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Michele Brourman began making up songs when she was three years old. She’s been creating songs and singing them ever since, always with a joy that is infectious. Her best-loved song, “My Favorite Year”, has been recorded by Michael Feinstein, Dame Cleo Laine, and Margaret Whiting. Olivia Newton-John, Rita Coolidge, and Sheena Easton are among the many others who have recorded her work.The post Michele Brourman, Singer-Songwriter-Episode #50 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Rick Hawkins is an Emmy-winning screenwriter whose decades long career in Hollywood includes successes as a producer, head writer, studio executive and international media consultant. Beginning with The Carol Burnett Show - where his now iconic "Went With the Wind" sketch contains the longest sustained laugh in television history - Rick went on to pen the ABC telefilm, The Love Boat, which piloted the long-running series.The post Rick Hawkins, Writer-Producer-Episode #49 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

 The multi-talented Carla Bianco is well known for composing the #1 Billboard song, “The Lover That You Are”, which won her an ASCAP award. As an actor, Carla is perhaps best known for starring as Maureen in both the Los Angeles and Broadway productions of Rent.The post Carla Bianco, Singer-Songwriter-Actress-Episode #48 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

The eminent film educator, Howard Suber, taught film studies for more than fifty years at UCLA’s prestigious School of Theatre, Film, and TV. Many of his students have become influential filmmakers who have gone on to create some of the greatest movies and television shows of all time.Howard has also given the world two exceptionally important books for filmmakers, “The Power of Film” and “Letters to Young Filmmakers.” In spring of 2019 he will release his third book called, “Creativity and Copyright.”The post Howard Suber, Film Educator-Episode #47 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Frank Verlizzo, who is better known by the single name, Fraver, is perhaps the most prominent, prolific, and influential theatrical poster designer in Broadway’s long history.The post Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo, Broadway Poster Designer-Episode #46 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

The brilliant playwright and librettist, Tammy Ryan, has created work that’s been performed across the United States and internationally. She was awarded the Francesca Primus Prize by the American Theater Critics Association for her play “Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods.” Other plays include: Molly’s Hammer, Tar Beach, Soldier’s Heart, Baby’s Blues, FBI Girl: How I Learned to Crack My Father’s Code, Pig, Lindsay’s Oyster, and The Music Lesson.The post Tammy Ryan, Playwright and Librettist-Episode #45 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Susan L. Schulman has been a theatrical press agent for over 40 years, handling Broadway, off-Broadway, dance, film, special events, TV, books, and individual personalities.The post Susan L. Schulman, Broadway Theatrical Press Agent-Episode #44 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Actor, Javier Grajeda, has landed Guest Starring and recurring roles on such TV shows as "Star Trek: Voyager", “CSI Miami,” “NCIS,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Halt and Catch Fire” and “Mind Games.” On the big screen he’s tackled roles in the Matthew McConaughey crime drama "The Lincoln Lawyer" and the dramatic adaptation "The Rum Diary" starring Johnny Depp. But the project that has brought him the most recognition came when he landed the role of drug lord, Juan Bolsa, on Vince Gilligan’s hit AMC show, “Breaking Bad,” where he ordered the beheading of Danny Trejo. He’s come full circle by reprising Juan Bolsa on “Better Call Saul.”The post Javier Grajeda, Actor – Episode #8 Encore appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Amy Aniobi, is the Executive Producer of the hit HBO comedy "Insecure.” She also has various projects in development including at Amazon with Jill Soloway’s Topple Productions. Her past produced credits include NBC’s “Trial & Error,” HBO's "Silicon Valley," NBC's "The Michael J. Fox Show," "2 Dope Queens," and web series "Lisa and Amy Are Black," "The Slutty Years," and "Awkward Black Girl."The post Amy Aniobi, Writer-Producer – Episode #20 Encore appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Marv Wolfman is one of the most influential storytellers on planet earth – and in infinite earths beyond. Marv is best known as a legendary writer, editor, and creator of hundreds of comic books that the world has loved for more than forty years. Marv has created more characters that have gone on to television, animation, movies, videogames and toys than any other comics creator except Stan Lee.The post Marv Wolfman-Legendary Comic Book Writer/Editor – Episode #35 – Encore appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Brooks Wachtel is an Emmy Award winning screenwriter, novelist, and producer. Brooks recently published his first novel, a thrill ride of a story called, Lady Sherlock: Circle of the Smiling Dead.The post Brooks Wachtel, Writer-Producer – Episode #9 Encore appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Ken Davenport is an Award-Winning producer of over a dozen Broadway shows, including: Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening, The Visit, Mothers and Sons, Speed the Plow, Godspell, The Bridges of Madison County, Allegiance, Chinglish, Oleanna, Macbeth, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America, Once on This Island, and Kinky Boots, for which he won the Tony.The post Ken Davenport, Playwright-Broadway Producer – Episode #4 Encore appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Paige Davis is one of the most versatile performers working on stage and screen today. She’s an actor-singer-host and author, perhaps best known as the effervescent star of Trading Spaces, TV’s groundbreaking, Emmy-nominated design-reality show.The post Paige Davis, Actress-Singer-Host-Author – Episode #16 Encore appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

