebrates the release of Something Borrowed Something Blue
November 06, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB“Her voice is the voice of the fountain of youth and her musical spirit lets you drink -- from her voice, from her dance, from her spirit. And Jenny Burton becomes Isis incarnate.” ~Laurence Holder, Routes Magazine Jenny Burton had a long and varied career as a superb vocalist working successfully in Dance Music, R&B, Gospel and Inspirational Music. In the late 80s and early 90s Burton had four national number one R&B/Dance hits -- "One More Shot," rose to Billboard's number five slot and led...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Halloween with Charles Rosenay!!!
November 04, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBHalloween! Halloween or Hallowe'en is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints, martyrs, and all the faithful departed. To help me celebrate, I'm joined by Charles Rosenay and Bradford Sussman Gonzalez New Haven, Connecticut resident Charles Rosenay wears many hats. He is an entertainer, MC/DJ...
Richard Skipper's Friday the 13th Wrap Up! Are you Superstitious?
November 04, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBt's Friday the 13th and we all know what that means — unlucky occurrences like tripping over your shoelaces, knocking over glasses, and waking up after your alarm are just a few of the possible horrors the superstitious among us believe are likely to happen on this infamously bad luck ridden day. Whatever you do on that day, don't walk under a ladder, cross paths with a black cat, or break a mirror! There's no telling what tragedy could result. What gives on this weird superstition? No, it d...
Happy Publicists Day!
November 01, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBNational Publicist Day™ is celebrated annually around the world on October 30th. Founded in 2015, it is a day of appreciation and recognition of public relations professionals. I'm joined by publicist Risa Hoag. Risa has more than 35 years of experience in public relations and marketing. Prior to founding GMG Public Relations in 1991, she was a Director of Public Relations with Ernst & Young with responsibility for media placement, writing feature articles and press releases, developing and...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Eileen Fulton
September 16, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBEileen Fulton (born Margaret Elizabeth McLarty; September 13, 1933) is an American actress. She is known for her television role as Lisa on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, which she played almost continuously for 50 years (with two notable interruptions) from May 18, 1960, until the show's ending on September 17, 2010.
Richard Skipper Celebrates Patrice McKinley
September 12, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBPatrice McKinley has been a certified life coach for 12 years and is also a certified facilitator of the highly acclaimed Thinking into Results program. She has been personally trained and mentored by world-renowned success and personal development expert Bob Proctor and legendary corporate attorney Sandra Gallagher. The Thinking into Results program is built on the premise that within the mind, each of us has all the resources we need to have anything we want. By combining classic coaching t...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Greg Schreiner!
September 10, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBGreg Schreiner owns a comprehensive collection of Marilyn Monroe memorabilia, encompassing furniture items from Marilyn’s final home, autographs, cancelled bank checks, including a check to Eunice Murray dated August 4, 1962, film scripts, documents and original costume sketches. In 2006, items from his personal collection of Marilyn Monroe memorabilia, including nine gowns, original costume sketches and custom dolls toured the world, with stops in the US and Japan. In 2007, the Texas State ...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Penguin Rep's Gene & Gilda with Jordan Kai Burnett
September 09, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBMy biggest motivation has always been love.-Gilda Radner Penguin Rep Theatre, under the leadership of founding artistic director Joe Brancato and executive director Andrew M. Horn, presents the world premiere of Gene & Gilda by Cary Gitter, directed by Mr. Brancato, from August 4 through August 27 in Stony Point, New York. Beloved entertainers Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner come to vivid life in a hilarious and heartfelt new play from Penguin playwright-in-residence Gitter, author of The Sabbat...
