Show Notes
Dennis is joined via Zoom by playwright and director Steve Silverman, whose dark comedy Happy Birthday McKenna is currently running at the Hudson Backstage Theater in Hollywood. Steve talks about the fateful trip to a Chicago cemetery that inspired the play, mounting a show in LA when you live in Santa Barbara, rotating in different actors and the bratty 3 year-old who is the McKenna in question. He also talks about his career working in promotion for TV networks and directing stars like Cloris Leachman and Mindy Kaling. Other topics include: the Spielberg movie that rocked his world, how he learned the facts of life, what keeps him going, why The Wizard of Oz is so perfect and the one time he cried while recording his podcast World Gone Good. www.hbmtheplay.com
Listen On
Also Listen
-
Author Paul Rudnick (Farrell Covington and The Limits of Style): "I Know What People Have Been Through"
Dennis is joined via Zoom by writer for Part 2 of their conversation about Paul' -
Author Paul Rudnick (What Is Wrong With You?): Part 1: "I Cry Years Later"
Dennis is joined via Zoom by one of his literary heroes, author, screenwriter an -
Filmmaker Roshan Sethi ("A Nice Indian Boy"): "Love Occurs In The Context Of Your Family"
Dennis connects via Zoom with Roshan Sethi, director of the new film A Nice Indi -
Author Bruce Villanch ("It Seemed Like A Bad Idea At The Time"): "I Have A Nine Inch Tongue And I Can Breathe Through My Ears"
Dennis is joined via Zoom and telephone by writer to talk about his new book It
Comments & Upvotes