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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 78. We hope you enjoy the show!
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The Hollywood strike has now passed the 100 day mark with no end in sight. Just one week ago, on August 4, Writers Guild of America negotiators met for the very first time in three months with representatives of the major studios to discuss whether contract talks can resume. According to Bloomberg reporter Lucas Shaw, they âmade zero progress. The two sides are no closer than they were at the start of the strike. They canât even agree on how to resume negotiations.â
With much of the strike centered on the power imbalance between the major studios and their writers and the consolidation and lack of transparency among the streaming giants, we reached out to an expert on the issues of monopoly and corporate power in America for his take.
Matt Stoller is the Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project. He is the author of âGoliath: The Hundred Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracyâ, which Business Insider called âone of the yearâs best books on how to rethink capitalism and improve the economy.â Stoller is a former policy advisor to the Senate Budget Committee and he also worked for a member of the Financial Services Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives during the financial crisis.
Matt's 2012 law review article on the foreclosure crisis, âThe Housing Crash and the End of American Citizenshipâ, predicted the rise of autocratic political forces, and his 2016 Atlantic article, âHow the Democrats Killed their Populist Soulâ, helped inspire the new anti-monopoly movement. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Fast Company, Foreign Policy, the Guardian, Vice, The American Conservative, and the Baffler and Matt writes the monopoly-focused newsletter âBIGâ with tens of thousands of subscribers. You can follow Matt on Twitter at @matthewstoller.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 77. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Sam Wasson
Joining us for Episode 77 is "one of the great chroniclers of Hollywood lore" according to Janet Maslin of The New York Times, and "a fabulous social historian" and sleuth in the eyes of Hilton Als of The New Yorker. Sam Wasson is the author of six books on film, including The New York Times bestsellers Fifth Avenue, 5AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffanyâs, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman; The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood; and Fosse.
An L.A. native, Sam studied Film at Wesleyan University and at the USC School of Cinematic Arts before publishing his first book, A Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards and in addition to his work as an author and publisher, Wasson has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Yorker, and has won three Los Angeles Press Club Journalism Awards. Heâs served as a consultant for The National Comedy Center in New York and The Film Society of Lincoln Center, was a Visiting Professor of Film at Wesleyan University and Emerson College and, as a panelist and lecturer has appeared all over the world.
In 2020, Wasson and producer Brandon Millan founded Felix Farmer Press to publish necessary books on the art, business, culture and history of the Hollywood film. His latest book Hollywood: The Oral History - co-authored with renowned film scholar and educator Jeanine Basinger - was released last year and called âHollywoodâs ultimate oral historyâ by The New Yorker, and âmajesticâ by The Los Angeles Review of Books. Wassonâs biography of Francis Ford Coppolaâs real-life dream studio, American Zoetrope, The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story, will be published by HarperCollins this December. You can find Sam online at www.samwasson.com and he joined us from his home in Laurel Canyon.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 76. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Kristen Lopez
Kristen Lopez is author of the new book But Have You Read the Book? 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films. In it, Kristen offers an endlessly fascinating look at 52 beloved screen adaptations and the great reads that inspired them. Some films, like Clueless â Amy Heckerlingâs interpretation of Jane Austenâs Emma â diverge wildly from the original source material, while others, like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, shift the point of view to craft a different experience within the same story. Kristen explores just what makes these works classics of both the page and screen, and why each made for an exceptional adaptation â whether faithful to the book or exemplifying cinematic creative license.
Kristen is a pop culture essayist, TV editor for IndieWire, and sheâs worked as an entertainment journalist for over 15 years, with her articles appearing at Variety, MTV, TCM, and Roger Ebert. A California native, Kristen was raised in a small suburb near Sacramento and graduated with a Masters in English from California State University, Sacramento. She is also the creator of the classic film podcast, Ticklish Business. In her free time, Kristen enjoys reading and finding Old Hollywood connections in her neighborhood. She joined us from her home in Los Angeles.
Find her writing at TheWrap.com and sheâs on Instagram and Twitter at kristenlopez88.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 75. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Chris Lemmon
With a career spanning over 40 years, Chris has starred in television series for all major networks, including Knot's Landing, Thunder In Paradise, Studio 59, Brothers Sisters, and most notably Fox's highly acclaimed network-starting situation comedy Duet. Plus over 25 feature films like Lena's Holiday, Just the Ticket, and Thatâs Life alongside his father.
