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Season 5: Episode 29: NEW Jo Dee Messina Podcast Interview: Building Bridges On Her Own Terms
Jun 9, 2026
21m 49s
Season 5: Episode 28: Kathy Garver Interview - A Family Affair Romancing with the Stars alongside Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends
May 14, 2026
29m 19s
Season 5: Episode 27: Jodi Benson Interview - Reuniting with one of My Entertainment Pen Pals, Ariel The Little Mermaid
Mar 5, 2026
23m 40s
Season 5: Episode 26: NEW Adam Jacobs Interview: Stepping into Monte Cristo at the York Theatre in NYC
Feb 26, 2026
28m 39s
Season 5: Episode 25: NEW Cady McClain Podcast Interview - Cooking Up Great Acting Roles
Feb 5, 2026
24m 36s
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| 6/9/26 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 29: NEW Jo Dee Messina Podcast Interview: Building Bridges On Her Own Terms✨ | country musicJo Dee Messina+5 | Jo Dee Messina | Academy of Country MusicCountry Music Association+7 | — | Jo Dee Messinacountry music+5 | — | 21m 49s | |
| 5/14/26 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 28: Kathy Garver Interview - A Family Affair Romancing with the Stars alongside Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends✨ | Hollywood love storiesacting career+4 | Kathy Garver | Family AffairSpider-Man & His Amazing Friends+2 | — | Kathy GarverFamily Affair+6 | — | 29m 19s | |
| 3/5/26 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 27: Jodi Benson Interview - Reuniting with one of My Entertainment Pen Pals, Ariel The Little Mermaid✨ | interviewvoice acting+4 | Jodi Benson | DisneyDaryl Roth DR Theatre+2 | — | Jodi BensonAriel+6 | — | 23m 40s | |
| 2/26/26 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 26: NEW Adam Jacobs Interview: Stepping into Monte Cristo at the York Theatre in NYC✨ | Broadwaytheater+4 | Adam Jacobs | York TheatreKampfire Films PR+6 | — | Adam JacobsMonte Cristo+6 | — | 28m 39s | |
| 2/5/26 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 25: NEW Cady McClain Podcast Interview - Cooking Up Great Acting Roles✨ | actingtheater+3 | Cady McClain | West End Theatre at St. Paul & St. Andrew UMCBeneath the Ice of the Vistula | — | Cady McClainBeneath the Ice of the Vistula+3 | — | 24m 36s | |
| 1/29/26 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 24: NEW Marilu Henner Podcast Interview - Catching Up with My Celebrity Pen Pal✨ | Marilu HennerOff Broadway+4 | Marilu Henner | Daryl Roth DR2 TheatrePen Pals+6 | — | Marilu HennerPen Pals+6 | — | 19m 57s | |
| 1/22/26 | ![]() BONUS EPISODE #2: Rachel Potter Live Interview - Creating An Evening of Magic with the Music of Broadway & Disney✨ | BroadwayDisney+3 | Rachel Potter | An Evening of MagicEvita+3 | Nashville, TN | Rachel PotterBroadway+3 | — | 38m 13s | |
| 10/16/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 23: NEW Rachael Sage Podcast Interview - The Making of Her New Album Canopy✨ | musicalbum release+4 | Rachael Sage | MPress Records | — | Rachael SageCanopy+6 | — | 38m 32s | |
| 10/9/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 22: Jennifer Bassey Podcast Interview - From All My Children to Classy Cabaret✨ | cabaretinterview+4 | Jennifer Bassey | ABC54 Below+1 | — | Jennifer Basseycabaret show+6 | — | 30m 43s | |
| 9/18/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 21: NEW Marissa Jaret Winokur Podcast Interview - Getting Possessed By Your Characters✨ | theatremusical+3 | Marissa Jaret Winokur | HairsprayExorcistic: The Rock Musical | — | Marissa Jaret WinokurExorcistic: The Rock Musical+5 | — | 28m 32s | |
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| 8/21/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 20 - Michelle Clunie Interview: Pen Pals Play Meets Queer As Folk TV Series✨ | theaterinterview+4 | Michelle Clunie | ShowtimeQueer As Folk+1 | New JerseyEngland+1 | Michelle CluniePen Pals+6 | — | 29m 13s | |
| 8/14/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 19 - NEW Nancy McKeon Interview: Catching Up with Bernie From Michael Griffo's Pen Pals | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today I am catching up with Actress Nancy McKeon, who you know as Jo Polniaczek, from the beloved & long running 1980s series The Facts of Life.Nancy is kicking off the return of Michael Griffo's play Pen Pals, when she steps back into the role of Bernie, beginning August 15, 2025.In this NEW interview, Nancy is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:Why she wanted to come back to Pen PalsWho she would write a Pen Pal letter toHow she met her husband of 25 yearsSome behind the scenes info from The Facts of Life So much more Pen Pals is the extraordinary story of two friends that unfolds over decades. With a rotating cast of renowned actors, no two performances will ever be the same.Bernie and Mags live in two different countries, they’ve never met, and yet they’re best friends. Because they’ve been pen pals for over fifty years. Since they were teenagers, they’ve shared every aspect of their lives with each other. The trivial bits, the most intimate details, all the happiness, all the heartache. They’ve told each other things they wouldn’t dare tell another soul. Even though Bernie lives in New Jersey and Mags is from England, the women are closer to each other than anyone else in the world.Come witness the journey of their lifetime. In their own words.Pen Pals will run at the Daryl Roth DR2 Theater, with a rotating cast of stars, from August 15, 2025-December 21, 2025.Nancy McKeon will be playing Bernie from August 15-31, 2025.Click here to watch this interview in video format!Special Thanks:Joe Trentacosta, JT Public RelationsTheme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergUnderscore Music by CutiqueConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYCMore on Nancy McKeon:An actress, director, and producer best known for playing the role of Jo Polniaczek on the beloved long-running 1980s sitcom, The Facts of Life. She starred in and produced the sitcom Can’t Hurry Love and starred with Jean Smart in the sitcom Style & Substance. She portrayed Inspector Jinny Exstead on the Lifetime police drama The Division from 2001 to 2004. She also directed two episodes. Nancy starred in numerous made-for-TV movies in the 1980s and 1990s, some including A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, in which she portrayed the title role of Tracey Thurman, and Firefighter portraying the first female firefighter in Los Angeles County. Strange Voices, she portrayed a woman with schizophrenia. Love, Honor and Obey; The Last Mafia Marriage, mini series with Eric Roberts.She produced many of these movies through her film company, Forest Hills Entertainment. In 1999, she wrote and directed her own short film, A Wakening. The film won two film festival awards. | — | ||||||
