Best Bernfield Podcasts (2024)

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Interview with Celine Rosenthal Director of the Asolo Production of Dial M For Murder

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https://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show%20659%203-25-2024%20Celine%20Rosenthal.mp3 3-31-2024 Celine Rosenthal was captured by theatre very young and predictably studied acting. Although she loved everything about acting; script analysis, the rehearsal process etc., she really didn’t like being on stage. In tandem with her acting studies, she w…

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Interview with Gus Kaikkonen, Director of Fully Commiterd

2M ago

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http://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_657_2_8_2024_Gus_Kaikkonen_Fully_Committed.mp3 2/8/2023 Actor, writer, director, producer Gus Kaikkonen is a theater professional, but he didn’t intend to be. His mother suggested he audition for a children’s theatre. They “needed boy’s,” Gus jokes, and his fate is sealed. Although he intentionally chose …

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Interviews with WBTT’s Leon Pitts

3M ago

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http://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/2%20interviews%20with%20Leon%20Pitts.mp3 1/29/2024 Leon Pitts was nine years old when he met his mentor, his “rabbi,” Nate Jacobs. Nate was a teacher at Leon’s school and although, neither knew it at the time, one day Nate would be the founder of The West Coast Black Theater Troupe and Leon would be one of its…

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Memorial to Bill Hayes

3M ago

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http://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_655_Memoriak_to_Bill_Hayes_1_26_2023.mp3 1/26/2024 I did this interview with Bill in June 2008, when he was in Sarasota staring in the Golden Apple production of Chicago. His career is well known, there isn’t anything a performer can do that Bill Hayes didn’t do brilliantly. This is particularly amazing w…

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Interview with Actor Doug Shapiro – preparing to star in Fully Committed

4M ago

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Anatomy of an Artist Can be heard and downloaded http://www.thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Shpw_653_12_15_2023_Doug_Shapiro_Fully_Committed.mp3 12-15-2023 Interview with charming Actor Doug Shapiro as he prepares to star in the one-person production of “Fully Committed” for Sarasota Jewish Theatre on January 31st – at the Players Theatre. In this …

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Tribute to Michael Edwards

10M ago

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June 15, 2023, As a boy Michael Donald Edwards attended Catholic schools where he was steeped in theology and philosophy and considered becoming a priest or a teacher. He didn’t see a play until college, where he discovered what he was really meant to do with his life. But having given up religion for theater […]…

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Memorial To Michael Roysl

10M ago

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June 9, 2023, Musician/Composer/Artist Michael Royal performed in London, Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Athens, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Bangkok, New York, Los Angeles and throughout the U.S. He worked with Red Rodney, Mel Lewis, Clifford Jordan, George Garzone, Larry Coryell, Emily Remler, Ira Sullivan, and Mark Murphy in addition to his own groups. M…

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Interview with entertainer Chris Eisenberg

1y ago

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The Lynne Show Pod cast can be heard and downloaded at 3-15-23 Chris Eisenberg discovered he could have an impact on an audience when he “played tricks with a basketball” at a kindergarten talent show. It turned out that he was right. Follow the surprisingly quick trajectory of his career beginning with his first role […]…

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Memorial to David Howard

1y ago

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2-24-23 2-24-23 Memorial to the remarkable David Howard. A seemingly unassuming, mellow person, David was powerful on stage. He was not only a brilliant actor, he was that rare thing, a real human being. I’m sure it was his ability to be real in person, that was his superpower on stage. Listen to this gentle, […]…

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Interview with Writer, dramatist and leading expert on the American Songbook and Musical Theatre Deborah Grace Winer.

