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Harvey Brownstone Interviews John McDaniel, Renowned Composer, Conductor, Musical Director & Producer May 29, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with John McDaniel, Renowned Composer, Conductor, Musical Director & Producer

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, John McDaniel, is a renowned composer, conductor, musical director and producer who became a household name in the late 90s when he appeared on the Rosie O’Donnell Show as Rosie’s musical director and lovable sidekick for 6 seasons, for which he received 5 Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition, and winning 2 Emmys for Best Talk Show.

He’s been the Musical Director for many Broadway shows including “Grease”, “Chicago”, for which he won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Direction, “Brooklyn, The Musical”, which he also produced, “Taboo” starring Boy George, and “Annie Get Your Gun”, starring Bernadette Peters - and subsequently Reba McEntire - which won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, and for which he won a Grammy Award as producer for Best Musical Show Album.

He also conducted the 1993 reunion of the original Broadway cast of “Company” in concert at Lincoln Center, as well as the U.S. tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Starlight Express”. He was the arranger and Musical Director for Patti LuPone’s live concert on Broadway, and he also produced the album.

He’s been the musical director and orchestrator for numerous TV specials, including – most recently – the fabulous Carol Burnett 90th Birthday Special on NBC, which was the most watched TV show of the week. He’s recorded 4 solo albums, including my personal favourite, “John McDaniel Live at Joe’s Pub”.

He also produced and conducted a wonderful CD entitled “The Maury Yeston Songbook”, featuring performances by Tony Award winners Betty Buckley, Sutton Foster, Christine Ebersole and many others.

And his collaborations with renowned British singer Barb Yungr, have produced 2 popular albums - "Come Together", featuring songs from The Beatles, and "Float Like a Butterfly", celebrating the songs of Sting.

In 2000, he received the Board of Director’s Award from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets. He’s been a special guest conductor for numerous symphony orchestras throughout the country, and he frequently performs in concert all across America and around the world, working with artists like Audra McDonald, Jessie Mueller, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christine Ebersole and many more.

And currently, the immensely successful production of Bonnie & Clyde in London’s West End, features orchestrations by our guest.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Matt Baume, Podcaster and Author, “Hi Honey, I’m Homo: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture” May 23, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Matt Baume, Podcaster and Author, “Hi Honey, I’m Homo: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Matt Baume, is a writer, podcaster, and video-maker whose work focuses on pop culture and issues of particular interest to the LGBTQ+ community.

His popular online YouTube series, “Culture Cruise”, explores surprising behind-the-scenes stories from film and television history. And his podcast interview show, “The Sewers of Paris”, is about how queer people's lives are shaped by our favorite books, movies, music, and shows.

He’s also known for his shows “Weekly Debrief” and “Marriage News Watch”. And he’s the co-creator of the comedy podcast & live show “Queens of Adventure”.

His first book, entitled “Defining Marriage: Voices From a 40-year Labour of Love”, chronicles the compelling personal stories of the most prominent pioneers and champions who fought for the legalization of same-sex marriage.

And today, he's here to talk about his brand new book entitled, “Hi Honey, I’m Homo: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture”. The book gives us an informative and entertaining analysis of how, starting in the early 70s, situation comedies like “All in the Family”, “Soap”, “Barney Miller”, “Cheers”, “The Golden Girls”, and many more American TV shows, used comedy as a medium to deliver provocative and progressive messages and lessons about bigotry, tolerance and sexuality. From the hidden and subtle metaphors in “Bewitched”, to the studio politics on shows like Ellen DeGeneres’ sitcom, and “Friends”, to the groundbreaking triumphant victories on “Will and Grace”, and “Modern Family”, the book shows us that positive media depictions of minorities on TV shows, have a demonstrable real-life impact in shaping public attitudes, fostering tolerance, acceptance and empathy.

Our guest was nominated for a GLAAD award for journalism, and his work has appeared in dozens of media outlets including National Public Radio, Rolling Stone, The Advocate, and many more. The New York Times referred to his work as “thoughtful, thorough, informative and funny,” and I agree wholeheartedly.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Legends Roy Rogers & Dale Evans’ Granddaughter, Julie Rogers Pomilia May 20, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Roy Rogers & Dale Evans’ Granddaughter, Julie Rogers Pomilia, Author, “Your Heroes My Grandparents”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Julie Rogers Pomilia, is the granddaughter of one of the most beloved couples in the history of show business – the King and Queen of the Westerns, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

They co-starred in 88 movies. They had a radio show for 9 years, and starting in the 50’s, they were on TV almost continuously, starting with the Roy Rogers Show, the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show, Happy Trails Theatre, and they appeared in dozens of variety and talk shows and award shows throughout their lives. They recorded over 400 songs and sold millions of records.

