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Interview with Michael Royal, Part 2
In this show I am playing the 2nd half of my interview with the musically talented and intellectually interesting Michael Royal
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Interview with Michael Royal, Part 1
In this show I air the first half of my interview with Jazz pianist Michael Royal, who is at one with his music as a person can be, having learned to play “by heart,” rather than by “ear,” Follow Michael’s journey from Tampa Florida to Minneapolis, Zurich, Copenhagen and finally back to Sarasota Florida, all along collecting the knowledge and passion that would feed his music.
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Interview with Katt Hefner
How do you change a role assigned to you in childhood? In this show I explain that sometimes you can do it with the help of a sibling who is equally unsatisfied with his or her assigned role. Then I interview Katt Hefner a tall, beautiful and remarkably talented singer. Born into a family where music was an everyday essential and she and her brothers rapidly became a “band.” Katt’s story is inspiring and entertaining.
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Interview with Amanda McBroom
In this show I move on to discuss under what circumstances a child may choose to mode his or her opposite sex parent and interview Amanda McBroom who talks about the magical experience of writing the song The Rose and how it changed her life.<
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Interview with Robert Mann
I continue the discussion on Modeling this time talking about the potential down-side of Modeling the same sex parent, and interview Los Angeles bases actor, comedian, screenwriter, independent film producer and director Robert Mann.
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Interview with Katherine Ohrenstein
In this show I begin to describe how our impulse to copy or model our parents leads us to chose the roles we then play in life, and Sharon reviews the musical Titanic which stars Katherine Ohrenstein who is also this weeks interviewee.
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Interviews with Michael Donald Edwards and Jason Wells
In this show I air my interview with the producing artistic director of the Asolo Rep, Michael Donald Edwards, in which he talks about his vision for theater. I replay Sharon’s review of Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale, which Michael directed and about which he takes at length. I also air my interview with actor/playwright Jason Wells, whose plan Perfect Mendacity is about to open.
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Interview with Annie Morrison
Here I continue to talk about the families need for balance and encourage you to try the Small Change exercise to see if your family is balanced and in what way. Sharon reviews Murderers, and I interview Actor, Musical Comedy Star of the cult favorite Merrily We Roll Along, Druid, and self proclaimed Grail Maiden Annie Morrison.
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Interview with Dan Donahue
This show is dedicated to an interview with the remarkably talented actor Dan Donahue who not only stars in Inventing Van Gogh but also Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple, and Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale. And, right before this interview had played them back to back. Also hear Sharon’s review of Inventing Van Gogh – to hear her reviews of Devil’s Disciple listen to the 3/31show and to hear her review of Winter’s Tale listen to the 4/7 or 4/28 shows, in which she also praises Dan.
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Interview with Tony Walton
In this show I introduce the concept of The Great Trait Swap and explain how difficult it can be to give up a role you’ve been assigned and take on a quality that had been assigned to another family member. I also air my interview with 3 times Tony Award winner, world famous scenic designer Tony Walton and air Sharon Lesley’s review of George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple which he directed for the Asolo repertory theater in Sarasota.
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Interview with Jimmy Hoskins
I explain how to use the Family Pie Exercise, to discover the role you were assigned and how that can stop you from changing. I air Sharon Lesley’s review of William Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale and I interview choreographer and movement specialist Jimmy Hoskins, who created the dances for the show.
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Interview with Sandy Bainum
In this show I describe my trip to Vienna VA and Washington DC – showing my dyslexia how made it doubly hard to find my way around a strange city. I air the interview there with singer/actor Sandy Bainum, and play two songs from her CD.
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Interview with Pam Wiley, Part 2
Discover the Family Pie Exercise and see how the roles assigned in your family maintain balance, and hear the 2nd half of my interview with Pam Wiley, and the commercial which supported her family for 17 years.
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Interview with Pam Wiley, Part 1
I explain that families require balance and show how the roles assigned to each family member in childhood helps the family achieve and maintain that balance. I air the fist half of my interview with Actor/Director Pam Wiley.
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Interview with John Lamb
I talk about the legacy of childhood how it influences what we think we can and can’t do today and I Interview with Master bassist, John Lamb who played with the Duke Ellington Band talks about building a solo career.
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Interviews with Carolyn Michel and Howard Millman
Here I begin to describe how brain chemistry can be altered, and air Sharon’s reviews of The Imaginary Invalid and Visiting Mr. Green currently playing at the Asolo Rep, and also play parts of my interviews with Carolyn Michel, star of Invalid, & her husband Howard Millman, director of Mister Green.
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Interview with Dickie Smothers, Part 2
I continue to describe the impact of brain chemistry on beliefs and behaviors. And air the second half of my interview with the delightful Dickie Smothers in which he talks about the surprising and unexpected rise to stardom of the unlikely Smothers Brothers.
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Interview with Dickie Smothers, Part 1
In this show I begin to talk about the brain – the world’s best labor saving device – and how the chemicals dropped by the brain into the bloodstream affect what we believe and what we do. Then I air the first half of my interview with Dickie Smothers in which he talks about his early life, how his brother Tommy was always putting on shows.
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Interview with Chris Musgrave
This show is dedicated to an interview with recording engineer, record producer, sound specialist, tour manager Chris Musgrave.
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Interview with Betty Garrett, Part 2
This show covers Myth #3, and I play the second half of my interview with Betty Garrett, who began her career starring on Broadway.
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