Sunny Vachher Part 2: ”Ted Talks and The Great Artist”

Sunny Vachher (IG:@isunny)(TW:@sunnyvachher)(LI:@sunnyvachher) "My ultimate goal is to continue to live as an agent of change in all humanly perspectives. I am an innovative thinker bringing creative vision to life from wonder to wonderful: the big picture.""I am a creative human being with an artistic and proactive approach to producing quality projects with perfection, strong intentions, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution. Creativity, elegance, and forward thinking are of the utmost priority in my life. I believe in and practice building genuine relationships personally and professionally through the act of positive human interaction which also serves as a means of deep self-motivation.""To this day, I have worked in multiple small and large engaging environments in the greater Los Angeles city. And, I have truly given my creative best in various industries from education, pharmaceuticals, retail, wholesale, sports, real estate, banking and financial to entertainment industries acting in a different challenging role each time while on the road to achieve personal and professional success.""I have initiated and managed Enterprise wide technology driven digital projects focused on interactive change management utilizing creativity and the project management methodology to produce cost effective solutions in Multimillions annually for the organization as well as produced cross-functional interactive sites and resources for internal use. And thereby leading and driving creative technology projects from inception to completion bringing an idea and concept to life digitally."

Sunny Vachher Part 1: ”Early Inspirations through Hollywood”

Sunny Vachher (IG:@isunny)(TW:@sunnyvachher)(LI:@sunnyvachher) "My ultimate goal is to continue to live as an agent of change in all humanly perspectives. I am an innovative thinker bringing creative vision to life from wonder to wonderful: the big picture.""I am a creative human being with an artistic and proactive approach to producing quality projects with perfection, strong intentions, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution. Creativity, elegance, and forward thinking are of the utmost priority in my life. I believe in and practice building genuine relationships personally and professionally through the act of positive human interaction which also serves as a means of deep self-motivation.""To this day, I have worked in multiple small and large engaging environments in the greater Los Angeles city. And, I have truly given my creative best in various industries from education, pharmaceuticals, retail, wholesale, sports, real estate, banking and financial to entertainment industries acting in a different challenging role each time while on the road to achieve personal and professional success.""I have initiated and managed Enterprise wide technology driven digital projects focused on interactive change management utilizing creativity and the project management methodology to produce cost effective solutions in Multimillions annually for the organization as well as produced cross-functional interactive sites and resources for internal use. And thereby leading and driving creative technology projects from inception to completion bringing an idea and concept to life digitally."

”Just A Couple of Guys Talking” Larry Turman: On Producing, Self Reflection, and Life

Larry Turman has produced forty films, running from The Graduate to American History X. He also directed two films and executive produced many for television. Turman was voted into the Producers Guild of America Hall of Fame, has been a juror at the Flanders Film Festival, guest lectured at La Femis in Paris, the Triangle Conference in Rome, Equinoxe in Bordeaux, the Polytechnic in Singapore, the UNIJAPAN Entertainment Forum at the Tokyo Film Festival, AFI, UCLA and NYU. His book, So You Want To Be A Producer, was published by Random House. Turman has served on the Board of the Producers' Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is a graduate of UCLA.

Lorin Latarro on ”Waitress” PART 2

Lorin Latarro (lorinlatarro.com) is currently choreographing Broadway’s MRS. DOUBTFIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS, The Public’s THE VISITOR and Broadway bound THE OUTSIDERS. Lorin also choreographed Broadway and London’s WAITRESS, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSEwith Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, and WAITING FOR GODOT with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. Lorin is the Associate Choreographer of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME and AMERICAN IDIOT.
Her additional choreography includes LA TRAVIATA at The Met Opera with Sara Mearns dancing 2020 season, Almost Famous and Huey Lewis’s Heart of Rock And Roll (Old Globe), Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout), Chess (The Kennedy Center), Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street for “This American Life” (Brooklyn Academy of Music), The Public Theater’s Twelfth Night and The Odyssey (Delacorte Theater), Queen of the Night which garnered a Drama Desk Award (Diamond Horseshoe), Assassins, Fanny, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (City Center Encores!), Between the Lines (Kansas City Repertory Theatre), Superhero (Second Stage), Beaches (Drury Lane Theatre), and A Christmas Carol (McCarter Theatre Center).
Lorin performed in fourteen Broadway shows including Twyla Tharp’s Movin’ Out, Fosse, Swing!, Kiss Me Kate, A Chorus Line, and Man Of La Mancha. Lorin danced for Robert Wilson, Martha Graham, and Momix. Lorin has also worked with Pina Bausch, Jiri Kylian, Pete Townsend, Green Day, Sara Bareilles, Melissa Etheridge, Cameron Crowe, and Charlize Theron.
Ms. Latarro holds a BFA from The Juilliard School where she is also an adjunct professor. She is a Drama Desk, Lortel, and Chita Rivera nominee. Lorin has traveled to India and Africa multiple times to work with The Gates Foundation in family health and planning. Lorin is the founder of ArtAmmmo.org Artists Against Gun Violence as seen in the NY Times, PBS, Rachel Maddow, BBC.

