Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: owner Suzanna Bowling chats with Filmmaker Michael Schelp and his husband Dr. Alan Younkin and their documentary film Iowa Vet: Dogs, Cats, Corn, & Murder. Iowa Vet: Dogs, Cats, Corn, & Murder, by Schelp and Bathsheba Monk, will have its world premiere June 5-18, 2026 at Cinema Village (22 E. 12th Street between University Place and 5th Avenue). In the film, a veterinarian reflects on growing up on an Iowa farm, building an animal hospital in the big city, confronting the upheavals transforming his profession, and navigating the unexpected chapters — Murders, Mormons, and a Modern Family — that helped shape his life. For tickets and information, visit www.cinemavillage.com. When first asked to do this interview I thought this is not for me.... Turns out it was and I became fascinated by these two men and their story.

Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: owner Suzanna Bowling chats with author and Lit Path co-founder Tamara Dowling about healing after betrayal, breaking the silence surrounding compulsive sexual behavior disorder, and transforming pain into purpose. Dowling's deeply personal memoir, Worn, Weathered, Worthy: The Journey to What Lies Beneath, explores the devastation of discovering sex addiction within a marriage and the difficult, often nonlinear path toward healing, restoration, and hope. Drawing from lived experience with striking candor, Dowling discusses trauma, resilience, relationships, and the emotional realities too many people suffer through quietly and alone. The conversation also shines a light on Lit Path, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Dowling co-founded to make trauma-informed mental health treatment more financially accessible for individuals, couples, and families impacted by compulsive behaviors and betrayal trauma. Through Lit Path, Dowling launched Sex Addiction Awareness Week and the annual CSBD Hope for Healing Conference, a first-of-its-kind national gathering designed to reduce stigma, connect survivors with resources, and create meaningful dialogue between clinicians, advocates, peer support leaders, and those seeking recovery. Held each June, the conference combines therapeutic workshops, educational programming, and community-building initiatives while raising scholarship funds for individuals unable to afford specialized treatment and care.

Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: owner Suzanna Bowling chats with image consultant, journalist, host, actress and heart attack survivor Samantha Bessudo Drucker. Samantha is the cohost of "Love & Design Project" with her husband Jeffrey. She is also the cohost on "Sexy is Timeless Talks." Her book 90 Days To Husband No. 2, a dating system based on a proven technique has just been translated to Spanish. She has appeared in numerous TV shows and publications. She is known for her savoir-faire about everything and anything, but most importantly Samantha was on Heart to Heart with Bob Harper, of the hit TV show the Biggest Loser as Part of the Survivors Have Heart Initiative. Survivors Have Heart. In February February she was part of a billboard that lit up Times Square.

Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: owner Suzanna Bowling chats with Cabaret Legend Sidney Myer. There are performers who entertain audiences, and then there are artists who become woven into the emotional architecture of New York nightlife itself. Sidney Myer belongs firmly in the latter category. A renowned cabaret performer, longtime booking director at Don't Tell Mama, and multiple MAC and Bistro Award winner, Myer has spent decades shaping the pulse of New York's intimate performance scene both onstage and behind the curtain. Beloved by audiences and fiercely respected by performers, he is one of those increasingly rare figures who understands cabaret not simply as entertainment, but as emotional conversation. At Pangea and across New York's cabaret landscape, his sold-out performances have become events unto themselves. Behind the scenes, Myer's impact on the cabaret community may be even greater. As the longtime booking manager for Don't Tell Mama, he has championed generations of performers across cabaret, comedy, and music, helping sustain one of the city's most vital artistic ecosystems. The American Popular Song Society will honor Sidney Myer at its 2026 Gala on Monday, June 15 at The Cutting Room. In Sidney Myer's world, songs are never just songs. They are memories, punchlines, heartbreaks, survival stories, and little pieces of New York history carried from one piano-lit room to another. I am so grateful to Sidney for being with us and sharing his life and career.

Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: owner Suzanna Bowling chats with Liz Coin. Liz has played on iconic stages like Soho Playhouse, The Second City, UCB, Edinburgh Fringe, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The PIT, and Magnet Theater. She is headed on tour with Lizzy Sunshine with sold out performances in 2026. Lizzy Sunshine, is the internationally acclaimed solo comedy, returning to NYC for a limited run at SoHo Playhouse from May 6–16, before it goes to London. Beneath the comedy, the piece explores the experience of being the sibling of someone struggling with addiction, using “toxic positivity” as both a comedic engine and emotional lens—making it a timely fit during Mental Health Awareness Month. You can catch Liz at venues like Second City, Caveat NYC, or on tour with Broadway's Next Hit Musical. On National commercials look for Liz on Daily Harvest, Sunsweet Prunes, Amazon Digital, 7-Eleven Joe Fresh and more. She was also a contestant on "Beast Games." I am so grateful to Liz Coin for being with us and sharing his life and career with us.