Lemmon graduated California Institute of the Arts with degrees in classical piano and composition, as well as degrees in the theatrical arts, and went on to appear in numerous stage productions, including the west-coast tour of Barefoot In The Park, directed by the late Jerry Paris, the original award winning west coast production of Shay by Anne Commire, and the highly successful Love Letters with Stephanie Zimbalast.
He presently resides in New England where he writes and produces feature films and television and his 2006 memoir, A Twist of Lemmon, is a heartfelt tribute to his iconic father. When Jack Lemmon died in 2001, the world lost a two-time Oscar winner and perhaps the most beloved actor of his generation; but Chris Lemmon lost a father and a best friend. In A Twist of Lemmon, Chris shares family tales, intimate father-son conversations, and anecdotes from and about his dad.
Chris then took those stories and memories from the page to the stage, creating his one-man hit show Twist of Lemmon, sharing an intimate look into the experience of growing up in Hollywood, featuring nine of his original piano compositions, a narrative of touching and heartfelt stories, and laugh-out-loud anecdotes from his life and times in the world of Hollywood stardom. Chris joined from his home in Connecticut.
Watch TWIST OF LEMMON on YouTube.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 74. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Eddie Muller
âThe Czar of Noirâ himself, Eddie Muller produces, programs, and hosts a national network of Noir City film festivals, including right here in Seattle, presented under the auspices of the Film Noir Foundation, a nonprofit corporation he founded in 2005 to rescue and restore films from America and abroad. The Foundation also publishes NOIR CITY magazine, the worldâs leading publication on classic and contemporary noir.
Eddie is also the host of TCMâs Noir Alley and the prolific author of crime fiction like The Distance, and is a recipient of the Raven Award from the Mystery Writers of America. His other books include biographies like Tab Hunter Confidential, cinema histories including Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir and the upcoming childrenâs book Kid Noir: Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey. In his latest book, Eddie Mullerâs Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir, Eddie pairs classic cocktails and modern noir-inspired libations with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights on film favorites like The Asphalt Jungle, The Big Sleep, and Nightmare Alley. Eddie Mullerâs Noir Bar hits shelves on May 23rd and is available for pre-order now. Eddie joined us from his home in the Bay Area.
COMING UP ON EPISODE 75:
Join us on Friday, May 26th, when weâll celebrate our 75th episode with special guest Chris Lemmon - author, television and film actor, star of the acclaimed one man show A Twist of Lemmon and, as you might have guessed, son of beloved Oscar-winning actor Jack Lemmon.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 73. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Richard Barrios
Richard is a writer, lecturer, historian, researcher, and accomplished author of several books, including Must-See Musicals: 50 Show-Stopping Movies We Can't Forget and West Side Story: The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic for Turner Classic Movies, Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood from Edison to Stonewall, Dangerous Rhythm: Why Movie Musicals Matter, and A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film (which was awarded the Theater Library Association Prize).
Richard has lectured extensively, co-hosted the Screened Out series on TCM, appeared in many film and television documentaries in the United States, Great Britain, and Japan, and served as audio commentator for numerous DVD and Blu-Ray releases, including State Fair and South Pacific.
The publication date for his latest book from Oxford University Press is officially four days away, April 25th, but you can find it now everywhere fine books are sold. On Marilyn Monroe: An Opinionated Guide looks beyond the ballyhoo and legend at Monroe's best-known films, and some that even today remain obscure. Besides her films, it also addresses the work she did on television and the stage, as well as her underrated abilities as a vocalist. Richard joined us from his home in New Jersey.
COMING UP ON EPISODE 74:
Join us May 5th, when we'll welcome Eddie Mueller to the show. Eddie produces and hosts NOIR CITY: The San Francisco Film Noir Festival, programs numerous other film festivals, curates museums, designs books, and provides commentary for television, radio, and DVDs. He is the author of novels, biographies, movie histories, plays, short stories, and films and joins us to talk about his latest Eddie Muller's Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 72. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Patricia Ward Kelly
Patricia is an accomplished writer, scholar, freelance journalist, and the widow and official biographer of Gene Kelly. She and Kelly met at the Smithsonian in 1985, when he was the host/narrator for a television special for which she was a writer. Soon after, he invited her to California to write his memoirs, a job for which she recorded his words nearly every day for over ten years. They were together until his death in 1996.
