Jim and Kevin talk with Leo and Dolly about their Musical Theater of Connecticut. The programs that they run in Westport providing high quality arts education and professional musical theater.

James Myers is the founder of The East Coast Paranormal Police.  He goes by the handle of '826 Paranormal' and is sought out by local historical groups and others interested in the areas' legendary history with the supernatural .

The Paranormal Police investigate and resolve unexplained issues on a daily basis. They enter locations that have interest for their members such as the old General Electric Buildings and the Remington Arms Shot Tower and other abandoned buildings throughout Bridgeport and surrounding towns and take photographs and recordings.

The team is working on several investigations right now in which the police can identify the occult and the paranormal. They are working with network TV on a possible show which would document their approach to the criminal, occult, and the unknown.

Recognized as one of the leading psychic researchers in the world, Lorraine Warren is a New England legend, and has been called "America's Top Ghost Hunter."

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Jane's Broadway produtions include the new musical Minsky’s (2010); All My Sons; 13, A New Musical; Is He Dead?; Curtains (Tony nomination); Glengarry Glen Ross (TonyAward); Caroline, or Change (Tony nomination); Metamorphoses (Tony nomination; Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Drama League Awards). Off-Broadway: Capture Now, The Exonerated (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award), The Exonerated national tour, London. U.S. producer for Mexico’s Thomas Jefferson Musical Theatre Company. As artistic director of Connecticut’s Broadway Theatre, produced more than 50 musicals. As actress, performed on Broadway, regionally and on television.

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Carol Clapps

Man of La Mancha
at Darien Arts Center

Carol Clapps + Cast Members talk with Leo And Dolly about the Darien Arts Center’s Cabaret theatre production of The Man of La Mancha.

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Leo and Dolly Interview

Michael P. Price

Executive Director of Goodspeed Opera House

Dino Ciaburri

Dr. Dino Ciaburri is an educator , conductor and musical director for the The Nutmeg Symphony Pops Orchestra.

Connecticut Free Shakespeare

Bert Garskof and Nina Laura
talk about their work at Connecticut Free Shakespeare with Summertime Performances at the Beardsley Park Zoo and the Guilford Green

The Darien Arts Center

Cici Hunt and Carole Claps

talking about the Darien Arts Center Cabaret world premiere of their new Musical 'FAMILY'

Patrice Munsel

American coloratura soprano & former star of the Metropolitan Opera.

Maureen Hamill has a career of many hats. She's produced theatrical productions, runs a summer camp and is a well-regarded cabaret singer. Recent credits include performances at the legendary NYC Tavern on the Green.

 Covers theatre for national and regional publications. She has a Ph.D.in theatre criticism from City University Graduate Center. Her book "East Side Story --Ten Years with the Jewish Repertory Theatre" won a first-place national book award in history. Other awards in journalism and theatre criticism include a New York Times Publishers Award.

Her professional organizations include the American Theatre Critics Association, Association for Jewish Theatre, Outer Critics Circle (on the executive board-2001-2004), Drama Desk, Actors Equity Derwent Committee, and the co-founder/director of theConnecticut Critics Circle.

WEBSITES - Connecticut Critics Circle

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 Mr. Volpe began his career with the MET as an apprentice carpenter in 1964. He became the general Manager of the Met in 1990 and was the first head of the Metropolitan Opera to advance from within the ranks of the companies management.

He is the author of The Toughest Show on Earth" a memoir of his career working at the NY Metropolitan Opera.

 
Leo and Dolly talk with the cast of the Spinning Wheel Inn Christmas Theater Banquet Show. This is a long running holiday extravaganza being performed at the Spinning Wheel Inn for the holiday season. More information and directions call 203-938-2511.

Dolly Curtis interviews Carmine Grippo from the cast of "She Love You". The Beatles Multimedia showcase running at the Downtown Cabaret Theater.

Charles Wade has been a musical director, accompanist, teacher and vocal coach for over twenty years. He is equally at home in musical theatre, as well as classical, contemporary and liturgical music. Charles has been the musical director for over seventy productions throughout the United States. .

Originally from Baltimore, Charles is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory’s Preparatory School, Furman University and Towson State University. He studied piano with Mary Winchester, Ruby Morgan and Ernestine Smith; conducting with Bingham Vick and Vincent Lawrence; and musical theatre and vocal coaching with Karen Gustafson, the first woman to conduct on Broadway. He met Ms. Gustafson when they were on the faculty of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan.

Charles now lives in Bridgeport where he teaches piano privately and coaches singers on audition and song preparation. He is also the Music Director/Organist for the Golden Hill United Methodist Church in Bridgeport. You can often see Charles with his three very understanding dachshunds as they take him for a walk around St. Mary’s by the Sea

Ms Rochman is an an active member of The American Theatre Critics Association and a founding member of The Connecticut Critics Circle.

Her reviews and writing appear in Acron /Hometown's many newspapers and she is the managing editor of Theatre CT magazine.

Dolly and Leo interview the operators of this popular Shelton community theater , Center Stage.

Center Stage a non-profit
theatre and intimate
performance space that presents plays,
musicals and cabarets. More information about Center Stage can be found on their website.

Tom Holehan & Richard P. Pheneger are the operators of Square One a Communuty Theater in Stratford Connecticut.

Richard P. Pheneger is the Manager of the theater. Tom Holehan is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of this popular communty theater.

Max has was a pioneer writer and producer of live television. He's also worked and written about comedy, film and the theater. In this program he talks about how his interest in the theater developed over time from his early day with Irving Berlin's WWII show "This is the Army". He tells stories and chronicles events that became popular culture or the subjects of his many books.

Judith Ann Abrams is an award winning Broadway producer who's credits include:

• Anne Get Your Gun
• Chita Rivera - A dancers Life
• Spring Awakenings
• This Pixie Judy Show

"Pixie" Judy gives the inside scoop about what it takes to put a Broadway Show together.

This is our very first program!

It's Basic Backstage Buzz 101 as you learn about our fabulous hosts, Dolly Curtis and Leo Meyer!