http://www.prairiehomevoices.com/phv-blog Late Breaking Blog Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:02:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We were joined by our old friend Martin Sheen for a couple of scripts in last Friday's taping of "A Prairie Home Companion" at The Greek Theater in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. It was a great show musically with Sheryl Crow , her guitarist, and the The Guys All-Star Show ... http://www.prairiehomevoices.com/phv-blog/2009/06/09/live-on-tape-from-the-greek-theater-in-los-angeles/ We made our annual Memorial Day appearance at Wolftrap National Center for the Performing Arts near Washingtom DC this past weekend, a terrific tume to be in the Nation's Capitol. This was the opening weekend for this venerable venue and it marks the start of the "A Prairie Home Companion" ... http://www.prairiehomevoices.com/phv-blog/2009/05/25/the-summer-phc-tour-is-underway/ [caption id="attachment_216" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Brad Paisley, Sue Scott, Kimberly Williams-Paisley,Tim Russell"][/caption] "A Prairie Home Companion" played the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville last weekend with guests Brad Paisley and the Sam Bush Band. Brad and Sam are incredible musicians and the audience got a chance to see them strut their stuff ... http://www.prairiehomevoices.com/phv-blog/2009/05/06/brad-paisley-at-nashvilles-ryman-auditorium/ A Prairie Home Companion went to Waterbury, CT last weekend featuring Arlo Guthrie and his talented band. The temperature reached a record High of 86! The Palace Theater is an amazing renovated 1920's movie palace with a new backstage, a very nice venue. Waterbury is full of beautiful architecture, remnants ... http://www.prairiehomevoices.com/phv-blog/2009/04/27/a-hot-time-in-connecticut/ We just finished our run at The Town Hall in New York City. What a show! Elvis Costello and Tom Snow as our special guests, along with one of our favorite people, Heather Masse. Elvis was terrific in our "Guy Noir" and "Lives of the Cowboys" scripts.Be sure to listen ... http://www.prairiehomevoices.com/phv-blog/2009/04/19/nyc-its-a-wrap/ Prairie Home Companion is back at The Town Hall for a three week run. Last week we enjoyed meeting the talented Wynton Marsalis, who joined us in a Guy Noir script. [caption id="attachment_192" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Wynton Marsalis Post Show"][/caption] He's a magnificent musician and the crowd loved hearing his Quintet. Our other guest ... http://www.prairiehomevoices.com/phv-blog/2009/04/08/new-york-new-york-its-a-heckuva-town/ I had my maiden voyage last weekend with crutches on a flight to Appleton, WI to do "A Prairie Home Companion" at their beautiful Performing Arts Center. My foot responded by swelling like a Johnsonville Brat with 5 fat sausage toes attached. fortunately we stayed at the boutique Copperleaf ... http://www.prairiehomevoices.com/phv-blog/2009/03/31/on-the-road-with-again-phc/ Dave Lee is WCCO radio's new cinematic auteur, he created this Oscar worthy live action short demonstrating my new skills with the "Knee-Walker". Cue Darth Vader:"Luke Knee-Walker, I am your father." httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0x8bDLpVcY&feature=player_embeddedv http://www.prairiehomevoices.com/phv-blog/2009/03/24/tim-russell-hallway-terror/ Today was my first day back to work as Entertainment Editor at WCCO Radio. I'm still not comfortable trying to drive, so Judy had to endure the 4 am wake-up to drive me to work. I used my "knee-walker" [caption id="attachment_179" align="alignleft" width="116" caption="Debbie Reynolds"][/caption] to scoot around since I'm still Non-weight ... http://www.prairiehomevoices.com/phv-blog/2009/03/23/back-in-the-saddle/ I had hoped to be with you Liiiiive! ( OK, I'm hooked on "Dancing with the Stars") on WCCO, Monday the 16th, and this weekend on "A Prairie Home Companion" at the State Theater In Minneapolis, but when I made the announcement about returning to work one week after TURP ... http://www.prairiehomevoices.com/phv-blog/2009/03/17/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/