31. I Wanna Be Like Charlie Siedenburg! - I Wanna Be Like You with Elbi Cespedes

Today I Wanna Charlie Siedenburg! Charlie Siedenburg is a press representative who’s worked on Broadway and at many regional houses across the country. Most recently, he announced he will be retiring from being the press representative at Barrington Stage after working there for 21 years to step into the new role of producer. Charlie has taken up the mantle at the College of Staten Island as producer heading their community theater productions starting with Fiddler on the Roof that wrapped up this past summer and featured a cast of 46 Staten Island natives spanning generations. He’s tells us all about working for the 50th Tony Awards, walking Donna Murphy down the red carpet and the time he visited Stephen Sondheim at his house in Turtle Bay.

I WANNA BE LIKE CHARLIE SIEDENBURG MARKERS
1. 00:00 CRAZY INTRO
2. 03:50 Charlie’s I Wanna Be Like You as a Kid
3. 05:15 Theater Beginnings
4. 12:50 College Experience
5. 20:05 Working As A Critic
6. 21:35 Press Releases and Kits
7. 28:25 Working the 50th Tony Awards
8. 33:33 Springer Chicoine PR
9. 36:09 Oedipus with Billy Crudup & Frances McDormand
10. 37:05 Day to Day As A Press Rep
11. 40:27 Paper Mill Playhouse
12. 47:18 Barrington Stage
13. 48:44 Follies
14. 50:00 Meeting Stephen Sondheim
15. 56:00 Follies/Barrington Stage CONT’D
16. 59:55 On The Town Broadway Revival
17. 1:04:15 The Met Opera
18. 1:06:58 Press Vs Marketing Teams
19. 1:08:50 Retirement From Barrington
20. 1:14:05 Producing Fiddler on The Roof
21. 1:17:55 Community Theater
22. 1:24:15 Theater Appreciation Class
23. 1:28:30 Musical Theater For Dummies
24. 1:30:15 Blind Ranking
25. 1:32:10 Dream Guest Manifestation
26. 1:32:50 Charlie’s I Wanna Be Like You NOW!