Episode 49

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31st Oct 2023

Disney's Legend of Sleepy Hollow with Stephen Gregory Smith

Happy Halloween! Today we talk about the spooky animated classic, Disney's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Our guest is musical theatre writer Stephen Gregory Smith! We laughed, reminisced, and learned A LOT1 Stephen also talked about the upcoming Baltimore production of Witch, a show written by he and his husband and writing partner, Matt Conner. ALSO!! We introduce "Extra Cheese", our exclusive bonus content that you can hear as a Patreon sponsor. Today's Extra Cheese is free for everyone and you can hear it at https://www.patreon.com/posts/91982134 . Please consider signing up to support us to hear more Extra Cheese!

Stephen Gregory Smith – BOOK/LYRICS: The Christmas Angel, Ichabod: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2023 Charles MacArthur Outstanding New Work Nominee), On Air, WITCH, Kaleidoscope, Monsters of the Villa Diodati, The Turn of the Screw - a 5 year commission(Creative Cauldron), Silver Belles (Signature Theatre, VA) , The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Shenandoah Conservatory; Creative Cauldron 2022), Night of the Living Dead the musical (Richmond Shepard Theatre; NYC, Kensington Arts Theatre, MD, New Line Theatre, MO), Edgar Allan Poe Academy (Creative Cauldron, VA, Riverside Children’s Theatre, FL). Finalist in the Bernard Ebb Songwriting Award. www.connersmithmusicals.com

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Fine Beats & Cheeses
with Leslie & Lynne
Fine Beats & Cheeses with Leslie & Lynne celebrates cheesy pop culture.

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Leslie Gray Streeter

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Leslie Gray Streeter is an author, veteran journalist, and speaker whose memoir “Black Widow” was published in March 2020 by Little, Brown, and Company. She is the lifestyle columnist for the Baltimore Banner, formerly the longtime entertainment and lifestyle columnist and writer for the Palm Beach Post. A native of Baltimore, Md, and a University of Maryland graduate, she and her work have been featured in The Miami Herald, the Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Atlantic, the Today show, SiriusXM, O, The Oprah Magazine, and more. She lives with her son Brooks in her hometown of Baltimore. She’s a slow runner, an amateur vegan cook, and a true crime and “Law and Order” enthusiast.

Lynne Streeter Childress

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Lynne Streeter Childress is an actor, director, teaching artist, and playwright. She is the founding artistic director of Building Better People Productions, a theater for young audiences company in Annapolis, MD. Her 28-year career in professional theater includes performing at the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, and Adventure Theatre and teaching for institutions like the Folger Shakespeare Library and Baltimore School For the Arts, where she is currently a member of the theater faculty.  Lynne has seen firsthand how theater can communicate the most important things in the clearest and most interesting of ways, especially to young people. She lives in Annapolis, MD, with her husband and son.