Escape the Rat Race: Transform Your Career with Proactive Business Strategies
September 09, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBActionable Tips, Tricks, and Templates Including...How To Get Representation, Approach Casting, Auditioning, Creating Your Own Work, and Working Smarter and Not Harder To Achieve Career Success! REVIEWS: "Actors only work in this business when they're fully informed. Buy this book. Read it twice. Kimberly has insight I don't see anywhere else." -- ROBERT MCCASKILL, Professional acting coach since 1991 "Wow! This book is so good! Consider it the "How to Win Friends and Influence People" for ac...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Broadway Decoded with Thomas S. Hischak
September 08, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBTheodore Roosevelt began each morning by reading as much as possible. “Books are almost as individual as friends,” he wrote in his autobiography.“I am a part of everything that I have read.” Today, Tuesday, September 6, 2022, is National Read a Book Day, a day that encourages all book lovers to indulge in their favorite hobby and read. Bringing new worlds to life, books enlighten us and transport us on exciting adventures. They can challenge our perspectives on the human experience in ways un...
Celebrating the Career and Body of WORTH of Songwriter Tom Jones
September 07, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBHarry Truman famously said that not all readers are leaders but all leaders are readers — they have to be. THE FANTASTICKS, with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, opened Off-Broadway in May of 1960 and closed forty-two years later, becoming the longest-running production in the history of the American stage and one of the most frequently produced musicals in the world. Their first Broadway musical, 110 IN THE SHADE, was nominated for a Tony Award and was successfully...
Richard Skipper's Friday Wrap Up Day: Serendipity Day!
September 05, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBSerendipity Day encourages people to look for and notice those unexpected good things that are always out there, if people would just have the eyes to see them. Mary Ellen Ciganovich: https://askmaryellen.com/ Bobbi Kotula: . https://www.bobbikotula.com Peggy Miley: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/peggy_miley Barbara Minkus: Barbara Minkus.com April Shprintz: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd3-7foc4_nVtub5Lb0LDkg
Unveiling the Language of the Universe: Decoding Signs and Symbols for Connectio
September 01, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBJoin me and my psychic friend of the show Danielle @DsEnlightenedEdits, as we talk about The Language of the Universe and how its always speaking to You! Be sure to be there Live on Monday August 21st, 2023 at 7pm ET to ask your Questions Live (& maybe even get a mini Reading on air). If you'd like a Spiritual Reading of your own, &/or to explore Energy Healing and Consciousness Coaching with Danielle, you can find all that and more on her website http://www.DAMCLDesigns.com Danielle will als...
Unlocking the Secrets to Exceptional Conversation Skills
September 01, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBAccomplished and versatile, Deborah Jean Templin has performed on stage, screen and television. Her most recent appearance was as the inspired, but vocally flawed, wannabe opera diva, Florence Foster Jenkins, in Stephen Temperley’s Souvenir. She has performed in the critically acclaimed York Theatre Company’s “Musicals in Mufti” series in Darling of The Day, Miss Liberty, Johnny Johnson, and Take Me Along. Theatrical Awards include Richard Burton Award for Acting, Los Angeles; Barrymore Aw...
Discover the Untold Secrets of the Happy August 2023 Blue Moon
August 31, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBThe Blue Moon in August 2023 will occur on Wednesday, August 30th at 9:36 PM EDT. It will be the second full moon of the month and will appear opposite the sun. This Blue Moon is also a supermoon, making it a Super Blue Moon. It will be the biggest and brightest moon of the year. The Blue Moon occurs every few years because it takes the moon 29 days to orbit the Earth. The moon is very rarely blue. The Blue Moon is considered significant to many cultures worldwide. The moon will be at 7 degre...
Richard Skipper's Friday Wrap Up Show: Kiss and Make Up Day!
August 26, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBRichard! Thank you so much for having me again on your wonderful Friday Wrap Up Show. You are always prepared, entertaining, thoughtful and keep things flowing. You're an amazing host and really do your best to help focus on your guests in the best way possible. I love how you mix things up during the discussions to keep things interesting and tap in to various levels of your guests. Thank you and cheers to your continued success. Mary Lahti, www.marylahti.com Today is a reminder to mend rel...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Marquee Five in "8-Track Throwback
August 24, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBAbout “8-Track Throwback: The Remix”: Returning to the Laurie Beechman stage for the first time since 2019, Marquee Five’s tribute to the 8-Track era has exploded with new favorites alongside tried-and-true hits from Van Morrison, Dolly Parton, Stevie Wonder, and others. “8-Track Throwback: The Remix” is a newly reimagined and joyous celebration of the music that takes you back. About Marquee Five: Tight, lush vocal jazz harmonies, clever arrangements, and an actor’s sensibility characterize...
