Episode 027 – Ann Talman and Kel Haney

06/13/14 • 60 min

Kel Haney on left and Ann Talman on the right

My friend Ann Talman has been developing her solo show, Woody’s Order! for a few years (well, arguably her whole life) about her relationship with her family and in particular her brother, Woody.

Woody’s Order! will be performed on Monday, September 29th at 9 pm in the 5th Annual United Solo Theatre Festival on Theatre Row. Click here for more details.

I was very pleased and excited to interview Ann and her director, Kel Haney, in New York.

Topics covered in the interview:

Hello Ann and Kel — how they met — Ensemble Studio Theater (1:51)
Matt Hoverman Workshop — How to Create Your Own Solo Show (4:20)
Working on new work, solo work (7:07)
The development and evolution of the sola show (8:55)
What’s the show Woody’s Order! about? (13:47)
How Kel got the theater bug (26:10)
A director who likes to read! (30:54)
How Ann got the theater bug, imaginary friends (33:36)
Trying to give Woody a normal life — frustrations, sex (43:00)
Doing Little Foxes on Broadway with Elizabeth Taylor, audition story (48:12)
Kel meets Woody (51:02)
Al Pacino meets Woody (55:24)

Less than a week after moving to Austin, I headed to New York to doggy-sit for my friends, Margo and Bill. So I captured this interview with Ann and Kel while in NYC.

Kel Haney on left and Ann Talman on the right

Woody’s Order! will be performed on Monday, September 29th at 9 pm in the 5th Annual United Solo Theatre Festival on Theatre Row. Click here for more details.

I was very pleased and excited to interview Ann and her director, Kel Haney, in New York.

Topics covered in the interview:

Hello Ann and Kel — how they met — Ensemble Studio Theater (1:51)
Matt Hoverman Workshop — How to Create Your Own Solo Show (4:20)
Working on new work, solo work (7:07)
The development and evolution of the sola show (8:55)
What’s the show Woody’s Order! about? (13:47)
How Kel got the theater bug (26:10)
A director who likes to read! (30:54)
How Ann got the theater bug, imaginary friends (33:36)
Trying to give Woody a normal life — frustrations, sex (43:00)
Doing Little Foxes on Broadway with Elizabeth Taylor, audition story (48:12)
Kel meets Woody (51:02)
Al Pacino meets Woody (55:24)

Less than a week after moving to Austin, I headed to New York to doggy-sit for my friends, Margo and Bill. So I captured this interview with Ann and Kel while in NYC.

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Episode 026 – Author Karen Moline – Part 2

Karen Moline’s Novels

Here’s part 2 of Karen Moline’s interview. We get right into it talking about celebrity interviewing for the magazines she worked with. Don’t forget to check out Karen’s books, fiction and non-fiction, on Amazon.

By the way, the director of The Long Good Friday (that we blanked on) was John Mackenzie.

Please go to Karen’s website for more information about her at www.KarenMoline.com.

Topics covered in the interview:

Treating celebrity interview subjects fairly (1:57)
Getting pawed by Brian DePalma (3:54)
Writing a biography of Bob Hoskins (5:22)
Who would play characters in the movie version of Lunch, Alex Kingston (15:26)
Getting the inspiration for Belladonna staying at Castle (24:16)
Staying true to what you’re good at (35:00)
Who would Karen interview now – Hilary Clinton. Finding interesting people (36:51)
Adoption reform, www.pear-reform.org (46:21)

I moved to Austin! More on that later. My parents are selling their beautiful home. Take a look at this cool website I made for them, www.TennesseeMountainRetreat.com.

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Episode 028 – Maggie Wagner – Actor

My friend Maggie Wagner is opening in a new movie! It will be playing tonight Friday June 20th at the Manhattan Film Festival at 9:30 pm. The film is called The Wisdom to Know the Difference which stars — Maggie of course, Daniel Baldwin, Billy Baldwin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mayra Leal.

Maggie comes from a show biz family which includes Uncle Mark Rydell who directed On Golden Pond and The Rose to Aunt Joanne Linville who wrote the book Seven Steps to an Acting Craft, to brother Andrew Wagner who directed the films Starting Out in the Evening and The Talent Given Us.

For more information about Maggie, go check out her website.

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