Roy Rogers was the #1 Western box office star for 11 years in a row, from 1943 to 1954. He has FOUR stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his contribution to TV, radio, music and the movies. And he’s the only performer to have been inducted TWICE into the Country Music Hall of Fame, once as part of the Sons of the Pioneers, and the 2nd time as an individual performer. He was so incredibly popular back in the 50s and 60s, that there were over 400 toys and merchandising items with Roy Rogers’ name on them. There was even a chain of Roy Rogers Restaurants.

And Dale Evans was an immensely successful star in her own right. She wrote their iconic theme song, “Happy Trails”, which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008, and was named one of the top 100 western songs of all time by the Western Writers of America. And get this: Dale Evans also wrote the classic Sunday School song, “The Bible Tells Me So”. She also wrote 29 books, including her mega-best seller, “Angel Unaware”, inspired by their child Robin, who was born with Down Syndrome, and who died 2 days before her 2nd birthday.

Dale Evans has 2 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for her work in movies and on television. Although WE knew Roy Rogers and Dale Evans as the King and Queen of the Westerns, our guest knew them as simply, Grandma and Grandpa.

She’s just released a wonderful, heartwarming book entitled, “Your Heroes, My Grandparents: A Granddaughter’s Love.” The book gives us an intimate look at who Roy Rogers and Dale Evans really were, not only as superstars, but especially as devoted partners, parents of 9 children, and grandparents of 16 children.

Our guest is an elementary school teacher who’s spent the last 20 years travelling across the country, to western festivals, fairs and rodeos, to sing, tell stories, sit on panels, ride in parades, and meet with fans to honour and celebrate the legacy of her beloved grandparents and keep their memory alive. She and her 2 sisters sang and performed around the country in a group called “The Rogers Legacy”, and she co-hosted a popular radio show called “Around the Barn”. And she and her husband Gino run the Gino Pomilia Baseball Camp every summer in Larkspur, California. And for many years she’s ridden horseback in the Pasadena Rose Parade on New Year’s Day.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Jerry Mitchell, Legendary Broadway Director and Choreographer May 15, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Jerry Mitchell, Multi-Award Winning Director and Choreographer, Author, “Backstage Pass”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Jerry Mitchell, is a multi-award winning director and choreographer who’s brought us some of the most beloved and iconic musicals in the past 40 years.

After dancing in Broadway shows including “Will Rogers Follies”, “Brigadoon” and “On Your Toes”, he’s gone on to choreograph dozens of shows on Broadway, in London’s West End, and for touring productions. He choreographed the world premiere of the musical “Jeckyll & Hyde”. He was the choreographer for many Broadway shows including “The Full Monty”, “Hairspray”, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, “Legally Blonde”, “Pretty Woman: The Musical”, and “Kinky Boots” and “On Your Feet”, which he also directed. He choreographed the Broadway revivals of “Grease”, “You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown”, “The Rocky Horror Show”, “Gypsy”, and “La Cage Aux Folles”. He’s been nominated for 8 Tony Awards and won 2 for Best Choreography, for “Kinky Boots”, and “La Cage Aux Folles”, for which he also won a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award.

He’s also received 4 Laurence Olivier Award nominations, 6 more Drama Desk Award nominations, and 3 more Outer Circle Award nominations. In addition to his work in the theatre, our guest directed the movie versions of “Kinky Boots: The Musical” and “Legally Blonde: The Musical”.

He was also the choreographer for a number of movies including “Scent of a Woman”, “In & Out”, “The Object of My Affection”, “One True Thing”, and “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”. On TV, he’s choreographed numerous shows including the 2004 Tony Awards, the 2016 live performance of “Hairspray”, and he got an Emmy Award nomination and WON an American Choreography Award for his work on “The Drew Carey Show”.

In Las Vegas, he created, directed and choreographed “Peep Show”, the longest-running live show at Planet Hollywood.

And on top of ALL THAT, this incredibly generous man created, and for many years directed, the hugely popular annual “Broadway Bares” burlesque and comedy extravaganza, for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a vitally important fundraising organization within the theatre community, that has raised over 25 million dollars for AIDS related causes across America.

