Getting to the Heart, Soul, and drive of top performers in the entertainment industry. Clayton Howe’s guests share their paths, struggles, and lessons learned. Entertainmentx inspires, uplifts, and educates everyone interested in a deep dive look at entertainment professionals and industry luminaries.
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Hear me chat with friends and interview experts on everything about your career, other than how to sing, dance, and act. Basically, I want to share everything I wish I would have known starting out in Musical Theatre. Send me an email on what other topics you'd like me to discuss. I'd love your input. Thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Bi-weekly conversations with top-notch Miami University alumni exploring the common traits that bring people to Oxford, Ohio and how that helped them with their professional successes.
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Liz Niehaus, Senior Wealth Advisor & Shareholder at Truepoint Wealth Counsel (retired)
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34:42Farmer School of Business dean Jenny Darroch talks with 1986 finance alum Liz Niehaus about stepping on and off the career ladder, her busy "retirement," and following her father's advice.By Jenny Darroch
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Jackie Shropshire, JLL Chicago Industrial Lead
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39:07In this episode, Jackie Shropshire, 2002 Farmer School of Business marketing major, tells FSB dean Jenny Darroch about his career in healthcare sales, why he transitioned to real estate, and why his love for Skippers goes beyond the food.By Jenny Darroch
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Kenneth Ali, managing director, Rock Gate Partners
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39:00On this episode of Beyond High Street, Farmer School of Business dean Jenny Darroch and 1990 marketing alum Ken Ali talk about the history of starting businesses in his family, how learning is different as you get older, and what he thinks makes Miami standout as a university experience.By Jenny Darroch
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Lance Theobald, CEO, Miami Nation Enterprises
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26:31Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch talks with 2010 accountancy alum Lance Theobald about his early years as an entrepreneur, his work on behalf of the Myaamia people as a member of the tribe, and what happened to the car he had during a trip to New Zealand.By Jenny Darroch
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Gopa Dobson, Chief Revenue Officer at MJ REIT
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22:08On this episode of Beyond High Street, Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch's guest is Gopa Dobson, a 1990 marketing alumna, with whom she talks about being industry agnostic, the importance of customer service, and advice for someone just starting their career in marketing.By Jenny Darroch
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Jillian Griffiths, Chief Financial Officer at Clayton Dubilier & Rice
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25:36On this episode of Beyond High Street, Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch talks with Jillian Griffiths, a 1992 FSB accountancy alumna, about the importance of giving feedback, what Jillian did during a sabbatical from work in 2000, and why Sunday night was her favorite night of the week while she was at Miami.…
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Mary van Praag, Global Chief Executive Officer at Milani Cosmetics
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30:40Mary van Praag, 1987 Farmer School of Business marketing graduate, talks with FSB dean Jenny Darroch about why she went into consumer products, being named "Brand Builder of the Year," and why the Western Campus is her favorite place at MiamiBy Jenny Darroch
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Mike Smerklo, Co Founder & Managing Director, Next Coast Ventures
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30:05Mike Smerklo, an entrepreneur, investor, and author who graduated from the Farmer School of Business in 1991, joins Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch to talk about being first in his family to go to college, being a fan of morning classes, and how he spent his Sundays during the Bengals' seasons.By Jenny Darroch
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Kia Nalls, Work-based Learning Solutions Creator at Sinclair Community College
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31:45On this episode of Beyond High Street, Farmer School of Business dean Jenny Darroch sits down with Kia Nalls, a 2001 finance and accountancy graduate, to talk about the scholarship that brought her to Miami, the importance of proper etiquette, and how she transitioned to working in higher education.By Jenny Darroch
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Roger Howe, U.S. Precision Lens (retired)
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33:09Farmer School of Business dean Jenny Darroch talks with Roger Howe, retired owner of U.S. Precision Lens and philanthropist, about his time in Oxford, his 60 years of friendship with Dick Farmer, and how he and his wife helped create the Howe Center for Writing ExcellenceBy Jenny Darroch
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Amy Armstrong, Co-Parent Coach, Coach Trainer, Mediator at The Center for Family Resolution
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35:28Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch talks with 1983 Miami University secondary education graduate Amy Armstrong about her pivot to adult education, her interest in how we learn, and the importance of allowing ourselves to be comfortable in being uncomfortable.By Jenny Darroch