Lorin Latarro: ”Forward. Inspire. Breathe.”

Lorin Latarro (lorinlatarro.com) is currently choreographing Broadway’s MRS. DOUBTFIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS, The Public’s THE VISITOR and Broadway bound THE OUTSIDERS. Lorin also choreographed Broadway and London’s WAITRESS, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSEwith Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, and WAITING FOR GODOT with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. Lorin is the Associate Choreographer of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME and AMERICAN IDIOT.
Her additional choreography includes LA TRAVIATA at The Met Opera with Sara Mearns dancing 2020 season, Almost Famous and Huey Lewis’s Heart of Rock And Roll (Old Globe), Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout), Chess (The Kennedy Center), Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street for “This American Life” (Brooklyn Academy of Music), The Public Theater’s Twelfth Night and The Odyssey (Delacorte Theater), Queen of the Night which garnered a Drama Desk Award (Diamond Horseshoe), Assassins, Fanny, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (City Center Encores!), Between the Lines (Kansas City Repertory Theatre), Superhero (Second Stage), Beaches (Drury Lane Theatre), and A Christmas Carol (McCarter Theatre Center).
Lorin performed in fourteen Broadway shows including Twyla Tharp’s Movin’ Out, Fosse, Swing!, Kiss Me Kate, A Chorus Line, and Man Of La Mancha. Lorin danced for Robert Wilson, Martha Graham, and Momix. Lorin has also worked with Pina Bausch, Jiri Kylian, Pete Townsend, Green Day, Sara Bareilles, Melissa Etheridge, Cameron Crowe, and Charlize Theron.
Ms. Latarro holds a BFA from The Juilliard School where she is also an adjunct professor. She is a Drama Desk, Lortel, and Chita Rivera nominee. Lorin has traveled to India and Africa multiple times to work with The Gates Foundation in family health and planning. Lorin is the founder of ArtAmmmo.org Artists Against Gun Violence as seen in the NY Times, PBS, Rachel Maddow, BBC.

Gerry McIntyre ”The Mayor of Broadway” PART 2

Gerry McIntyre (gerrymcintyre.net) has been seen on Broadway in a number of shows including Anything Goes, Once On This Island, Chicago, Uptown It's Hot, and Joseph...Dreamcoat, a role for which he was one of three Americans chosen to be in the film starring Donny Osmond.
Gerry is also a highly sought after director and choreographer. Major theatres he has worked at throughout the United States include the Lions Theatre (Off-Broadway), Virginia Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Connecticut Repertory, Ogunquit Playhouse, and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, as well as television programs such as the Rosie O'Donnell Show. Broadway: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (original cast), ANYTHING GOES with Patti LuPone, JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT with Michael Damien, UPTOWN...IT'S HOT with Maurice Hines, CHICAGO with everyone, A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Tim Curry. National tour of WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND and was Punjab in the ill-fated ANNIE 2. Off-Broadway: ENTER LAUGHING (Drama Desk nom—Outstanding Revival), THE AUDIENCE (Drama Desk nom—Outstanding Musical), SIDD, BROADWAY JUKEBOX, JOAN OF ARC AT THE STAKE with Glenn Close and William Hurt, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY (NAACP and Ovation award).TV: BOARDWALK EMPIRE, LAW AND ORDER, WHOOPI, THE JAMIE FOXX SHOW, THE PRETENDER, THE NANNY, NAKED TRUTH, MURPHY BROWN, NYPD BLUE, CAROLINE IN THE CITY.Film: STEALING MARTIN LANE, THE KISS, BROADWAY DAMAGE, THE NEXT STEP, JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT with Donny Osmond and Joan Collins, and the documentary AFTER THE STORM.

