Michael Alden: The Gift of Not Running Away

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I hope you enjoy this episode with my friend and colleague
Michael Alden as much as I did. Although his resume reads like a
who’s who of the entertainment industry, I invited him to speak
with me because I’ve had the great pleasure of knowing Michael on
a personal level and wanted to offer you the chance to learn
about someone who is not only a great proponent of the arts but a
thoughtful human being who strives to live a meaningful life of
purpose. 

I’m certain that you will enjoy the rare insights into his
journey from inventory boy to vice president of post production
at MGM and so much more!


The episode was recorded on  January 21st. 


Michael Alden is a Tony Award nominated Producer whose
career spans live theatre, cinema and television. He has been
represented in the West End with David Seidler’s original play
The King’s Speech and Bat Boy The Musical. On Broadway: Come From
Away (2017 Tony Nomination & Olivier Winner for Best
Musical),  Disgraced (2015 Tony Nomination for Best Play,
2013 Pulitzer Prize – Drama) Grey Gardens (2007 Tony Nomination
for Best Musical) and Bridge & Tunnel (Special Tony Award).


His off Broadway and regional works include Not That Jewish,
Becoming Dr. Ruth, Admit One, the Brochu-Schalchlin musical The
Last Session, Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell, the Los
Angeles productions of Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly,  and
Theresa Rebeck’s Bad Dates directed by Judith Ivey.  


Alden's film works include: Just Cause with Sean Connery, the
fashion forward documentary UnZipped for Mirimax, Stephen
Daldry’s The Hours, the multi-award winning feature comedy
Kissing Jessica Stein and Ralph Ziman’s foreign feature film The
Zookeeper starring Sam Neill.


His current 2020/21 fil


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