I Wanna Be Like Charlie Siedenburg!

Today I Wanna Charlie Siedenburg! Charlie Siedenburg is a press representative who’s worked on Broadway and at many regional houses across the country. Most recently, he announced he will be retiring from being the press representative at Barrington Stage after working there for 21 years to step into the new role of producer. Charlie has taken up the mantle at the College of Staten Island as producer heading their community theater productions starting with Fiddler on the Roof that wrapped up this past summer and featured a cast of 46 Staten Island natives spanning generations. He’s tells us all about working for the 50th Tony Awards, walking Donna Murphy down the red carpet and the time he visited Stephen Sondheim at his house in Turtle Bay.I WANNA BE LIKE CHARLIE SIEDENBURG MARKERS​00:00 CRAZY INTRO​03:50 Charlie’s I Wanna Be Like You as a Kid​05:15 Theater Beginnings​12:50 College Experience​20:05 Working As A Critic​21:35 Press Releases and Kits​28:25 Working the 50th Tony Awards​33:33 Springer Chicoine PR​36:09 Oedipus with Billy Crudup & Frances McDormand​37:05 Day to Day As A Press Rep​40:27 Paper Mill Playhouse​47:18 Barrington Stage​48:44 Follies​50:00 Meeting Stephen Sondheim​56:00 Follies/Barrington Stage CONT’D​59:55 On The Town Broadway Revival​1:04:15 The Met Opera​1:06:58 Press Vs Marketing Teams​1:08:50 Retirement From Barrington​1:14:05 Producing Fiddler on The Roof​1:17:55 Community Theater​1:24:15 Theater Appreciation Class​1:28:30 Musical Theater For Dummies​1:30:15 Blind Ranking​1:32:10 Dream Guest Manifestation​1:32:50 Charlie’s I Wanna Be Like You NOW!