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Gerard Doyle to Narrate Purgatory

July 25th, 2013 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News

HighBridge is proud to announce that Gerard Doyle will be narrating Purgatory, the tenth book in Ken Bruen’s Jack Taylor series. Gerard Doyle was born of Irish parentage and raised and educated in England. His 35-year acting career spans television, radio, and theatre on both sides of the Atlantic, including national and international touring, the […]

George Lucas Receives National Medal of Arts

July 17th, 2013 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News

Star Wars creator George Lucas has received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House. On July 10, George Lucas was among 23 recipients of the National Medal of Arts. President Obama, a notorious Star Wars fan himself, praised Lucas for “transforming” movies and the world of […]

Old Jews on the Radio

July 25th, 2012 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

The off-Broadway adaptation of Old Jews Telling Jokes is going strong since opening in May of this year. The show’s producer, Daniel Okrent, recently visited the WNYC’s Leonard Lopate, along with two of the performers from the show, Todd Susman and Audrey Lynn Weston. Listen here. Until you can make New York to see the show, you […]

The Search for Hector is successful

May 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

News out of the Cannes film festival: The movie version of Hector and the Search for Happiness, by François Lelord, has found its leading man. British actor Simon Pegg, known for roles in Shaun of the Dead and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, will play the title role of a psychiatrist who travels the globe trying to […]

Such a deal for Old Jews Telling Jokes!

April 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

Tickets have gone on sale for the off-Broadway stage production of Old Jews Telling Jokes, inspired by the website, which has been adapted into a book and two audio productions: Old Jews Telling Jokes and The Joke-Off. Check out the first photos of the cast on Broadway World. Old Jews Telling Jokes takes the stage at the Westside […]

From Minneapolis to the Galaxy

April 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

One of our favorite readers is racking up some frequent-flyer miles. Simon Jones, reader of HighBridge titles including the Lionboy series and The Labrador Pact, is appearing in the Guthrie Theater’s acclaimed production of Noël Coward’s Hay Fever now through April 22. Simon plays David Bliss, the head of an eccentric family in this delightful […]

Old Jews Telling Jokes Off-Broadway

March 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

The cast has been announced for the Off-Broadway production of Old Jews Telling Jokes, which begins performances in May at the Westside Theater in New York. Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston, and Lenny Wolpe will be featured in the show, which was inspired by the Old Jews Telling Jokes website, which […]

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Hola, aka “Bad Dog” stops by HighBridge to say… Hola!

March 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News

Hola, star of Martin Kihn’s memoir Bad Dog: A Love Story stopped by the HighBridge offices yesterday. She’s a beautiful Bernese mountain dog (and as friendly as she is beautiful). The Bernese mountain dog is a very old breed. The ancestors of today’s dogs served as all purpose farm dogs in Switzerland and as rescue […]

Big Laughs & Cultural Reflection from Sam Hoffman (Old Jews Telling Jokes) at St. Paul JCC

March 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Author/Narrator News, HighBridge at the Movies

Sam Hoffman, author of the Audie® Award-winning Old Jews Telling Jokes and producer/host of The Joke-Off, wowed the crowd at St. Paul’s JCC on Saturday night. The evening was a perfect combination of big laughs and cultural reflection, throughout which Sam presented highlights from his web sensation featuring older Jews (60+) telling jokes in a […]

Literary Death Match in Minneapolis

February 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

No, we didn’t make that up for a catchy headline. It’s a real event taking place Thursday night, March 1 at the Nomad World Pub. Literary Death Match puts on these events all over the country, and the Minnesota installment just happens to include not one, but TWO, HighBridge authors. Kao Kalia Yang, author of The Latehomecomer, […]

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