Currently, Patricia serves as Trustee of The Gene Kelly Image Trust and is the President and Creative Director of The Gene Kelly Legacy, Inc. She lives in Los Angeles where she is completing a book about her late husband. As part of this work, she is preserving and cataloging The Gene Kelly Archives â an extensive collections of letters, manuscripts, photographs, scripts, interviews, essays, poems, holograph notes, and memorabilia that will eventually be the basis of additional publications and, ultimately, the core of an innovative, virtual Gene Kelly âexperience.â
Mrs. Kelly has recorded commentary for the DVDs of An American in Paris, The Pirate, Words and Music, Xanadu, and Hello, Dolly!, and is frequently called upon to introduce Geneâs films in theaters and at festivals, including two years at the TCM Classic Film Festival. She has been interviewed extensively on TCM and has represented her husbandâs legacy on numerous PBS specials and pledge drives and on the popular television shows So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing With the Stars. She regularly hosts scores of dancers and other artists from around the world at her home, sharing insights about the life and work of her late husband through an intimate tour of The Gene Kelly Archives.
Patricia has appeared in An Evening with Mrs. Gene Kelly in several cities around the world and her one-woman tribute â Gene Kelly: The Legacy, An Evening with Patricia Ward Kelly â sold out two nights at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on the occasion of Kellyâs centenary in 2012 and has been touring across the United States and abroad the past four years, with sold-out performances at Lincoln Center, The Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, the Sedona Film Festival, and many, many more.
In two weeks - Friday, March 17th through Sunday, March 19th - Patricia will be in Seattle to host another one of a kind event, this time at Benaroya Hall - Gene Kelly: A Life in Music. Gene Kelly dancing on the big screen accompanied live by the Seattle Symphony! Patricia joined us now from her home Los Angeles.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 71. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Kayla Boye
Photo Credit: Kachi Mozie
Kayla Boye is the writer, producer, and star of the one-woman show Call Me Elizabeth, chronicling the early life of Elizabeth Taylor. Set in May 1961, the play is inspired by Taylorâs conversations with writer Max Lerner as they discuss plans for a biography. Through a morning session with Lerner at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Taylor rediscovers her sense of self following her 1961 Academy Awards triumph and recovery from a nearly fatal battle with pneumonia. The play examines Taylorâs career, life, and loves, chronicling her survival in the face of adversity and tragedy, and illuminating the core compassion of her character that inspired her later activism in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Kayla is a Chicago-based artist whose credits include productions with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Mercury Theater Chicago, Music Theater Works, BrightSide Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Fireside Theatre, Capital City Theatre, Bigfork Summer Playhouse, and The Huron Playhouse. As an arts administrator, she has worked in development, marketing, and finance for Goodman Theatre and Writers Theatre, and she has served as a producer for Steppenwolf Theatre Companyâs Garage Rep series.
As a consultant for the Artistic Fundraising Group, her portfolio included work for Arts of Life, BrightSide Theatre, Chicago Composers Orchestra, Chicago Mosaic School, Oak Park Festival Theatre, and Snow City Arts. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she served as Executive Director of The Youngstown Playhouse and she holds a BA in Professional Writing & Editing from Youngstown State University.
Kayla is also a Certified Nonprofit Professional through the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. You can find out more about her work at kaylaboye.com and about the show at callmeelizabeth.com. Kayla joined us from Old Town Pasadena.
COMING UP NEXT EPISODE: Patricia Ward Kelly
Make plans to join us again in two weeks, Friday March 3rd, when weâll welcome to the show Patricia Ward Kelly, widow and official biographer of the truly marvelous Gene Kelly. Patricia will be in Seattle March 17-19th to host a one of a kind event at the Seattle Symphony, Gene Kelly: A Life in Music. Get your tickets now at seattlesyphony.org and donât miss Ep 72 on Friday, Mar 3rd.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 70. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Robert Bader
Robert Bader is an author, archive curator, and the writer, director, and producer of many things, including PBSâs upcoming episode of American Masters: Groucho & Cavett, debuting for all you Seattle folks at 8pm, Tuesday, December 27th, on KCTS9. Tune in and discover the enduring friendship between television personality Dick Cavett and his mentor, iconic comedian Groucho Marx. Their relationship is chronicled through interviews with Cavett, archival footage, and interviews with contemporaries like George Burns, Jack Paar and Woody Allen.
In 2018, Robert produced and directed another story of friendship, Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes which won the Critics Choice Award in 2020, the same year it debuted on HBO. Robert co-wrote the film with Cavett, chronicling Muhammad Aliâs life and career through the lens of his many interviews with Cavett and the documentary is available to stream on HBO Max and on DVD. He has also produced critically acclaimed television documentaries Dick Cavettâs Watergate and Dick Cavettâs Vietnam for PBS, produced numerous archival DVD and CD releases, including five acclaimed DVD sets of The Dick Cavett Show, two of You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx and two of Bing Crosby: The Television Specials.
