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Tracy Newman Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

What a gift to relax into a warm, comfortable, fun conversation with a friend I know well. Peabody and Emmy Award-winning writer, Tracy Newman, who’s also a show creator, producer, director, singer/songwriter, and magician, took us from her earliest childhood creative forays through her current appearance on the just dropped PeeWee as Himself on HBO/Max. Picking up a guitar at 14, Tracy’s come full circle, again focused on her music, and treated us to one of her new gems, Benjamin Button. 

From her relationship with Ricky Jay, which led her to magic, and hand modeling card tricks for film and TV, MCing the Bitter End in the mid-60s, teaching pre-school, a Bob Hope Special, which led her to an appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, joining Gary Austin’s improv class with Pat Morita and Tim Matheson for two, brInging her younger sister Laraine along and quickly discovering her genius, the class becoming The Groundlings, Lily Tomlin who Tracy had worked with in New York, discovering Laraine with Lorne Michaels, Tracy segueing to directing, teaching, and writing, which led with her partner John Starks to TV, staff writing for Cheers, Bob Newhart, Hardball, to Ellen and the coming out episode whicg garnred the Emmy and the Peabody. Getting hired and getting fired, wonderful stories about all of the above, to co-creating The World According to Jim, cute story there. Syndication allowed Tracy to give it all up and return to music, her ongoing passion. 

We got some inside news of a feud, and talked losses…  Phil Hartman, PeeWee, George Wendt, and Miss Yvonne, Lynne Stewart, Tracy’s closest of friends. We also talked blessings, her niece, Hannah Einbinder’s, pickup today for a 5th season of Hacks, and directing her daughter’s, Charlotte’s Shorts, at The Groundling Theatre on June 17th. 

Tracy’s a wildly talented woman, with a crazy talented family. Can’t wait to see what she/them will do next. 

Tracy Newman Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

Wednesday, 5/28/25, 5 PM PT, 8 PM ET

Streamed Live on my FB & YouTube 

FB Replay here:

and on YouTube

Today LIVE, our great friend, multi-talented Emmy Winner, Tracy Newman! Currently featured in Pee-wee as Himself on HBO/Max. 

Tracy’s a founding member of The Groundlings Improv Theatre, the main farm company for SNL. She was a staff writer on Cheers, won an Emmy and a Peabody Award for co-writing the groundbreaking coming-out episode of Ellen, and co-created According to Jim. Add Bob Newhart, The Nanny. Drew Carey and a stellar appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. 

Tracy’s been playing guitar since she was 14 and is now a full-time singer/songwriter. Her band,  Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements, went strong for a decade. Since then, she’s been performing solo and building a children’s music business called Run Along Home.

Tracy's CDs for adults and children are available here: www.tracynewman.com 

Showbiz runs in the family gene pool - Tracy's got it all - comedian, actor, writer, producer, songwriter, singer, musician, magician! We'll sample as many of her wares as we can coax out of her! 

I've been blessed to share a lot of great memories with Tracy, look forward to the reminisce. 

Tracy Newman Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

Wednesday, 5/28/25, 5 PM PT, 8 PM ET

Streaming Live on my FB 

facebook.com/vickiabelson

And YouTube 

youtube.com/@VickiAbelsonLive