If you’re not familiar with “Broadway Bares”, you MUST GET our guest’s wonderful book about this annual show, entitled “Backstage Pass”.

AND, in recognition of his dedication and contributions to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, as well as his 3 decades of volunteer service through the arts, our guest will be receiving the prestigious Isabelle Stevenson Award at the upcoming Tony Awards on June 11.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Susan Silver, Author, “Hot Pants in Hollywood: Sex, Secrets and Sitcoms” May 11, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Susan Silver, Author, “Hot Pants in Hollywood: Sex, Secrets and Sitcoms”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Susan Silver, is a show business trailblazer. She was one of the first women to have a successful career as a television comedy writer, in an industry overwhelmingly dominated by men.

Back in the late 60s’, and despite being the youngest runner up for a prestigious Writers Guild Award for a script she’d written in graduate school, the only open door for a female writer in Hollywood was as a secretary. She worked her way up to be producer of a TV show starring comedian Mort Sahl, and then got hired as a casting director on the groundbreaking TV show, “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”. When the show’s producer, George Schlatter, refused to allow a woman to join his writing team – offering her a job as a writer’s assistant instead - she pivoted into the world of TV sitcoms, and never looked back.

She wrote for some of the most iconic shows of all time, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Maude, The Partridge Family, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Square Pegs, and many more. In fact, our guest wrote the episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show called “The Square Shaped Room”, which won Ed Asner an Emmy Award. She also wrote TV movies including “The Couple Takes a Wife” starring Paula Prentiss and Bill Bixby, and “The Girl Who Came Gift Wrapped”, starring Karen Valentine and Farrah Fawcett.

She’s one of the founding members of “Women in Film”, and she’s taught comedy writing at the Television Academy, and lectured at the Paley Center, and at numerous universities. She’s appeared on TV many times, on CNN, HLN and The Today Show to name only a few. She’s had her own weekly radio commentary on Robin Hood Radio called “Susan Says”. And she’s written op-ed columns for The New York Times – AND for 4 years she wrote a highly entertaining column about dating, called “The Search For Mr. Adequate”, on NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY DOT COM.

And FINALY, in 2017, she released her brilliant, hilarious, sometimes salacious, and very insightful memoir entitled, “Hot Pants in Hollywood: Sex, Secrets and Sitcoms”. This book was such an enjoyable read, that I hated to get to the last page. And let me tell you: the episode describing a highly unusual medical “event” resulting from a particularly satisfying encounter with a vibrator, is most definitely worth TEN TIMES the price of the book.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Nelson Mandela’s Personal Assistant, Zelda La Grange May 08, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Nelson Mandela’s Personal Assistant, Zelda La Grange, Author, “Good Morning, Mr. Mandela: A Memoir”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Zelda La Grange, has had the most remarkable and life-altering career working side by side with one of the greatest and most beloved statesmen in history: Nelson Mandela.

She grew up in apartheid South Africa as a white Afrikanner, in a world of white supremacy and black oppression, separation and segregation. Black and white people were not allowed to socialize or congregate in any way outside of an employment relationship. And people of colour were not allowed to vote.

Our guest was raised to embrace the concept of apartheid. But her perspectives, attitudes and beliefs – and in fact, her entire life – were totally transformed, starting in 1994, when at the age of 23, she began working as a typist in the office of South Africa’s 1st democratically elected Black President, Nelson Mandela – the man who was the voice of the oppressed, and who personified the liberation struggle, having spent 27 years in prison.

Over the course of almost 20 years, our guest served President Mandela in various capacities, both during and after his Presidency, going from typist to Assistant Private Secretary, to Private Secretary, to Manager and Spokesperson for his office, until his death on December the 5th, 2013. She accompanied him on dozens of official visits and personal appearances, to virtually every corner of the globe.

In 2014, she published her highly acclaimed, deeply moving and compelling memoir entitled, “Good Morning, Mr. Mandela”.

She not only shares some of the most memorable moments during her time at Mr. Mandela’s side – but MOST IMPORTANTLY, this is an inspiring story of love and hope, in which she candidly explains the monumental impact that Nelson Mandela had on her life, and more specifically, on her personal transformation from a believer in apartheid to a believer in full equality for all people.

In 2014, her book was named the International Bestseller of the Year, and it’s been translated into 13 languages. Our guest has received many awards for her dedication and service to Mr. Mandela, including the 2008 Woman of the Year Award by the South African Press.