Robert manages the archive of The Dick Cavett Show and is the curator of several important entertainment archives, including those of the estates of Bing Crosby, the Marx Brothers, and Danny Kaye. He also serves on the Board of Directors for The Al Hirschfeld Foundation and Marx Brothers Incorporated, and has helmed countless projects, shows, films, radio and CD releases, including the launch of the Film Preservation Societyâs silent film restoration series on Blu-ray with the 1925 film Too Many Kisses, which features Harpo Marx. Robert is also the author of Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage now available in paperback, and the editor of Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales, an anthology of the comedianâs lost writings.
Robertâs most recent book is entitled Speaking of Harpo, co-authored with the late Susan Fleming Marx, Harpoâs widow. Susan appeared in three Broadway shows and twenty-eight films before she turned her back on a show business career she never really enjoyed or wanted. The role of her lifetime came when she married Harpo Marx in 1936. Together, they raised four adopted children and enjoyed one of Hollywood's happiest and most successful unions. But their twenty-year age difference made Susan a young widow in 1964.
Speaking of Harpo is Susan's account of her more than thirty-year adventure with Harpo including encounters with people like Charlie Chaplin, William Randolph Hearst, Salvador DalĂ, Joan Crawford, Howard Hughes, Helen Keller, Bugsy Siegel, Sam Goldwyn, Ginger Rogers, and of course, the Marx Brothers. The book provides an inside look at the family and pulls no punches when discussing her brothers-in-law, who weren't always her favorite comedians.
The book was released in July 2022 and would make an excellent gift for that Marx Brotherâs fan or golden age film buff on your list. You can pick up a copy at www.speakingofharpo.com and we hope you enjoy the second half of our interview with Robert Bader.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 69. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Robert Bader
Robert Bader is an author, archive curator, and the writer, director, and producer of many things, including PBSâs upcoming episode of American Masters: Groucho & Cavett, debuting for all you Seattle folks at 8pm, Tuesday, December 27th, on KCTS9. Tune in and discover the enduring friendship between television personality Dick Cavett and his mentor, iconic comedian Groucho Marx. Their relationship is chronicled through interviews with Cavett, archival footage, and interviews with contemporaries like George Burns, Jack Paar and Woody Allen.
In 2018, Robert produced and directed another story of friendship, Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes which won the Critics Choice Award in 2020, the same year it debuted on HBO. Robert co-wrote the film with Cavett, chronicling Muhammad Aliâs life and career through the lens of his many interviews with Cavett and the documentary is available to stream on HBO Max and on DVD. He has also produced critically acclaimed television documentaries Dick Cavettâs Watergate and Dick Cavettâs Vietnam for PBS, produced numerous archival DVD and CD releases, including five acclaimed DVD sets of The Dick Cavett Show, two of You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx and two of Bing Crosby: The Television Specials.
Robert manages the archive of The Dick Cavett Show and is the curator of several important entertainment archives, including those of the estates of Bing Crosby, the Marx Brothers, and Danny Kaye. He also serves on the Board of Directors for The Al Hirschfeld Foundation and Marx Brothers Incorporated, and has helmed countless projects, shows, films, radio and CD releases, including the launch of the Film Preservation Societyâs silent film restoration series on Blu-ray with the 1925 film Too Many Kisses, which features Harpo Marx. Robert is also the author of Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage now available in paperback, and the editor of Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales, an anthology of the comedianâs lost writings. His new book Speaking of Harpo, co-authored with the late Susan Fleming Marx, Harpoâs widow, was released in July and is available now everywhere fine books are sold.
He joined us from his home in Los Angeles.
COMING UP NEXT WEEK
Friday, December 16th, Rovert will be back to chat about his new book, Speaking of Harpo, co-authored with the late Susan Fleming Marx, Harpoâs widow.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 68. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Tara Moses
Tara Moses is a director, multi award-winning playwright, Artistic Director of Red Eagle Soaring theatre in Seattle, co-Founder of Groundwater Arts, and a citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
As a director, Taraâs work has been seen in theatres in South Dakota, Road Island, Washington DC, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Georgia. As a playwright, she is the Winner of the 2019 Native Storytellers Contest, a 2020 and 2021 finalist for the National Playwrights Conference, and winner of the 2019 Native American New Play Festival. Her plays have been produced and/or developed all over the country.
