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The Board of Governors of the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Welcomes you to The Gold and Silver Circle Inductee Luncheon April 15, 2007 Rancho Mirage, California

The Gold Circle honors those with 50 years of service to the television industry. To date only 42 NATAS members in the U.S. have been inducted into this distinctive honor roll.

William Asher'

Director, Producer

Kaye Ballard· Singer, Actress, Comedian, Author Velma Dawson· Sidney Sheldon'

tstablished

In Memoriam'

Marionette Designer Writer, Creator, Producer, Author

in 1983, the Silver Circle honors members of the television industry

who have contributed 25 years to the industry. To date only 201 NATAS-PSW members have been inducted into this distinctive honor roll.

Judith Chapman' David Garcia'

Actress, Director News Anchor

David Lee· Writer, Creator, Producer, Director

The Gold and Silver Circle Program

Reception Bill Marx at the piano

Gold and Silver Circle Awards Presentation f-josted by f-jal Linden and Bryce Zabel

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Barbara tden Tribute to Sidney Sheldon Barbaro tden, everyone's favorite Jeannie, is one of America's most endearing stars. In 1964, when Sidney Sheldon created, I Dream of Jeannie,

Barbara was the perfect

choice as the perky, sassy character with mogical powers. 'jeannie" has been airing globally for more than four decades and is currently seen on the TV Land network 14 times weekly. Barbara received Golden Globe nominations for her engaging memorable performance os 'jeannie." ~ram her high school days in San ~rancisco Barbara tden had a goal: to succeed in show business. tncouraged family, Barbara studied drama and then music at the prestigious San ~rancisco Conservatory.

by her

She sang with bands on the

weekends and paid her college tuition by working in a pantomime act with vaudevillian comedian Charlie Iioffman. An accomplished actress and musicol entertainer Barbara has starred in a score of feature films, five network television series, 15 top rated television films and has headlined at many top rated hotel resorts and cosinos as well as on concert stages and theatres across the country.

~al Linden Silver Circle I-lost Tony Winner' Three Time [mmy Recipient Nine [mmy Nominations . ~ive Golden Globe Nominations I-lol Linden is on actor, singer and musician who has eorned three [mmys, five Golden Globe Nominations and Broadway's highest accolade, the Tony, for his lead role in The Rothschilds.

The versatile stor easily shifts from roles in theotricol and TV films to projects

for the legitimate stage and performances

in the world's finest venues.

During the last few years, Linden has been very busy. In addition to symphonic concerts around the country, he appeared the Broadway productions of Cabaret,

The Gathering

and The Sisters Rosensweig.

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I-lis television credits include Come

To Papa, Jack's Place, Law and Order and a movie of the week, The Glow. And, of course, who could forget I-lal Linden as the star of the enormously popular TV series Barney Miller, where he earned seven [mmy nominations for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. I-le completed the national 19 week !-lal Linden Tour, which was a smashing success, starred in the CBS series The Boys Are Bock, appeared off Broadway in Visiting Mr.Green,

played Scrooge in A Christmas

Corol at

Madison Square Gorden, and starred with Jack Lemmon and Walter Mattheau in Out To Seo. Some of his other accomplishments

include 44 weeks on Broadway as a cantanKerous octogenorian

in I'm Not Rappaport,

critical kudos for

his role as Alan Ald"s sexy, shallow sideKick in the Paramount feature, A New Life, a nine-city tour in Man Of Lo Mancha and concert dotes ronging from performances with Dallas, SI. Louis and Atlanta Symphonies (he ploys Mozort on the clarinet) to appearances

in Las Vegas, Reno and Atlantic City. The Linden's live full time in La Quinta.

Bryce Zabel Special Tribute to Sidney Sheldon and Gald Circle liost Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

CNN correspondent-turned-screenwriter of produced mini-series. Pandemic,

Bryce Zabel has just completed the third in a trio the story of a Killer influenza which forces the

2007, follOWing the successful pirote adventure 2006, both on l-lallmarK. The disaster epic The Poseidon Adventure in 2005. ~rom 2001 to 20m, Zabel served as Chairman/Cm of the

quarantine of Las Angeles, airs in May Blackbeard, aired an NBC

from

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, taking office when 9/11 forced the cancellation of the primetime [mmys not once, but twice. I-le also led the negotiations which resulted in a

250% increase

in the [mmy

telecost license fee. Zabel has just completed a term as an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, teaching the groduate class, Produce or Perish! I-le has received the Writers Guild on-screen "created by" or "developed by" credit on five TV drama series including [N.G., Kay O'Brien, Stairway

and M.A.NII.S.,

plus two that will be released as DVD box sets in 2007

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Dark Skies, and The Crow:

to I-leaven. Rising from free lancer to showrunner, his other series worK includes L.A. Low, and Lois and Clark:

The New Adventures Annihilation,

of Superman.