| 8/7/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 18 - Charlene Oliver Interview - I've Been To Paradise, But I've Never Been To Me | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today I am catching up with Motown Singer & Songwriter Charlene Oliver, who you know as the songstress behind the #1 song, "I've Never Been To Me," written by Ron Miller & featured in one of my favorite movies, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.Charlene & I last spoke in 2020 and now I am thrilled to be speaking with Charlene once again! In this NEW interview, Charlene is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:How she came to record the global hit song, I've Never Been To MeGetting out of her abusive marriageFinding tranquility amongst the chaos of the worldThe sweetness of candySo much more "I've Never Been To Me" is available to stream on all music platforms!Special Thanks:Adam White & Jeff OliverTheme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergUnderscore Music by CutiqueConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYCMore on Charlene Oliver:Charlene Oliver always knew she wanted to be a singer, from her childhood in Hollywood in the late 1950s, one of two sisters in a loving family of Italian/American origin. Charlene's first break came with the offer to join Petula Clark's backing singers at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Before long, she was auditioning in front of legendary Motown boss Berry Gordy and to her joy, being signed, the first ever white female singer to be signed to the label.Her first song, "All That Love Went To Waste," came out in 1974, followed by two albums on the Motown label. Then writer Ron Miller persuaded Charlene to record his song, "I've Never Been To Me," in 1977, but the single only just scraped into the Top 100.By the early 1980s, Charlene's career seemed to be stalling and she had left the US to move to her second husband Jeff's home in Essex, England, where she found work in the local sweetshop.It was there that she heard, in 1982, that a Florida DJ had been pushing her song so much that it had been re-released, and was finally hitting the charts. Within a few weeks, the singer found herself back at the top, as the song hit #1 in country after country all over the world, and she left her Essex sweetshop to fly on the Concorde to perform internationally. The growing international success of the musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert has confirmed her as a hugely popular singer amongst the gay community, and recently she released a new club version of her iconic song in association with Eye Witness.Charlene's story has it all: the stars, the fame, the struggle, the pain. | — | ||||||
| 7/24/25 | ![]() BONUS EPISODE #1: OPEN Talkback Replay, Hosted By Call Me Adam's Adam Rothenberg & Featuring Playwright Crystal Skillman & OPEN Star Megan Hill | If you weren't able to attend the LIVE talkback after Crystal Skillman's play OPEN at WP Theater in NYC on Friday, July 18, 2025, you can listen to the replay here! This talkback was Hosted by Call Me Adam's Adam Rothenberg, and Featured Playwright Crystal Skillman & OPEN Star, Actress Megan Hill.Crystal & Megan went Behind-The-Curtain with Adam about the creation of Crystal's play OPEN & how magic plays a part in their lives.They also answered a few questions from the audience. In this interview, Crystal & Megan are Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:How Crystal came to write the play OPENHow Megan prepares for this emotional story every nightIf there's been a time when they wished magic could have helped meIf they could cast a spell on their own life, what would they want it to do for themSo much moreIn OPEN, a woman called The Magician appears to perform tricks, but there’s no illusion—she’s attempting the impossible: saving her partner, Jenny.OPEN is a powerful, funny, and deeply moving play about love’s ability to defy hate in magical ways.OPEN runs through July 27, 2025 at WP Theater in New York City. Click Here for tickets!Special Thanks:Crystal SkillmanMegan HillTheme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellFilmed by Lou BaronMore on Crystal Skillman:Crystal Skillman is an internationally award-winning playwright, fictional podcast writer, and comic book author who has written for Stories Podcast (Wondery Kids), Girl Tales, Adventure Time comics, as well as Marvel comics.In addition to OPEN and The Rocket Men, Crystal is the dramatist of RAIN AND ZOE SAVE THE WORLD & co-writer with Bobby Cronin for the award winning musical Mary & Max.She also wrote the book for the NYTimes Critics’ Pick plays GEEK, CUT, and KING KIRBY which you can listen to on Broadway Podcast Network.More on Megan Hill:As an actor, Megan Hill primarily does new work, having originated roles in the World Premieres of Crystal Skillman’s OPEN; Amy Staats’ EDDIE AND DAVE, Mara Nelson Greenberg’s DO YOU FEEL ANGER?, Leah Nanako Winkler’s KENTUCKY, and Rob Askins’ HAND TO GOD, to name a few.As a writer, Megan's play THE LAST CLASS: A JAZZERCIZE PLAY has had acclaimed runs in New York, DC, and Seattle. In 2019, Megan was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her portrayal of David Lee Roth in the hit Off-Broadway show EDDIE AND DAVE.Meagn was also named one of the Best Comedic Performances of 2019 by the New York Times. | — | ||||||
| 7/17/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 17 - Cady McClain Interview: What Happened Was Beyond The Gates and with All My Children | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today I am catching up with three-time Emmy Award Winner Cady McClain, who you know for playing Dixie Martin on ABC's Soap Opera All My Children & more recently, Pamela Curtis on CBS' Daytime Drama, Beyond The Gates!Cady & I last spoke in 2024 when she was starring in Austin Pendleton’s play Orson’s Shadow and now I am thrilled to be speaking with Cady once again as she returns to the theatrical stage to be directed by Austin Pendleton in Walter John Thompson’s What Happened Was which will be playing in the Chain Theatre’s Summer One Act Festival for 3 performances ONLY! In this NEW interview, Cady is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:How she got involved with What Happened WasWhen she has felt unseen & how she made herself more visibleAdvice she would give someone on working with their exHow Austin Pendleton elevates her as an actressSo much more In What Happened Was, a dilapidated bar that flickers between memory and imagination, two actors trapped in an endless loop confront love, regret, and the fragile line between reality, performance and the unbearable silence of being unseen.Directed by the legendary Austin Pendleton, What Happened Was will play 3 performances ONLY - July 22, 2025, August 1 & 2, 2025. Click here to watch this interview in video format!Special Thanks:Katie Rosin, Kampfire PRTheme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergUnderscore Music by CutiqueConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYCMore on Cady McClain:Cady McClain is a history-making three-time Emmy© Award winning actress, two-time Emmy© nominated director, and an accomplished producer and writer who has worked for over 40 years in film, television, and theater. She is proud to be the new Artistic Director for Axial Theatre, a twenty-four year theatrical institution dedicated to the development of new plays.A Los Angeles Native, Cady spent 25 years living in New York City to pursue acting training and work in theatre. She studied for eight years with Master Teacher Michael Howard and was proud to be the youngest student