Francis T. Goodbeer's guest appearances

Francis T. Goodbeer

Unwrap Your Candies Now

Jay Leno

Julie Andrews

Eddie George

Meg Booth

Sasson Gabay

Bernadette Peters

Felipe Lopez

Tamyra Gray

Martha Davis

Virginia Lee

Janet Dacal

Dan Knechtges

Addie Tsai

Brett Cullen

Leslie Contreras Schwartz

OwlTail

Mariah Lyttle

In this episode of the podcast “Unwrap Your Candies Now,” Ernie Manouse chats with Mariah Lyttle, who stars as “Celie” in the North American-touring production of The Color Purple. Society for the Performing Arts presents the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from January 3 – 4 at The Hobby Center.Then, Catherine Lu features a sound portrait of Houston poet Francis T. Goodbeer. Produced originally for HPM’s Voices and Verses series, the segment explores Goodbeer’s love of poetry and her journey from retired nurse to published writer through Inprint’s Senior Memoir Workshop. She reads her poem “The Joy of Seniorhood.”Share your comments, questions and ideas at UYCN@houstonpublicmedia.org.Music used The Color Purple segment: "What About Love" from The Color Purple (2015 Broadway cast recording) and The Color Purple National Tour trailerMusic used in poetry segment: Valse Pour Maman (excerpt) by Alexandra Stréliski from Pianoscope, Annabel Lee (excerpt) by Edgar Allan Poe read by Basil Rathbone, Dies Irie (excerpt) by Kenji Bunch from Ahn Trio: Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac, Romanze, op. 28, no. 2 (excerpt) by Robert Schumann from Timothy Hester: The Classical 91.7 Sessions and Hang on Little Tomato (excerpt) by Pink Martini from Hang on Little Tomato

In this episode of the podcast “Unwrap Your Candies Now,” Ernie Manouse chats with <a href="https://www.mariahlyttle.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mariah Lyttle</a>, who stars as “Celie” in the North American-touring production of <a href="https://colorpurple.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Color Purple</a>. Society for the Performing Arts presents the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from <a href="https://spahouston.org/event/the-color-purple/2020-01-03/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">January 3 – 4 at The Hobby Center</a>.Then, Catherine Lu features a sound portrait of Houston poet Francis T. Goodbeer. Produced originally for HPM’s <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/series/voices-and-verses/2019/04/29/330857/national-poetry-month-the-joy-of-seniorhood-by-francis-t-goodbeer/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Voices and Verses</a> series, the segment explores Goodbeer’s love of poetry and her journey from retired nurse to published writer through <a href="https://inprinthouston.org/for-writers/senior-memoir-workshops/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Inprint’s Senior Memoir Workshop</a>. She reads her poem “The Joy of Seniorhood.”Share your comments, questions and ideas at UYCN@houstonpublicmedia.org.Music used The Color Purple segment: "What About Love" from The Color Purple (2015 Broadway cast recording) and The Color Purple National Tour <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXoVup4cgK4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">trailer</a>Music used in poetry segment: Valse Pour Maman (excerpt) by <a href="https://www.alexandrastreliski.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Alexandra Stréliski</a> from <a href="https://www.secretcityrecords.com/shop/pianoscope/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Pianoscope</a>, Annabel Lee (excerpt) by Edgar Allan Poe read by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYwYDx-1F70" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Basil Rathbone</a>, Dies Irie (excerpt) by <a href="https://www.kenjibunch.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Kenji Bunch</a> from <a href="http://www.ahntrio.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ahn Trio</a>: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lullaby-Favorite-Insomniac-Ahn-Trio/dp/B0013PVGKY" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac</a>, Romanze, op. 28, no. 2 (excerpt) by Robert Schumann from <a href="https://uh.edu/kgmca//music/faculty-staff/hester_t/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Timothy Hester</a>: The Classical 91.7 Sessions and Hang on Little Tomato (excerpt) by <a href="http://pinkmartini.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Pink Martini</a> from <a href="http://pinkmartini.com/discography/hang-on-little-tomato/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Hang on Little Tomato</a>

Mariah Lyttle and Francis T. Goodbeer