Richard Skipper's Unforgettable Tribute to Tom Jones in Provincetown
August 14, 2023 00:30 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBTom Jones wrote the book and lyrics, and Harvey Schmidt wrote the music for The Fantasticks, which closed January 13, 2002, almost 42 years after its opening on May 3, 1960. It is the longest running production in the history of the American theatre. To mark the 60th anniversary of its founding, the Provincetown Theater has announced a unique and celebratory lineup of productions for the 2023 season in Provincetown, MA, the historic birthplace of Modern American Theater. With all shows being ...
Richard Skipper's Friday Wrap Up Show! Be Someone Day!!
July 31, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBSteven Maglio heard a recording of Frank Sinatra singing MY KIND OF TOWN, and to pass the time on his new daily trek, he would sing the song to himself over and over. After a few days, he decided he needed another song and began to explore the only Sinatra album his parents owned at the time, A MAN AND HIS MUSIC. That was the beginning of his addiction to Sinatra and that whole world of standard songs and singers. TANYA MOBERLY has been performing in cabaret since 1997 when she co-created the...
Richard Skipper's Friday Wrap Up Show:Happy Bastille Day!
July 29, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBTon Aprea and Angela DeNiroNJ Edwards was born in Baltimore. Growing up in the suburb of Pikesville, Nancy’s passion for storytelling was expressed as an actor in drama circles. At 20, she left home for Hollywood, California. After achieving a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television Production, Ms. Edwards enjoyed a 30 year career as one of the busiest television commercial producers in Los Angeles and around the world. Ms. Edwards’s other credits include ABC’s 1987-1988 comedy series SLEDGE...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Ron Lytle
July 29, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBThe Original San Francisco Cast Album of 'Oh My Godmother' was released in 2008. His holiday musical THE MAN WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS, debuted in 2006 and was deemed an "instant holiday classic" by the press. It was released for national productions for the 2009 season and has been produced throughout the United States since. The Studio Cast Album was released in 2014. He followed it up with another holiday hit: CHRISTMAS IN OZ in 2017. Ron looks forward to recording the score in the near future...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Nancy Soule
July 27, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBRecent release “Work at Sea, See the World,” from Newman Springs Publishing author Nancy Soulé, contains tips and tricks to what working and living on a cruise ship is like. Drawing from her own experiences from working at sea for over ten years, Nancy is able to provide a unique and personal perspective, revealing the ins and outs for those seeking an extraordinary way of life. Nancy's book is an eye-opening guide to navigating life while working full time on a cruise ship, and the incredibl...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Alan Shayne and Norman Sunshine
July 25, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBFor the bulk of his career, Alan Shayne relied on the creativity of others. Alan Shayne (born November 21, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts) was President of Warner Brothers Television for ten years, where he shepherded such hit shows as Alice, The Dukes of Hazard, Night Court, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Head of the Class and Growing Pains. In addition to holding other positions at the Warner Brothers Studio, he has been an independent film and television producer with such projects as The Bourne ...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Susan Silver
July 20, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBSusan Silver wrote two Top Ten Movies of the Week, feature films and pilots for her own sit-coms. She has appeared on TV talk shows such as Fox Good Day NY (5) , The Today Show (3), is a frequent radio guest on Boomer issues for the Growing Bolder radio program, Bill Bennett Show and others. She has a long running radio commentary on the NPR affiliate out of Connecticut called “Susan Says” on www.Robinhoodradio.com and ITunes. Profiled in TV Guide, Esquire and other publications, she has writ...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Mimi Hines on her 90th Birthday!