Gerry McIntyre ”The Mayor of Broadway” on Grace

Gerry McIntyre (gerrymcintyre.net) has been seen on Broadway in a number of shows including Anything Goes, Once On This Island, Chicago, Uptown It's Hot, and Joseph...Dreamcoat, a role for which he was one of three Americans chosen to be in the film starring Donny Osmond.
Gerry is also a highly sought after director and choreographer. Major theatres he has worked at throughout the United States include the Lions Theatre (Off-Broadway), Virginia Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Connecticut Repertory, Ogunquit Playhouse, and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, as well as television programs such as the Rosie O'Donnell Show. Broadway: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (original cast), ANYTHING GOES with Patti LuPone, JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT with Michael Damien, UPTOWN...IT'S HOT with Maurice Hines, CHICAGO with everyone, A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Tim Curry. National tour of WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND and was Punjab in the ill-fated ANNIE 2. Off-Broadway: ENTER LAUGHING (Drama Desk nom—Outstanding Revival), THE AUDIENCE (Drama Desk nom—Outstanding Musical), SIDD, BROADWAY JUKEBOX, JOAN OF ARC AT THE STAKE with Glenn Close and William Hurt, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY (NAACP and Ovation award).TV: BOARDWALK EMPIRE, LAW AND ORDER, WHOOPI, THE JAMIE FOXX SHOW, THE PRETENDER, THE NANNY, NAKED TRUTH, MURPHY BROWN, NYPD BLUE, CAROLINE IN THE CITY.Film: STEALING MARTIN LANE, THE KISS, BROADWAY DAMAGE, THE NEXT STEP, JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT with Donny Osmond and Joan Collins, and the documentary AFTER THE STORM.
 

Jonah Platt: Part 2 ”Just Keep Going”

Jonah (jonahplatt.com)(IG:@jonahplatt) continues to carve out his place on stages from Hollywood to Broadway, as well as on the silver screen. He’s most well known for his recent star turn as “Fiyero” in the Broadway blockbuster WICKED, in addition to his breakout performance as “Woof” in HAIR at the Hollywood Bowl, “Homer” in the Ovation-winningFLOYD COLLINS at La Mirada, and “Jason” in the award-winning Los Angeles revival of BARE.
On television, Jonah most recently appeared in NBC’s critically acclaimed JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE starring John Legend and the season 9 finale of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM. Other favorites include PARENTHOOD, SING IT ON, and Jonah’s scene-stealing Frat Boy in the series finale of NBC’s beloved series THE OFFICE.
This spring, Jonah will originate the role of “Marty” in the World Premiere musical A WALK ON THE MOON, at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater.
Jonah will also voice a new recurring character, the relentlessly positive “Milton Moss” on an upcoming season of Netflix’s hit animated series, TROLLS: THE BEAT GOES ON.
Jonah has made people laugh on Fox’s long-running animated hit FAMILY GUY, Mitch Hurwitz’s RUNNING WILDE, NBC’s PARKS AND RECREATION, and Cartoon Network’s ANNOYING ORANGE. He most recently wrote for the short-lived NBC sitcom MR. ROBINSON, starring Craig Robinson. Jonah is currently a co-writer/music supervisor/executive producer of ZOMBO, an undead musical TV adventure.
As a lyricist/composer, Jonah is currently writing a musical adaptation of Lois Lowry’s international best-seller THE GIVER with collaborators Andrew Resnick and Martin Zimmerman. The show had its first successful reading this past year and the team is hard at work on the next draft!
As a singer and instrumentalist, Jonah has appeared on stages across the US, from 54/Below in NYC to Philly’s Trocadero to The Troubadour in Hollywood. He has performed his own genre-busting solo show for many audiences, most recently at the Gordon Center in Baltimore and a sold-out show on his home turf at LA’s Rockwell Table & Stage.
As a vocal arranger, Jonah has created dozens of lush arrangements in his unique signature vocal style, many of them for nationally acclaimed collegiate a cappella group UPENN OFF THE BEAT, for whom he produced several albums, winning multiple Contemporary A Capella Recording Awards for each.
He has arranged vocals for numerous other projects, including THE ALBUM PROJECT: JAGGED LITTLE PILL,  a show he co-conceived, musically directed, and orchestrated at  Rockwell Table & Stage. Building on this work, Jonah most recently assisted music supervisor Tom Kitt on the new musical JAGGED LITTLE PILL, currently having its world premiere at Boston’s A.R.T. this spring.
As a producer and director, Jonah has used his creative artistry to enhance a variety of projects with many different collaborators.
Most recently, he directed the critically lauded DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD at The Blank Theater in LA, which was twice extended and award a Hollywood Fringe Festival Encore Selection. He also directed and produced ONE NIGHT STAND: AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL, which performed completely improvised musicals around the world, including sold-out runs at Hollywood’s Hudson Theater, the New York Musical Theater Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – the largest performing arts festival in the world.
Jonah is also the former President of Starlight Studios, where he oversaw the development of many different projects, including the animated short COLD FEET, short films BAT MITZVAH CONFIDENTIAL and STEALING SUBURBIA, a commercial for social media giant Snapchat, and the music video for Sage and the Saints’ TAKE ME TO THE SOUTH, directed by Kristen Stewart.
He is currently co-producing an unscripted political docuseries with 44Blue Productions, and a bio-musical of Hollywood legend James Dean with Prospect House Entertainment.