Her plays have also been taught and/or are currently in the curriculum at Brown University, the University of Arkansas, the University of Arizona, UCLA, Oklahoma City University, and Northeastern State University, and University of Washington.
She is currently commissioned by Audible, Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program, Company One Theatre, AlterTheatre Ensemble, Kitchen Dog Theater, the New Now Commission with Lauren Gunderson, Geva Theatre Center, Red Bull Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Tara is an M.F.A. Candidate in Directing at Brown University/Trinity Rep and holds a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Tulsa. She is also a dramaturg, consultant, and beadwork artist. Tara joined us from her home on Narragansett Land or what is colonially known as Providence, RI.
Connect with Tara:
Web: www.taramoses.com
Twitter: @taratomahawk
Instagram: @taratomahawk
Read her plays: New Play Exchange
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 67. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Tara Moses
Tara Moses is a director, multi award-winning playwright, Artistic Director of Red Eagle Soaring theatre in Seattle, co-Founder of Groundwater Arts, and a citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
As a director, Taraâs work has been seen in theatres in South Dakota, Road Island, Washington DC, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Georgia. As a playwright, she is the Winner of the 2019 Native Storytellers Contest, a 2020 and 2021 finalist for the National Playwrights Conference, and winner of the 2019 Native American New Play Festival. Her plays have been produced and/or developed all over the country.
Her plays have also been taught and/or are currently in the curriculum at Brown University, the University of Arkansas, the University of Arizona, UCLA, Oklahoma City University, and Northeastern State University, and University of Washington.
She is currently commissioned by Audible, Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program, Company One Theatre, AlterTheatre Ensemble, Kitchen Dog Theater, the New Now Commission with Lauren Gunderson, Geva Theatre Center, Red Bull Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Tara is an M.F.A. Candidate in Directing at Brown University/Trinity Rep and holds a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Tulsa. She is also a dramaturg, consultant, and beadwork artist. Tara joined us from her home on Narragansett Land or what is colonially known as Providence, RI.
Connect with Tara:
Web: www.taramoses.com
Twitter: @taratomahawk
Instagram: @taratomahawk
Read her plays: New Play Exchange
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 66. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Kathryn Van Meter
Kathryn Van Meter was the inaugural recipient of the Heilman & Haver 2021/2022 Best Choreography Award for Beauty and the Beast at the 5th Avenue Theatre. A champion of large scale community theatrical adventures, Kathryn choreographed As You Like It for Seattle Repertory Theatreâs PUBLIC WORKS program, and directed and choreographed Matilda at Village Theatre where she worked with Star 101.5 to generate The Matilda Movement, a program honoring local youth making a difference in their community.
Kathryn also served as the Interim Artistic Director of Seattle Childrenâs Theatre, where she created Ghost Light Stories, a weekly web series of ghost stories designed to help children process fear and anxiety around COVID- 19 and produced and directed So Many Heroes, a National Song of Thanks, with 75 youth from 16 cities across America. Kathrynâs work as a teaching artist has taken her around the world from Iowa to South Africa and Siberia. As an artist/activist, Kathryn worked with A.S.T.E.P. (Artists Striving to End Poverty) to develop One World Through Theatre, a generative theatrical conversation between students in South Africa, North Carolina, and Washington.
She was the series choreographer for the NETFLIX Original Series 13 Reasons Why and Crater, an upcoming feature for Disney+ and she recently made her debut as Intimacy Coordinator for the NETFLIX Original Series ECHOES, which spent two weeks at #1 worldwide. In 2016 she worked with the US Dept. of Labor to develop the national definition for the occupation of âChoreographer.â She is a five time nominee and two time Gregory Award winner for Choreography, and was the 2018 Peopleâs Choice winner for Directing and Outstanding Performance as a Lead Actor.
Kathryn holds a BA in Theatre and a Minor in Dance from The College of William and Mary. She has served on the National Board of Governors for AGMA, the Seattle Liaison Committee for Actors Equity and was the Chair of the Seattle Steering Committee for the Society of Directors and Choreographers. She joined us from her home in Seattle.