July 20, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBLike the Sondheim song says, this trooper is, at age 90, "still here." She was born in Canada in 1933 and grew up with a marvelous knack for making faces and getting laughs. The then-19-year-old met the much older Phil Ford in Alaska while both were playing different clubs in 1952. She was a quick fill-in after his female partner accidentally broke her ankle. They married two years later and continued performing together in night clubs with Phil serving as the straight man. The plain-Jane, r...
Richard Skipper Celebrates A Man of Much Importance
July 19, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBFrom his first plays in the early 1960s to his death in 2020, playwright Terrence McNally has been a force in American theater. Beginning in the Off-Off Broadway movement, McNally’s writing continually reflected a changing culture, from opposition to the Vietnam War through the emergence of AIDS and gay rights. His stage plays, musicals, and operas continue to be performed internationally, and they remain the work of a consummate artist, delving into the human soul and fearlessly examining bo...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Julian Schlossberg AND Steve Guttenberg
July 19, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBJulian Schlossberg (Producer).Theatre: Bullets Over Broadway, Relatively Speaking, Sly Fox, Mornings At Seven, My Life On A Diet, Fortune’s Fool, Terms of Endearment, After the Night and the Music, Adult Entertainment, The Unexpected Man, Tommy Tune, Madame Melville, Taller Than a Dwarf, Power Plays, If Love Were All, Death Defying Acts, Vita and Virginia, etc. Film: Widow’s Peak, In theSpirit, Bad Girls, No Nukes, Ten From Your Show of Shows. Television: Mike Nichols – American Masters (PBS)...
Richard Skipper Celebrates All The Leaves are Brown with Scott G. Shea
July 18, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBFew songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as “California Dreamin’,” the iconic folk music single that catapulted the Mamas & the Papas into rock and roll history. In All the Leaves Are Brown, author Scott Shea details how John Phillips, Denny Doherty, Michelle Phillips, and “Mama Cass” Elliot became standard-bearers for California counterculture, following their transformation from folk music wannabes to rock sensations and chronicling the tumultuous...
Creative Chat with Dr. Judi Bloom and Richard Skipper : Celebrating Returns!
July 17, 2023 22:00 - 59 minutes - 53.6 MBIn the late 80s and early 90s. Jenny Burton had four national number one R&B/Dance hits -- "One More Shot," rose to Billboard's number five slot and led to Burton's first major-label solo deal. Atlantic Records released her first LP, "In Black & White," which included the hit single, “I Remember What You Like". “Bad Habits,” off her second album was a #1 dance hit in America and rose to #12 on the R&B charts. Moving more into an Inspirational direction, she created with producer/composer Pet...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Tom Jones and the reImagined The Fantasticks
July 17, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBTom Jones wrote the book and lyrics, and Harvey Schmidt wrote the music for The Fantasticks, which closed January 13, 2002, almost 42 years after its opening on May 3, 1960. It is the longest running production in the history of the American theatre. To mark the 60th anniversary of its founding, the Provincetown Theater has announced a unique and celebratory lineup of productions for the 2023 season in Provincetown, MA, the historic birthplace of Modern American Theater. With all shows being ...
Richard Skipper Celebrates Nancy Dussault
July 15, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBNANCY DUSSAULT began attracting national attention at Northwestern University when her junior year photo as “Miss Student Body,” appeared in “Life” Magazine. While still at Northwestern, she performed as a guest soloist with The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, winning two Young Artist Awards from the American Society of Musicians. After graduation, Dussault appeared in N.Y. clubs like The Blue Angel and The Upstairs at the Downstairs. Dussault received sensational reviews and was warmly embrac...
Richard Skipper Celebrates David Saint
July 15, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBDavid Saint is in his 25th season as Artistic Director of George Street Playhouse. He has directed 43 mainstage productions at GSP, having most recently helmed Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise. Additional productions include Fully Committed and Tiny Beautiful Things for the GSP virtual season, Midwives, and Conscience, in addition to The Trial of Donna Caine, American Hero, American Son, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and An Act of God starring the legendary Kathleen Turner in t...