I-le has received writing credit on two produced features, Mortal Kombal:

and most recently, Atlantis:

The Lost [mpire. Twice nominated by the WGA for outstanding

Zabel's worK has also been nominated by the Mystery Writers of Americo, tnvironmental

screenwriting,

Media Association, and LA Area

tmmy Awards. Coming to Los Angeles as an on-air reporter, he wan severo I broadcost news awards for investigative journalism. Besides introducing Walter Cronkite and Tom I-lanks on the tmmys, he has also appeared on shows ranging from The Today Show to Politically Incorred,

been quoted in publicotions from Time to The New York Times ond, os an

essayist. written for magazines like Daily Variety and Television Week. Zabel's blog, For What It's Worth: Dispatches From the Culture War, has been widely quoted by other media, including Slate, Salon, and The I-luffington be read at http://bztv.typepad_com.

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William Asher tmmy Award Winning Director Producer ~ifteen years of tmmy-Winning TelevisionSeries in the Neilsen Top

10 At 16, Bill'sfather died suddenly, the family moved to New York and Asher made his way back to I-lollywoodand got a job at Universal Studios in the mailroom for $12.00 a week. Bill made the studio's ten soundstages his classrooms; instructors were the directors, cinematographers and editors. WW II was Bill's "University" graduate studies. When he returned to I-lollywoodit was as an tditor and Cameraman. Television started with directing assignments on Big Town and The Colgate Comedy I-lour, Bill'swork on the series Racket Squad so impressed CBS Vice President I-lorry Ackerman that they hired Bill to direct the pilot on a new comedy Our Miss Brooks. Desi Arnoz took notice of the seamless direction on the new pilot and wooed Asher to direct the second season of I Love Lucy. I-lisfirst Lucy show was the classic candy factory episode. Bill stayed on for 103 Lucy episodes, almost the entire series run, overseeing unforgettable years of television including the birth of Little Ricky,Lucy's escapades in I-lollywoodand the final batch of I Love Lucy episodes where the Ricardo's move to the country.No other director in Lucille Ball's career would direct her in so many episodes. Bill'sflair for orchestrating physical comedy would be the hallmark of I Love Lucy and many more of Bill'sdirectorial assignments. Bill received the first of his many tmmy Nominations and tmmy wins for I Love Lucy starting with 1953 and 1954 tmmys for Best Situation Comedy. Desi Arnaz was so impressed with Bill'swork that a Desilu production hardly ever went on the air without Bill'stouch including Make Room for Daddy, where he was honored with another tmmy for Best New Program. December Bride, another Desilu hit was fine tuned by Bill.The mid 1950's Bill took on other television praductions such as Jane Wyman's ~ireside Theatre, ~ibber McGee and Molly, The Thin Man and he won another tmmy for the Dinah Shore Chevy Show. In1961, BillAsher staged and directed President John ~. Kennedy's Inaugural Gala, produced by ~rank Sinatra. That spring he did the same for the President's surprise birthday celebration where Marilyn Monroe sang. The fall of 1963 marked the launch of The Pally Duke Show written and created by Sidney Sheldon. That September Bewitched premiered on ABC. It was the network's biggest hit. Bewitched marked the start of an eight year run comprising 254 episodes. Billdirected more than half of the shows and received another tmmy for Best Comedy Direction in 1966. The 60's also saw the debut of his Beach Blanket Bingo ~ilms and the new series Gidget launching the television career of Academy Award, Golden Globe, and tmmy award winning Actress Sally ~ield. The final episode of Bewitched aired in July 1972. Billwas nominated for four more tmmy's and won in 1966 for Directorial Achievement in Comedy. Two months later Billwas back on the air with The Paul Lynde Show, Temperatures Rising and Marcus Welby M.D. Next came Alice; the critically-acclaimed tmmy winning show debuted in 1976 and Asher directed 27 episodes followed by directing and producing The Dukes of I-lazzard. Bill has brought countless of hours of entertainment to television audiences all aver the world yet he has always found time for his six children, Liane, Brian, Billy,Robert. Rebecca and John and is the proud Step-~ather of Charlie, Mary, Merritt and David. I-le and he wife Meredith have been active in multiple Palm Springs Area Based Charities such as Animal Samaritans SPCA, The Pegasus Riding Academy for the I-landicapped, Act for M.S., Gilda's Club and The International ~ilm ~estival.

