Dear Listeners,
Our special guest this week is Allen Barton, Owner/CEO of the Beverly Hills Playhouse.
Allen is a nationally known acting teacher, a Steinway Artist (concert pianist), and an accomplished playwright. We won’t hold his Harvard pedigree against him, for Allen is “fighting the good fight” for freedom of artistic expression in the theatre and broader Hollywood community.
Courageously, after Covid shutdowns and being cancelled by many, Allen has kept the esteemed doors of the Beverly Hill Playhouse open, writing on his website (bhplayhouse.com): “At this stage (the physical stage at the BHP), anything goes. Any writer goes. Anything any writer wants to say — they get to say it, the actors get to act it.” The result: The Beverly Hills Playhouse is flourishing.
Simply put: Allen is a great advocate for freedom. Thanks for joining us, Allen, on this, your third podcast. And thank you, friends, for joining us in this lively conversation.
Enjoy,
Philip & D. Paul
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