And she’s one of the most sought-after speakers on the international lecture circuit, having given inspirational and motivational presentations at the most prestigious conferences and events throughout the world. She’s also co-hosted a national TV talk show in South Africa.

And in 2019 she co-produced a documentary about Nelson Mandela entitled, “Madiba: A Glorious Human Achievement”. She was also a guest curator to an international exhibition on the life and times of Nelson Mandela that has been touring internationally for the past 5 years.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Linda Evans, Multi-Award Winning Actress & Star of “Dynasty” Apr 25, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Linda Evans, Multi-Award Winning Actress & Star of “Dynasty”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Linda Evans, is a beloved, multi-award winning actress, author and public speaker who’s been dazzling the world with her talent, warmth, grace, spirituality – and yes, her legendary beauty - since she first came into our homes on TV as Barbara Stanwyck’s daughter “Audra Barkley” in “The Big Valley”.

She’s also appeared in a number of classic movies including “The Klansman” with Richard Burton, “Avalanche Express” with Lee Marvin, and “Tom Horn” with Steve McQueen. And yes, that was HER playing “Sugar Kane” in “Beach Blanket Bingo”. She also made 2 “Gambler” movies with Kenny Rogers, and she co-starred in the highly acclaimed TV mini-series “North and South Book 2: Love and War”.

But there can be no doubt that our guest has been forever immortalized for her unforgettable portrayal of the glamorous and highly likeable “Krystal Karrington” on the blockbuster TV series, “Dynasty”, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a TV Drama Series, and was nominated 4 more times for Golden Globe Awards, as well as receiving an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She also won 5 People's Choice Awards as Favorite Actress in a Drama Series.

In 1987, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And in 1991, she delighted her loyal fans by resuming her role as “Krystle Karrington” in the TV miniseries, “Dynasty: The Reunion”. In 2006, she reunited with her castmates for the TV special, “Dynasty: Catfights and Caviar”.

In 2006, she and Joan Collins starred in a fabulous play called “Legends”, which I got to see in Toronto, at the beginning of their 9-month sold-out tour.

And then, in 2009, the whole world was rooting for her in the British cooking competition reality show, “Hell’s Kitchen”, which she won. And most recently, she can be seen in “Swan Song”, co-starring Jennifer Coolidge.

In 2015, she released an entertaining, poignant, spiritually uplifting and delicious memoir entitled, “Recipes for Life: My Memories”. I’ve described the book as “delicious” because it includes some of our guest’s favourite recipes. And let me tell you: if you’re a foodie like me, her famous artichoke dip, her crab and lobster cakes with mustard beurre blanc, her baked ham, her potatoes with cheese and garlic, and her lemon soufflé with raspberry sauce are EASILY worth TEN TIMES the price of the book.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews David Arquette, Renowned Actor, Producer, Director And Former Wrestler Apr 20, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with David Arquette, Renowned Actor, Producer, Director And Former Wrestler

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, David Arquette, is an immensely popular actor, producer, director and former wrestler who’s been dazzling us for years with his charismatic performances, personality and creativity.

On the big screen, we all know and love him as “Dewey Riley” in the iconic “Scream” movies, for which he won a Teen Choice Award and 2 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. He won a 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Award for his performance in “Never Been Kissed”. He’s also co-starred in many other movies including “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Airheads”, “Wild Bill”, “Beautiful Girls”, “The Grey Zone”, “A Foreign Affair”, “Once Upon a Time in Venice”, and “On Sacred Ground”.

And he won a Best Supporting Actor Award from the Southampton International Film Festival for his memorable performance in “Saving Flora”. He also wrote, produced, directed and appeared in one of my all-time favourite comedy horror movies, “The Tripper”.

On TV, you’ve seen him in dozens of shows including “The Outsiders”, “Parenthood”, “Double Rush”, “In Case of Emergency”, “Sigmund and the Sea Monsters”, “Cleaners”, for which he won 2 prestigious Best Actor Awards - and of course, he was the voice of “Skully” in the beloved Disney Channel animated series, “Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates”, for which he won a “Behind the Voice Actor Award”.

He’s also executive produced many TV shows including “Dirt”, “Cougar Town”, and the popular game show “Celebrity Name Game”, for which he received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 2017.

His appearance in the movie “Ready to Rumble”, launched his professional wrestling career, in which he won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and culminated in the fascinating 2020 documentary, “You Cannot Kill David Arquette”.

