Episode 374 - John Rubinstein

Published: Oct. 30, 2023, 5 a.m.

b'John Rubinstein\\xa0originated the title role in the Broadway musical Pippin, directed by Bob Fosse, and won the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his performance in Children of a Lesser God. Other Broadway appearances include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ragtime, Hurlyburly, M. Butterfly, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Drama Desk nomination), Getting Away with Murder, Fools, Love Letters, and the 2013 Pippin revival. He appeared off-Broadway in Counsellor-at-Law (2005 Lucille Lortel Award, Outer Critics\' Circle and Drama League nominations), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Urban Blight, Cabaret Verboten, and Morning\'s at Seven. Regionally: Wicked in LA, and the international tour of the Pippin revival. He starred in the TV series, \\u201cFamily\\u201d (Emmy nomination), and \\u201cCrazy Like A Fox\\u201d, and over 300 episodes. Films include \\u201cBeing the Ricardo\\u2019s\\u201d, \\u201cHello, I Must Be Going\\u201d, \\u201c21 Grams\\u201d, \\u201cRed Dragon\\u201d, \\u201cThe Boys from Brazil\\u201d, \\u201cSomeone to Watch Over Me\\u201d, \\u201cDaniel, Zachariah,\\u201d and \\u201cGetting Straight\\u201d. He directed the world premiere of A. R. Gurney\'s The Old Boy, and Counsellor-at-Law, Company, Brigadoon, Macbeth, The Three Sisters, Phantasie, Nightingale, The Rivals, A Little Night Music, Guys and Dolls, Into The Woods, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Rover. He composes film and TV music (\\u201cJeremiah Johnson\\u201d, \\u201cThe Candidate\\u201d, \\u201cThe Dollmaker\\u201d, "China Beach", among others), hosted two classical music radio programs, played keyboards in a rock band, and has recorded over 200 audiobooks, most numerously Jonathan Kellerman\\u2019s Alex Delaware series of Los\\xa0Angeles crime novels. He is married to Bonnie Burgess, and their son Max is the youngest of his five children, joining Jessica, Michael, Peter, and Jacob.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'