2y ago

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6-27-22 Deb has created concerts and revues for Jazz at Lincoln Center, NJPAC and the Schimmel Center at Pace University. Feinstein’s/54 Below, and the Birdland Theater. As Artistic Director of the 92Y’s Lyrics & Lyricists American Songbook concert series, for nine years, she brought top tier artists from Broadway and music, to the 50 original […]…

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Interview with Cabaret Performers Anne Pringle Burnell and Mark Burnell

2y ago

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The Anatomy of an Artist Series with Lynne Bernfield Can be heard and downloaded at 4-6-22 I interviewed Cabaret Performers Anne Pringle Burnell and Mark Burnell right before the start of the Pandemic. In their interviews both Anne and Mark talk about the way they found their love of Cabaret and each other, In Anne’s […]…

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Interview with Jazz Musician Bill Charlap

2y ago

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Bill Charlap comes from a musical family. His father was the composer Moose Charlap, best known for the score of Peter Pan and his mother, Sandy Stewart, a singer, who was a regular on Perry Como’s Kraft Musical Hall, and recorded the hit song “My Coloring Book.” Bill recorded Love Is Here to Stay, and Something to Remember with […]…

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2nd 1/2 of my interview with Actor, Director Tony Award Winning Playwright Frank Galati

2y ago

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4-18-22 In the second half of my interview with Frank Galati, Frank continues to describe the serendipity of his extraordinary career, and talk about the creation, with Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, of the brand new musical Knoxville, based on the on the Pulitzer Prize winning book A Death in the Family by James Agee and Pulitzer Prize winning …

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First 1/2 of my Interviews with Actor, Director, Ton Aware Winning Playwright Frank Galati

2y ago

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4-15-22 Interview with Actor, Director, Teacher Tony Award winning Playwright Frank Galati. I began my interview with the indefinable Frank Galati while he was directing a production of 1776 for the Asolo Theater. He was summarily whisked away for rehearsal so we never got to talk about 1776. In this half our conversation Frank talks […]…

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Memorial to director and costume/set designer Tony Walton

2y ago

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http://www.thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_643_3_7_22_Memorial_to_Tony%20Walton.mp3 3/7/22 Memorial to Director, Costume and Set Designer Tony Walton I interviewed the remarkable Tony Walton when he directed George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple for the Asolo Repertory Company in Sarasota FL. Known primarily for his design work, Tony was …

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Interview with Jane Plitt creator of the

2y ago

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2-19-22Interview 2-19-22 Scholar, Business Woman, Feminist, Author, Screenwriter Jane Plitt has been a champion advocate for small business, women, and social justice. She was chosen by SAVVY magazine as one of fourteen outstanding women in New York State and by the U.S. Small Business Administration as a Small Business Advocate. Her current passio…

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Memorial to painter Eleanor Merritt

2y ago

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2-4-22– Memorial to painter Eleanor Merritt. Eleanor began to draw when she was five years old and “never stopped making Art.” She was supported in her passion by her mother, an immigrant with a 6th grade education, who once challenged an elementary teacher who complained that Eleanor was “always drawing.” I interviewed Eleanor when she […]…

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Introducing Lee Gundersheimer – The Players Theater’s new Artistic Director

2y ago

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-31-22 Actor, Director, Playwright, Administrator, and Educator. Lee Gundersheimer has done it all. Actor in 75 shows in New York and more all over the country. Director of over 80 plays, from Shakespeare to Annie. Playwright of 7 full length plays and 4 one acts including “Incommunicado,” nominated for four Audelco Awards, and opened the […]…

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Interview with Stephanie Larkin – Dancer, Musician, IT specialist and Head Penguin at Red Penguin Books

2y ago

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http://www.thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_640_%20Stephanie_Larkin_1_24_21.mp3 1-24-21 Interview with the extraordinary Stephanie Larkin, who is the poster child for the adage when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Beginning ballet school at 2 and “adoring” it, Stephanie thought she’d be a dancer. An injury at 13, left her with 6 years of …

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Interview with multi-talented Francine Achbar

