Dawidziak Skypes into national spotlight

Current Plain Dealer and former Beacon Journal TV critic Mark Dawdiziak is a weekly regular on the national “Coast to Coast” video chat, which is handled via Skype.

He’s joined by moderator Dave Walker of the New Orleans Times-Picayune and NOLA.com, Vicki Hyman of New Jersey's Star-Ledger and NJ.com and Kristi Turnquist of The Oregonian.

The first video lauds Ken Burns' "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History," which began Sunday and continues nightly through Saturday on PBS.

Mark is the ghostly face on the right. He calls “The Roosevelts” Ken Burns’ “best work.”  

Mark is known nationally for his writings and live performances of Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Dickens with his local Largely Literary Theater Company.

Wife Sara Showman performs with him. They live in Cuyahoga Falls.

To see Mark’s panel performance, click on http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/09/tv_coast_to_coast_our_new_tv_c.html