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The Desert Scene

Mutual Broadcasting System LLC

Bonnie Gilgallon features weekly conversations with local and visiting artists, musicians, actors, authors and others who contribute to the vibrant cultural scene in Southern California"s Coachella Valley and surrounding communities. They also discuss and review film, television and visual multi-media on the show.

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14:15

The Desert Scene | Guest: Kitty Murray, Actress &...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/05/08

Bonnie G. chats with actress/producer KItty Murray about the new venue for Aces.After a successful run at Oscar's, this very funny play about the beauty pageant biz opens at the Palm Springs Cultural Center for six Sunday matinees beginning May 14th. Written by Davis Gordon Gilbert and directed by soap opera veteran Judith Chapman, this comedy reveals what happens when five former beauty queens reunite for a special television show.When the champagne starts flowing, the claws come out.Tickets

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17:30

The Desert Scene | Guest: Clifford Bell, Cabaret...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/05/01

Bonnie G. welcomes back Los Angeles cabaret producer Clifford Bell. He's putting together a big event for Project Angel Food. It's the 25th anniversary of Our Name is Barbra. Several artists get together and celebrate Ms. Streisand's birthday by each singing something from her songbook. Past shows have featured many great performers including Ann Hampton Callaway, Melissa Manchester, and Sheryl Lee Ralph. The event will take place at the Catalina Jazz Club. Hear more about the show and Clifford's

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12:00

The Desert Scene | Guest: Jerome Elliott, Cabaret...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/05/01

Jerome Elliott returns to The Desert Scene with Bonnie G. on this episode. He just finished up a season at Desert Theatre Ensemble Company as Artistic Director. He stays busy this month as he performs his one-man cabaret show twice in May at the Palm Springs Cultural Center: Cocktails and Classics. In mid-May Elliott will be a guest performer in Razzle Dazzle, which is also at the Cultural Center on May 18.For more information, CLICK HERE.

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17:00

The Desert Scene | Guest: Jeff Barnett, Entertainer

The Desert Scene ·

2023/04/24

Jeff Barnett, who will be the special guest host for the two May Razzle Dazzle shows happening at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, joins Bonnie G. He also hosts Movie Magic at the Cultural Center, which features fabulous movie theme songs over the past five decades.And, Jeff previews a special cabaret show he will perform with Charles Herrera in June at Feinstein's in San Francisco.For Razzle Dazzle tickets, CLICK HERE.

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13:30

The Desert Scene | Guest: Robert Koenig, Artistic...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/04/24

Bonnie G. speaks with Robert Koenig, the new Artistic Director for the Palm Springs International Piano Competition.Koenig talks about how the competition continues to evolve, including changing its name from the Virginia Waring Piano Competition.Their next big event is coming up in 2025. For more info, CLICK HERE.

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09:30

The Desert Scene | Guest: Michael Shaw, Dezart Performs

The Desert Scene ·

2023/04/17

The Desert Scene welcomes back Michael Shaw, Artistic Director ofDezart Performs, who gives us details about their current production,The Garbologists.The new comedy-drama by Lindsay Joelle is describedas an "unconventional buddy comedy."It follows two sanitation workers -an African-American woman from a privileged background and a white"mansplainer" as they work several shifts picking up garbage. The playhonors our essential workers, and highlights how we can find commonground in uncommon times.For

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13:59

The Desert Scene | Guest: Beth Lapides, Author &...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/04/17

Bonnie G. welcomes comedienne/author Beth Lapides, whose show It's a Lot iscoming up at the Palm Springs Cultural Center on May 3rd. Beth Is thecreator, host and executive producer of the legendary, long-runningUnCabaret.The show has been called "a progressive comedyinstitution."Beth is also the author of the original audio book SoYou Need to Decide, named one of Vulture's best comedy books of 2022.For tickets go to: thebent.org or eventbrite.com

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11:30

The Desert Scene | Guest: Jerry R. Soria-Foust, Palm...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/04/17

On this episode of The Desert Scene,Bonnie G. chats with Jerry R.Soria-Foust, Artistic Director of the Palm Springs Gay Men's Chorus. Their spring concert, Notorious celebrates the music of leadingladies, divas, & sirens of the stage and screen.The show runs April28, 29 and 30th at the Annenberg Theatre at the Palm Springs Art Museum,and features special guest Sharon McKnight.For tickets, go to:www.PSGMC.com

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14:30

The Desert Scene | Guest: Dana Adkins, Actress/Singer

The Desert Scene ·

2023/03/29

On this edition of The Desert Scene, Bonnie G. chats with actress/singer Dana Adkins, currently starring in Aces at Oscar's in Palm Springs. Dana shares stories of her own days competing in beauty pageants, and how her experience compared to the plot of Aces. The play takes a comic look at the reunion of 5 beauty queens, 35 years after they each won the crown.For tickets, CLICK HERE.