2+ y ago

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The Anatomy of an Artist Series with Lynne Bernfield Preview in new tab(opens in a new tab) 1-3-22 To start the New Year, I am airing an interview with Francine Achbar who created an uncommon life for a woman of her generation. Born in Ottawa, Canada, “a tiny claustrophobic Jewish community,” Francine launched herself into the […]…

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Memorial to musician and one of a kind human being Mike (Mikee) Palter

2+ y ago

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9-27-21 Musical legend Mike (Mikee) Palter, died on August 30th Today would be his birthday, in honor of this extraordinary man I am re-running our funny, compelling, fascinating interview. Mike was an American Songbook interpreter, composer, and lyricist,. For over 50 years, with Lynne Jackson Palter, his partner in marriage, business, music, crea…

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Actor, Director Jim Weaver talks about his life and his direction of the upcoming WBTT production of Eubie

2+ y ago

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https://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/show_637_9_27_21_Jim_Weaver_Eubie.mp3 9-27-21 Actor, Choreographer, Director Jim Weaver is the Artistic Associate and Director of Education at Westcoast Black Theater Troupe. In this interview Jim talks about his life and his current project, directing the upcoming production of the musical revue Eubie. Like …

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Memorial for Ed Asner

2+ y ago

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https://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_635_memorial_for_Ed_Asner_9_13_21.mp3 The Anatomy of an Artist Series with Lynne Bernfield can be heard and downloaded https://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_635_memorial_for_Ed_Asner_9_13_21.mp3, 9-13-21 Memorial to Ed Asner – The irrepressible, outrageous, talented, generous and sexy Ed Asner is …

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Bernie Furshpan, founder of New York’s premier Cabaret Club The Metropolitan Room describes the Metzoom concert experience

3y ago

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https://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_634_4_14_21_Bernie_Furshpan_describes_metzoom_concert_expereince.mp3By Lynne Bernfield

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Interview with Actor/Artist Sam Osheroff

3y ago

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https://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_631_2_25_21_San_Osheroff_Cherry_Docs.mp3 2-25-21 Interview with Sam Osheroff, who has had a varied career as a studio artist, an actor, director and educator Listen to Sam describe his earliest experiences with theater, how, as an eight year old, he was struck by what seemed to him to be existence of “an…

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Interview with actor E. Faye Butler

3y ago

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https://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_630_2_15_21_Faye_Butler_Fannie_Lou_Hamer..mp3 2-18-21 Interview with actor, singer E. Faye Butler who is staring as Fannie, in “Fannie, The life and the Music of Fannie Lou Hamer,” a role which was written with her in mind. Like the woman she’s playing, Faye discovered her path unexpectedly. The role whi…

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Interview with Carrie Seidman who launches her new newsletter

3y ago

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https://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_629_1_22_21_Carrie_Seidman_new_Newsletter.mp3 1-25=21 Carrie Seidman Passionate, talented and courageous Carrie Seidman is a dancer, a journalist, a cancer survivor, and parent of child with mental health issues. She discovered her passion for dance at three years old while watching her older sisters do …

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Interview with Carolyn Michel and Howard Millman,

3+ y ago

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https://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_628_1_14_21_Carolyn_and_Howard_SJT.mp3 The Anatomy of an Artist Series with Lynne Bernfield can be heard and downloaded https://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_628_1_14_21_Carolyn_and_Howard_SJT.mp3 1-14-21 Interviews with Carolyn Michel and Howard Millman. On Sunday, January 31, 3:00 the first show…

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A holiday and thank you gift

3+ y ago

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As a holiday thank you gift to The Lynne Show and Anatomy of an Artist interview series audience, I will send a signed hard cover copy of my book When You Can, You Will, why you can’t always do what you want to and what to do about it. Or a copy of my of […]By Lynne Bernfield

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Re-run of my 2008 interview with Roberta MacDonald and Bob Turoff as Bob launches his new book Dear Roberta: Letters to My Wife.