Kaye Ballard Singer Actress Comedian Author

Vaudeville.Stage. Radio. ~ilmand Televisionand naw Author. Kaye Ballard has spent 60 years plus entertaining in every medium. The multi-talented Ballard was born in 1926 in Cleveland. Ohio. She has been on the cover 01 Life Magazine twice. TV Guide and sipped tea in the Bronx with Mother Teresa.

When she was live she knew she wanted to be a perlormer. ~ven belore graduatinglrom ~igh School Kaye lound work doing imitations 01 her lavorite stars in her native Cleveland. ~er lirst jobs came in 1943 as a club oct lor Chin's Chinese Restaurant. and a singer lor USO Stage Door Canteen. Then she worked with "Spike Janes" and his Orchestra as a singer and a comedienne. ~er lirsttaste

01 Broadway was in 1946

in Three to Get Ready.

She has perlormed in every medium in the entertainment industry Irom radio and television to Broadway and leature lilms. One

01 her lavorite stage

perlormances was at the Prince 01 Wales Theatre in London.

Kayes television work includes appearances on talk and variety shows including The Jack Parr Show. The Tonight Show. The Steve Allen Shaw. The ~d Sullivan Show. The Perry Como Show. The Kraft Music Hall. as a regular. The Mel Torme Show. Kraft Televisian Theatre. The Merv Griffin Show. as a regula.r.The Carol Burnett Show. Rowan and Martin's laugh-In. The Colgate Comedy Hour. The Mike Douglas Show. and The Muppets.

Kaye was cost in a starring role opposite [ve Arden in the series. The Mothers-in-law. The duo made the cover of TV Guide. She also guest starred on Here's Lucy. Love American Style. The Match Game. Police Story. and Fantasy Island. She then appeared on Trapper John MD. The Love Boat. Night of 1000

Stars. The Hollywood Palace. The

Leslie Uggams Show. Boomer Television. What a Dummy. Super Mario Brothers. All My Children. The Rosie O'Donnell Shaw and the A&[ Biography Series Doris Day.

Turning 80 in the new millenniumhas not stopped Kaye Bollard's work schedule. Most recently Kay has been seen in feature lilms The Million Dollar Kid and little Insects. She has performed in touring stage versions of The Full Monty. Nunsense and Funny Girl and was recently seen on The View promoting her new book How I Lost 10 Pounds in 53 Years. Kaye is a permanent resident of Rancho Mirage where she purchased the Desi Arnaz home. She actively supports the McCallum Theatre lor the Performing Arts and The Actors lund.

ReDesigner I-lowdyDoody Morionette The ~irst Nationolly Televised Children's Show

A smoll nymph of a lady, Velma Dawson has been on aclress, ceramist, dancer, designer, painter and most importantly a puppeteer. I-ler fascination with puppets and marionettes in particular began in her teens when she saw a puppet show on Los Angeles' Olivera Street.

Smitten by the art farm, Velma immediately began creating her awn puppets with varying degrees of success. A bad "I-lowto Boak" was na help, trial and errors were her best teachers. Soan Velma had a full set af puppets. I-ler troop included hand puppets and the sophticated string controlled marianettes. Performances, at first were held in a specially made theatre at her hame. As ward af mouth about the shows spread Velma found herself and her puppets in demand and they were on the raad doing shows all aver Sauthern Califarnia.

At a performance. at the Lakeside Country Club, Velma and her puppets caught the eye of the president of NBe. In the late 1940's the peacock network had figured out how lucrative children's programming could be and were pioneers in the genre. One of their early shows featured Bob Smith and his sidekick named Howdy Daody. The show had been a moderate success. The network thought that a complete make-over of the starring marionette would help make "I-lowdy"a hit.

NBC contacled Velma Dawson and gave her the assignment to make over "I-lowdy." She set to work hand crahing a new

Howdy Doody fram scratch. Velma made him friendly, cute and fun. She gave him a new wardrobe and 48 freckles on his face one for each state of the union. The new "I-lowdy"premiered in 1948 and Velma's marionette became an icon instantly recognizable to generations of kids.

