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  • Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, September 11 at 2:30 pm with guest author Harvey Kubernik (Screen Gems: Pop Music Documentaries and Rock and Roll TV Scenes)

    Host Donna Walker welcomes guest, author Harvey Kubernik to talk about his latest book, "Screen Gems: Pop Music Documentaries and Rock and Roll TV Scenes," Mickey Dolenz, and his life long love of the Monkees. As the sole remaining Monkee, Mickey Dolenz celebrates their 60th Anniversary continuing his tour here in L.A. at the United Theatre on September 12. We talk about the origins of their Emmy Award winning series and ask the question all inquiring Monkees fans want to know, "Why aren't the Monkees in the Rock and Role Hall of Fame?"

    Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, September 10, 2026

  • LA Theatre Works, Sunday, September 13 at 10:00 pm, "The Physicists" Starring Gregory Itzin, Harry Groener, and Bruce Davison

    In Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play, Johann Möbius, the world’s greatest physicist, is locked away in a madhouse along with two other scientists. Why? Because he is haunted by recurring visions of King Solomon, and the other two are convinced they are Einstein and Newton. But are these three actually mad? Or are they playing a murderous game with the world at stake? This darkly comic satire probes the cost of sanity among men of science and whether it is the mad who are the truly sane. Includes an interview with Richard Rhodes, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Making of the Atomic Bomb.

    Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, September 8, 2026

  • Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 2:00 pm with guest writer, comedian and founding member of The Groundlings Tracy Newman

    Phil and Ted welcome writer, director, producer, comedian, and singer-songwriter Tracy Newman, discussing the current state of TV for writers and producers. Her Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning television writing credits include Cheers, The Nanny, The Drew Carey Show, and Ellen. In 2001, Newman and her creative partner Jonathan Stark created the sitcom According to Jim, starring Jim Belushi. As a musician, she's the lead singer/songwriter of the folk band Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements. Tracy and her sister, SNL OG Laraine Newman, are founding members of the improvisational theater troupe The Groundlings. Tracy sings a song of hope. Plus! Firesign Theatre's classic, "Nick Danger Third Eye."

    Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, September 3, 2026

  • Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, September 4 at 2:30 pm, Guest Filmmaker John Scheinfeld on his latest film "Baseball: Beyond Belief"

    Host Donna Walker welcomes documentary filmmaker John Scheinfeld ("Herb Alpert Is...," "Sergio Mendes: In the Key of Joy," "The U.S. Versus John Lennon," "Chasing Trane", "What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat, and Tears?") to talk about his latest film celebrating America's past time, "Baseball: Beyond Belief" which examines baseball as a religious experience and how faith and baseball intertwine. Based on John Sexton's NY Times Bestseller, "Baseball as a Road to God, Seeing Beyond the Game," it features both religious experts as well as baseball all-stars including Hall of Fame manager and player Joe Torre. "Ya Gotta Believe!"

    Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, September 3, 2026

  • LA Theatre Works, Sunday, September 6 at 10:00 pm, Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo" Starring Mercedes Ruehl and Anthony LaPaglia

    In the wake of World War II, a poor widow named Serafina lives with her only daughter Rosa in a Sicilian community on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. As Rosa grows to maturity, Serafina is forced to reconcile the values of the New World with the deeply-held pain of her past. This L.A. Theatre Works recording reunites Mercedes Ruehl and Anthony LaPaglia, who starred in the 1995 Broadway production that earned a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, and Drama Desk Awards for both actors.

    Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, September 1, 2026


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