In addition to ALL THAT, our guest owns the rights to the beloved “Bozo the Clown” character and has launched a number of projects to keep Bozo’s legacy alive, and to promote the joyful and healing benefits of humour.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Tina Cole, Singer, Actress & Author, “My Three Lives: A Memoir” Apr 12, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Tina Cole, Singer, Actress & Author, “My Three Lives: A Memoir”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Tina Cole, is a singer and actress who can truly be considered a member of show business royalty, for several reasons.

First of all, she’s the daughter of Yvonne King of the legendary King Sisters, who were hugely popular big-band singers, and the 1st female vocal group to sing in 4 part harmony. And her father was the iconic pianist, orchestra leader and musical director Buddy Cole, who worked with some of the greatest singers of all time and recorded the soundtracks of over 1,000 movies.

Secondly, she’s a member of America’s First Family of Song - the legendary King Family, which entertained audiences throughout the 60s and 70s with their own TV series and 17 TV specials.

And thirdly, she will forever be remembered as the beautiful, sweet-natured Katie Douglas, in one of the greatest TV sitcoms of all time: “My Three Sons”. When she joined the cast of that show in its 8th season as Robbie Douglas’ fiancée, and then his wife, she became an international sensation, receiving more fan mail than any other actor in any of Don Fedderson’s many TV productions.

And she won Photoplay Magazine’s People’s Choice Award for the Most Promising Actress. And get this: the episode of “My Three Sons” where Katie Douglas gave birth to triplets, was the number one show in the Nielsen Ratings for that week. Our guest has been entertaining audiences since she was a toddler.

In addition to performing on TV and on tour with The King Family, and as a member of the immensely popular “Four King Cousins”, and her iconic role on “My Three Sons”, she had a recurring role on “Hawaiian Eye” opposite Robert Conrad and Troy Donohue.

She guest starred in TV shows including “The Lucy Show”, “To Rome With Love”, “Adam-12” and many more. And when you thought you were listening to Raquel Welch singing on her 1970 TV Special, you were actually hearing the voice of our guest!

She’s appeared in a number of theatrical productions including “I Do, I Do”, “The Boyfriend”, “Trail of Dreams”, and “Chemical Imbalance”, and for 10 years she played Ethel Mertz in an “I Love Lucy” tribute show. For her stellar performance in the 2014 movie, “See Me”, she won the Vanguard Award at the Sacramento Film Festival.

And in 2014, she received the Golden Halo Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Motion Picture and Television Industry. AND NOW, she’s released her long-awaited autobiography entitled, “My Three Lives: A Memoir”, which takes us on an engaging, nostalgic, heartfelt – and sometimes heartbreaking – but ALWAYS uplifting and inspirational, journey through her multi-faceted career, her personal relationships, and her enormously strong bond with her beautiful family.

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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Richard Jay-Alexander, Renowned Producer and Director Apr 10, 2023

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Richard Jay-Alexander, Renowned Producer and Director

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Richard Jay-Alexander, is an internationally renowned producer and director of some of the greatest Broadway shows, musical theatre productions, and concert tours of our generation.

He’s been instrumental in bringing some of the most wonderful Broadway shows to audiences throughout North America, including “Les Miz”, “Miss Saigon”, “Oliver”, “Song and Dance”, and “Amadeus”, to name only a few.

He’s worked with some of the greatest music artists of all time, including Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, Johnny Mathis, Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, Ricky Martin, Betty Buckley, Donna McKechnie and dozens more, on their concerts, TV specials and albums.

His career has taken him to the greatest performance venues in the world – everywhere from the Royal Albert Hall and Festival Hall in London, and the biggest arenas in the world, to the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera House, The Hollywood Bowl, and the big theatres in Las Vegas.

As a writer, he’s contributed lyrics to projects for Disney, he’s written the liner notes for the albums of many classic musicals, and his interviews with dozens of legendary stars for Broadwayworld.com are pure magic. He’s directed the Chaplin Awards for Film at Lincoln Center, honouring iconic stars like Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren.

He’s produced Grammy-nominated recordings and cast albums. And in addition to all of his professional activities, he is one of the most passionate and dedicated philanthropists in the entertainment world In fact, he’s absolutely ferocious about giving back. He’s a long time Board member of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and has directed many benefit shows, not only for that organization, but for many other causes that are near and dear to his heart, including animal welfare, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, The Actor's Fund, the National Asian Artists Project, Broadway Dreams, and Hollywood's Motion Picture and Television Fund.

He’s also very active in teaching and mentoring young talent, and he’s been the camp director of Kristin Chenoweth's Broadway Bootcamp.

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