Baring It All with Call Me Adam

This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today, I am catching up with one of My Entertainment Pen Pals, Jodi Benson who is known for voicing Ariel in Disney's Oscar winning feature film, The Little Mermaid. Jodi is getting to ready to return to the New York stage, in her Off Broadway debut, to star in & close out one of my favorite plays, Michael Griffo's Pen Pals. In this interview, Jodi is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about: Pen PalsMarcia Mitzman GavenThe Little Mermaid Jodi Benson & her long time friend, Marcia Mitzman Gaven will be starring in & closing out Michael Griffo's Pen Pals from March 4-15, 2026 at the Daryl Roth DR Theatre in NYC. Click Here for tickets! Click Here to watch this live interview in video format! Special Thanks: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More on Jodi Benson: Jodi Benson is a Disney Legend Award recipient and has proudly served The Walt Disney Company for over 38 years. She is beloved worldwide as the singing and speaking voice of Ariel in the Academy Award®–winning The Little Mermaid, as well as the voice of Barbie in Toy Story 2 and the Oscar®-winning Toy Story 3. Her film work also includes Flubber, Enchanted, Wreck-It Ralph 2, and multiple Disney animated classics. On Broadway, Jodi earned Tony and Helen Hayes nominations for originating Polly Baker in Crazy for You, with additional credits including Smile, Welcome to the Club, and Marilyn: An American Fable. She recently appeared on Sweet Magnolias and continues to star as Ariel in Disney’s LEGO Princess films for Disney+. A celebrated concert artist, Jodi has performed at the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, and with symphonies worldwide. She is a longtime Disney Cruise Line guest soloist, Candlelight Processional narrator, and currently serves as a D23 Fan Ambassador. Her memoir, Part of My World, shares behind-the-scenes stories from her remarkable journey. Mentioned in this episode: Book Promo Do you remember watching your favorite celebrity being interviewed, but you could tell there was more to that interview than what was being shown? My name is Adam Rothenberg and in the past 16 years I have interviewed over 2,200 artists & celebrities and I am here to tell you that YES, there is definitely more to the interviews you have watched, read or listened to. In my debut book, Behind The Curtain: The Mistakes, Lessons Learned & Triumphs of Interviewing Celebrities, I take you behind the scenes of what really happens during an interview, sharing the joys, the pitfalls & the OMG moments. You can get your copy on Amazon or through my entertainment platform, https://callmeadam.com/books, you can get your very own personalized autographed copy!

This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today, I am catching up with My Entertainment Idol, Adam Jacobs (yep, Broadway's original Aladdin), who is getting to ready to return to the New York stage to star in Monte Cristo at the York Theatre in NYC In this NEW interview, Adam is once again Baring It All with Call Me Adam, but this time around, he talks about: Monte Cristo Adam Jacobs will be starring in Monte Cristo from March 12-April 5, 2026 at NYC's York Theatre. Click Here for tickets! Click Here to watch this live interview in video format! Special Thanks: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More on Adam Jacobs: Adam Jacob’s made is Broadway debut as “Marius” in the revival of Les Miserables at the Broadhurst Theater alongside such Broadway luminaries as Lea Salonga, Judy Kuhn, Gary Beach, Daphne-Rubin Vega, Norm Lewis, Ann Harada, Aaron Lazar & many others. Since Les Mis, Adam has starred in such hit shows as Mamma Mia!,The Lion King, Once On This Island & of course, as the original Aladdin on Broadway. Mentioned in this episode: Book Promo Do you remember watching your favorite celebrity being interviewed, but you could tell there was more to that interview than what was being shown? My name is Adam Rothenberg and in the past 16 years I have interviewed over 2,200 artists & celebrities and I am here to tell you that YES, there is definitely more to the interviews you have watched, read or listened to. In my debut book, Behind The Curtain: The Mistakes, Lessons Learned & Triumphs of Interviewing Celebrities, I take you behind the scenes of what really happens during an interview, sharing the joys, the pitfalls & the OMG moments. You can get your copy on Amazon or through my entertainment platform, https://callmeadam.com/books, you can get your very own personalized autographed copy!