3+ y ago

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https://thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_626_MacDonald_Turoff_rerun_12_4_20_book_promotiom.mp3 Please come on Saturday, December 5th at 4pm for a warm and interactive virtual conversation with author and Golden Apple Dinner Theatre patriarch, Robert Turoff in honor of the publication of Dear Roberta: Letters to My Wife. This new, heartwarming m…

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Interview with Slate Counts – Sarasolo

3+ y ago

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3-16-20 Interview Slate Counts has created an exciting piece of theater about William S. Burroughs. A writer and performer, Slate is the perfect person to introduce Burroughs to a new audience. He too has been intrigued by the areas of thought and imagination that Burroughs explored in his long, fascinating and checkered career, areas many […]…

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Interview with photographer, potter, animal advocate and EMT Betsy Gertz

3+ y ago

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10-20-20 Interview Betsy Gertz is a multi-talented woman. A gifted photographer, sculptor and potter, she has also worked as a chef, an EMT and a nurse. Betsy excels at whatever she decides to try. Currently she is living on a large plot of land which she calls her “piece of peace,” where she cares for […]…

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Interview with Andy Sandberg

3+ y ago

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5-11-20 Interview The board of the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Florida announced today that the organization has chosen Andy Sandberg as its Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer as of January 1, 2020. Sandberg succeeds Bruce Rodgers, who is retiring after serving as the Hermitage’s Executive Director since 2005. Sandberg, an accomplished d…

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Lynne Bernfield sings a song from her CD and explains why she wrote it

4y ago

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5-11-20 Interview The Anatomy of an Artist Series with Lynne Bernfield Lynne Bernfield sings a song from her CD and explains why she wrote it I was studying Hypnosis with Stephen Gilligan, who’d been a student of Milton Erickson, the father of clinical hypnosis. Something Stephen said caused me to write this song, I don’t […]…

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Lynne sings a song from her CD and explains why she wrote it

4y ago

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4-30-20 Interview Shortly after I wrote The Sweet Single Life, I moved in with the man I would marry. He’s a musician and shortly after I moved in he went on the road – a yearlong national and international tour with Tom Waits. When I got home from seeing him off at LAX I wrote […]By Lynne Bernfield

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Lynne sings a song from her CD and explains why she why she wrote it

4y ago

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4-20-20 Interview Although I loved and do still love NY, LA in the 70’s was a revelation. It wasn’t crowded, people really were laid back and friendly, it still had the weather it’s still pretending to have, we hadn’t heard of smog, and I could live on unemployment. There was so much money available that […]…

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Lynne Bernfield sings “The Sweet Single Life”

4y ago

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4-9-20 Interview I spent much of my 20’s worrying about the fact that, although there were always men in my life, I wasn’t MARRIED! When I moved from NY – where I was born and raised – and moved to LA, I began a new life. One day I realized that I was not only […]By Lynne Bernfield

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Interview with Cabaret Singer Anne Pringle Burnell

4y ago

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3-9-20 Interview 3-9-20 Singer and Cabaret Performer Anne Pringle Burnell thought she was going to be an actress. Listen to the ironic way she discovered that she is really a singer and was drawn to Cabaret where, unlike acting she can express herself. Anne was instrumental in creating the Chicago Cabaret Professionals and is currently […]…

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Interview with Artistic Director Laura Kepley

4y ago

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1-27-20 Interview 2-17-120 Laura Kepley, is in Sarasota to direct Into the Breeches at the Asolo Repertory Company. Laura fell in love with theater the first time she saw a play at 3 or 4 years old, and she can still remember the sticks with twirling lollipops. Not basically an extravert Laura persevered studying acting […]…

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Interview with Film Commissioner Jeannie Corcoran

4y ago

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1-6-20 Interview 2-24-20 Jeanne Corcoran is the director, Sarasota county film & entertainment office since 2007. She is an award-winning writer/producer/creative director and on-camera talent, in television and video productions, including dozens of concept-to-completion projects plus original tv and video content, music, books, electronic media, …