The show aired in black and white until 1954, when it switched into a color format. Howdy Doody was the first NBC show to air five days a week. It was the first show to air more than 1,000 continuos episodes nationally and the first children's television program to win the Peabody Award. Howdy Doody also earned two ~mmy Nominatians.

~or the next sixteen years Velma Dawson handcrafted I-lowdyDoody marionettes for a show that became

0

milestone in the

early development of television and children's programming. There were multiple I-lowdy's,such as "Double Doody" for extra shots, now in the Smithsonian, two photo "Daody's" used for personal appearances and the "Canadian Doody" for the short lived version with Rabert Goblet. We know that Velma has a I-lowdyat home. Velma Dawson has been a desert resident for more than 20 years and has been invalved with College of the Desert. Oasis Pet Orphanage, and The Living Desert.

Sidney Sheldon· In Memoriam Writer Creator Producer Author Tony and Academy Award Winner A master storyteller, Sidney Sheldon hos gornered international proise ond recognition the world over. The winner 01 on Oscor ond o Tony - among many athers - Sheldon has created a prolilic body 01work that includes eighteen novels (which have sold over 300 millioncopies), 200 television scripts, twenty-live major motion pictures, and six Broadway plays. tach 01 his books has hit the New York Times bestseller list; undeniably Sheldon is one 01 the three best-selling authors worldwide today. ~is novels are published in 5110nguoges in 180 countries. Sidney Sheldon's lirst novel, The Naked Face, was published in 1970, but belore that. he wos recognized os a writer lor stoge and screen. In the post-war years, olter becoming the toast 01 Broadway with three simultaneous musicol hits (Merry Widow, Jackpot, and Dream With Music), he scripted the Academy Award-winning lilm, The Bachelor &The Bobby Soxer starring Cary Grant, along with ~aster Parade, starring Judy Garland and ~red Astaire, and Annie Get Your Gun. In 1959, Sheldon gornered a Tony Award lor his musical Redhead. In the 1960's he became a household-nome when he created two 01the decade's biggest hits, The Pally Duke Show ond I Dream of Jeannie. ~or The Pally Duke Show, Sheldon was asked by ABC to create a show lor the young actress. ~e wrote an unprecedented 78 scripts over two years. ~e creoted, wrote ond produced, I Dream af Jeannie, which garnered him an tmmy Award nominotion lor Outstonding Writing Achievement Comedy. In the 1965-1966 season both shows overlapped, and Sheldon was turning out two scripts a day. In the 1970's, he went on to create the popular TV drama, !-lartto !-larl, as he ventured into novel writing (lour that decade, bestsellers all). By the 1980's, it was only natural that the characters and stories 01 his novels (live more bestsellers) would lind their way as the original nights 01 Must-See-TV Mini-series adaptations lor Rage of Angels, starring everyone's lavorite Angel Jaclyn Smith, and Master of the Game, starring Dyan Cannon, were both the top-rated programs al the evenings they aired. Other television movies and mini-series include If Tomorrow (omes, Windmills of the Gods, The Sands of Time, Memories of Midnight, A Stranger in the Mirror and Nothing Lasts Forever. In the 1990's and 2000's, Sheldon continued to top bestseller lists and garner awards and honors as he penned eight more novels and his autobiography, The Other Side of Me. Sheldon resided in Malibu and Palm Springs with his wile Alexandra. ~is daughter, Mary Sheldon, is also a writer. She has written ten novels and a dozen 01works lor children. Sidney Sheldon was a major contributor to The Palm Springs Library. ~e and his wile Alexandra supported The Palm Springs Art Museum, and perhaps their most memorable project was The Path 01the Big ~orn, a project to assist the endangered Santa Rosa Big ~orn Sheep herd.

Judith Chapman Actress and Director

Blessed are those who know what they want, love what they do, and have the goad fortune to see their dreams realized. Judith Chapman is such a person.