This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today, I am catching up with My Entertainment Idol, 3 Time Emmy Award Winning Actress Cady McClain who is getting to ready to return to the New York stage to star in Roman Freud's Off Broadway play, Beneath the Ice of the Vistula. In this NEW interview, Cady is once again Baring It All with Call Me Adam, but this time around, she talks about: Beneath the Ice of the VistulaBeyond the GatesBeneath the Ice of the Vistula Cady McClain will be starring in Beneath the Ice of the Vistula from February 12-28, 2026 at NYC's West End Theatre at St. Paul & St. Andrew UMC. Click Here for tickets! Click Here to watch this live interview in video format! Special Thanks: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More on Cady McClain: Cady McClain is the first woman to win a Daytime Emmy© for playing three different characters, on three different shows, on three different networks. Cady made Emmy history by taking home the gold for her roles on All My Children (Best Juvenile, 1990), As the World Turns (Best Supporting Actress, 2004), and Days of Our Lives (Best Guest Performer, 2021). Cady is currently playing the recurring role of “Pamela Curtis” on CBS' Beyond the Gates, which Entertainment Weekly recently named one of the best TV shows of 2025. In 2024, Cady starred as “Joan Plowright” in Austin Pendleton's Off Broadway play, Orson’s Shadow, followed by What Happened Was at The Chain Theatre's 2025 Summer One Act Festival in NYC. Cady has also been seen on the theatrical stage in Shirley Valentine at Cape May Stage, The Red Address at Second Stage Theater, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at Lincoln Center Theater, A Comedy of Errors at the Hudson Guild Theater & Barefoot in the Park at the Westbury and Valley Forge Music Fair theaters. Cady also performed in two one-woman shows: Mona7 and Inventions of Farewell (HERE Theatre). In addition to the above Soap Operas, Cady has also been seen on multiple episodes of Law & Order...

This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today, I am catching up with My Entertainment Idol Actress, Author & 5-Time Golden Globe Nominee Marilu Henner who is getting to ready to return to the New York stage to star in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play, Pen Pals, alongside her lifelong friend, Actress Brooke Adams. In this NEW interview, Marilu is once again Baring It All with Call Me Adam, but this time around, she talks about: Pen PalsPen Pals Marilu (and Brooke) will be in Pen Pals, for 2 WEEKS ONLY, from February 4-15, 2026 at the Daryl Roth DR2 Theatre in NYC. Click Here for tickets! Click Here to watch this live interview in video format! Special Thanks: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More on Marliu Henner: Marilu Henner is a 5 time Golden Globe nominee whose career spans Broadway, Film & Television. Some of her Broadway credits include Chicago, Grease & The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. On screen, Marilu has appeared in such films as L.A. Story & Noises Off. She is well known to television audiences for her role on the Emmy winning series Taxi, with additional appearances on Grey’s Anatomy & Brooklyn Nine-Nine. A New York Times bestselling author, Marilu is also widely recognized for her work in memory & health. She tours the nation with her one woman show, Memory Girl! Mentioned in this episode: Book Promo Do you remember watching your favorite celebrity being interviewed, but you could tell there was more to that interview than what was being shown? My name is Adam Rothenberg and in the past 16 years I have interviewed over 2,200 artists & celebrities and I am here to tell you that YES, there is definitely more to the interviews you have watched, read or listened to. In my debut book, Behind The Curtain: The Mistakes, Lessons Learned & Triumphs of Interviewing Celebrities, I take you behind the scenes of what really happens during an interview, sharing the joys, the pitfalls & the OMG moments. You can get your copy on Amazon or through my entertainment platform, https://callmeadam.com/books, you can get

