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Gary Zabinski – Page 8

Booth One

Adventures in the art of Lively Conversation

Stars & Constellations – Actor Jon Michael Hill – Episode 35

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Gary and Roscoe’s “little grey cells” get a workout when rising star and Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member Jon Michael Hill Read Bio visits the show. Coming to you remotely from the new 80-seat 1700 Theatre performance space at Steppenwolf. Jon is currently starring in Constellations by Nick Payne at the Upstairs Theater at Steppenwolf, along with…

We Ought To Be in Pictures – with Photographer Marc Hauser – Episode 34

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Coming to you from the Chicago studio of famed photographer Marc Hauser, this edition of Booth One focuses (no pun intended) on Marc’s work over 5 decades of taking celebrity portraits around the world. Along the way, we discuss his inspiring journey and the meaning of life. Marc began taking photographs as a teenager in…

Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf – Episode 33

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Gary and Roscoe weren’t able to get Blanche, Willy, George or Martha on the show this week, so they have to depend on the kindness of strangers. More on that in a minute, but first…. The strangest stranger of all, Carly “Lilith” Fiorina, took only 6 days to bring Ted Cruz‘s presidential campaign to ruin…


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Chatting with Chita – Rivera, that is! – Episode 32

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Yes, Chita Rivera! Roscoe and Gary sit down with the musical theatre legend in her room at the Carlyle Hotel for an intimate chat about dance, her career, Kander & Ebb, and a host of other engaging topics. The two-time Tony Award winner – for The Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman – has…


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Sister Helen Prejean – Episode 31

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An Exclusive Interview with Sister Helen Prejean is the Topic of our Booth One Podcast this Week. Sister Helen is in town in support of the Quality of Mercy Project, a three-month public programming initiative examining the complex issues that arise from the production of Dead Man Walking: forgiveness, compassion, the death penalty, mass incarceration,…


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When Co-Hosts Are Two Of a Kind – Episode 30

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“Meet Gary who’s lived most everywhere, from NYC to Lincoln Square. But Roscoe’s only seen the sights a boy can see from Ashland heights. What a crazy pair!” Our revised lyrics to The Patty Duke Show theme song are an opening homage to the great Patty Duke who passed away this week. Oscar winner at…


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Of Easter and Elephants – Episode 29

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This is Booth One’s second Easter holiday for Gary and Roscoe, having just passed the first anniversary of our podcast. Ross reprises his hilarious story of appearing as a young child in a photo in the Niles Daily Sun  (Michigan) searching for an Easter Egg in the bushes with his “hind-end” in focus. We appeal…


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Hail to the Secret Lives of Objects – Episode 28

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Gary and Roscoe share two astounding Booth One experiences, both figuratively and literally, on this week’s episode. But first, Gary profiles the free diver who claims he hypnotized a shark in order to remove a fishing hook caught in its mouth. Talk about a fish tale. Read how to hypnotize a shark!We’re not sure we…


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In The Center Ring with David Catlin and Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi – Episode 27

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Gary and Roscoe have Spring Fever, and it isn’t even Spring! Full Lyrics They’re frisky and spinning daydreams as we begin our second year of Booth One podcasts with two special guests this week. Firstly, on a sad note, erstwhile BFF of Gary’s, Carly Fiorina (formerly Carlton S.), has laid her primary campaign to rest. After…


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A Life in the Theater – Rick Boynton, Creative Producer at Chicago Shakespeare – Episode 26

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Gary and Roscoe welcome Chicago Shakepeare Theatre’s Creative Producer Rick Boynton to the show! First a recap of those Republican candidates who have dropped from the race in the wake of the Iowa caucuses – Huckabee, Santorum and Paul. Gary’s “girlfriend” Carly Fiorina has nary a pulse and the smart money is on her taking…


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