Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Singer / Songwriter, Peabo Bryson

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Peabo Bryson, is a legendary singer and songwriter who is widely referred to as “the voice of love”.

In a career spanning 5 decades, this man’s rich, soulful voice has brought us 21 albums, 5 of which have been certified gold, in addition to 8 compilation albums. He’s released 57 hit singles including “Reaching for the Sky”, “I’m So Into You”, “Minute by Minute”, “Let the Feeling Flow”, “If Ever You’re In my Arms Again”, “Show & Tell”, “Can You Stop the Rain”, and of course, he’s recorded some of the greatest duets of the past century including “Gimme Some Time” and “What You Won’t Do for Love” with Natalie Cole, “Here We Go” with Minnie Ripperton, “Make the World Stand Still”, “Tonight I Celebrate My Love” and “You’re Lookin’ Like Love to Me” with Roberta Flack, “Lovers After All” with Melissa Manchester, “You Are My Home” with Linda Eder, “By the Time This Night Is Over” with Kenny G, “We Kiss in the Shadows” with Lea Salonga, and of course we all remember the mega-blockbuster classic duets which earned our guest TWO Grammy Awards: “Beauty and the Beast” with Celine Dion, and “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle, and BOTH of those songs won Academy Awards for the Disney animated feature films, “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin”.

This man is so phenomenally successful, that he’s the first artist in music history to have separate songs topping FOUR different Billboard charts: pop, R & B, Classical Crossover and Contemporary Jazz. And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest has also starred onstage in “Raisin”, and he played “The Wizard” in “The Wiz”, and he starred as “Sporting Life” in the Michigan Opera’s 100th Anniversary Production of “Porgy and Bess”.

He’s currently on a North American tour and then headed to Japan, but he’s taken time out of his very busy schedule to speak with me today.

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To learn more about Peabo Bryson, go to:

https://www.peabobryson2.com/

https://www.facebook.com/peabo.bryson.900

https://www.instagram.com/peabobryson2/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Christopher Atkins, Renowned Actor, Star of “The Blue Lagoon”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Christopher Atkins, is a actor, writer, producer and entrepreneur whose very first movie, “The Blue Lagoon”, made him a global sensation, and earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best New Male Star of the Year, as well as a nomination for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Major Motion Picture.

He’s appeared in many other movies including “The Pirate Movie”, “A Night in Heaven”, “Listen to Me”, “Die Watching”, “It’s my Party”, “Lima: Breaking the Silence”, “True Legends of the West”, “The Color of Water”, “Stained Glass Windows”, “Lake of Fire”, “Attraction to Paris”, and many more.

And on television, he played “Peter Richards”, the camp counsellor who had a torrid affair with “Sue Ellen Ewing”, in Season 7 of the blockbuster TV series, “Dallas”. He’s appeared in many other TV shows including “Hotel”, “Red Shoe Diaries”, “Suddenly Susan”, “CSI”, and “The Eleventh”, to name a few. And he’s also appeared in numerous TV movies including “Secret Weapons”, “Guns of Honor”, “Dead Man’s Island”, “Angel Flight Down”, “Caved In”, “Blue Lagoon: The Awakening”, “Ladies of the 80s: A Divas Christmas”, and many more.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Christopher Atkins, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/christopheratkins1/

https://twitter.com/RealChrisAtkins

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Renowned Actor, Co-Star, “Welcome Back Kotter”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, is a renowned actor, writer, director and producer who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of “Freddie Washington”, better known as “Boom Boom”, one of the “Sweathogs”, in the classic TV sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter”, in which he co-starred with Gabe Kaplan and John Travolta.

He also played “Cameron Sanders Sr.” on the popular daytime drama, “A House Divided”, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor. And of course, we remember him as “Noah” on the groundbreaking 1977 TV miniseries, “Roots”. And he played Michael Jackson’s father, Joseph Jackson, in the 1992 miniseries, “The Jacksons: An American Dream”, for which he was nominated for an NAACP Image Award.

He’s also appeared in many other movies including “Claudine”, “Cooley High”, “Youngblood”, “The Annihilators”, “L.A. Heat”, “Southlander”, “A Chance in the World”, “The Perfect Mate”, “The Contract” and many more. And on TV, you’ve seen him in dozens of great shows including “Barnaby Jones”, “Hill Street Blues”, “Alien Nation”, “Diagnosis Murder”, “Roseanne”, “Gilmore Girls”, “Mind Your Business”, to name only a few. And who can ever forget his performance as “Brah Hardy” in the 2023 TV miniseries, “Legacy”?

And in the late 70s he conquered Broadway, starring in “I Love My Wife”. And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest is also a recording artist. In the late 70s, he released 2 albums, “Lawrence Hilton Jacobs” and “All the Way…Love”.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/lawrence.h.jacobs/

https://twitter.com/LHJOfficial

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Iconic Broadway, Movie and TV Star, Joanna Gleason

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Joanna Gleason, is a highly acclaimed, multi-award winning actress, writer and director whose stellar career and body of work has spanned 5 decades and is still going stronger than ever.