he ever accepted into his master class. Cady went on to enjoy performing in such historic theatrical productions Off-Broadway as David Ives’ The Red Address at Second Stage, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at Lincoln Center Theater, A Comedy of Errors at the Hudson Guild, Barefoot in the Park at the Westbury and Valley Forge Music Fair, Quiet on the Set at the Westbeth, and Self Offense at the Cucaracha Theater Company. In addition to performing in a one-woman show of Wallace Stevens poetry called Inventions of Farewell (directed by Estep Nagy) at the Here Theater in NYC, she is particularly proud of Mona7 - a short one-woman show she wrote, produced, co-directed, and performed, in which dealt with the after affects of abuse on a young woman through collaged video by video artist Tal Yarden, surrealist word play, and viewpoints movement. Her work in film and television includes starring roles in independent films Soldier’s Heart, Home Movie (with Adrian Pasdar, released through IFC), Alma Mater (with Alexander Chaplin and Will Lyman), Simple Justice (with Doris Roberts and Cesar Romero), and Retreat. Studio films include My Favorite Year (with Peter O’Toole) and Pennies From Heaven (with Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters). Television credits include Law and Order SVU (with Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Maloni), Cheers (with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson), and St. Elsewhere (with Christina Pickles). She is the first woman to have won three Emmys© for three different characters on three different television shows and networks: All My Children (Best Juvenile, 1991), As the World Turns (Best Supporting, 2004), and Days of Our Lives (Best Guest Performer, 2021). Additionally, she has earned eight Emmy© nominations for her work in daytime.Cady is also an award-winning audiobook performer, winning an Earphones Audiophile Award and recognition from Entertainment Weekly, Audiophile Magazine, and Publishers Weekly for her first book: Emma Cline’s incredible debut novel The Girls. Other books include Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay, The Witch Hunter by Max Seeck, Home Before Dark by Riley Sager, The Sleepwalker and The Premonition by Chris Bohjalian, Generation Chef by Karen Stabiner, Red, White, Blue by Lea Carpenter, and Home Sweet Home by April Smith - for which she won her second Earphones Audiophile Award.Cady moved into directing in 2013 and since has directed six short films, two web series, a full length play, and a documentary feature film. Her shorts include: Burnt Feathers, Broken Wings for Kids in the Spotlight (Winner: Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Ensemble - Paramount Sponsored “Movies by Kids” awards; Winner: Best Impact Film - Santa Fe FF 2020; Winner: Best Short Documentary - Mystic Film Festival 2020) which can now be seen on INDIEFLIX. The World of Albert Fuh (Premiere - SOHO International Film Fest 2015; Winner: Best Comedy Drama Short at the Indie Gathering Festival 2015; Honorable Mention: Best Director - Los Angeles Film Review 2015; Honorable Mention: SaMoIndie FF; Award of Merit: Best Shorts Film Festival 2015; Official Selection: LA Indie Film Fest 2015). Flip Fantasia (Official Selection Macon Film Festival 2014). Other Kids in the Spotlight films include The Last Day (Nominated for Best Ensemble - “Movies by Kids Awards”) and The Missing Piece (Winner: Best Ensemble and Best Supporting Actress at the Movies By Kids Awards hosted by Ty Burrell), also now available on INDIEFLIX.Devoted to helping more women become directors, her foray into documentary film, Seeing is Believing: Women Direct, premiered at the 2017 SOHO International Film Festival winning the Audience Award for Best Feature Film. A grant awardee from the Awesome Without Borders Foundation, Seeing is Believing: Women Direct has been featured in Indiewire as “Project of the Day,” NPR, Salon, Film Threat, PBS SoCal, Good Morning Texas, The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and Women and Hollywood, to name a few. It is now available through the educational distributor Collective Eye. It can be seen on KANOPY and PBS stations and is in the collections of The University of Miami, Exeter University, The University of San Diego, Philip Exeter University, The University of Delaware, The University of Michigan, Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, Minnesota State University, Loyola Marymount University, the St Louis Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Anchorage Public Library. It was picked up for further distribution by an APT (American Public Television) awarded grant and sold to eight regional PBS stations in 2020 including Connecticut PBS; KPBS, San Diego CA; KQED, San Francisco CA; KUEN, Salt Lake City UT; Maryland PBS; North Carolina PBS; WHUT, Washington DC [Howard University station] and WILL Illinois Public Media, Urbana IL.Cady interviewed highly experienced directors and producers for the film including Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland, Mad Men), Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry), Sarah Gavron (Suffragette, Rocks), Bethany Rooney (Bull, Pretty Little Liars, co-author Directors Tell the Story), Joanna Kerns (Jane the Virgin), Jann Turner (Chicago Fire), Jon Wells (ER, West Wing), Oscar© winner Lee Grant, two-time Oscar© winner Sarah Kernochan; Michael Rauch (EP Royal Pains, Instinct); Mike Robin (EP Major Crimes, The Closer, NYPD Blue); and one of the highest grossing female directors in film, Betty Thomas (Dr. Doolittle, The Brady Bunch Movie), among others.Seeing is Believing: Women... | — | ||||||
| 7/3/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 16: Steve Burns Alive - Original Host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today I am catching up with Steve Burns, who you know as the original sleuth finding host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues.I first interviewed Steve in 2017 when he released his album Foreverywhere (alongside Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips).From 1996-2002, on camera, Steve Burns was entertaining millions of kids as the happy go-lucky host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, but towards the end of his run, behind-the-scenes Steve was starting to hear multiple rumors of his death which was one of the events that led him to struggle with depression. Now, Steve his bringing his story to the theatrical stage with his solo show debut in Steve Burns Alive.In this NEW interview, Steve is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:What life was really like behind the camera during his days on Blue's CluesHow he almost missed his opportunity to write the theme song for CBS' Young SheldonWhy he is grateful to be alive todayHow he hopes this interview will help someone who is also struggling with depressionSo much more In Steve Burns Alive, Steve dissects the bizarre phenomenon of being mourned while still breathing. This isn't just his story—it's an excavation of how parasocial relationships shape our reality, how digital mythology replaces truth, and what happens when millions of strangers grieve a version of you that never existed.Steve