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John Altman, serial entrepreneur and business leader
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36:14Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch chats with 1960 grad John Altman about the reason he came to Miami instead of joining the Navy, why he feels he didn't thrive in big companies, and his longtime passion for flying.By Jenny Darroch
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George Heath, Board of Directors of Sea-Land Chemical Company, former group president at Sherwin-Williams
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35:19George Heath, 1990 Farmer School MBA graduate, talks with Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch about his pivot from graphic design to business, the impact of former dean James Robeson on him, selflessness vs. selfishness, and the sport he dreamed of going into as a pro.By Jenny Darroch
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Emily Atef (IG:@emily.atef) is a French-Iranian filmmaker born in Berlin. At the age of seven, she moved with her parents and brother to Los Angeles. At the age of thirteen, she settled in the Jura, the land where her mother grew up. Later, she attended a theatre school in London for several years. Finally, she moved to Germany to study filmmaking …
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Marc Turtletaub (bigbeach.com) has been a producer for over twenty years with two production companies, including Big Beach which he co-founded in 2004. He is also a director, whose most recent film, Jules, is now streaming.By Clayton Howe: Producer | Architect Of Stories
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Get Duany's (gerduany.com) childhood was marked by adversity on a skill that is difficult to imagine, but he has succeeded in healing some of the pain. With close family members currently displaced inside South Sudan and in refugee camps in neighboring countries, Ger has dedicated his time to ongoing an intense humanitarian efforts. He has committe…
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Estefanía Fadul (estefaniafadul.com) is a Colombian-born, New Hampshire-raised, NYC-based director and creative producer with a passion for new work. Recent directing includes the world premieres of Eva Luna adapted by Caridad Svich from the novel by Isabel Allende (Repertorio Español), The Garbologists by Lindsay Joelle (Philadelphia Theatre Compa…
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Luke Yankee ”Forgiveness Is A Gift You Give Yourself”
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42:27Luke Yankee (yankeehillproductions.com)(IG:@lukebyankee)is a playwright, director, author, producer, actor, and teacher. He has assistant directed six Broadway shows, run two regional theatres,and directed, produced, performed and taught all over the world. His latest play, MARILYN, MOM & ME is the recipient of the Stanley Award and will receive it…
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Ariana Sarfarazi ”How Interconnected We All Are”
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56:36Ariana Sarfarazi (she/her) (LI:@arianasarfarazi)(IG:@sarfariana) is a transactional entertainment attorney specializing in theater, a theater producer, and the Executive Director of Noor Theatre, a NYC-based non-profit theatre with the mission of supporting, developing, and producing the work of artists of Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwe…
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Liz Carlson (elizabethjcarlson.com) is an NYC-based creative producer and director committed to the development of new stories. Prior to stepping in as Interim Artistic Director, Liz produced and directed with NYSAF in various capacities over the past 15 years, notably as the full-time Artistic Producer for the past seven, supporting artists such a…
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Matthew McLachlan ”Heart. Humor. Humanity.”
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54:49Matthew McLachlan (matthewmclachlan.com)(IG:@19martymcfly85) was born in Scotland, raised in Florida, and currently survives in New York City. He is a Dramatist Guild Member, a two-time ScreenCraft Stage Play Finalist, and Samuel French OOB Festival Finalist. His plays include: The Demand of Avarice, This God Damn House, Jack & Melissa, Orion, and …
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Kate Cohen ”Man’s Search for Meaning & Mastercourse Hollywood”
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32:49Kate Cohen (IG:@katecohendavis)(LI:@kate-cohen) is an award-winning director, producer, and entrepreneur with two decades of experience leading high-profile projects from inception to completion. She is a creative producer with a long track record of business development, raising financing from some of the most powerful entrepreneurs across the glo…
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Joe Rosko Part 2 ”Work Harder. Be Nicer.”
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25:16Joe Rosko (builtforthestage.com) (IG:@builtforthestage) is the founder and CEO of Built For The Stage, Broadway’s #1 online fitness training platform. In the past six years, Built For The Stage has had clients represented in over 50 Broadway shows and on international stages around the globe! Rosko began his professional career as a trainer and act…
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Joe Rosko (builtforthestage.com) (IG:@builtforthestage) is the founder and CEO of Built For The Stage, Broadway’s #1 online fitness training platform. In the past six years, Built For The Stage has had clients represented in over 50 Broadway shows and on international stages around the globe! Rosko began his professional career as a trainer and act…
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Bryce Pinkham Part 2 ”Laugh More. Worry Less.”
