Interview with Marvelette Brenda Watty
8-2-16 Interview 1-31-17 On Sun 2/5 & Mon 2/6 at 7:30 the West Coast Black Theater Troupe, in a special event to highlight their next production, Girl Groups of the Sixties, is presenting singer,...
View ArticleInterview with Singer Barbara Jordan
4-25-17Interview 5-2-17 Singer Barbara Jordan is calls herself “late bloomer.” Although she has been singing literally all her life and whenever anyone heard her – teachers in school, bands she sat in...
View ArticleInterview with Judi and Alex Glover
5-24-16 Interview Judi grew up surrounded by music; her father was a drummer, her older brother, a trumpet player and her younger brother, a saxophone player. So although she also loved to draw, Judi...
View ArticleInterview with actor, director, singer, dancer Michael Marotta
6-20-17 Interview 6-13/20-17 Actor, director, singer, dancer Michael Marotta knew from the age of seven what he wanted to do. He can still feel the intense pleasure he got from his first role as Santa,...
View ArticleInterview with Singer, Educator Annie Addington
7-4-17 Interview 7-4-17 Singer, songwriter, educator, therapist, and woman of the world Annie Addington has done it all. Listen to this unusual woman describe her eclectic life journey; one which took...
View ArticleInterview with Michael Mendez
7-11-17 Interview 7-11-17 Singer, dancer, actor Michael Mendez thought he was going to be a Doctor. He never intended to be a performer, he just loved to sing and wanted to get better and better at it....
View ArticleInterview with Bill Oser
8-2-16 Interview 2-25-17 Jack of many trades and master of each Bill Oser is very difficult to characterize. Having fallen in love with show tunes as a toddler, been cast in professional productions at...
View ArticleInterview with Amanda McBroom, composer of “The Rose”
8-8-17 Interview 8-8-17 Actor, singer, songwriter, cabaret performer and playwright Amanda McBroom is best known for writing “The Rose” for which she won a Golden Globe Award and which was a number one...
View ArticleInterview with dancer, actor, singer, author Carole Schweid
10-17-17 Interview 10-17-18 The multi-talented Carole Schweid began taking dance classes at six and continued studying through the grueling program at Julliard. But by then she had already discovered...
View ArticleInterview with Jazz Singer Synia Carroll
10-24-17 Interview 10-24-17 Synia Carroll knew she could sing. Although delighted when, in the 2nd grade, the Nuns picked her to sing Silent Night in the Christmas pageant– she didn’t think it was...
View ArticleInterview with Director/Choreographer Josh Rhodes
11-28-17 Interview 11-28-17 In my 500th show I am airing an interview with dancer, singer, actor and Broadway director/choreographer Josh Rhodes who is in Sarasota directing his sixth show for the...
View ArticleInterview with Actor Joe Casey
4-2-18 Interview 4-2-18 Actor, singer, dancer, musician Joe Casey brings his talents once again to Florida Studio theater’s cabaret, this time in Blue Suede Shoes where he gets a chance to play guitars...
View ArticleInterview with Actor, singer, dance, screenwriter Kathryn Parks
4-9-18 Interview Actor, singer, dancer, and now film maker Kathryn Parks says that she always wanted to star in a film, and one day realized that she could create that opportunity for herself. This is...
View ArticleInterview with Leon Pitts of West Coast Black Theater Troupe
4-30-18 Interview 4-23-18 Leon Pitts was nine years old when he met his mentor, his “rabbi,” Nate Jacobs. Nate was a teacher at Leon’s school and although, neither knew it at the time, one day Nate...
View ArticleInterview with Bill Selby Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits
4-30-18 Interview 4-30-18 Bill Selby was 11 years old when his mother asked him to accompany her to an audition. Bill had no idea that he would be auditioning. Listen to Bill describe how his...
View ArticleInterview with Actor, Dancer, Singer, Writer, Educator Marie Thomas-Foster
5-14-18 Interview 5-14-18 Marie Thomas-Foster knew by the time she was twelve years old that she didn’t want to follow in her families tradition – and become a teacher – she wanted to perform. She...
View ArticleInterview with actor, singer, dancer Jared Joseph
5-21-18 Interview 5-21-18 Actor, Singer, Dancer Jared Joseph never actually decided to be a musical theater performer. His first love was art, he drew and painted and won awards while still in...
