Green Room On Air with Ray Renati
Arts:Performing Arts
Doors open at 7:00pm, show at 8pm
375 Eleventh Street, San Francisco (near Harrison)
Proceeds benefit
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and REAF.
Performance Director: Damien Beard
Production Director: Emily Schreck
Artistic Director: Leanne Borghesi
Executive Producers: Ken Henderson & Joe Seiler
Tickets: http://bit.ly/broadwaybaressf19
DNA Lounge: http://bit.ly/dnalounge ________________________________________ ABOUT BRUCE VILANCHComedy writer
One of the most sought-after jokesmiths in the entertainment industry, Bruce Vilanch has become a recognizable face in his own right, thanks to the feature-length documentary "Get Bruce!" (1999) and his stint as a regular on "Hollywood Squares" (1998- ), for which he also serves as head writer. Known for his eclectic eyewear and collection of unique T-shirts, he began as a child model for Lane Bryant, but when his initial efforts as an actor came to naught, he became an entertainment writer for the Chicago Tribune instead. Impressed by his review of her cabaret performance in 1970, Bette Midler hired him to punch up her act, and he later moved to Los Angeles where he wrote for variety shows like the original "Donny and Marie" and "The Brady Bunch Hour" (both ABC) and provided material for Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin and Joan Rivers. He has maintained his connection with Midler through the years, working on such projects as the feature "Divine Madness" (1980) and the TV special "Bette Midler--Diva Las Vegas" (HBO, 1997), as well as writing for her sitcom "Bette!" (CBS, 2000- ).
Vilanch began contributing to Academy Awards telecasts in 1989, collaborating with the likes of Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and David Letterman, and graduated to head writer in 2000. The Whoopi connection led to his providing the notorious material Ted Danson performed in blackface at a certain 1993 Friars Club roast of his then-girlfriend Goldberg, but his resume also includes "You Made Me Watch You", the touching Emmy-winning valedictory Midler crooned as a send-off to Johnny Carson. He made his feature debut as a dress manufacturer in "Mahogany' (1975), starring Diana Ross (to whose act he also contributed), and put his Muppet-like persona to excellent use as Santa's number one helper in the syndicated TV-movie "It Nearly Wasn't Christmas" (1989). On the heels of "Get Bruce!", Vilanch performed his comedy stylings Off-Broadway in "Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous" (2000).
Scrumbly Koldewyn of the legendary Cockettes
Frankenstein Walky Talky
Frankestein at Oholone College
Walk and Talk - Patty LuPone, Actors’ Equity
Ed Hooks - Part 2
Ed Hooks - Part 1
Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young of American Idol (rebroadcast)
Interview - Shannon Davis and Nick Ishimaru of Theatre of Yugen (first aired Oct.2, 2019)
Scooping Shakespeare - Sonnet 2
Scooping Shakespeare - Sonnet 1
Cate Hayman (rebroadcast)
Velina Brown and Keiko Shimosato Carreiro of The San Francisco Mime Troupe
A Tribute to Sam Shepard (originally aired on 8-11-2017)
Interview - Abigail Munn of Circus Bella
Twitter, Billions and Live Theatre
The 2022 Academy Awards and the SLAP!
Ed Hooks - Acting for Animators
Taylor Lambert of Aura Casting
Blake Allen - Award-Winning Composer and Musician, Ray’s spin on the New ”West Side Story”
Michael Gene Sullivan of The San Francisco Mime Troupe
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