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27:16Bryce Pinkham (IG:@thebrycecapades)(TW:@TheBryceCapades) is a Grammy and Tony-nominated American stage and screen actor. He is perhaps best known for originating the role of “Monty Navarro” in the Broadway production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. The performance earned him a Grammy nomination, as well as a Tony nomination for “Best Per…
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Bryce Pinkham Part 1 ”A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”
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31:47Bryce Pinkham (IG:@thebrycecapades)(TW:@TheBryceCapades) is a Grammy and Tony-nominated American stage and screen actor. He is perhaps best known for originating the role of “Monty Navarro” in the Broadway production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. The performance earned him a Grammy nomination, as well as a Tony nomination for “Best Per…
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Richard Maltby, Jr. Part 2 ”80% of life is showing up”
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19:19Richard Maltby, Jr. includes among his Broadway credits: Conceived/directed AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ (1978 Tony, NY Drama Critics, Outer Critics and Drama Desk Awards. Also Tony Award for Best Director); FOSSE (1999 Tony, Outer Critics and Drama Desk Awards). Lyricist: MISS SAIGON (Evening Standard Award 1990, Tony Nomination for Best Score 1991). Directo…
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Richard Maltby, Jr. Part 1 ”Ain’t Misbehavin’ Miss Saigon & Baby”
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32:23Richard Maltby, Jr. includes among his Broadway credits: Conceived/directed AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ (1978 Tony, NY Drama Critics, Outer Critics and Drama Desk Awards. Also Tony Award for Best Director); FOSSE (1999 Tony, Outer Critics and Drama Desk Awards). Lyricist: MISS SAIGON (Evening Standard Award 1990, Tony Nomination for Best Score 1991). Directo…
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Alan Menken Part 2 ”This is it. Enjoy it!”
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20:21Alan Menken (alanmenken.com)(IG:@alanmenken) is known for his music on stage and screen, he is noted for his multiple works with the Walt Disney company (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin), as well as Broadway stage musicals Sister Act and Little Shop of Horrors. With eight Academy Awards, Alan has received more Oscars than any livi…
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Alan Menken (alanmenken.com)(IG:@alanmenken) is known for his music on stage and screen, he is noted for his multiple works with the Walt Disney company (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin), as well as Broadway stage musicals Sister Act and Little Shop of Horrors. With eight Academy Awards, Alan has received more Oscars than any livi…
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Lamar Richardson Part 2 ”Bet On Yourself”
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15:10Lamar Richardson (lamarrichardson.com)(IG:@lamarrichardson_) is an actor and producer born in New Brunswick, N.J., who was raised in Charlotte, N.C. Acting credits include Phylicia Rashad’s production of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Weird City, Black Terror, Straight Up, and New Amsterdam. Richardson will make his Broadway debut as co-producer in the …
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Lamar Richardson Part 1 ”Death of a Salesman”
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16:14Lamar Richardson (lamarrichardson.com)(IG:@lamarrichardson_) is an actor and producer born in New Brunswick, N.J., who was raised in Charlotte, N.C. Acting credits include Phylicia Rashad’s production of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Weird City, Black Terror, Straight Up, and New Amsterdam. Richardson will make his Broadway debut as co-producer in the …
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Eric Nelsen Part 2 ”Do What You Love. Love What You Do.”
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18:51Eric Nelsen (IG:@ericnelsenofficial)(buckingbullbourbon.com) is a 4x Emmy Award Winning, Drama Desk Award Winning, Drama League Award Winning and Outer Critic Circle Award Winning actor and producer. His Broadway credits include producing THE INHERITANCE (Laurence Olivier Award Winner - Best New Play) and starring in the cult hit, 13 THE MUSICAL al…
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Eric Nelsen Part 1 ”1883, Bucking Bull Bourbon and a TONY Award”
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27:32Eric Nelsen (IG:@ericnelsenofficial)(buckingbullbourbon.com) is a 4x Emmy Award Winning, Drama Desk Award Winning, Drama League Award Winning and Outer Critic Circle Award Winning actor and producer. His Broadway credits include producing THE INHERITANCE (Laurence Olivier Award Winner - Best New Play) and starring in the cult hit, 13 THE MUSICAL al…
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Stephen Schwartz (stephenschwartz.com) was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama. Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as an A&R producer for RCA Records, but sho…
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Stephen Schwartz (stephenschwartz.com) was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama. Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as an A&R producer for RCA Records, but sho…
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Annabeth Gish Part 2 ”Worry Is A Down Payment On A Debt That Never Comes True”
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17:22Annabeth Gish (IG:@annabeth_gish)(TW:@annabethgish) who is currently in Succession is a versatile actress who weathered the transition from child actor to adult, with a variety of dramatic and comedic roles on film and television. Anne Elizabeth Gish was born on March 13, 1971 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved with her family to Cedar Falls, at …