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13:30

The Desert Scene | Guest: Kirk & Noelle Geiger, The...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/03/27

Bonnie G. welcomes Kirk Geiger, who along with his wife Noelle founded The Animal Rescue Center of California, based in the Eastern Coachella Valley. Since they began a few years ago, the organization has found forever-homes for 700 dogs and cats. Their first in-person fundraiser takes place on April 1st (no foolin’!) at Marvyn's Magic Theatre in La Quinta.

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14:34

The Desert Scene | Guest: Kim Shroeber Long,...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/03/20

On this episode of the The Desert Scene, Bonnie G. talks with actress Kim Shroeber Long about her career and about Razzle Dazzle, the upcoming Broadway revue she's part of at the Palm Springs Cultural Center.Kim's journey has taken her from rural Ohio, to the Bay Area, to Pasadena, and now to the Desert Cities.Kim discusses how public television shaped her desire to become a musical performer.

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13:01

The Desert Scene | Guest: Richard Balocco, Desert Arc...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/03/20

Desert Arc's 13th Annual Golf Classic takes place on April 3rd at the Eagle Falls Golf Course and Fantasy Springs Resort Casino.Bonnie G. chats with Desert Arc's President and CEO Richard Balocco about the event. He also gives us details about the work the organization does for valley residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.For more information, CLICK HERE.

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12:45

The Desert Scene | Guest: Suzie Wourms, Actress,...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/03/20

Bonnie G. welcomes actress Suzie Wourms, appearing in Prepping For Widowhood,the latest offering from Script2Stage2Screen on March 24, 2023.This comedic play is about four women who have been friends since college and call themselves the Four Seasons, since each was born in a different season of the year.One is a widow, and the others are preparing for that probability.CLICK HERE for more information.

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09:15

The Desert Scene | Guest: Jeroen Sparreboom, Mama's...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/03/15

Bonnie G. talks with Jeroen Sparreboom on this episode of The Desert Scene. He is co-chairing the 2nd Annual Mama’s House Charity Golf Classic & Dinner Show dubbed Oh, What a Night! It’s a musical tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons coming up on Friday, March 24. More information and tickets are available by visiting the website: CLICK HERE

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15:08

The Desert Scene | Guest: Gina Zollman, Vocalist

The Desert Scene ·

2023/03/13

Gina Zollman is a vocalist from Palm Springs and joins Bonnie G. on this episode of The Desert Scene. She talks about the upcoming special event where she will perform songs from her debut CD, Anywhere With You, at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood on March 22. The event will also feature two other local performers from the Coachella Valley. Tod Macofsky joins Gina for some duets, and Douglas Graham directs.

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12:00

The Desert Scene | Guest: Adam Karsten, Artistic...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/03/08

In this episode of The Desert Scene, Bonnie G. chats with CV Rep's Artistic Director Adam Karsten, who directed the theatre's current production of Once. The musical has been so well-received that the run has been extended. Karsten also gives us detail about future productions, and Puttin' On the Glitz - a gala fundraiser coming up later this month.For more information, CLICK HERE.

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15:00

The Desert Scene | Guest: Jerome Elliott, Artistic...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/03/06

Bonnie G. welcomes Jerome Elliott, Artistic Director of Desert Ensemble Theatre Company.He tells us about the company's upcoming World Premiere production of Kafka's Joke by Rich Rubin.This comedy recounts 120 years in the life (and afterlife) of writer Franz Kafka, who was a reluctant celebrity, and how the question of who owed his workended up in the Israeli Supreme Court.For more information CLICK HERE.

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10:48

The Desert Scene | Guest: Judith Chapman,...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/03/01

On this episode of The Desert Scene, Bonnie G. chats with stage andtelevision actress Judith Chapman (The Young and the Restless), who isdirecting a new play called Aces, which opens at Oscar's March 9th.Six well-known valley actresses play aging beauty queens who gather fora reunion and are called upon to coach a young woman new to the pageantscene.The champagne flows, insults fly, and hilarity ensues.

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10:33

The Desert Scene | Guest: Aviva Pressman, Actress

The Desert Scene ·

2023/02/27

Bonnie G. welcomes Los Angeles based actress Aviva Pressman, who's starringin A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unitat Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City,the latestoffering from Dezart Performs.Directed by Randy Brenner, it tells thestory of two older female cancer patients who are sharing a hospitalroom.Pressman plays one patient's daughter, who handles the situationvery differently than the other patient's adult son.

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13:42

The Desert Scene | Guest: Jeff Hocker, Hocker...

The Desert Scene ·

2023/02/22

Palm Springs event producer and public relations professional Jeff Hocker sits a spell with Bonnie G. on this episode of The Desert Scene to update us on happenings in the Coachella Valley.He previews the rest of the season for the Palm Springs Friends of the Philharmonic, and chats about the recent Palm Springs Health Run and Wellness Festival and tells us about Reforma, an exciting new restaurant and club in town. Jeff also shares thoughts on how the performing arts and social scene has changed

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