Harvey Brownstone Interviews Renowned Actor & Director, Robby Benson

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Renowned Actor & Director, Robby BensonAbout Harvey's guest:Today’s guest, Robby Benson, is a popular and beloved show business veteran who has literally done it all from the time he was a child star. He’s an actor, director, writer, composer, lyricist, educator, filmmaker and best selling author. On Broadway, he appeared in “Zelda”, “The Rothschilds” and “The Pirates of Penzance”.  In the movies, you’ve seen him in “Jeremy”, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. He also starred in “Lucky Lady”, “Ode to Billy Joe”, “One on One”, which he also wrote, “Ice Castles”, “Tribute”, “The Chosen”, “Running Brave”, “Modern Love”, which he also wrote and directed, and many more. And of course, he’s been immortalized as the voice of “Beast” in the Disney blockbuster Oscar-winning movie, “Beauty and the Beast”.   On television, he’s appeared in dozens of shows, movies and miniseries including “Death Be Not Proud”, “The Last of Mrs. Lincoln”, “The Death of Richie”, “Our Town”, “Two of a Kind”, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, “Homewrecker”, “Precious Victims”, “American Dreams”, “Brave New World”, “A Feeling of Home”, and most recently, he can be seen in Season 2 of the popular Apple TV hit series, “Severance”. Our guest has also directed over a hundred episodes of top 10 TV shows including “Ellen”, “Friends”, “Dharma & Greg”, “The Naked Truth”, “Sabrina The Teenage Witch”, “Evening Shade” and “Dream On”, for which he was nominated for a Cable Ace Award for Best Director of a Comedy Series. As a composer, he’s written many movie scores, and together with his wife, the brilliant music superstar Karla DeVito, he co-wrote the hit song “We are Not Alone” from the movie, “The Breakfast Club”, AND the wonderful song “Nobody Makes Me Crazy” recorded by Diana Ross on her “Swept Away” album. Our guest also wrote the libretto and composed the music for the critically acclaimed musical, “Open Heart”.  Our guest is also an award-winning professor of filmmaking, having taught at The University of Utah, the University of South Carolina and NYU. And if all of that weren’t enough, he's written TWO best selling books – a novel entitled, “Who Stole The Funny?”, and a highly compelling and very poignant memoir entitled, “I’m Not Dead Yet”, which chronicles not only his amazing career, but his miraculous journey as a survivor of FOUR open heart surgeries. For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/To learn more about Robby Benson, go to:http://www.robbybenson.com/https://www.facebook.com/robinbenson.eeeooo/https://www.instagram.com/realrobbybensonhttps://twitter.com/Robby_Bensonhttps://www.youtube.com/c/RobbyBensoneohttps://open.spotify.com/artist/3QcGV278a6mmLRTOK29WBPhttps://music.apple.com/us/artist/robby-benson@harveybrownstone,#harveybrownstone,@harveybrownstoneinterviews,#harveybrownstoneinterviews,#robbybenson,@robbybenson,#robinbenson.eeeooo,@robinbenson.eeeooo,@realrobbybenson,#Jeremy,#LuckyLady,#OdetoBillyJoe,#OneonOne,#IceCastles,#Tribute,#TheChosen,#RunningBrave,#BeautyandtheBeast,#DeathBeNotProud,#TheLastofMrsLincoln,#TheDeathofRichie,#OurTown,#TwoofaKind,#AmericanDreams,#BraveNewWorld,#AFeelingofHome,#Ellen,#Friends,#I’mNotDeadYet,#heartdisease,#heartsurgery,#TheGodfather2,#JackLemmon,#GeorgeBurns,#BurtReynolds,#EllenDeGeneris,#JohnRitterAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy