Audio Up Media partners with Jason Alexander, Sugar23 and Lance Bass Productions on Bedtime Stories of the Ingleside Inn – a new musical podcast.
Audio Up Media has announced it next major scripted podcasting event, this time, taking listeners back to Palm Springs circa 1975. Bedtime Stories of the Ingleside Inn is inspired by the memoir of Melvyn Haber, the irrepressible owner of the infamous Melvyn’s Restaurant and Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs, CA. Palm Springs was an ancestral home to legendary figures like the Rat Pack, a vacation staple for the mafia, and the favored haunt for celebrities behaving badly. Mel, completely inexperienced in the hospitality industry, struggles to get his new business off the ground, clashing with and catering to Hollywood’s elite – as well as a few drag queens, pornographers, and mobsters to boot. Jason Alexander stars as Mel. Additional cast includes Lance Bass, Richard Kind, and Michael McKean.
Bedtime Stories of the Ingleside Inn is written by Laura Ramadei and Ryan Willison, and produced by Academy Award winning producer Michael Sugar’s SUGAR23, Audio Up Media and Lance Bass Productions.
“Mel Haber’s life was sensational, dramatic, unfiltered and just plain fun. It’s a great story for our budding podcast division, and being involved with Audio Up and their unique, new model of podcasting only adds to our excitement to bring the tales of Mel and the Ingleside Inn to listeners everywhere,” said Michael Sugar.
“I’m ecstatic to finally be bringing this story to life” added Lance Bass, a real life friend of the legendary Melvyn Haber. “Mel and I tried to produce it for years— wanting to find the right partners. Michael Sugar and Jared Gutstadt shared my enthusiasm and we created something I know Mel would love. It’s an honor to tell the story of one of the best storytellers I’ve ever met.”
Bedtime Stories of the Ingleside Inn follows close on the heels of other hit musical podcasts from Audio Up Media, the fastest growing podcast network in the medium, including; the recent Ambie and Webby Award nominated, Make it Up As We Go, featuring Miranda Lambert, Halloween in Hell, featuring performances and original music from Machine Gun Kelly, Iann Dior, and 24kGoldn, and the forthcoming Sonic Leap, starring Anthony Anderson and music by Hero the Band. Similar to these projects,Bedtime Stories of the Ingleside Inn will feature a signature soundtrack, produced by Audio Up CEO Jared Gutstadt (2-time Emmy nominee, Podcast Innovator of the Year, and ASCAP Composer of the Year for Film and TV).
“The seeds for this podcast were planted when I sat down to dinner with Lance Bass,” said Gutstadt. “He was telling me about the fabled Ingleside Inn and its colorful owner, and a project that he’d had in turn around for years. It occurred to me that this story concept had all the makings of a fantastic podcast: rich story-telling, tonal elements that lend to the medium – an audio experience based on great source material. The final piece of the puzzle was to implement original music. Lance introduced us to his manager and producing partner, Michael Sugar, and it’s been an amazing process since then. Who better to anchor the project and bring this character to life than Jason Alexander. We can’t wait to share this project with the world.”
