From the Caribbean- it’s “Bagels and Broadway” with some fascinating guests!
On this week’s “Bagels and Broadway with Valerie Smaldone” radio show, coming to you from the island of St. Maarten, you’ll hear a conversation with the fabulous Charles Busch. Charles is a very talented writer, actor and drag performer, and he brings his play “The Confession of Lily Dare” to the Cherry Lane Theatre. Busch’s newest play tells the story of one woman’s tumultuous passage from convent girl to glittering cabaret chanteuse to infamous madame of a string of brothels—all while hiding her undying devotion to the child she was forced to abandon. “The Confession of Lily Dare” runs through March 5. The Confession of Lily Dare
Also on the program, I’ll be speaking with celebrity couple and dear friends (who invited us to St. Maarten!) legendary rock drummer Carmine Appice and Leslie Gold, the former “radio chick” and producer of The Gong Show-Live. And I’ll be speaking with the executive vice president of Saffron Road, an ethnic food company, providing healthful dishes with a company guided by a social mission.
Join me for “Bagels and Broadway” this Saturday morning at 9. Or listen on podcast after it airs.
Back to New York next week!
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.