On the big screen, you’ve seen her in many great movies including “Hannah and her Sisters”, “Heartburn”, “Crimes and Misdemeanours”, “Mr. Holland’s Opus”, “Boogie Nights”, “The Wedding Planner”, “Sex and the City”, “The Women”, “Last Vegas” and many more.

On television, we remember her as “Morgan Winslow” on “Hello Larry”, “Nadine Berkus” in “Love and War”, “Charlotte St. John” in “Oh Baby”, “Connie Randolph” in Bette Midler’s TV sitcom entitled, “Bette”, “Attorney Jordan Kendall” on “The West Wing”, and “Veronica” in “Sensitive Skin”, in addition to a whole slew of guest starring roles in many TV shows including “Diff’rent Strokes”, “ER”, “Murphy Brown”, “Friends”, “King of the Hill”, “The Good Wife”, “The Affair” and “The Good Fight”, to name only a few.

And on the stage, our guest has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows including “I Love My Wife”, for which she won a Theatre World Award, “Social Security”, for which she won a Drama Desk Award, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award, “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg”, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award, and of course, her unforgettable performance in “Into the Woods”, for which she WON a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical. And off Broadway, she won a Drama Desk Award for her performance in “It’s Only a Play”, and she was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance in “Sons of the Prophet”. She’s also appeared in many other stage productions including “Fiddler on the Roof”, “Hamlet”, “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever”, and “The Normal Heart”, to name only a few.

And most recently, our guest has written and directed an excellent feature film called “The Grotto”, which has already won a number of prestigious film festival awards. The movie tells the story of a woman in the midst of an emotional upheaval, who inherits a half-interest in a struggling nightclub, where she encounters eccentric performers and discovers a heartbreaking secret.

The movie will be released in theatres and on major streaming platforms in the very near future, so please keep an eye out for it. Our guest is currently in New York preparing to star in the World Premiere of Joshua Harmon’s play entitled, “We Had a World”, which will be presented by the Manhattan Theatre Club at the New York City Center Stage 2 from February 25 to April 13, 2025. Our guest has taken time out of her very busy rehearsal schedule to speak with me today.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Joanna Gleason, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/therealjoannagleason/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Acclaimed Actor, Producer & Director, Jonathan Silverman

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Jonathan Silverman, is a popular actor, producer and director who has brought us many great performances on the stage, as well as in movies and on television.

On Broadway, he starred in three classic Neil Simon plays: “Brighton Beach Memoirs”, “Biloxi Blues” and “Broadway Bound”. And he reprised his starring role as “Eugene Jerome” in the movie version of “Brighton Beach Memoirs”. He also played “Stanley Jerome” in the TV movie version of “Broadway Bound”.

His feature film credits include “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, “Caddyshack 2”, “Stealing Home”, “Weekend at Bernie’s One and Two”, “Class Action”, “Death Becomes Her”, “Breaking the Rules”, “Swinging with the Finkels”, and “Andover”, for which he won the Audience Choice Award at the Orlando Film Festival. And for his performance in “Snatched”, he was named Best Supporting Actor at the Hoboken International Film Festival.

And on television, we remember him as “Jonathan Maxwell” on “Gimme a Break”, “Jonathan Eliot” on “The Single Guy”, “Harry Kennison” on “In Case of Emergency”, “Harrison Marlowe” on “Significant Mother”, “Dave” on “Good Girls”, and “Daniel Bennett” on “Moonshine”, in addition to a whole slew of guest appearances on many other great TV shows like “ER”, “Friends”, “CSI Miami”, “Medium”, “Hot in Cleveland”, “Law & Order: SVU” and “Scandal”, to name only a few.

He’s also appeared in numerous TV movies including “Challenge of a Lifetime”, “For Richer, For Poorer”, “12:01”, “The Inspectors 1 and 2”, “These Old Broads”, “Bobbie’s Girl”, “Jack’s Family Adventure” and many more. And among the movies he’s directed, he was named Best Director at the L.A. Comedy Film Festival for his 2013 feature film, “Another Dirty Movie”.

And now he’s co-starring in a new movie called “Feeling Randy”, in which he plays the father of a teenager struggling to come to terms with his sexuality.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Jonathan Silverman, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/jonnysilverman/

https://x.com/jonny_silverman

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Highly Acclaimed Actor, Timothy Bottoms

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Timothy Bottoms, is a highly acclaimed actor who’s brought us many great performances in iconic movies like “Johnny Got His Gun”, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. He also starred in “The Last Picture Show”, “Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing”, “The Paper Chase”, “Operation Daybreak”, “Rollercoaster”, “Texasville”, “Elephant”, “Paradise, Texas” and many more.

On television, you’ve seen him in dozens of shows, movies and miniseries including “The Story of David”, “The Moneychangers”, “East of Eden”, “Death Game”, “The Face of Alexandre Dumas: The Man in the Iron Mask”, and of course, in the early 90s, he starred in the popular children’s TV show, “Land of the Lost”.

