A Trip Back to the 1960’s
The 1960’s were a fabulous decade, filled with radical change, shifting consciousness, social awakening, sexual freedom, and oh yes, amazing music. You can take a trip back to that era with the new scripted episodic series, Joyland, now available to view on YouTube.
This series was developed by novelist and playwright Gary Morgenstein, network executive Russell Friedman and director DeMone Seraphin.
Joyland begins in 1964 and takes place in New York City and in the Catskills at a then popular bungalow colony. Complete with vintage photos and footage, sound effects and music, Joyland showcases the actors who have all been shot entirely on Zoom and uses the convention of a narrator to provide stage directions and define the setting.
You can view the first episode now: JOYLAND EPISODE 1
To hear my conversation with show creator and writer Gary Morgenstein, listen to Bagels and Broadway radio show this Sunday from 2-3 PM on WNYM-AM Radio. Available on podcast following the broadcast:
Valerie Smaldone is a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market on 106.7 Life-FM, an iHeart station. She has hosted, produced, and created several award-winning nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with stars like Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Mariah Carey among others. Her radio talk show "Bagels and Broadway" highlighted theatre and food personalities. She is an accomplished interviewer and voice artist heard on commercials, narrations, promos and audiobooks, as well as a sought after live announcer.
Most recently, Valerie produced and directed a film, The Thursday Night Club, featuring pop diva Gloria Gaynor in her movie acting debut. She is one of the creators and producers of a docu-series, Divine Renovation, starring Erik Estrada, on streaming networks soon.