Jonah Platt: Part 1 ”Just Keep Going”

Jonah (jonahplatt.com)(IG:@jonahplatt) continues to carve out his place on stages from Hollywood to Broadway, as well as on the silver screen. He’s most well known for his recent star turn as “Fiyero” in the Broadway blockbuster WICKED, in addition to his breakout performance as “Woof” in HAIR at the Hollywood Bowl, “Homer” in the Ovation-winningFLOYD COLLINS at La Mirada, and “Jason” in the award-winning Los Angeles revival of BARE.
On television, Jonah most recently appeared in NBC’s critically acclaimed JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE starring John Legend and the season 9 finale of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM. Other favorites include PARENTHOOD, SING IT ON, and Jonah’s scene-stealing Frat Boy in the series finale of NBC’s beloved series THE OFFICE.
This spring, Jonah will originate the role of “Marty” in the World Premiere musical A WALK ON THE MOON, at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater.
Jonah will also voice a new recurring character, the relentlessly positive “Milton Moss” on an upcoming season of Netflix’s hit animated series, TROLLS: THE BEAT GOES ON.
Jonah has made people laugh on Fox’s long-running animated hit FAMILY GUY, Mitch Hurwitz’s RUNNING WILDE, NBC’s PARKS AND RECREATION, and Cartoon Network’s ANNOYING ORANGE. He most recently wrote for the short-lived NBC sitcom MR. ROBINSON, starring Craig Robinson. Jonah is currently a co-writer/music supervisor/executive producer of ZOMBO, an undead musical TV adventure.
As a lyricist/composer, Jonah is currently writing a musical adaptation of Lois Lowry’s international best-seller THE GIVER with collaborators Andrew Resnick and Martin Zimmerman. The show had its first successful reading this past year and the team is hard at work on the next draft!
As a singer and instrumentalist, Jonah has appeared on stages across the US, from 54/Below in NYC to Philly’s Trocadero to The Troubadour in Hollywood. He has performed his own genre-busting solo show for many audiences, most recently at the Gordon Center in Baltimore and a sold-out show on his home turf at LA’s Rockwell Table & Stage.
As a vocal arranger, Jonah has created dozens of lush arrangements in his unique signature vocal style, many of them for nationally acclaimed collegiate a cappella group UPENN OFF THE BEAT, for whom he produced several albums, winning multiple Contemporary A Capella Recording Awards for each.
He has arranged vocals for numerous other projects, including THE ALBUM PROJECT: JAGGED LITTLE PILL,  a show he co-conceived, musically directed, and orchestrated at  Rockwell Table & Stage. Building on this work, Jonah most recently assisted music supervisor Tom Kitt on the new musical JAGGED LITTLE PILL, currently having its world premiere at Boston’s A.R.T. this spring.
As a producer and director, Jonah has used his creative artistry to enhance a variety of projects with many different collaborators.
Most recently, he directed the critically lauded DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD at The Blank Theater in LA, which was twice extended and award a Hollywood Fringe Festival Encore Selection. He also directed and produced ONE NIGHT STAND: AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL, which performed completely improvised musicals around the world, including sold-out runs at Hollywood’s Hudson Theater, the New York Musical Theater Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – the largest performing arts festival in the world.
Jonah is also the former President of Starlight Studios, where he oversaw the development of many different projects, including the animated short COLD FEET, short films BAT MITZVAH CONFIDENTIAL and STEALING SUBURBIA, a commercial for social media giant Snapchat, and the music video for Sage and the Saints’ TAKE ME TO THE SOUTH, directed by Kristen Stewart.
He is currently co-producing an unscripted political docuseries with 44Blue Productions, and a bio-musical of Hollywood legend James Dean with Prospect House Entertainment.
 

”Karma Was Never Meant To Be A Punishment, It’s A Reminder For The Soul.” CorBen Williams PART 2

CorBen Williams (corbenwilliams.com)(IG:@1corben) is an actor based professionally out of New York City. Born and reared in North Pole, Alaska he attended New York Film Academy professional conservatory program, where he majored in Musical Theatre and Acting for Film. With additional schooling and training from UNCSA school of Dance (High School), NYCDA, Edge Performing Art Center, Millenium Dance Complex, Broadway Dance Center, and Steps on Broadway.
He most recently made his debut at Goodspeed Musical in their production of Meredith Wilson’s production of The Music Man as Davey Brit featured ensemble dancer. Via RWS workshopped Night Spot dir/chor. by Jesse Robb, His Song dir/chor. by Robin Levine, and Million Dreams dir/chor. by Chip Abbott for RWS Entertainment Group. He performed the role of T.J. in Westchester Broadway Theatre’s production of Sister Act. Working with the iconic Disney Cruise Line aboard the Disney Wonder, portrayed Simba in the Golden Mickeys, and Grand Pabbie in Frozen A Musical Spectacular.