George Newbern’s career in film and television has spanned several decades and has shown his immense versatility, from his debut arc as Payne McIlroy in “Designing Women” to his current role as Charlie, the former B613 assassin, who is now a member of what was formerly Olivia Pope and Associates and is now Quinn Perkins and Associates on the hit ABC series “Scandal.”The post George Newbern, Actor – Episode #36 Encore appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Writer David Wise is best known for having developed “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” for television, creating most of the elements for which the Turtles became famous, including their love of pizzas and catchphrase “Cowabunga, dude.” He was show-runner of the original series for most of its ten-year run, during which time he wrote over 100 episodes.The post David Wise, Writer-Filmmaker-Producer – Episode #43 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Randy Johnson has had a diverse and complex 30-year show business career. Randy has written and directed on Broadway, Off Broadway, Regional Theatres across the United States and Canada, created world class international music and aerial spectaculars, directed tours of some of the greatest musical artists of all time, directed sports legend Mike Tyson, screen legends Katharine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn, and has staged domestic and global events for Presidents, First Ladies, World leaders and Pope Benedict XVI.The post Randy Johnson, Playwright-Director-Producer – Episode #42 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Austin Pendleton is a truly familiar face to audiences worldwide. For fifty years he has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in numerous highly popular movies and TV shows. Austin is also a director, playwright, and, at the prestigious HB Studio in New York, a teacher of acting.The post Austin Pendleton, Legendary Actor-Director – Episode #41 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Kirsten Childs, the multi-talented, multi-award winning writer of numerous musicals, is perhaps best known for writing "The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin." Her other musicals include "Miracle Brothers," "Fly," and "Funked Up Fairy Tales."The post Kirsten Childs, Playwright-Librettist – Episode #40 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Kevin Hammonds and Kristin Bair are an award-winning writing duo who have been working together since they were paired for their first assignment in the prestigious BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop in 2009. In 2015, the BMI Foundation honored them with the Jerry Harrington Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement for their writing within the Workshop and outside of it, including their original musical comedy, "Up and Away."The post Kevin Hammonds & Kristin Bair, Musical Theatre Writers – Episode #39 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Patrick Page is one of the most gifted and versatile actors working on today’s stage and screen. You may have seen Patrick on Broadway as Norman Osborn aka The Green Goblin in Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, Valentina in Casa Valentina, Rufus Buckley in A Time to Kill, The Adult Men in Spring Awakening, De Guiche in Cyrano De Bergerac, Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons, The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Decius Brutus in Julius Caesar, Scar in The Lion King, Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast, or in multiple roles in The Kentucky Cycle.The post Patrick Page, Broadway Actor – Episode #38 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.