Keep up with Kathryn on Instagram: @itsgoingverywell
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 65. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Lara Gabrielle
Lara Gabrielle is a writer, film researcher, teacher, and author of the new book from University of California Press, Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies. Laraâs research has taken her all over the world, and she has spoken about Miss Davies at some of the worldâs most respected classic film festivals. Her article on Marionâs transition to sound appears in the summer 2018 edition of the Missouri Review. Lara also wrote the program for the screening of The Red Mill at Kennington Bioscope Silent Film Festival in London and the liner notes for the recent restoration of When Knighthood Was in Flower. She also writes at Backlots, an award-winning classic film blog in operation since 2011. As a reporter, she annually covers such events as the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, the TCM Classic Film Festival, and Noir City. She recently appeared on the American Experience documentary Citizen Hearst, for which she was also a consultant and advisor. Lara joined us from her home in Oakland, CA.
CONNECT WITH LARA:
Web: mariondaviesbook.com
Facebook: @mariondaviesbook
Instagram: @laragabrielle198
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 64. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Laura Galt
Laura Galt is a Tony Nominated Broadway co-producer (The Prom), indie film director, producer, casting director, assistant director, actor, educator/teaching artist, speech-language pathologist, and mom based in Austin, TX. She coordinated extras casting on Aged Out (starring Tye Sheridan of X-Men and Ready Player One) which premiered at SXSW 2018.
She is currently working on the producing/capitalization team for The Outsiders Musical (based on the SE Hinton novel/Francis Ford Coppola film) which is in development for Broadway. (World premiere-La Jolla Playhouse Feb/March 2023.)
Laura co-conceptualized and produced a SXSW 2018 panel, Hollywood to Broadway: Adapting Films for Stage, and the 2019 SXSW panel, Film & Music: Collaborating on Broadway.
She has served on Zach Theatre's Education Board and is currently involved as a teaching artist and judge for Young Playwrights for Change, a national middle school playwriting competition run by the American Alliance for Theatre and Education in collaboration with Zach Theatre. Young Playwrights for Change has a goal to produce meaningful conversations that will ripple across our nation to provoke change by sparking conversations and discussion throughout classrooms, schools, and communities. Laura has also worked in Los Angeles at International Creative Management, as an associate publicist for Nancy Seltzer Public Relations, and was a part of the publicity team for Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Kathy Bates, Placido Domingo, Rob Reiner, and Jonathan Demme's acclaimed film Philadelphia. Laura was also Julia Louis Dreyfus's assistant and worked for Burt Reynolds Productions. In college, Laura interned for Senator David Boren.
She enjoys championing education, up and coming filmmakers, theatre, and dance, and has a goal of involving herself and others in stage and screen narratives that have relevant messages and shift representation paradigms for women, youth, and underrepresented populations.
She joined us from her home in Austin, TX.
Connect with Laura:
Web: www.lauragalt.com and atxrandom.com
Twitter: @mslauragaltInstagram: @atxrandom
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 63. We hope you enjoy the show!
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Alicia Malone
Alicia Malone is an authority on classic, independent, and foreign films, and a passionate supporter of women in film. She has given two TEDx talks on the subject and her first two books, Backwards and in Heels and The Female Gaze â explore the accomplishments and obstacles women have faced throughout cinemaâs history. Her latest book, Girls on Film: Lessons From a Life of Watching Women in Movies, was released in March and connects film analysis with her own journey of self-discoveryâfrom growing up as a nerdy film lover in Australia to finding her voice as a woman on television.
Malone began her television career two decades ago in her native Australia, working behind the scenes as a writer, producer, and editor for movie-centric television shows. Her expertise in film saw her transition to host, interviewer, and film critic for television, radio, print, and online. In 2011, Malone moved to Los Angeles, and since then has appeared as a film expert on a variety of television channels and programs, including CNNâs The Movies documentary series, MSNBC, Access Hollywood, E!, Entertainment Tonight, MTV, and ABCâs 2019 Live from the Red Carpet Oscar pre-show.
She is a regular on Turner Classic Movies and the host of TCM Imports, showcasing cinematic treasures from around the world each Sunday. Her new show Follow the Thread airs on TCM (June 4) and HBO Max (June 17) and will explore the synergies between fashion and film, and cover a variety of topics at the intersection of the two, inspired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Instituteâs new exhibition, In America: An Anthology of Fashion.
Previously, Malone was the host of FilmStruck, TCMâs streaming service for movie lovers, and was the host and creator of Fandangoâs series Indie Movie Guide. Her dedication to film history and supporting women filmmakers saw her named one of LA Weeklyâs People of 2019, and one of 100 #WorthyWomen of 2016. She can also be seen on the Criterion Channel and as the host of Focus Features' Reel Destinations series. Alicia joins us from her home in Maine and you can connect with her on Instagram at @aliciamalone.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 62. We hope you enjoy the show!