View ArticleInterview with Paul Helm – Murder for Two
7-23-18 Interview 7/23/18 Pianist, singer, director, actor, musical director Paul Helm was lucky. From the elderly babysitter who convinced his parents to give four year old Paul piano lessons, to the...
View ArticleInterview with writer, a painter, a musician, an actor, a singer, a dancer;...
2-11-19 Interview Many artists describe themselves and their work with one or a few adjectives, they’re a writer, a painter, a musician, an actor, a singer, a dancer; they work with light or sound or...
View ArticleInterview with Composer/lyricist Steven Lutvak
10-29-18 Interview 10/29/18 In the first part of my interview musician, composer, lyricist, cabaret performer, coach and teacher Steven Lutvak, he says that his life’s work is song; “writing them,...
View ArticleInterview with Steven Lutvak 2 Gentlemen’s Guide
11-5-18 Interview 11/5/18 The second half of our interview follows Steven Lutvak’s journey from college graduation, through the establishment of very successful coaching and cabaret careers, and then...
View ArticleInterview with Sheldon Rhoden – Marvin Gaye
11-26-18 Interview 11-25-18 – By popular demand Sheldon Rhoden is reprising his role as the iconic performer Marvin Gaye in the Westcoast Black Theater Troupe’s next production, Marvin Gaye – Prince of...
View ArticleInterview with Florida Studio Theater Associate Artist Catherine Randazzo
1-24-19 Interview 1-28-19 Florida Studio Theater Associate Artist Catherine Randazzo bounded into life. She decided to play the piano at two, by four she was demanding that her family listen while she...
View ArticleInterview with Multi Genre singer Katt Heffner
2-18-19 Interview 3-4-19 Multi genre singer Katt Heffner says that “music was coming out of the pores of her family.” Her father was in a band, her uncle Frank was a song writer, her mother played the...
View ArticleIntroduction to the When You Can You Will audio book by Lynne Bernfield
3-18-19 Interview 4/1/19 On Sunday April 14th at 2:00 at Bookstore1 (12 S Palm Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236) Lynne Bernfield will discuss concepts in her book When You Can You Will which explain what stops...
View ArticleInterview with Annie Addington – Kickstarter Campaign for CD releast
4-8-19 Interview The Lynne Show Pod cast can be heard and downloaded at https://thelynneshow.com/2017/06/interview-with-singer-educator-annie-addington/ & thelynneshow.com 4/8/19 Singer,...
View ArticleInterview with Sheilah Rae receiving a Lifetime Award from the NY theater Barn
4-28-19 Interview 4/29/19 On May 6 2019 “The New York Theatre Barn is honoring co-founder and board member Sheilah Rae with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her exceptional contributions to musical...
View ArticleInterview with Sharon Ohrenstein – Patra
5-13-19 Interview 5-13-19 Sharon Leslie Ohrenstein is a renaissance woman. Her extraordinary voice was first discovered in Kindergarten when she was chosen to sing the solo in the Christmas play and...
View ArticleInterview with Singer, Dancer, Actor Ariel Blue – member of West Coast Black...
6-24-19 Interview 6-17-19 Singer, Dancer, Actor and member of the West Coast Black Theatre Troupe Ariel Blue never intended to be a performer. She loved to read and dreamed of being a journalist. When...
View ArticleInterview with Jeffery Kin – on his 55th Birthday
1-1-19 Interview 7-1-19 In honor of his 55th birthday and to invite you all to his birthday bash – fund raiser I am re-airing an interview I did many years ago with Jeffery Kin. The youngest of six...
View ArticleInterview with dancer, actor, singer, choreographer Vanessa Russo
7-8-19 Interview 7-8-19 Vanessa Russo discovered by accident that she was a dancer. She was three years old when her friend’s mother asked Vanessa to join a dance class so that her reluctant friend...
View ArticleLynne Bernfield at Bookstore1’s Book Fair 8-10-19 at 2:00
7-15-19 Interview The Anatomy of an Artist Series with Lynne Bernfield 7-29-19 Lynne Bernfield at Bookstore1’s Book Fair on August 10th at 2:00 Come talk to Lynne and get a signed hardcover copy or...
View ArticleInterview with Musical Director Assaf Gleizner
8-12-19 Interview 8-12-19 Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Musical Director Assaf Gleizner, can’t remember when he wasn’t involved in music. At 3½ he picked up a Melodica and played Happy Birthday, and he...
View ArticleInterview with Dancer, singer, actor Josh Rhodes
11-12-19 Interview 11-12-19 Dancer, singer, actor and Broadway director/choreographer Josh Rhodes is in Sarasota directing his seventh show for the Asolo Repertory Theater; The Sound Of Music.. Listen...
