{"id":13925,"date":"2025-07-11T13:55:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13925"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:58:04","slug":"conversation-at-bedford-playhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/11\/conversation-at-bedford-playhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversation at Bedford Playhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayhouse.org\/2025\/07\/08\/james-frey-visits-bedford-playhouse-for-conversation-on-next-to-heaven\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Bedford Playhouse<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">James Frey Visits Bedford Playhouse for Conversation on Next to Heaven<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/nightjarprod\/content\/uploads\/sites\/261\/2025\/07\/08084831\/Next-To-Heavan-6-25-2025-42-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bedford Playhouse recently welcomed bestselling author James Frey for a riveting conversation about his latest novel,&nbsp;<em>Next to Heaven<\/em>\u2014a dark, satirical thriller that delves into the underbelly of America\u2019s wealthiest communities. Dubbed \u201cAmerica\u2019s Most Notorious Author\u201d by&nbsp;<em>TIME<\/em>&nbsp;and the \u201cBad Boy of American Literature\u201d by&nbsp;<em>The New York Times<\/em>, Frey captivated the audience with his insights into the twisted world of privilege, scandal, and betrayal that drives his newest work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderated by author and media executive Fran Hauser, the event offered a lively and thought-provoking discussion on the themes of moral decay, voyeurism, and the extremes of human behavior that Frey masterfully explores in his novel. Guests had the opportunity to purchase signed copies of&nbsp;<em>Next to Heaven<\/em>and connect with the author in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a thrilling evening of literature, conversation, and candid storytelling\u2014true to form for one of the most provocative voices in contemporary fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayhouse.org\/2025\/07\/08\/james-frey-visits-bedford-playhouse-for-conversation-on-next-to-heaven\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Bedford Playhouse<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Bedford Playhouse James Frey Visits Bedford Playhouse for Conversation on Next to Heaven Bedford Playhouse recently welcomed bestselling author James Frey for a riveting conversation about his latest novel,&nbsp;Next to Heaven\u2014a dark, satirical thriller that delves into the underbelly of America\u2019s wealthiest communities. Dubbed \u201cAmerica\u2019s Most Notorious Author\u201d by&nbsp;TIME&nbsp;and the \u201cBad Boy of American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conversation-information","category-culture-art","category-literary-news","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}