The daughter of a retired Air ~orce General, she spent the better part of her formative years living outside the United States. Judith saw her first Shakespearean

ploy in London, the great ~rench

mime, Marcel Marceau, in Paris, and her first opera, AIDA, in Rome. With such and intraduction pursued a career in the Performing Arts. She began and "Spaghetti

it is little wonder that she

her professional career at the age of fourteen working in commercials

Westerns" while living in Spain. After graduating

from Stephens College, she headed for New Vork and

quickly began working in commercials, theatre, and her first soap, As The World Turns. She also become a member of the prestigious Actors Studio. After several years she headed west and was soon working in the world of prime time TV, such as

Murder She Wrote, The Fall Guy, Silk Stalkings, Magnun PI, and of course roles on other soap operas such as Ryans Hope, General Hospital and Santa Barbara.

Judith has always considered herself a working actor, implying diversity and longevity. After her lost soap, Days

01 Our

Lives, she decided to sell her home in Los Angeles and move to her home in the desert full time - potentially career suicide, but for Judith it opened up a whole new world of opportunity. She offered her ,ervices to College of the Desert, and after teaching there for seven years, found her passion for acting recharged by the act of teaching. She returned to the theatre and with a new found vigor added directing to her resume. A long time dream was realized .maunting a production of

The

Belle 01 Amherst, which she successfully toured around the country.

In January, 2005,

Judith was offered the coveted rale of Gloria ~isher Abbott in Young arid the Restless. [ach week she

leaves Palm Springs for Los Angles for the daily grind of shooting, which she loves.

On the weekends bock in Palm Springs Judith and her life partner, James, owner of St. James Restaurant

in Palm Springs,

enjoy life combining her passions for food, travel, yoga and golf. Together they have traveled the for reaches of the world India, Thailand, Cambodia,

The

Maldives, Nepal. Judith and James are very involved with giving back to the Palm Springs

community. [ach holiday season the couple sponsors "Giving Trees" at the St. James Restaurant

to benefit the Salvation

Army. In March, Judith once again lead the "Alzheimers Run," raising funds for much needed research for a cure.

David Garcia ~ourteen lime tmmy Winning News Journalist The winner of 14 tmmy Awards, the recipient of 30 tmmy nominations, David Garcia has alsa received three Los Angles Golden Mike Awards, a Press Club Award and was nominated for a Peabody Award. David's career began in Temple, Texas, on a local radio sstation. While at Baylor College, a phone call came in from W~AA· TV/Radio, the ABC network alliliate in Dallas. They wonted David. Two years later, ABC Network was auditioning new talent. David read and was ollered the job as an ABC New York, News Correspondent. At age 22, Susie and David Garcia were all to New York City. They had never been outside of Texas! David recalls that he was the first j.jispanic ever hired by a network. These were changing times. Older reporters went and younger reporters were given great responsibility. David Garcia was moved to Washington D.c. j.je covered President Richard Nixon, the Nixon Impeachment, the Watergate Trials and President Nixon's departure from the Oval Ollice. j.je then covered President Gerald ~ord. ABC then named David White j.jouse Correspondent covering President Jimmy Carter. j.jis stories ran the gamut fram the easing of the Cold War to the Camp David Accords, the Supreme Court, the j.jouse and the Senate. David Garcia was named ABC South America Bureau Chief and stationed in Miami, ~Iorida. One of the highlights of this assignment being in Cuba when Barbara Wolters was there doing her famous 20/20 interview with Castro. Another was seeing the Amazon and Rain ~orests, which awakened his love of environmental reporting. ABC then sent David to Chicago as the ~inancial and ~eoture Story reporter. It was freezing in Chicago. So Susie and David Garcia were thrilled with the KCBS Los Angeles' oller to be an Anchor/~eoture Reporter. A few years later David went to KNBC in the same job. While at NBC and CBS, David picked up his first tmmy Awards, The environment was always on David's mind, yet he could only get a few small stories on the air. Then KNBC come to him with an oller that David called, "his dream as a journalist". David would become Los Angeles' first full time tnvironmental Anchor. One of his first stories, Mana Lake, won the tmmy for Best ~eature Reporter. This was followed by tmmys for Beryllium: Deadly Wonder, "Ring of ~ire" which won two tmmys and "SI. Gearge Utah/Nuclear Testing, which took on tmmy for Best News Story.

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LA then stole David away from KNBC and his story, Ancient picked up two tmmys - writing and producing. During the Northridge of the premier torthquake Journalists. j.jis work with CALTtCj.j and frightened and desperate public. In the late 90's David was honored Angles.