Burns Alive cuts through the layers of myth and performance to expose the raw mechanics of human connection in the digital age. This is not a children's show. This isn't nostalgia. This is an unflinching forensic examination of what it means to exist in the space between who people think you are and who you actually are, and the stories we tell about the people who shaped our childhoods.Steve Burns Alive will play for 3 performances ONLY, from July 23-25, 2025 at The Club at La Mama in NYC's East Village.Click here to watch this interview in video format!Special Thanks:Emily Owens PublicityTheme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergUnderscore Music by CutiqueConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYCMore on Steve Burns:Steven Burns is best known as the original host of Blue’s Clues, where he spent seven surreal years solving mysteries with a cartoon dog and a talking mailbox. Then he disappeared. On purpose.Since then, Steve has released indie rock albums, toured with The Flaming Lips, wrote the theme song for Young Sheldon, been a host and storyteller for The Moth and gone massively viral by quietly breaking the internet with a heartfelt message to a generation of now-grown-up viewers. | — | ||||||
| 6/26/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 15: Rocking & Rolling with The Righteous Brothers’ Bucky Heard & Tim D. Lee at Mike & Mindy’s Wild Weekend Jam | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today I am speaking with musical sensations Bucky Heard & Tim D. Lee, who are part of the iconic musical duo, The Righteous Brothers, alongside original member Bill Medley. Tim has recorded and toured with The Righteous Brothers for over 35 years & is the group's current Music Director & Tour Manager.In 2016, Bucky joined The Righteous Brothers when original founding member Bill Medley reformed the group, choosing Bucky has his new singing partner.In addition to being part of The Righteous Brothers, Bucky & Tim have now teamed up to write the music and lyrics to Mark Corallo & Eileen Nelson’s Off Broadway Musical, Mike & Mindy's Wild Weekend Jam.In this interview, Bucky & Tim are Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:What it was like write the music & lyrics for Mike & Mindy's Wild Weekend JamHow the music & lyrics in this version of the show differ from previous incarnationsWhat is something they both have "Lost That Loving Feeling For"When there has been a time a song has had an "Unchained Melody"So much more Click here to watch this interview in video format!In Mike & Mindy's Wild Weekend Jam, audiences will once again be transported into the spirited world of two dreamers—Mike and Mindy—as they juggle love, life, and a whole lot of family drama in their quest to make it big. Set in early ‘90s Brooklyn, the story follows high school sweethearts Mike and Mindy who, despite working as a plumber and hairdresser, have never let go of their dream of becoming music stars.Their weekly “Wild Weekend Jams” are a chaotic mix of music, dancing, and eccentric relatives. But when word gets out that a top music producer might stop by, tensions rise—especially with Mindy’s old-school Italian father Don, whose disapproval threatens to tear it all apart. Will love, laughter, and music be enough to hold the night—and their future—together?Mike & Mindy's Wild Weekend Jam will play the Mainstage at The Player's Theatre in NYC through July 20, 2025. | — | ||||||
| 5/29/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 14: Dan Watt Interview: An Entrepreneur Having EVERYBODY DANCE | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today I am speaking with Emmy Winning Producer Dan Watt, whose Emmy Winning documentary EVERYBODY DANCE is a heartfelt trip inside the everyday challenges and blessings of kids living with neurological disabilities, following 5 kids, their families and dance teacher on a journey through life and toward their dance recital.After 10 years of working for Columbia Pictures and Simon Cowell, at 45-years-old, Dan Watt left his corporate job and jumped into entrepreneurship, starting his own independent production company, DancinDan Productions.In this NEW interview, Dan is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:How he went from Performer to Independent ProducerWhy he gave up corporate life for the unknown world of entrepreneurshipThe lessons he has learned from being an entrepreneurWhy he wanted EVERYBODY DANCE to be his first documentaryHow he go to be Bea Arthur’s personal assistant (Dorothy from The Golden Girls)So much moreEVERYBODY DANCE won a 2024 Emmy Award in the Independent Programming category at the 76th Annual Emmy Awards.EVERYBODY DANCE is available to watch on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, Tubi.Click here to watch this interview in video format!Special Thanks:Theme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergUnderscore Music by CutiqueConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYCMore on Dan Watt:Dan Watt is the 2024 Emmy Award Winning Producer & Director of the documentary EVERYBODY DANCE.Dan worked for 5 years at Columbia Pictures in the film development department on such films as HOUSE BUNNY with Anna Farris and Just Go With It with Jenifer Aniston and Adam Sandler. Dan then went on to work with Simon Cowell for 5 years starting with the documentary film about the band ONE DIRECTION titled THIS IS US. Prior to Dan’s film career he produced Gala Fundraisers with Bea Arthur, Chita Rivera, Dixie Carter, Carol Channing and Melissa Manchester. Dan also produced Tony Nominee, Anika Larsen’s debut cd SING ME TO SLEEP and songs with Ben Vereen. He is currently in production on an “untitled” documentary with Tony and Pulitzer Prizer wining producer Daryl Roth and a documentary with Rosie O’Donnell. | — | ||||||
| 5/22/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 13: Jason Bea Schmidt Interview: Bea Arthur's Brat Summer | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today I am speaking with Jason ‘Bea’ Schmidt, one of my favorite & arguably the world’s premier Bea Arthur impersonator.Jason is heading off to Provincetown this summer to present his new show Bea Arthur’s Brat Summer: A Drag Pop Broadway Fantasia.In this NEW interview, Jason is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:How Chappel Roan influenced the creation of Bea Arthur’s Brat SummerWhy audiences will love this new showHow he hopes to win a Tony AwardWhat he wishes he knew as an entrepreneurHow he stays focused on the task at handSo much moreIn Bea Arthur’s Brat Summer, a Tony-Award Wanting star takes on the brattiest pop singers of today and the classics of Broadway.Bea Arthur is having the brattiest summer since … last summer. Inspired by the music of Charli XCX, Kander and Ebb, Chappel Roan, Jerry Herman and so many more - Jason B. Schmidt, arguably the world’s premiere Bea Arthur impersonator brings you the Pop-Broadway-Mashup-Adventure, nobody asked for, but everybody will be talking about for the next 100 years, or seconds. Featuring live-singing, stand-up comedy and a teensy bit of historical fiction, this show tastes like cigarettes, vodka and… BeatriXCX.Bea Arthur’s Brat Summer will play The Arthouse in