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Interview with Actor Derek Speedy

4y ago

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2-17-20 Interview 2-17-20 Derek Speedy, is charming gregarious and very intelligent. As he says, he could have chosen and excelled at many careers which would have been more “secure,” but Derek was captured by the theater. And at twenty-three, only two years out of Harvard, he is steadily working. Come see him at the Asolo, […]…

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Interview with Cabaret Performer extraordinaire Steve Ross

4y ago

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2-10-20 Interview 2-10-20 The Crown Prince of Cabaret, Steve Ross can be seen, remarkably for free, one night only – Thursday Feb 13th at Pritchard’s Piano Co 2108 Bee Ridge Rd, Sarasota, FL 34239, (941) 924-1204.Although he knew that music, he began playing piano very early, would always be a part of his life, his […]…

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Interview with actress/singer Jannie Jones

4y ago

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1-27-20 Interview 1-27-20 – Actress/Singer Jannie Jones is one of a tiny percent of performers who actually make their living with their talent. Jannie was five years old when her mother taught her and her two sisters to sing Acapella. They became the sought after Ford Sisters performing at church and community groups. Known as […]…

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Interview with director Celine Rosenthal

4y ago

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1-20-20 Interview 1-20-20 Celine Rosenthal, is an Associate Artistic Director at The Asolo Repertory Company. She was captured by theatre very young and predictably studied acting. Surprisingly, although she loved everything about acting; script analysis, the rehearsal process etc., she really didn’t like being on stage. And in tandem with her acti…

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Interview with Triple Treat Peter Amster talking about Murder on the Orient Express

4+ y ago

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1-6-20 Interview 1-13–20 Four year old Peter Amster decided that if Peter Pan could fly so could he and he had to be restrained from jumping out of the window. From then on he never stopped pushing his limits. Although he was to discover that his body was not designed to dance, he became a […]By Lynne Bernfield

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Interview with Entertainer Joe Plummer

4+ y ago

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1-6-20 Interview Joe Plummer describes himself as an “entertainer,” and it is certainly an apt description. Listen to him describe his surprising career as a singer, dancer, actor, playwright, songwriter and director although he never had a lesson or any training. And come to the First Presbyterian Church of Sarasota Tues 1/21 to Sat 1/25 […]…

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Interview with Wendy Lyons Sunshine co-author of Raising the Challenging Child

4+ y ago

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12-30-20 Interview 12-30-20 Wendy Lyons Sunshine is an award-winning writer whose creative journey has included visual art and songwriting. After a career as a technical writer, Wendy began reporting for local publications and partnering with experts on books. Her first book collaboration was The Connected Child: Bring hope and healing to your adop…

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Interview with Joseph Holt – Artistic Director of Artists Series Concerts

4+ y ago

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12-3-20 Interview 12-2-20 Joseph Holt is the Artistic Director of Choral Artists of Sarasota (formerly Gloria Musicae) as well as the Artistic Director of Artists Series Concerts, he is a virtuoso pianist who played all over the world before coming to settle in Sarasota. He was apparently a hyper active child, who was “scattered all […]…

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Interview with Saxophone Player Jim Wellen

4+ y ago

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11-18-19 Interview 11-18-19 Saxophone player Jim Wellen was drawn to music “before he realized it.” As an infant he would sit in front of this family’s record player mesmerized by the sound coming from it, a sound he later realized as Big Band Music. When he got his first instrument – a wax pan pipe […]…

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Interview with Dancer, singer, actor Josh Rhodes

4+ y ago

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11-12-19 Interview 11-12-19 Dancer, singer, actor and Broadway director/choreographer Josh Rhodes is in Sarasota directing his seventh show for the Asolo Repertory Theater; The Sound Of Music.. Listen to this charming story of a man who was drawn to musicals as a 5 year old boy, who dedicated his life to becoming the very best […]…

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