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Annabeth Gish (IG:@annabeth_gish)(TW:@annabethgish) who is currently in Succession is a versatile actress who weathered the transition from child actor to adult, with a variety of dramatic and comedic roles on film and television. Anne Elizabeth Gish was born on March 13, 1971 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved with her family to Cedar Falls, at …
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Celia Keenan-Bolger (IG:@celiakb)(TW:@celiakb) is currently in The Gilded Age on HBO. She was born on January 26, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan and is a Tony Award winner and Broadway favorite. Celia Keenan-Bolger will return to To Kill a Mockingbird at the Shubert Theatre from October 5, 2021. Keenan-Bolger trained at both the Mosaic Youth Theatre of …
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Celia Keenan-Bolger Part 1 ”The Gilded Age”
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17:28Celia Keenan-Bolger (IG:@celiakb)(TW:@celiakb) is currently in The Gilded Age on HBO. She was born on January 26, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan and is a Tony Award winner and Broadway favorite. Celia Keenan-Bolger will return to To Kill a Mockingbird at the Shubert Theatre from October 5, 2021. Keenan-Bolger trained at both the Mosaic Youth Theatre of …
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Jared Mezzocchi (jaredmezzocchi.com)(TW:@JaredMezzocchi) is an two-time Obie Award-winning theater artist, working most notably as a director and multimedia designer. Mezzocchi’s work has appeared at theaters nationwide, including the Kennedy Center, the Geffen Playhouse, Vineyard Theater, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth (company member), Milwaukee Rep…
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Francie Henry, Regional President at Fifth Third Bank
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37:11On this episode of Beyond High Street, 1986 Farmer School graduate Francie Henry talks with FSB dean Jenny Darroch about meeting clients where they are, relationship building, and the class she wishes she'd have taken while at Miami.By Jenny Darroch
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Jared Mezzocchi Part 1 ”ViDCo, Theatre, Film & Education”
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21:06Jared Mezzocchi (jaredmezzocchi.com)(TW:@JaredMezzocchi) is an two-time Obie Award-winning theater artist, working most notably as a director and multimedia designer. Mezzocchi’s work has appeared at theaters nationwide, including the Kennedy Center, the Geffen Playhouse, Vineyard Theater, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth (company member), Milwaukee Rep…
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Keith Sherman Part 2 ”Keep Optimism In Your Heart”
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22:29Keith Sherman (ksa-pr.com)(IG:@keithshermanassociates)(heliclinefineart.com) provides diversified public relations and marketing communications services to entertainment, lifestyles, special events, corporate and not-for-profit clients. From his roots on Broadway, Keith has built a distinguished reputation for over 20 years among the leaders of For…
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Keith Sherman Part 1 ”Publicity, The TONY Awards, Dealing Art & NEXT”
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24:29Keith Sherman (ksa-pr.com)(IG:@keithshermanassociates)(heliclinefineart.com) provides diversified public relations and marketing communications services to entertainment, lifestyles, special events, corporate and not-for-profit clients. From his roots on Broadway, Keith has built a distinguished reputation for over 20 years among the leaders of For…
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Rick Elice Part 2 ”This Performance SOLD OUT”
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39:56Rick Elice co-wrote Jersey Boys (winner 2006 Tony Award, 2007 Grammy Award and 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical) with the great Marshall Brickman; The Addams Family; Peter and the Starcatcher (winner of five 2012 Tony Awards); and The Cher Show (currently on tour in the UK). In the pipeline: The Princess Bride for Disney; Smash for Robert Greenb…
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Rick Elice Part 1 ”Jersey Boys, Cher Show, Addams Family & Serino Coyne”
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32:16Rick Elice co-wrote Jersey Boys (winner 2006 Tony Award, 2007 Grammy Award and 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical) with the great Marshall Brickman; The Addams Family; Peter and the Starcatcher (winner of five 2012 Tony Awards); and The Cher Show (currently on tour in the UK). In the pipeline: The Princess Bride for Disney; Smash for Robert Greenb…
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Alex Joseph Grayson Part 2 ”Don’t Be Afraid To Ask Questions”
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20:22Alex Joseph Grayson (alexjosephgrayson.com)(IG:@alexjgsings) currently in Parade on Broadway is an actor and musician from Watertown, NY. He accredits his eclectic artistic influences to a nomadic upbringing as a military brat. Over the last decade, Alex has performed on the biggest stages of the American theatre, including Broadway, National Tours…
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Alex Joseph Grayson Part 1 ”Recognizing Opportunity”
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27:46Alex Joseph Grayson (alexjosephgrayson.com)(IG:@alexjgsings) currently in Parade on Broadway is an actor and musician from Watertown, NY. He accredits his eclectic artistic influences to a nomadic upbringing as a military brat. Over the last decade, Alex has performed on the biggest stages of the American theatre, including Broadway, National Tours…
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Paul Alexander Nolan Part 2 ”KNOW YOURSELF”
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24:12Paul Alexander Nolan (paulalexandernolan.com)(IG:@paulalexandernolan) who is currently in Parade The Musical on Broadway, is originally from Canada, where much of his career has been spent as a company member of the Stratford Festival. Since moving to New York he’s led seven Broadway productions including Jesus Christ Superstar; Once; Doctor Zhivag…
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