Provincetown, MA from May 26, 2025-September 9, 2025 at 7pm EST (on Mondays/Tuesdays).Click here to watch this interview in video format!Special Thanks:Theme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergUnderscore Music by CutiqueConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYCMore on Jason B. Schmidt/Bea Arthur:Jason B. Schmidt is the Bea Arthur impersonator, voice-over talent, and member of the hilarious drag troupe, The Golden Gays™! In addition to his extensive off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and Regional credits, Jason has also traveled the U.S. starring in numerous high-quality productions.Jason B. Schmidt isn’t your average performer. He is the world’s premier (and only!) Bea Arthur impersonator. He’s perfected his craft to give audiences an unforgettable performance that Ms. Arthur would have definitely approved of in his hit show Beatrice Arthur: Astral Dame.Additionally, his work with The Golden Gays has been seen all throughout the U.S. What began as a flash mob extravaganza at RuPaul’s DragCon has skyrocketed to sold-out engagements, tours, and cruises all over the U.S., in Mexico and in the middle of the ocean. Previously, Jason starred in Dog Opera by Constance Congdon, which he also co-produced at the Little Times Square Theatre opposite his performing and producing partner Darlene Rae Heller. He is proud to have been part of the dynamic ensemble cast of Momentum Rep’s It’s Only Life, the theatrical revue of John Bucchino’s best musical numbers, featuring Mr. Bucchino at the piano. Other favorite credits include the German transvestite assassin Friedrich in Hit Girls: An Ass-Kicking Musical in Heels as well as Dorothea in The Golden Girls Parody, Thank You For Being a Friend: The Musical at The Kraine Theater. He also flaunted his “perfect comic timing” off-Broadway in The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever!Jason’s voice over talents can be heard in the extremely popular video game Red Dead Redemption by Rockstar Games. His hit show, Beatrice Arthur: Astral Dame, is currently booking out of NYC. Jason has a BFA in Acting from Adelphi University.Whether he’s doing Zoom shows, live performances, or something crazy and new altogether, you can bet you’ll have a great time with Jason B. Schmidt or The Golden Gays! | — | ||||||
| 5/15/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 12: Andrew Keegan Interview: From The Broken Hearts Club to Healing Towers | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today I am speaking with Actor Andrew Keegan whose role as Kevin in the gay romantic comedy, The Broken Hearts Club, was very instrumental in my own coming out journey as I saw myself reflected in him.Now, Andrew is trading in romance for revenge in the new psychological thriller Healing Towers where Andrew plays Detective Joe Coolridge who has to rescue his daughter from a twisted mental institution.In this interview, Andrew is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:Why he wanted to star in Healing TowersWhat was the scariest part of filming Healing TowersA project he signed onto that turned out not to be what he expectedA role that allowed him to act out one of his fantasiesWhat it was like to kiss Dean Cain & Timothy Olyphant in The Broken Hearts ClubHealing Towers is currently available On Demand and On Digital platforms!In Healing Towers, a detective's search for his missing daughter uncovers a horrifying link to a twisted psychiatrist’s dream therapy treatment, where deranged patients are forced to enact their darkest fantasies on innocent victims.Click here to watch this interview in video format!Special Thanks:One Tree EntertainmentTheme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergUnderscore Music by CutiqueConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYC | — | ||||||
| 5/8/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 11: Norm Lewis Interview: Ceremonies In Dark Old Men | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today I am speaking with Tony, Emmy & SAG Nominated Actor Norm Lewis whom I last interviewed in 2019 when he was getting ready to perform at 54 Below.Now, Norm is once again lighting up the New York Stage, in the Off-Broadway production of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, which has not had a NYC production in almost 40 years.In this interview, Norm is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:Why now is the right time to revive Ceremonies in Dark Old Men The similarities between the play’s time period (1950’s) and todayHow Norm got his nameSome jobs Norm had prior to making it as an actorWorking with the legendary Vanessa WilliamsSo much moreOriginally scheduled to play through May 18, 2025, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men has been EXTENDED, due to popular demand, through June 29, 2025 at The Theatre at St. Clements in NYC! Click here for tickets!In Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, it’s New York in the 1950s. Russell Parker, a ne'er-do-well barber and the widowed father of three adult children, spends his days playing checkers and reminiscing about his life in vaudeville as a song and dance man. His two sons, Theo and Bobby, are dreamers of a different sort – a pair of petty criminals looking for a “score" in the form of ill-conceived and dangerous bootlegging and numbers schemes. Russell's daughter, Adele, the only gainfully employed member of the family, refusing to work herself into an early grave like her mother. When Adele's long-simmering resentments boil over and the boys' criminal enterprise falls apart, tragic consequences ensue for the whole family.A Personal Behind-The-Curtain Note….I have loved Norm ever since I saw him in his Broadway debut in the 1994 Original Broadway production of The Who’s Tommy. Since then, I have had the pleasure of seeing Norm in Les Misérables (2006 Broadway revival), Sondheim on Sondheim (Broadway 2010), The Gerhswins’ Porgy and Bess (2012 Broadway), The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway 2014) Once on this Island (Broadway March 2018), Sweeney Todd: The Demon of Fleet Street (Off-Broadway June 2018), and Chicken & Biscuits (Broadway 2021).I have also loved Norm in his many television & film appearances including his recurring role, acting besides Vanessa Williams, on VH-1’s Daytime Divas, his guest starring roles on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and TV Land’s Younger as well as seeing him in the 2nd Sex and the City film.Click here to watch this interview in video format!Special Thanks:Brett Oberman at Keith Sherman & AssociatesTheme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergUnderscore Music by CutiqueConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYCMore on Norm Lewis:Emmy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee, Norm Lewis was recently seen onstage starring in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning production of A Soldier's Play and in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End Concert of Love Never Dies. He starred in Spike Lee's critically acclaimed, Da 5 Bloods, and in the groundbreaking FX series, Pose. Additionally, Norm can be seen starring opposite Hilary Swank in the feature