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but today we went on location at The Lambs, 1674 Broadway. Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: owner Suzanna Bowling and Foster Hirsch chat with Luke Yankee. writer, playwright, director and the the son of actress Eileen Heckart. He studied at the Juilliard Drama School, has an MFA in Playwriting and Screenwriting and was assistant directed six Broadway plays for such directors as Harold Prince, Ellis Rabb, Brian Murray, and Gerald Freedman. His play, The Last Lifeboat, has had 55 productions in North America. In 2010, his play The Jesus Hickey was staged and produced by the Katselas Theatre Company, starring Harry Hamlin. The same play received both the TRU Voices Award, and the Joel and Phyllis Ehrlich Award and just had a reading with Christopher Sieber (Death Becomes Her, Shrek the Musical, Spamalot), Marc Kudisch (Thoroughly Modern Millie, 9 to 5, Girl From the North Country), and Joyce Bulifant (The Happiest Millionaire, numerous television classics), along with Kyla Stone(currently featured in the Broadway production of The Great Gatsby), Samantha Borthwick, Nick Salamone, and Conner Piers. Yankee's work on Marilyn, Mom & Me; a play about his mother's intense friendship with Marilyn Monroewhile shooting the film Bus Stop. It was the recipient of the 2022 Stanley Award for Drama. Yankee has worked as producing artistic director of the Long Beach Civic Light Opera.. His memoir Just Outside the Spotlight: Growing Up with Eileen Heckart was published in 2006 by Backstage Books. He is the Head of Playwriting at California State University, Fullerton and an adjunct professor at Chapman University. I am so grateful to Luke Yankee for being with us and sharing his life and career with us.

Today on Live From the Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: owner Suzanna Bowling chats with Chess Dance Captain Regine Sophia. Sophia is the youngest dance captain on Broadway. At 22, this graduate of Penn State University Park. She made her Broadway debut on November 16, 2025. You might have also seen her as Portia in Something Rotten! at Music Theatre Wichita or as Kylar in Bring It On at The Muny earlier this year. She has llived in Vietnam and the Philippines, Today we talk about breaking onto Broadway and what it takes.

In this epsiode of Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: owner Suzanna Bowling chats with Rocky Horror's Amber Gray. Ms. Gray originated the role of Hélène Bezukhova in the musical Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 and the role of Persephone in the musical Hadestown, both Off- and on Broadway. As Hélène she was awarded a 2017 Theatre World Award for her performance. For her role of Persephone she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and additionally the cast earned the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. She's reprised the role for her West End debut in February and March 2025. Now Gray stars as Riff Raff in Broadway's The Rocky Horror Show at Studio 54, directed by Sam Pinkleton, marking her return following Hadestown and Eureka Day, which opens April 23rd.

Today on Live From the Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: owner Suzanna Bowling chats with the stars of Gotta Dance! Brandon Burks and RJ Higton. Brandon Burks, is a dancer, singer, actor whose journey began in San Diego. He made his Broadway debut in Audra Mcdonald version of Gypsy at the Majestic Theatre. He has had roles in A Chorus Line, Love Life at New York City Center, Singin In The Rain in LA and now Gotta Dance. RJ Higton, made his Broadway debut as Chet in the Tony Award Winning Best Musical, The Outsiders directed by Danya Taymor. From there he went into BOOP! The Musical. He also was seen in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 5 and joined Gotta Dance! for it's Off Broadway debut reminding us of a young Ray Bolger/Gene Kelly. Now at Stage 42 following its run at The York Theatre, Gotta Dance! arrives as both a celebration and a preservation project,

Today on Live From the Hotel Edison, owner Suzanna Bowling chats with actress comedian Nicole Travolta, known for Anger Management (2012), Two and a Half Men (2003) and The Middle (2009). Based in Los Angeles she enjoys creating fully absurd characters or doing impressions of her favorite public figures. When she is not dressed up in a wig, she can also be found performing comedy around LA. Nicole has trained at The Groundlings. After touring nationally and internationally, she is returning with her acclaimed solo show, Nicole Travolta Is Doing Alright, to SoHo Playhouse for an encore engagement, April 1-May 10, with an official press opening on April 5. Travolta has created an 80-minute, tour-de-force comedy that blends stand-up, confessional storytelling, and transformational character work into a sharp, emotionally honest theatrical experience. Nicole Travolta Is Doing Alright is a bold theatrical exploration of money, identity, ambition - and what it takes to define yourself on your own term.