View ArticleInterview with Wendy Lyons Sunshine co-author of Raising the Challenging Child
12-30-20 Interview 12-30-20 Wendy Lyons Sunshine is an award-winning writer whose creative journey has included visual art and songwriting. After a career as a technical writer, Wendy began reporting...
View ArticleInterview with Entertainer Joe Plummer
1-6-20 Interview Joe Plummer describes himself as an “entertainer,” and it is certainly an apt description. Listen to him describe his surprising career as a singer, dancer, actor, playwright,...
View ArticleInterview with Triple Treat Peter Amster talking about Murder on the Orient...
1-6-20 Interview 1-13–20 Four year old Peter Amster decided that if Peter Pan could fly so could he and he had to be restrained from jumping out of the window. From then on he never stopped pushing his...
View ArticleInterview with director Celine Rosenthal
1-20-20 Interview 1-20-20 Celine Rosenthal, is an Associate Artistic Director at The Asolo Repertory Company. She was captured by theatre very young and predictably studied acting. Surprisingly,...
View ArticleInterview with actress/singer Jannie Jones
1-27-20 Interview 1-27-20 – Actress/Singer Jannie Jones is one of a tiny percent of performers who actually make their living with their talent. Jannie was five years old when her mother taught her and...
View ArticleInterview with Cabaret Performer extraordinaire Steve Ross
2-10-20 Interview 2-10-20 The Crown Prince of Cabaret, Steve Ross can be seen, remarkably for free, one night only – Thursday Feb 13th at Pritchard’s Piano Co 2108 Bee Ridge Rd, Sarasota, FL 34239,...
View ArticleInterview with Film Commissioner Jeannie Corcoran
1-6-20 Interview 2-24-20 Jeanne Corcoran is the director, Sarasota county film & entertainment office since 2007. She is an award-winning writer/producer/creative director and on-camera talent, in...
View ArticleInterview with Cabaret Singer Anne Pringle Burnell
3-9-20 Interview 3-9-20 Singer and Cabaret Performer Anne Pringle Burnell thought she was going to be an actress. Listen to the ironic way she discovered that she is really a singer and was drawn to...
View ArticleLynne Bernfield sings “The Sweet Single Life”
4-9-20 Interview I spent much of my 20’s worrying about the fact that, although there were always men in my life, I wasn’t MARRIED! When I moved from NY – where I was born and raised – and moved to LA,...
View ArticleLynne Bernfield sings a song from her CD and explains why she wrote it
4-15-20 Interview I’m a therapist. The first time Sara (not her name) came to see me she was impeccably dressed in a business suit and low-heeled pumps. She sat very straight and described her problem...
View ArticleLynne sings a song from her CD and explains why she why she wrote it
4-20-20 Interview Although I loved and do still love NY, LA in the 70’s was a revelation. It wasn’t crowded, people really were laid back and friendly, it still had the weather it’s still pretending to...
View ArticleLynne sings a song from her CD and explains why she wrote it
4-30-20 Interview Shortly after I wrote The Sweet Single Life, I moved in with the man I would marry. He’s a musician and shortly after I moved in he went on the road – a yearlong national and...
View ArticleLynne Bernfield sings a song from her CD and explains why she wrote it
5-11-20 Interview The Anatomy of an Artist Series with Lynne Bernfield Lynne Bernfield sings a song from her CD and explains why she wrote it I was studying Hypnosis with Stephen Gilligan, who’d been a...
View ArticleInterview with actor E. Faye Butler
http://www.thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_630_2_15_21_Faye_Butler_Fannie_Lou_Hamer..mp3 2-18-21 Interview with actor, singer E. Faye Butler who is staring as Fannie, in “Fannie, The life and the...
View ArticleMemorial to musician and one of a kind human being Mike (Mikee) Palter
9-27-21 Musical legend Mike (Mikee) Palter, died on August 30th Today would be his birthday, in honor of this extraordinary man I am re-running our funny, compelling, fascinating interview. Mike was an...
View ArticleInterview with Stephanie Larking – Dancer, Musician, IT specialist and Head...
http://www.thelynneshow.com/Audio/Podcasts/Show_640_%20Stephanie_Larkin_1_24_21.mp3 1-24-21 Interview with the extraordinary Stephanie Larkin, who is the poster child for the adage when life gives you...
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