The Good Mother, Amazon Prime's newest series, Swarm, and Hulu's, Up Here. He was also seen as 'Caiaphas' in the award-winning NBC television special, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!, alongside John Legend, Sara Bareilles, and Alice Cooper. Norm returned to Broadway in the Fall of 2021, starring in Chicken and Biscuits at the Circle In The Square Theatre. He previously appeared in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island and as Sweeney Todd in the Off-Broadway production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Barrow Street Theatre, receiving the AUDELCO Award for his performance. In May of 2014, he made history as The Phantom of the Opera’s first African American Phantom on Broadway. He has been seen on PBS in the Live From Lincoln Center productions of Showboat with Vanessa Williams, Norm Lewis: Who Am I?, New Year’s Eve: A Gershwin Celebration with Diane Reeves, as well as American Voices with Renée Fleming and the PBS Specials First You Dream – The Music of Kander & Ebb and Ella Wishes You A Swingin' Christmas. He had a recurring role in the VH1 series, Daytime Divas, also alongside Vanessa Williams. His additional television credits include TV Land's Younger, Women of The Movement, Law & Order, Dr. Death, Mrs. America, Better Things, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Bull, Chicago Med, Gotham, The Blacklist, and Blue Bloods, as well as in his recurring role as Senator Edison Davis on the hit drama Scandal. Norm is a proud, founding member of Black Theatre United, an organization which stands together to help protect Black people, Black talent and Black lives of all shapes and orientations in theatre and communities across the country. He received Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle award nominations for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production of The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess. Other Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim, The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Chicago, Amour, The Wild Party, Side Show, Miss Saigon, and The Who’s Tommy. In London’s West End he has appeared as Javert in Les Misérables and Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary Concert, which aired on PBS. Off-Broadway Norm has performed in Dessa Rose (Drama Desk nomination, AUDELCO Award), Shakespeare in the Park’s The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Drama League nomination), Captains Courageous, and A New Brain. His regional credits include Porgy in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (A.R.T.), Ragtime, Dreamgirls (with Jennifer Holliday), First You Dream, Sweeney Todd, and The Fantasticks. His additional film credits include Christmas In Tune (starring opposite Reba McEntire), Magnum Opus, Winter’s Tale, Sex and the City 2, Confidences, and Preaching to the Choir. Norm has released two albums The Norm Lewis Christmas Album & This is The Life. | — | ||||||
| 2/3/25 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 10: Nancy McKeon Interview: Dishing on The Facts of Life with Your Pen Pal | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today I got to speak with Actress Nancy McKeon whom I grew up watching on the hit TV series The Facts of Life, and also enjoyed watching her on Lifetime TV's The Division and CBS Style & Substance (co-starring Jean Smart). Now, Nancy is making her Off-Broadway debut in the new play Pen Pals by Michael Griffo. Nancy is heading back into the show for its final week (February 5th-9th, 2025)!I had the best time speaking with Nancy because it felt like I was talking to an old friend!In this interview, Nancy is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:How Double Dare's Marc Summers helped her get involved with Pen PalsWhat she would write to her younger self, if she sent Pen Pal LetterWhen there was a time the world didn't live up to hear dreamsThe nerdiest thing she does to wind down after a long daySo much moreNancy returns to Pen Pals for the show's final week, February 5th-9th, 2025!Pen Pals is the extraordinary story of two friends that unfolds over decades. With a rotating cast of renowned actors, no two performances will ever be the same. Bernie and Mags live in two different countries, they’ve never met, and yet they’re best friends. Because they’ve been pen pals for over fifty years. Since they were teenagers, they’ve shared every aspect of their lives with each other. The trivial bits, the most intimate details, all the happiness, all the heartache. They’ve told each other things they wouldn’t dare tell another soul. Even though Bernie lives in New Jersey and Mags is from England, the women are closer to each other than anyone else in the world. Come witness the journey of their lifetime. In their own words.Pen Pals is proud to partner with the Susan G. Komen® and will donate 5% of the total ticket sales and 100% of all customer donations collected to Susan G. Komen®, whose mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities and investing in breakthrough research to prevent and cure breast cancer.Click here to watch this interview in video format!Special Thanks:Theme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergUnderscore Music by CutiqueConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYCMore on Nancy McKeon:An actress, director, and producer best known for playing the role of Jo Polniaczek on the beloved long-running 1980s sitcom, The Facts of Life. She starred in and produced the sitcom Can’t Hurry Love and starred with Jean Smart in the sitcom Style & Substance. She portrayed Inspector Jinny Exstead on the Lifetime police drama The Division from 2001 to 2004. She also directed two episodes. Nancy starred in numerous made-for-TV movies in the 1980s and 1990s, some including A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, in which she portrayed the title role of Tracey Thurman, and Firefighter portraying the first female firefighter in Los Angeles County. Strange Voices, she portrayed a woman with schizophrenia. Love, Honor and Obey; The Last Mafia Marriage, mini series with Eric Roberts.She produced many of these movies through her film company, Forest Hills Entertainment. In 1999, she wrote and directed her own short film, A Wakening. The film won two film festival awards. | — | ||||||
