Silicon Alley Reporter

With the smooth voice of a late-night disc jockey and a name like “Galinsky”, it’s no wonder Pseudo’s co-founder and former executive producer has sunk his full post-bankruptcy weight into the entertainment world.

In fall 2000, Galinsky self-directed and performed his one-man play, The Bench: A Homeless Love Story, at The Red Room in Manhattan’s East Village. While initially facing his share of skeptics, the Netreprenuer-turned-actor ultimately won praise for his convincing performance of four homeless men and their love affair with a prostitute. Galinsky’s performance was so convincing, in fact, he’ll take his show to Los Angeles and San Francisco this spring.

Galinsky recently entered the cable industry and complete a pilot for Showtime about parolees who rebuild their lives after prison. In the theatre world, he’s producing a play by poet and Push author Sapphire; putting together another one-man show; and shopping around the rights to a play he’s written. Galinsky’s also honing his comedy skills for two upcoming out-of-state performances.

Even though he’s been at it since college, Galinsky put acting “on the back burner in the Pseudo days.” Does he miss those days? When the company crashed, Galinsky says, “I had already been out for six months and had been clean of the last six months of the pain and anguish people were going through, but there was still an unexplainable sense of liberation.”

Despite the millions Pseudo could have brought him, Galinsky has never lived beyond his means, partly due to the need to support his 4-year old son. And even with his newfound showbiz successes, he probably won’t re-enter the online entertainment space any time soon. “I still don’t feel like it’s stable,” he says. –Jill Hunter