DBalsom
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Location | Boston, MA, United States |
| Introduction | Currently a producer with the popular public radio program "From the Top," I spent nearly 20 years heading one of the leading arts/entertainment public relations firms in New England. In that time, I represented national Broadway tours such as Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby as well as nearly 200 New England presentations ranging from The Big Apple Circus to such diverse shows as Blue Man Group, Riverdance, Ragtime and The Who's Tommy. My firm also provided public relations consulting to such institutions as The Institute of Contemporary Art, Huntington Theatre Company, ARTS/Boston as well as a number of retail and business entities. A graduate of SUNY at Buffalo, I've taught at Boston University, Middlesex Community College and the Proscenium Institute for Audience Development at Emerson College. I live in Lexington, MA with my wife Tasha and a couple of very smart dogs. We have two great kids who are now young adults Mia and Leo. |
| Interests | Buffalo Bills, Red Sox, golf, theatre, politics |
| Favorite movies | The Godfather (I&II), Shakespeare in Love, Butch Cassidy, Red River, Shrek, Pirates of the Carribean (only the first; 2 had too much Orlando, not enough Kiera and JD), Seven Beauties, Life is Beautiful, Apocalypse Now, American Beauty, Annie Hall, Close Encounters, Chinatown, Pulp Fiction, Crash |
| Favorite music | Everything from Dinah Washington to Delbert, good Broadway (Sondheim, Rogers & Hart, Porter, Gershwin), Dylan, The Band, Lyle Lovett, the Duke, Sinatra, Simon, Stones Springsteen, and Kanye. |
| Favorite books | Straight Man, Empire Falls The Kite Runner, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, On Beauty, Middlesex, Typical American, American Pastoral, The Plot Against America, Peter Pan, Fitzgerald's short stories, The Known World, Catch 22, Something Happened, Huck Finn, |