In this special BONUS episode of my podcast, I am sharing my recent LIVE interview with Rachel Potter (Broadway Actress, Recording Artist, Producer & X-Factor Season 3 Top 12 Finalist) about her upcoming concert, An Evening of Magic, in Nashville, TN. If you didn't get to watch my LIVE interview, listen to the replay below here! Wait until you hear Rachel's jaw-dropping story about her audition for the Ricky Martin/Michael Cerveris led Broadway revival of Evita! An Evening of Magic will feature Rachel & her talented friends singing music from Broadway & Disney Movies. Scheduled to perform: Susan Egan (Broadway's original Belle in Beauty & The Beast), Morgxn (Singer/Songwriter), Caroline Bowman (Originated the role of Elsa in the National Tour of Frozen) & many more! An Evening of Magic will take place at the Analog at Hutton Hotel in Nashville, TN this Friday, January 23, 2026 at 8pm CST. Click Here for tickets! More on Rachel Potter: Rachel Potter is an acclaimed Broadway Actress & accomplished Nashville Recording artist who was the “pop-u-lar” Glinda u/s on the National Tour of Wicked. She made her Broadway debut as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family & went on to originate the role of The Mistress in the Ricky Martin/Michael Cerveris led Broadway revival of Evita. Her standout performance of singing "Another Suitcase in Another Hall," further solidified her place in the Broadway community. Transitioning from Broadway to Nashville, Rachel achieved success as a Top 12 finalist on season 3 of FOX's The X Factor. She auditioned by singing Queen's "Somebody to Love" which earned international praise & continues to amass millions of views since the season aired in 2013. Rachel's version of "Somebody to Love" is featured on her solo album, Not So Black and White. Rachel's journey in entertainment began at Walt Disney World, where she portrayed iconic characters such as Ariel, Belle, and Nemo. Most recently, Rachel was the featured soloist on Journey to Fantasy Springs, the theme song for Tokyo Disney Sea's new land Fantasy Springs, further expanding her global reach. Rachel has been featured as a guest soloist with many symphony orchestras all over the world, including the Dallas Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Utah Symphony & many others. Rachel & fellow country artist, Patrick Thomas, celebrate past icons of country music in their Pops symphony show, Country Legends. Residing in Nashville, TN, Rachel remains focused on recording and writing music, as well as enjoying a successful career in real estate. Mentioned in this episode: Book Promo Do you remember watching your favorite celebrity being interviewed, but you could tell there was more to that interview than what was being shown? My name is Adam Rothenberg and in the past 16 years I have interviewed over 2,200 artists & celebrities and I am here to tell you that YES, there is definitely more to the interviews you have watched, read or listened to. In my debut book, Behind The Curtain: The Mistakes, Lessons Learned & Triumphs of Interviewing Celebrities, I take you behind the scenes of what really happens during an interview, sharing the joys, the pitfalls & the OMG moments. You can get your copy on Amazon or through my entertainment platform, https://callmeadam.com/books, you can get your very own personalized autographed copy!

This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am catching up with My Entertainment Idol Alt Pop Singer Songwriter Rachael Sage who is getting to ready to drop her latest album, Canopy! In this NEW interview, Rachael is once again Baring It All with Call Me Adam, but this time around, she talks about: CanopyCanopy Rachael Sage's new record, Canopy, drops on Friday, October 24, 2025. Rachael will be celebrating the release of Canopy with a concert at The Cutting Room in NYC on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Click here to watch this interview in video format! Special Thanks: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More on Rachael Sage: Rachael Sage is a 6x Independent Music Award Winner & John Lennon Songwriting Contest Grand Prize recipient. She has released over 20 albums and EPs since bursting onto the music scene via Lilith Fair. Rachael is an outspoken activist on LGBTQ+ rights, anti-gun violence & women’s health issues. Rachael is a cancer thriver with multiple top-charting singles & hopeful anthems including "Blue Sky Days," "Bravery On Fire" and her feminist anthem “Sistersong.” Rachael has shared the concert stage such musical luminaries as Ani DiFranco, Rufus Wainwright, A Great Big World, Beth Hart and Howard Jones.

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 Jennifer Bassey, who you know for her over 30-year run as man-hungry nymphomaniac Marian Colby on ABC's hit soap opera, All My Children. In 2017, Jennifer & I did an interview together where she briefly spoke about putting together a cabaret show. Now, 8 years later, that cabaret show is coming to life at 54 Below! In this interview, Jennifer is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about: All My Children Jennifer Bassey's cabaret show, From Sexy Soaps to Classy Cabaret will be at 54 Below for TWO NIGHTS ONLY, Tuesday, October 14, 2025 & Wednesday, October 15, 2025 both shows are at 7pm EST. There is a livestream option on Wednesday, October 15. In From Sexy Soaps to Classy Cabaret, Jennifer shares memories of her humble beginnings as a singing Playboy Bunny, to starring on Broadway, Off-Broadway & her on and off-screen exploits as TV’s first nymphomanic-cougar daytime diva, in this autobiographical romp featuring songs from Broadway & The Great American Songbook. Click here to watch this interview in video format! Special Thanks: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More on Jennifer Bassey: Jennifer Bassey is a two-time Emmy nominated actress whose first job in entertainment was as a singing Playboy bunny. After a chance encounter, Jennifer left her bunny ears behind & auditioned for a spot in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Jennifer got accepted while earning the lowest entrance marks in the history of the academy. She graduated from the RADA with honors, finishing just below classmate and future Academy Award winner, Sir Anthony Hopkins. Upon moving to New York City, Jennifer appeared in several Broadway and Off Broadway productions including Neil Simon's California Suite, Not Now Darling directed by George Abbott, In Praise of Love with Rex Harrison and The Homecoming (The Original Royal Shakespeare Production), Moliere's Tartuffe, Wendy Wasserstein's Isn't It Romantic &The Taming of the Shrew at the Roundabout Theatre. In 1983, Jennifer won the role of Marian Colby on ABC's Daytime Soap Opera All My Children, playing the borderline nymphomaniac for over 30 years. Jennifer has been seen in such feature films as Waxwork, Twogether & Dunston Checks In, where in a scene-stealing, skin revealing moment, she received an orgasmic massage from an orangutan! Jennifer's prime-time work has...

