Mr. Paul Leary
 
 

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Paul Leary grew up in South Boston, Massachusetts and began his

performance career at the ripe age of 10 when he “crawled” into acting

class at Boston's Suffolk University.  At 15 he was the youngest person to

be certified producer at Boston Neighborhood Network Television

then interviewed "The Elephant Show" stars Sharon, Lois & Bram.


He had acted extensively in the Boston area and enrolled at Emerson College and  excelled in theater performance.   At the same time he served in the Public Relations and Marketing Department at The Children's Museum in Boston.  Look closely at the film “Good Will Hunting” and you might see Paul as an extra in the bar scenes.  He acted in the national WGBH broadcast of "Turf" which won the 1996 Achievement in Radio award.


In 2002 Paul relocated to South Florida, when he was hired by Palm Beach
Public Broadcasting station WXEL (now WPBI).  In addition to eventually hosting a weekly Saturday night show, Paul was heard daily and produced WXEL's local programs "On The Money," "Florida Forum" and "The American Senior Side Show" and was side-kick to “Skipper” Chuck Zink on the Big Bands show. Often was substitute host for Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Joanna Marie's Classical Variations and at times anchored the WXEL/Sun-Sentinel Newscasts. Paul interviewed many local and national celebrities and community arts leaders, including Caldwell Theatre's Michael Hall, Charles Nelson Reilly and "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" panelist, Paula Poundstone.


Called to Miami to serve as Fundraising Producer for Friends of WLRN, Inc.
-- since 2006 at WLRN Public Radio & TV, Paul is an on-air host, producer and assists with operations. On this website in 2008, he’s been hosting "Broadway Edition" featuring the best of South Florida Theater and touring Broadway shows.  During 2008-2011 he  was occasionally a Traffic Reporter on 97.3 The Coast and 93 Rock in Miami and on 93.7 The Breeze and NewsRadio 1490 WTTB in the treasure coast. 


Early  2009 through 2011, Leary joined forces with broadcast partner QueerChannel.TV, which features interviews with nonprofit South Florida GLBT organizations and events and broadcasted a weekly Newscast co-produced by South Florida Blade Newspaper.   In June 2009 joined the board of directors No More Tears, Inc.


During the Summer and Fall of  2009, served on the Board of Directors of Pride of Greater Fort Lauderdale (Stonewall Pride, Inc.) an organization that promotes GLBT issues with community events “Wicked Manors” and the annual Stonewall Pride Parade in Wilton Manors, FL.


Right now, in addition to his daily duties with broadcast partner WLRN and serving as weekend host, Paul is focused on producing “Broadway Edition radio interviews that air on South Florida Arts Beat Radio and an online show featuring South Florida Theatre and touring Broadway Shows.  Paul has interviewed Broadway Legends Chita Rivera and Mandy Patinkin, Sandra Burnhard, Cheyenne Jackson, Anthony Rapp and  Tony© winner Melba Moore to name a few.


pleary@paulleary.com





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