Medicine: Madern Cures, about a village in Brazil torthquake, David earned the reputation of being one the U.S. Geological Survey gave him insight to calm a with the tmmy for Outstanding News Writer - Los

Longing to spend more time with Susie, David semi·retired and formed, J. David Productions. j.je recalls that his semi retirement lasted about two weeks. j.je worked with PBS and its award winning Califarnio Connected, and with friend Jess Marlow on KCtT's life and Times and contributed weekly feature stories to the new CBS Alliliate KPSP, CBS·2 in the Coachella Volley. David also began his new series called Ga West with David Garcia. Now in its fourth year the show is seen on Time Worner Desert Cities & San Diego as well as KVCR·PBS. Their other series called I-Iealthy Living, focusing on the tisenhower Medical Center, starts its second season and they are in production with series #3 about College of the Desert. Both Gorcias are actively involved in giving bock to their community, especially to the Pegasus Riding Academy for the j.jandicapped. David is fond of saying we have never been so busy or so happy.

David Lee Writer Producer

Creator

Director

David Lee, a native of Claremont California, received his bachelor's degree in music theory ond theater from the University of Redlands. Go Bulldogs! (or not, like a Music Theory major cores.) I-Je did Mosters work in theater ot Minnesota State University, Mankoto for reasons that totally escope him at the moment. After moving to Los Angeles he pursued a career as on actor. So striking was the impression he made that he was immediately catapulted into looking for other work. I-Je found it proofreading for a script mimeo company where a man named Peter Casey worked as a typist. Day after day the twa typed and praofed TV scripts until finally a light went on: i;;;:;k; "I-Jey, this stuff is terrible. We could do thisl" So they teamed up to try !~~?r~~nC~~tC~lrting. After three and a half years and eleven spec scripts they sold their first script ta The Jeffersons. ~or the next six years they tailed on that show, working their way fram uncredited staff writers to praducers, affectionately knawn araund the set as "those white guys." In 1985 they moved to Cheers as writer/supervising producers. During the four yeors of their stay they introduced Woody, Lillith, Rebecca and Dr. ~rosier Crone, a character who, unbeknownst to them at the time, would loom large in their future. In 1989, with David Angell, another writer they had met on Cheers, they left to form Grub Street Productions. The first series they created, Wings, ron for eight seasons on NBC Their second, ~rosier, ron eleven seasons and has mode television history by winning more tmmy awards than any ather show ... ever. Their third, ~ncore! ~ncore! sleeps with the fishes. Besides directing many episodes of his own series, David has directed severol pilots and was a repeating guest director for herybody Loves Raymond. I-Je has won many and various awards for his work in television including nine tmmys (eighteen nominotions), a Golden Globe, the People's Choice (twice), the Bonff Internotionol Television ~estival "Rockie" (three times), the Viewers for Quality Television Award (three times), the Directors Guild Award, the Television Critic's Award (three times), the British Comedy Award, the I-Jumanitas Prize (twice), and the prestigious Peabody Aword.

The last few years he has been spending his time in the theater, directing critically acclaimed revivals of Light Up the Sky, Do I I-Jear A Waltz?, 110 in the Shade and the LA premiere of Diva at the Pasadena Playhouse, the world premiere of How I Fellin Love at the Williamstown Theater ~estival, and On the Twentieth Century, Assassins, Compo ny, A New Brain, Applause!, Working, ~Iegies and Zorba for Reprise! Still writing too, he co-authored a new book for the Cole Porter musical Can-Can, which he will direct this summer at the Pasadena Playhouse and has just completed the book for a musicol based on the novel Like Water For Chocolate. David is a fierce advocate for and benefactor of progressive causes and the arts. I-Je has been honored by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the National Gay and Lesbian Task ~orce, who gave him their National Leadership Award in 2004. I-Jis proudest moment in activism was when he found himself, bullhorn in hand, in front of his own studio (Paromount) leading a protest against them producing a television show for Laura Schlesinger. A lifelong visitor to Palm Springs (many were the college afternoons spent poolside at the tl Mirador pretending to be a jet setter but fooling no one), he finolly settled here in 2002, in the former home of Dinah Shore. I-Je shares his time there with Mark Nichols, a noted interior designer in the Coachella Valley, and his two Westies Jordy and Pooch Melba. The latter can often be found digging in the back yard searching for relics of the home's former owner- a Chevrolet hood ornament perhaps, or one of Burt Reynolds wayward toupees. As for himself, he spends time watching lots of TV, hoping against all odds that it will get smarter. though, "There is a brightness control on my set but it doesn't seem to be working."

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