| 7/11/24 | ![]() Season 5 Episode 9: Nicki French Interview - From Music to Pantomime | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today, I am going back in time and Behind-The-Curtain to bring you this blast from the past, my 2013 interview with Nicki French, award-winning international recording artist, known for her smash hit dance version of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart."In this interview, Nicki is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:How she handles her success What she loves about musical theatreHow she decides what songs to recordWhat she loves about the creative process in putting an album togetherSo much moreSpecial Thanks:Theme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergUnderscore Music by CutiqueConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYCMore on Nicki French:Nicki was born in Carlisle, Cumbria to Mum Eileen and Dad Joe. Music was destined to be in the family – dad played the drums when he was younger, and mum the violin. Nicki’s brother, Tim, is very musical too – a guitarist and singer who is a fabulous song-writer. However, her two sisters, Allison and Carolyn, stayed away from music – probably plenty to listen to already in the household!The family moved down to Tenterden in Kent when Nicki was four years old. Always a keen singer, one of her early memories was sitting next to the radio, listening to the new chart rundown and singing along to all the songs, when Auntie Sally, her Godmother, came in and said to mum and dad, "She’ll be a singer when she grows up!"The first ‘gig’ came at the age of seven, when Nicki was chosen to sing a solo - the first verse of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" at the Infants’ School Christmas Concert! From then on there was no turning back! A few years later she won the local talent contest, and within the year had joined her first band, Krisp, run by Tim and his friend Kelvin. They worked the most salubrious places – working mens’ clubs and holiday camps – wooh!From the age of 16, Nicki studied Music and Drama at West Kent College in Tonbridge, Kent, passing her ‘A’ Levels two years later. At the annual college musical, she played the lead role of Laurey in Oklahoma!, earning rave reviews for her performance. She then moved up to London and started auditioning for bands and theatre shows. Not many know that Nicki actually was part of a duo in the early 1980s – name of Whisky and Sofa! They released a song called "Dirty Den," about the Eastenders character! It was played on the Radio One Breakfast Show and that was about it! Amazing though, it was written by an extremely well-known writer, Barry Mason. He wrote "The Last Waltz" for Engelbert Humperdinck and "Delilah" for Tom Jones. Credibility sadly was NOT in existence on "Dirty Den."Nicki started working the pubs and clubs, moving onto gay pubs and clubs a short while later – The Spread Eagle in Shoreditch was her first! However the most exciting show for Nicki was at the Player of the Season annual dinner/dance at Tottenham Hotspur FC – her team! They had just signed a new player and were introducing him to the fans – a player by the name of Paul Gascoigne, and Gazza and all the other players got up on stage with her to perform a couple of songs – a special moment. Nicki had been working on the gay scene for some time, when she made one of her regular visits to perform in a club in Cardiff, which was also the fateful night she met a certain Mr John Springate, who was to have quite an influence on her career from then on! John and Nicki hit it off straight away, and started what was to become a long association with his recording studio. In 1991 Nicki was booked as the leading lady in a series of revue shows on a cruise ship, touring Europe and beyond and covering shows such as Mack and Mabel, Oklahoma!, Paint Your Wagon, Calamity Jane, along with more general tributes to Stage and Screen. Nicki has always loved Musical Theatre, and even now would relish the opportunity to take part in a big production, particularly in the West End. Also in 1991, Nicki met Gavin, a trumpet player – they met on stage at the London Palladium, where they were both working in the band for the Irish songstress Rose-Marie! Eighteen months later they married in Nicki’s parish church in Tenterden, St Mildred’s, where she had been in the Church choir as a teenager, and a teacher at the Sunday School for over two years – she even ran it at one point! Early in 1994 John approached Nicki to be the vocalist on a dance version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" for his friends Gary and David who were starting up a new record company, Energise. Although at first unsure if it would suit her, she put her vocals down, and the first version was pressed up, and available on 12” vinyl. A few months later Mike Stock took on the track, re-jigged it and made it into the massive worldwide hit it was – the first release, and success, of his new record company, Love This Records. "Total Eclipse of the Heart," produced by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken, became the first big hit of 1995 by a new artist, reaching number five in the UK charts. It went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest placing in the UK by a UK artist since the 1980s, and spent six months in the chart there. It also reached number one in Australia, Japan, Brazil, Israel, Spain, Holland and Canada. Although she didn’t manage to fit in all the places, Nicki started touring extensively around the world with Gavin, finding that "Total Eclipse of the Heart," and Nicki’s lively stage show, were a huge success wherever they went. The touring has never really stopped either, and Nicki absolutely loves it! To cap a great 1995, Nicki’s success continued at the annual Dance Music Authority Magazine Awards in the USA, where she was honored to win all three awards she was nominated for - Best Female Vocalist, Single of the Year and Most Promising Newcomer. Nicki managed to achieve the often elusive international recording success, and in the summer of 1995 released her debut album, Secrets, which sold over 50,000 copies in its first week of sale in the USA. A second album in 1997, French Revolution, includes tracks co-written by Nicki.In March 1996, Nicki embarked on her first visit to Brazil, totally unaware of the extent of her success in the South American territories, where no less than nine of her songs have been huge hits, particularly "Did You Ever Really Love Me?" (her personal favorite) and "Te Amo." Brazil is still one of Nicki’s favorite places to do shows, where she performs with a live band organized and run by Gino Martini, who has been Nicki’s guitarist over there since the very first tour. In 1997 Nicki was approached by Jim Steinman, the original writer of "Total Eclipse of the Heart," and famous for his work with Meatloaf, Celine Dion, Cher and Barbra Streisand to name but a few. He had heard the French Revolution album, and wanted to work with Nicki. She then recorded a couple of tracks for his new record company, Ravenous. Nicki carried on doing live shows around the world, then in August 1999 had another call from John Springate – the song he had for her this time was entitled "Don’t Play That Song Again," written by John and Gerry Shephard (they were in the Glitter Band together back in the 1970s), and they were planning to enter it for Song for Europe – was she interested? John had never realized that Nicki was a HUGE fan of the Eurovision Song Contest – he does now! They recorded the track in two takes, and the song was put forward for selection. It then went through all the elimination rounds, and after the Radio 2 listeners voted it into the final four, Nicki ended up back in the Top of the Pops studio again, to perform the song live on BBC1. That was February 20, 2000 – a day she will remember forever.Nicki comfortably won the public’s vote – and support – thus fulfilling her childhood dream of representing her country at Eurovision in Stockholm, an experience she classes as ‘the most magical week of my life’. Although it didn’t win, the UK delegation did win one award – for Best Party during the week of rehearsals! Nicki’s popularity in Sweden since then is such that she was one of the headline acts at Stockholm Pride in 2001. In the Summer of 2003 she was invited to return and performed again – this time with her live band and singers. The audience reaction was amazing – even better than 2001, proving that there’s nothing like properly "live" music! In the lead-up to Eurovision 2000, Nicki took part in many television and radio interviews, and a lot of people noticed how natural she was in front of the camera, which has seen her move more into presenting work. In January 2003, Nicki was the only British artist to feature in an all-star line up for an ABC Television special in Los Angeles, The Disco Ball – a 30-Year Celebration, which was filmed at the Shrine Auditorium, home of the Oscars Ceremony, and included Gloria Gaynor, Whoopi Goldberg, KC & the Sunshine Band, Chic, Irene Cara, Usher, Village People…..The show has since been repeated on TV around the world many... | — | ||||||