Please join the conversation - email us with thoughts and ideas and connect with the show on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and on our new website: www.heilmanandhaver.com!
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: George Stevens Jr.
Welcome to Episode 62 and a very special interview with award-winning director, writer, producer, and playwright George Stevens Jr. Mr. Stevensâs new book My Place in the Sun hits shelves May 17th, 2022. Itâs the story of how the son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerged from his father's shadow to claim his own place as a major force in American culture. Stevens tells an intimate and moving tale of his relationship with his Oscar-winning father and his own exciting career in Hollywood and our nation's capital. Fascinating people, priceless stories and a behind-the-scenes view of some of America's major cultural and political events grace this riveting memoir.
Mr. Stevens is the founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Kennedy Center Honors and has served as co-chair of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities for President Obama. His awards and honors include fifteen Emmys, eight Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody Awards, the Humanitas Prize and the 2012 Honorary Academy Award. He is the author of Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age at The American Film Institute and the Broadway play Thurgood. He joined us from his home in WA DC.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 61. We hope you enjoy the show!
Please join the conversation - email us with thoughts and ideas and connect with the show on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and on our new website: www.heilmanandhaver.com!
EPISODE 61 SYNOPSIS
We're pleased to be joined by Author/ Film Critic/ Film Historian and Speaker John DiLeo to chat about those beloved character actors and his new book, There Are No Small Parts: 100 Outstanding Film Performances with Screen Time of 10 Minutes or Less.
ARTS AROUND THE SOUND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Last Weekend for "Something Rotten" at BCT
Itâs the final weekend for "Something Rotten" at Bremerton Community Theater and you donât want to miss your chance to see this absurdly funny show depicting the intersection where Shakespeare and musical theater meet. Greg's review is available on our website and tickets and more info can be had at bctshows.com.
"Little Shop of Horrors" Opens at WWCA
Friday, May 6th, "Little Shop of Horrors" opens at Western Washington Center for the Arts! Written by Howard Ashman with music by Alan Menken and directed and choreographed by our friends Dan Estes and Rebecca Ewen, this is the musical about man eating plants that you need in your life. Tickets and more info are available at wwca.us.
"In the Mix" Returns with a tribute to Elia Kazan
Next week weâll be toasting the brilliant and versatile director of stage and screen, Elia Kazan with the âEast of Edenâ tequila cocktail, named after the 1955 John Steinbeck adaptation starring James Dean, Julie Harris and Raymond Massey. Tune in on our website and YouTube channel.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: John DiLeo
In his most recent book, author, film critic, film historian, and speaker John DiLeo celebrates remarkable screen performances, shining a uniquely targeted spotlight on artists who created full-blown characterizations within minimal screen time, of ten minutes or less. John is the author of 7 books about American movies, from his first, And You Thought You Knew Classic Movies: 200 Quizzes For Golden Age Movie Lovers in 1999, to his latest, and the topic of our chat today, There Are No Small Parts: 100 Outstanding Film Performances With Screen Time Of 10 Minutes Or Less, which was just released in February and is available everywhere fine books are sold. Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, John joined us from his home in Milford, Pennsylvania.
Connect with John:
On his website
On Facebook
On Twitter
On Instagram
COMING UP ON EPISODE 61
Coming up on Episode 62, weâll welcome legendary writer, playwright, director, and producer George Stevens Jr. to the show. The son of two-time Academy Award winning director George Stevens, our guest made a name for himself as founding director of the American Film Institute, and co-creator of the Kennedy Center Honors. Tune in Friday, May 13th for an episode you donât want to miss.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 60. We hope you enjoy the show!
Please join the conversation - email us with thoughts and ideas and connect with the show on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and on our new website: www.heilmanandhaver.com!
EPISODE 60 SYNOPSIS
We're pleased to be joined by Sloan De Forest, writer, film historian, and all-around movie know-it-all about her new book from TCM, The Essential Directors: The Art and Impact of Cinemaâs Most Influential Filmmakers available now from Running Press.
ARTS AROUND THE SOUND ANNOUNCEMENTS
There's "Something Rotten" at BCT
Playing now through May 1st, it's "Something Rotten" at BCT! This show follows the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, who struggle to find success in the theatrical world as they compete with the wild popularity of their contemporary - the bard himself - Bill Shakespeare. Find tickets and more info at BCTSHOWS.COM.
