Shelley Berman has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 6 authors, with an average listener rating of 3★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is The Waldorf Conference.
The Waldorf Conference
Summary
On November 24, 1947, the most powerful men in American film met in New York’s plush Waldorf-Astoria Hotel to decide how to address the Communist witch-hunt being carried out by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Twenty-four hours later, they emerged having created the Hollywood Blacklist. The Waldorf Conference dramatically speculates on what went on in that room.
©2009 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2009 L.A. Theatre Works
In the Moonlight Eddie
Summary
Playwright Gil Landau is finally experiencing a Broadway smash after many years of draught and disaster. Gil has finally produced an overnight sensation, but his reverie quickly turns to panic when rumors begin circulating about the questionable authorship of his play. Adding to the mix is an unscrupulous agent, a boozy leading lady, and Gil's estranged son, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown after attempting to leap from the top of a building. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Shelley Berman, Jonathan Emerson, Lyvingston Holmes, Bill Macy, Rita Moreno, and William O'Leary. Directed by Dorothy Lyman. Recorded before a live audience.
©2012 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2012 L.A. Theatre Works
To Laughter with Questions
Summary
What is a comedian doing writing poetry? I often ask myself the same question. I suppose it's just something I can't help doing. In fact, I have always written. As a kid growing up in Chicago, I wrote stories for my own amusement. Later, when work as an actor was scarce, I wrote for Steve Allen. Along the way, I read and appreciated poetry, but never really tried my hand at writing it until late in my "other" career, teaching writing in USC's Master of Professional Writing program. From there, I continued to write on any subject that caught my fancy. At last, I had enough poems to put together to create this collection. In it you will find poems of all sorts, serious, not-so-serious, poems to teach and poems to amuse. Most of my poetry is free verse, although you will also find a few rhyming poems, one trying to teach iambic pentameter, and a few limericks. All of it, however, comes from my own experience. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it. -Shelley Berman Shelly Berman is a Grammy Award and three-time gold record award-winning comedian, and an Emmy Award-nominated actor with hundreds of stage, film and television appearances to his credit. He has authored three books, two plays, several TV pilot scripts, and numerous poems, many of which are being presented for the first time in this collection. For over twenty years, Shelley taught humor writing in the Master of Professional Writing program at the University of Southern California, where he is now a Lecturer Emeritus. He lives in Bell Canyon, California with his wife, Sarah.
©2013 Shelley Berman (P)2013 BearManor Media
The Magic Barrel
Summary
From the author of The Natural comes a classic short story about a young rabbinical student and his fateful encounter with an enigmatic matchmaker. A co-production with the National Jewish Theater. Recorded before a live audience at Chicago’s Guest Quarters Suite Hotel in July 1992. Adapted and Directed by Arnold Aprill Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Shelley Berman as Salzman David Cromer as Leo Finkle Marge Kotlisky as Mrs. Salzman Naama Potok as Lily Hirschorn Malcolm Rothman as The Narrator Jensen Wheeler as Stella Radio Producer: Robert Neuhaus Recording Engineer: Larry Rock
©1992 L.A. Theatre Works (P)1992 L.A. Theatre Works