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Phil Potempa on The Lady with All the Answers

Lakeshore Public Media | By Tom Lounges
Published July 17, 2018 at 9:53 PM CDT
provided by Pat Kremer/TATC

This edition of "MIDWEST BEAT with Tom Lounges originally aired on JULY 13, 2018 on 89.1FM - Lakeshore Public Radio.

IN-STUDIO GUEST:   

PHIL POTEMPA

 

PHIL POTEMPA is a book author, journalist and marekting director of Theatre At The Center (TATC) in Munster.   Phil guests on this program to discuss not only TATC's latest production "Ann Landers: The Lady With All the Answers" --starring actress Janet Ulrich Brooks -- but also his personal connection to the late advice columnist and her family.   

Potempa's personal memoriabilia collection of famous Hollywood and Vintage Media artifacts are on display during the run of this production in an exhibit titled, "MAKING HEADLINES." that includes not only items pertaining to Landers, but also Walter Winchell, Hedda Hopper, and other print media legends.

More: www.theatreatthecenter.com
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Arts & Culture Theatre at the CenterMunster Performing Arts CenterMidwest BEATPhil PotempaAnn LandersDear AbbyCommunity TheatreJanet Ulrich Brooks
Tom Lounges
Tom Lounges has been a region radio personality and a music journalist since 1979. For the last 35-years, he has been reporting on entertainment as a weekly columnist and feature writer for The Times newspaper. He was also publisher and editor of the monthly tri-state entertainment magazine ("Midwest BEAT Magazine") for over two decades, he has written hundreds of features for numerous national glossy magazines over the decades, and he wrote "Liner Notes" for over a dozen albums release by Sony Records.
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