Youth Summer Camps Return to WWCA
WWCA's newly appointed Acting Artistic Director Rebecca Ewen will be holding two youth musical theater camps this summer. For campers ages 5-13, itâs âWinnie the Pooh Kidsâ, and for campers ages 13-18, ââLegally Blonde Jr.â For dates and more info keep visit the Classes and Workshops page at WWCA.US and their Facebook page.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Sloan De Forest
Sloan De Forest is a writer, film historian, and all-around movie know-it-all. As a relative of talking-pictures inventor Lee de Forest, she has film history in her blood. She has authored three books in the Turner Classic Movies library: The Essential Directors: The Art and Impact of Cinemaâs Most Influential Filmmakers (2021), Dynamic Dames (2019), and Must-See Sci-Fi (2018).
She is also a contributing author of Natalie Wood: Reflections on a Legendary Life by Manoah Bowman and Grace Kelly: Hollywood Dream Girl by Jay Jorgensen, and editor of the upcoming Psycho 60. She has written about film for Sony, Time Warner Cable, Bright Lights Film Journal, The Film Magazine, and other publications.
Her talking head has appeared on CNNâs 2019 series The Movies, as well as the 2022 series Hollywood Icons. Sloan has also made guest appearances on Turner Classic Movies and several podcasts, and served as a consultant on the 2020 HBO/Amblin documentary Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind.
She sometimes writes under a nom de plume, occasionally acts, and has been known to lecture film students on the wily ways of film noir dames. A native Texan, she now lives in Hollywood.
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Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 59. We hope you enjoy the show!
Please join the conversation - email us with thoughts and ideas and connect with the show on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and on our new website: www.heilmanandhaver.com!
EPISODE 59 SYNOPSIS
We're pleased to be joined by Scott McGee, senior director of Original Productions at Turner Classic Movies, programmer for TCMâs annual film festival, lead programmer for the TCM Classic Cruise, and author of âDanger on the Silver Screen: 50 Films Celebrating Cinemaâs Greatest Stunts''.
ARTS AROUND THE SOUND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Now playing: "The Thin Place" at ACT Seattle
Currently on stage at Seattleâs A Contemporary Theater (or ACT) itâs âThe Thin Placeâ a spine-tingling and mesmerizing new play by Obie Award-winner Lucas Hnath. The show runs through April 10th and tickets can be had at ACTTHEATRE.ORG. Simply told and wonderfully acted, âThe Thin Placeâ draws the audience in and doesnât let go. Read Greg's review here.
There's "Something Rotten" at BCT
Opening tonight at Bremerton Community Theater, it's musical comedy "Something Rotten". This show follows the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, who struggle to find success in the theatrical world as they compete with the wild popularity of their contemporary - the bard himself - Bill Shakespeare. The show runs through May 1st and you can find tickets and more info at BCTSHOWS.COM
"Cemetery Club" Auditions at BCT
Coming up Sunday and Monday, April 10 & 11 from 6 â 9pm, auditions will be held for the comedy "Cemetery Club", playing June 3 â 26, 2022. Written by Ivan Menchell, and directed by our good friend Jeffrey Bassett, "The Cemetery Club" is a heartwarming story about three Jewish widows coping with love, loss, and romance. (The Broadway production starred Eileen Heckart as Lucille and Cemetery Club was made into a film in 1993, starring Ellen Burstyn, Dianne Ladd, and Olympia Dukkakis.) More info on BCT's audition page.
Youth Summer Camps Return to WWCA
WWCA's newly appointed Acting Artistic Director Rebecca Ewen will be holding two youth musical theater camps this summer. For campers ages 5-13, itâs âWinnie the Pooh Kidsâ, and for campers ages 13-18, ââLegally Blonde Jr.â For dates and more info keep visit the Classes and Workshops page at WWCA.US and their Facebook page.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Scott McGee
Scott is senior director of Original Productions at Turner Classic Movies. He is also a programmer for TCMâs annual film festival and the lead programmer for the TCM Classic Cruise, and has been a presenter at many of TCMâs past festivals and other industry conventions. Scott is also the author of âDanger on the Silver Screen: 50 Films Celebrating Cinemaâs Greatest Stunts''. His book from TCM and Running Press is a heart-racing look into the world of stunt work featuring films that capture the exhilaration of a car chase, the comedy of a well timed pratfall, or the adrenaline rush from a fight scene complete with reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, and hundreds of photographs. You can follow him on Twitter at @JScottMcGee and find the book on Amazon and Target.com. Scott joined us from his home in Marietta, GA.
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