It’s a remarkable story of personal and professional friendship, all the more so because it plays out within the notoriously volatile realm of show business.
Two young men skip university to become chartered accountants. They run a partnership for almost two decades, serving and representing many of the preeminent musical attractions of their time. After deciding to go separate ways, they remain the best of friends, and almost 60 years after they met are reunited as co-executive producers on “Judy,” an awards season front-runner.
And it all happened on the strength of a handshake.
“We never had a piece of paper,” claims Laurence Myers.
“We never signed a contract or anything,” Ellis M. Goodman confirms.
Myers left school early. “I wanted to be a Latin-American percussionist, but if I’d told my mother that at 16, I wouldn’t have made it to 17.” He and Goodman met in 1962 while studying for their accounting certification.
Two young men skip university to become chartered accountants. They run a partnership for almost two decades, serving and representing many of the preeminent musical attractions of their time. After deciding to go separate ways, they remain the best of friends, and almost 60 years after they met are reunited as co-executive producers on “Judy,” an awards season front-runner.
And it all happened on the strength of a handshake.
“We never had a piece of paper,” claims Laurence Myers.
“We never signed a contract or anything,” Ellis M. Goodman confirms.
Myers left school early. “I wanted to be a Latin-American percussionist, but if I’d told my mother that at 16, I wouldn’t have made it to 17.” He and Goodman met in 1962 while studying for their accounting certification.
- 2/1/2020
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
“I’m not going to be singing rock & roll when I’m 60,” Mick Jagger told his accountant 50 years ago, matter-of-factly, when he was merely an ex-economics student who’d started a rock band. Jagger’s dogged defiance of his own proclamation — the frontman turned 76 earlier this year and the Rolling Stones wrapped a major three-year tour last month — became a source of lifelong motivation for that very accountant, Laurence Myers, who’s now publishing a memoir about his own zig-zagging career in the music industry.
That book is Hunky Dory (Who Knew?...
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- 10/8/2019
- by Amy X. Wang
- Rollingstone.com
Principal photography begins today.
The first image of Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in upcoming biopic Judy has been released.
Principal photography begins today on the project, based on the true story of Judy Garland’s final concerts in London.
Judy is directed by two times Olivier winner Rupert Goold (King Charles III). The film is based on a script by Tom Edge (The Crown) and is produced by Bafta-winner David Livingstone (Pride) for Calamity Films.
Jessie Buckley (War And Peace), Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) have joined the cast.
Judy is set in 1968 with...
The first image of Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in upcoming biopic Judy has been released.
Principal photography begins today on the project, based on the true story of Judy Garland’s final concerts in London.
Judy is directed by two times Olivier winner Rupert Goold (King Charles III). The film is based on a script by Tom Edge (The Crown) and is produced by Bafta-winner David Livingstone (Pride) for Calamity Films.
Jessie Buckley (War And Peace), Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) have joined the cast.
Judy is set in 1968 with...
- 3/19/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Producers Lee Dean, Laurence Myers and Joey Parnes announced today that the complete cast of the Broadway premiere of End of the Rainbow, a new play with music, is in place. Michael Cumpsty, Tom Pelphrey and Jay Russell will join two-time Oliver Award-winner Tracie Bennett in Peter Quilter's acclaimed play about the legendary Judy Garland. Directed by the Tony Award winning Terry Johnson, End of the Rainbow will begin performances on Monday, March 19, 2012 at the Belasco Theatre, with an opening night now set for Monday, April 2.
- 11/17/2011
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Daryl Hannah looks set to follow Jerry Hall's lead and go nude when she takes to the London stage. Hannah, 39, will play The Girl in a London stage production of Seven Year Itch, The (1955) - a role made famous by Marilyn Monroe. It is not yet known whether she will follow in the footsteps of Nicole Kidman and Kathleen Turner and appear nude on stage. But Laurence Myers who is producing the play says, "I have spoken to Darryl's manager and he said that nudity was not a problem for her if the scene required it." Hannah's agent says, "She's a very serious actress. She won't be doing a Marilyn impersonation. She doesn't want the play's poster to be her standing over a grate in a white dress. I'm certain she's not intimidated by the Marilyn connection." The two actresses also have a romantic link - Marilyn was reputedly involved with President John F. Kennedy while Hannah lived with his late son JFK Jr. prior to his marriage to Carolyn Bessette.
- 8/18/2000
- WENN
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