The Lynne Show - Music, Interviews and Stories for Change

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 was also a pre-med student.…

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https://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 a college without…

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  https://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…

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https://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…

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Anatomy of an Artist Can be heard and downloaded https://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 interview Doug…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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