This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols. Today I am catching up with Marissa Jaret Winokur, who you know for winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for starring as Tracy Turnblad in the Tony Award winning musical Hairspray. In 2023, Marissa was a featured guest performer in the Off-Broadway musical Exorcistic: The Rock Musical. Now, two years later, Marissa has been invited back as a mystery guest! The mystery is NOT that she will in the show, the mystery is WHEN? In this NEW interview, Marissa is once again Baring It All with Call Me Adam, but this time she reveals: Exorcistic: The Rock MusicalHairspray Exorcistic: The Rock Musical follows a theatre company planning to put on a parody of The Exorcist. The audience will follow this theatre company from stage reading to Broadway as their quest for fame and money supersedes their art and humanity, ensuring that their lead actress, Emma Hunton, actually becomes possessed in the process. The musical is a self-aware parody that creates a chaotic, over-the-top rock musical. In true Rock and Roll fashion, Exorcistic: The Rock Musical features a rotating cast of Celebrity Guests each week, creating an incentive for audiences to return again and again. This unique aspect sets the musical apart in the crowded horror-comedy genre, promising fresh surprises at every performance. Special guest stars include: Lance Bass, Garrett Clayton, Orfeh, Frankie Grande, Lena Hall, Lindsay Heather Pearce, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Evan Rachel Wood, Ryann Redmond, Nick Cearly and MORE! (Scheduling pending) Exorcistic: The Rock Musical is currently playing at The Asylum in NYC. Click here to watch this interview in video format! Special Thanks: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More on Marissa Jaret Winokur: Marissa Jaret Winokur is a Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award winner best known for her iconic role as “Tracy Turnblad” in Hairspray. She went on to win Celebrity Big Brother and placed in the final four on Dancing with the Stars. Currently, Marissa is touring in the Drama Desk-nominated Off-Broadway musical Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now, which she co-created, wrote, and directed alongside Kerry Butler and Laura Bell Bundy. Marissa will also be directing 5 Star Theatricals production of Hairspray this October in California.

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 Michelle Clunie, who you know for portraying Melanie Marcus on Showtime's hit Television Series Queer As Folk. The last time Michelle Clunie was on the New York Stage was in 2012 when she starred in her Off Broadway play US. In this NEW interview, Michelle is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about: Pen PalsPen PalsQueer As Folk 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. Michelle Clunie will be playing Bernie from September 3-14, 2025. Click here to watch this interview in video format! Special Thanks: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More on Michelle Clunie: Michelle Clunie is an award-winning veteran actress, born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Michelle stepped foot on stage at seven years old, first appearing in plays, operas and ballets. She made her stage debut in Los Angeles at 23, in A Comedy of Eros, earning her a Drama-Logue award. She went on to star in numerous television, film and theatre productions earning awards in all three mediums, including a Backstage Readers’ Choice Award for her performance in The West Coast premiere of Neil LaBute’s The Mercy Seat. In 2012 she wrote, produced, and starred in the Off-Broadway play US earning rave reviews, as an actress as well as writer, with critics comparing her style to Aaron Sorkin and Thornton Wilder. Michelle is most often recognized as ‘Melanie Marcus’ in the groundbreaking series QUEER AS FOLK. The popular series was based on the original British series, but the American remake for Showtime, remains incredibly popular to this day, with a passionate, continually building fan-base. Most...

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: Pen PalsTheFacts of Life 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: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More 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.

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: "I've Never Been To Me" is available to stream on all music platforms! Special Thanks: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More 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.

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: OPEN In 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: More 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.

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: What Happened Was 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: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More 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,

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: Blue's CluesYoung Sheldon 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: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More 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.

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: Mike & Mindy's Wild Weekend Jam 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.

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: EVERYBODY DANCEThe Golden Girls EVERYBODY 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: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More 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.

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: Bea Arthur’s Brat Summer In 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: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More 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...

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: Healing TowersHealing TowersThe Broken Hearts Club Healing 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: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC

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: Ceremonies in Dark Old Men Originally 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! 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. 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. Click here to watch this interview in video format! Special Thanks: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More 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...

This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am highlighting 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: Pen PalsPen Pal Nancy 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 audio interview in video format! Special Thanks: Connect with Me: Website: www.callmeadam.com Facebook: @CallMeAdamNYC Instagram: @CallMeAdamNYC More 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