| 6/27/24 | ![]() Season 5 Episode 8: Rachael Sage Interview: Still Finding Another Side | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.A few weeks ago, I conducted an e-mail interview with Alt/Pop Singer-Songwriter Rachael Sage about her new reimagined album Another Side.Today, I am so excited to dive even deeper into the release of this album.In this interview, Rachael Sage is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:Running her own record label, MPress RecordsStaying true to herself & beliefsThe power of communityGay Pride MonthSo much moreYou can watch the video edition of this episode here.Special Thanks:Jill Richmond Johnson, Publicity Director MPress RecordsTheme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYCMore on Rachael Sage:Since founding her own label MPress Records two decades ago, NYC-based folk-pop artist Rachael Sage has steadily released a slew of vibrant, dynamic albums described by Goldmine Magazine as "mesmerizing...thoughtful, pensive and flush with an emotional flourish, all carefully and adeptly executed." She has toured with an eclectic list of artists including Rufus Wainwright, Ani DiFranco, Beth Hart, Howard Jones, and Grammy® winners Shawn Colvin and Judy Collins – with whom she also recorded a critically-acclaimed duet of Neil Young's "Helpless."In addition to being a six-time Independent Music Award-winning musician and producer, Rachael is also a John Lennon Contest Grand Prize winner who has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, SXSW, and toured globally from Japan to Berlin with her band, The Sequins. Rachael is also a visual artist and former ballet dancer who performed with the New York City Ballet.A self-described "cancer thriver", she is additionally a philanthropic advocate who has raised money for a wide range of causes, including Foundation For Women's Cancer, WHY Hunger, American Refugee Committee, and National Network For Youth (NN4Y).Her 2020 album Character yielded the Billboard-charting single "Blue Sky Days", and her side-project Poetica, an adventurous fusion of poetry with jazz, classical and Americana musical elements in the vein of Leonard Cohen and Laurie Anderson debuted in October 2021. Rachael's sparkling cover version of the Yazoo classic "Only You", from her full-length album The Other Side, reached #32 on the Mediabase Top 40 radio chart. Her singles "I Made A Case (feat Howard Jones)" and “Deepest Dark” are also available.Her companion acoustic album Another Side was just released on May 17, 2024. You can stream it everywhere you listen to music & order hard copies from Rachael's website. | — | ||||||
| 5/23/24 | ![]() Season 5: Episode 7: Jo Dee Messina Interview: Music Room Series Tour | This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.Today, I am going back in time and Behind-The-Curtain to bring you this blast from the past, my 2010 interview with Jo Dee Messina, 2-time Grammy Award nominee, and Country Music Superstar.In this interview, Jo Dee is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:Whom she still wants to work withThe best advice she's given, but not taken for herselfWho she would dream about while sleepingIf she ever thought about quitting musicSo much moreFor the print edition of this interview, and see some photos of Jo Dee with me and my dad, click here!Now, here’s a little Behind-The-Curtain Story….In 2010, Jo Dee was embarking on her most intimate tour to date, the Music Room Series Tour, where she left the big stadiums behind, and came to smaller clubs and venues, like her NYC stop at Michael Feinstein’s cabaret club Feinstein’s at the Regency.I was very fortunate to get a pair of press tickets to see the show, and interview Jo Dee right after. The kindness Jo Dee showed me during and after the interview is something I have never forgotten. She took her time answering my questions, even though there was a crowd of people waiting for her at the VIP after party. She made me feel as if I was the only person she had to talk to that night. After we were done, she let me take a picture with her, and then, asked my dad if he wanted a picture with her, and told him to come up to take one. We truly felt like royalty being with Jo Dee.Here’s an additional Behind-The-Curtain story for you…When I started recording the interview on my phone, Jo Dee asked if this was going to be published as an audio interview or in print format. At that time, I didn’t have a way to share the audio, but now, all these years later, I do, and it’s through this podcast.So, as you listen to this interview, I hope you feel all the excitement, fun, and laughter we had together. Special Thanks:Angela Villanueva, MSO PRTheme Song by Bobby CroninPodcast Logo by Liam O'DonnellEdited by Adam RothenbergUnderscore Blast From The Past Intro Music by CutiqueUnderscore Intro Music by Collin ScudderConnect with Me:Website: www.callmeadam.comFacebook: @CallMeAdamNYCInstagram: @CallMeAdamNYCMore on Jo Dee Messina:Jo Dee Messina is a trailblazing country music artist, known for her powerful vocals and chart-topping hits. With the breakout song “Heads Carolina, Tails California,” she became a household name and went on to achieve nine No. 1 hits and sixteen Top 40 songs. Jo Dee’s success made her the first female in country music history to celebrate three consecutive multi-week, chart-topping songs.In addition to her studio accomplishments, Jo Dee’s passionate and high-energy performances have captivated audiences across the country. She shares her hit tunes, emotionally-driven songs, and personal testimony, connecting with fans and inspiring them with her authenticity.As an independent artist, Jo Dee embraced her strong, empowered persona and founded Dreambound Records. Jo Dee’s dedication to presenting her story with honesty has allowed people to see beyond the surface and connect with her music on a deeper level.With a decorated past and an unwavering drive for the future, Jo Dee continues to pour her heart and soul into her music and everyone she encounters. Her latest single, “Just To Be Loved,” adds to her legacy as a timeless name in the music industry. | — | ||||||
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