Independent Arts News Reporting Julian Schlossberg Releases "My First Book – Part 2, A Producer's Life Continues"
Reported on Thursday, August 1, 2024
Pictured Above: Julian Schlossberg. Photo Credit: Contributed.
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The kid from the Bronx is back with a new memoir…and he’s got more fabulous showbiz stories to tell
New York, NY – My First Book – Part 2 is another must-read for film, television, and theater enthusiasts alike. Julian Schlossberg is a Broadway, Off-Broadway, film and TV producer; a radio and TV host; and documentarian. With his latest memoir, Julian looks back on his six decades in show business with a cast of characters including friends and collaborators Mel Brooks, Charlton Heston, Warren Beatty, George C. Scott, Paddy Chayefsky, Elia Kazan, Arthur Penn, Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Zero Mostel, Woody Allen, Peter Falk, Jackie Mason, Danny Aiello, Eli Wallach, and F. Murray Abraham …to name a few. Written with engaging humor and behind-the-scenes, never-before-told anecdotes, you don’t need to have read Julian’s first book to love My First Book – Part 2.
Pictured Above: Julian Schlossberg’s taxicab license. Photo Credit: Contributed.
The new memoir features a foreword by the Academy and Tony Award Winner Elaine May, and features chapters by Emmy Award winners Marlo Thomas, Renée Taylor and others who reflect on their collaborations and long friendships with this one-of-kind gentleman producer. (…They don’t make ‘em like that anymore.)
Pictured Above: Schlossberg’s latest book, now available in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook read by the author. Photo Credit: Contributed.
“When I completed my first book, readers and journalists asked many questions about my career and my personal life. I suddenly realized just how many stories I never shared in my first book,” says Schlossberg. “The more I shared these stories, the more people seemed to engage. For me, these were just my recollections. But people seemed to be entertained. So I started to write these stories down. Then I had a chapter. Then two.. The mind is a funny thing: one story or event or idea leads to another. What was born was a new memoir.”
Pictured Above: A Sardi’s book launch is planned with Elaine May in conversation with Julian Schlossberg, with guests Carol Kane, Lee Grant, Susan Stroman and Renée Taylor. Photo Credit: Contributed.
later this month, a private release event for My First Book – Part 2, featuring Elaine May in conversation with Schlossberg at Sardi’s (234 W. 44th Street). The event will feature readings from the book by the author, and special guest appearances by award-winning actresses Carol Kane, Lee Grant, Renée Taylor, and five-time Tony Award winning director/choreographer Susan Stroman.
Pictured Above: Julian Schlossberg in 1978. Photo Credit: Contributed.
Julian sits down with stars of film, television and Broadway with his “Julian Schlossberg's MovieTalk” podcast.
Fans of the nationally syndicated radio program, “Julian Schlossberg’s MovieTalk” can now enjoy the podcast reboot. While working as an entertainment executive, Schlossberg hosted “MovieTalk,” a nationally syndicated radio program on WMCA and, subsequently, on WOR. For nearly a decade, he interviewed hundreds of stars (many of whom rarely did interviews). Earlier this year, “Julian Schlossberg’s MovieTalk” relaunched as a podcast, produced by Audivita Studios, a podcast and audiobook production company. The unique series features interviews with stars, writers, directors, producers, including F. Murray Abraham, Richard Benjamin, Alan Alda, Sandy Duncan, Steve Guttenberg, Eddie Izzard, Carol Kane, Robert Klein, David Mamet, Ben Mankiewicz, David Hyde Pierce, Isabella Rossellini, Martin Sheen, Marlo Thomas and Twiggy. Julian’s upcoming episodes will feature conversations with John Badham, Matthew Broderick, Dick Cavett, Joanna Gleason, John Kander, Hal Linden, Eddie Muller, Don Scardino, and more. Listeners can subscribe or access new audio episodes at JulianSchlossbergproducer.com, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other popular podcast websites. The video podcast is available from from the “Julian Schlossberg’s MovieTalk” YouTube channel.