He’s guest starred in many classic TV shows including “The Twilight Zone”, “That 70’s Show”, “NCIS”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Private Practice” and “The Hitchhiker”, for which he won a Cable Ace Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series.

And on the stage, he starred on Broadway in “Fifth of July”. He’s won many awards, including the Grand Jury Prize for Best Supporting Actor at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival for his performance in “Mixed Blessings”. And in 2022, he and his fellow cast members won a Golden Reel International Film Festival Award for their work in the highly acclaimed movie, “Chinaman’s Chance: America’s Other Slaves”. And in 2010, he received the German Independence Honorary Award at the Oldenberg International Film Festival.

And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest is also an accomplished author, having recently released his first novel entitled, “The Pier”.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Actor, F. Murray Abraham

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, F. Murray Abraham, is a legendary, multi-award winning actor who has been dazzling audiences for 6 decades with one unforgettable performance after another.

On the big screen, you’ve seen him in dozens of great movies including “The Prisoner of Second Avenue”, “The Sunshine Boys”, “All the President's Men”, “Scarface”, “The Name of the Rose”, “Star Trek: Insurrection”, “Mighty Aphrodite”, “An Innocent Man”, “Finding Forrester”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “The Magic Flute” and of course, “Amadeus”, for which he won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, as well as a BAFTA Award nomination for his brilliant portrayal of the envious composer, “Antonio Salieri”.

And on television, he’s received 4 Emmy Award nominations – 2 for his work in “Homeland”, one for his voice work in “Moon Knight”, and one for his performance in “The White Lotus”, for which he also won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination. He also received 3 more Screen Actors Guild Award nominations - two for his work in “Homeland” and one for his performance in “The Grand Budapest Hotel”. And he received an Online Film and Television Association Award nomination for his performance as “C.W. Longbottom” in “Mythic Quest”.

He’s appeared in many TV movies and miniseries including “Marco Polo”, “Dream West”, “Noah’s Ark”, “The Betrothed”, “A Season of Giants”, “Dead Man’s Walk”, “White House Plumbers” and dozens more.

And in the world of theatre, our guest has appeared in 13 Broadway shows including “The Man in the Glass Booth”, “The Ritz”, “Macbeth”, “Angels in America: Millenium Approaches” AND “Perestroika”, “Triumph of Love” and “It’s Only a Play”.

He’s also appeared in over 30 off-Broadway productions. For his work in theatre, he’s won 2 Obie Awards for his performances in “Uncle Vanya” and “The Merchant of Venice”, and he’s been nominated for 3 Drama Desk Awards and 2 Drama League Awards. And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word album for “Interview with the Vampire”. He received the John H. Finley Award for exemplary dedicated service to the City of New York, the John Gielgud Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts, and in 1990 he received an Honorary Doctorate from Rider University. And In 2015, he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Our guest is currently in rehearsal for a new off-Broadway production at the Irish Repertory Theatre, called “Beckett Briefs”, and he’s taken time out of his very busy rehearsal schedule to speak with me today.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Renowned Director, Producer, Screenwriter & Author, Fred Olen Ray

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Fred Olen Ray, is a renowned director, producer, screenwriter and author whose body of work includes over 200 feature films in many genres including horror, sci-fi, action-adventure, erotic thrillers, crime dramas, rom-coms and holiday films.

Some of his most popular movies are “Scalps”, “The Tomb”, “Terminal Force”, “Beverly Hills Vamp”, “Haunting Fear”, “Evil Toons”, “The Shooter”, “Deadly Shores”, “Stage Fright”, to name only a few. And I have to mention the brilliant short film, “Spidora”, for which he won FOUR prestigious film festival awards.

He’s worked with everyone from Buster Crabbe, Roddy McDowall, Cliff Robertson, John and David Carradine and Martin Landau, to Chevy Chase, George Hamilton, Peter Fonda, Stella Stevens, Troy Donahue, Russ Tamblyn, Steven Segal and many more. Our guest has also produced and directed dozens of Christmas movies including some of my favourites, “A Prince for Christmas”, “A Christmas in Vermont”, “One Fine Christmas”, and “A Royal Christmas Holiday”.

On television, he produced “Dante’s Cove”, he wrote, produced and directed 28 episodes of “The Lair”, and he won an Emmy award and received 2 more Emmy nominations for his work on “The Bay”.

In addition, our guest has written 5 books: “Grind Show: Weirdness as Entertainment”, “The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors”, “Writing the Perfect Christmas TV Movie”, “Deep Red”, and his latest release, a fascinating, uninhibited and insightful memoir entitled “Hell-Bent for Hollywood: A Director’s Journey”, in which he takes us on his colorful and sometimes turbulent journey from fringe, low-budget filmmaking to a long-running, successful career as a highly respected writer, producer and director.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Fred Olen Ray, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Official-Fred-Olen-Ray-Page/100063617430568/

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