Call Time with Katie Birenboim
69 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsCasual, yet serious-minded conversations with theatre's best and brightest.
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Episodes
Episode 81: Amanda Morton
April 18, 2024 14:20 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBKatie checks in with music director, music supervisor, conductor, and pianist (associate conductor/keys 2 for Gutenberg!, assistant conductor/keys 3 for The Who's Tommy, and associate music director/lyric dramaturg for KPOP on Broadway; The Diary of a Wimpy Kid; Picnic at Hanging Rock; Anne of Green Gables), Amanda Morton.
Episode 80: Eli Mayer
April 11, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBKatie checks in with actor, Eli Mayer (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Barrington Stage, the MUNY, Ride the Cyclone at Arena Stage and McCarter Theatre Center, and currently Reuven in The Chosen at Cincinatti Playhouse).
Episode 79: Stefanie Londino
April 04, 2024 14:25 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBKatie checks in with actor (My Name is Asher Lev, A Bronx Tale, Fiddler on the Roof, and Annie National Tours) and musician (West Side Waltz and the Voxies), Stefanie Londino.
Episode 78: Ellenore Scott
March 28, 2024 14:45 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBKatie checks in with choreographer (Funny Girl, Mr. Saturday Night, Grey House on Broadway; Little Shop of Horrors, Kate Hamill's Pride and Prejudice, Jeremy O'Harris' Black Exhibition, Titanique Off Broadway) and director (upcoming: The Lonely Few, with Tripp Cullman), Ellenore Scott.
Special Episode: Sunday in the Park with George at Axelrod PAC
February 15, 2024 16:22 - 1 hour - 69 MBKatie has a roundtable discussion with director & choreographer, Eamon Foley, and star, Talia Suskauer, of the upcoming Sunday in the Park with George at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, a production which she is co-producing.
Episode 77: Graham Phillips
January 11, 2024 14:30 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBKatie checks in with actor (13 on Broadway, Sunday in the Park with George at Pasadena Playhouse, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf at the Geffen, The Good Wife, Riverdale, The Little Mermaid Live!), director, and writer (The Mediator, The Bygone, and Rumble Through the Dark), Graham Phillips.
Episode 76: Wilson Chin
December 14, 2023 15:45 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBKatie checks in with set designer (Broadway: Cost of Living, Pass Over, Next Fall; Lincoln Center Theater, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, the Public, Roundabout, and more; Lortel and Drama Desk nominations), Wilson Chin.
Episode 75: Molly Rose Heller
December 07, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBKatie checks in with director and theatre maker (associate on Sabbath's Theater, Invincible the Musical; The Apostle Peter and His Lover John Also an Apostle; Notes From the Basement; 2022 member of Directors’ Lab North; one of New York Jewish Week’s “36 to Watch" 2022), Molly Rose Heller.
Special Episode: Scene Change, With Author Alan Harrison
November 30, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBKatie checks in with former actor and director, arts manager (Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Arts West), and author, Alan Harrison, on his new book, Scene Change: Why Today's Non-Profit Arts Organizations Have to Stop Producing Art and Start Producing Impact.
Episode 74: Julia Nicole Hunter
November 16, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBKatie checks in with actor and singer (Annie National Tour, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Burn the Floor, Walnut Street Theatre), Julia Nicole Hunter.
Episode 73: Livvy Marcus
November 02, 2023 14:30 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBKatie checks in with actor (Life After, The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation) and singer/songwriter (Morninglory music), Livvy Marcus.
Special Episode: Jesse Green on Shy: the Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers
October 26, 2023 14:45 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBKatie discusses Shy: the Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers (available everywhere) with its co-author, and Chief Theatre Critic for The New York Times, Jesse Green.
Episode 72: Patti Wilcox
October 19, 2023 14:30 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBKatie checks in with NAACP and Fred Astaire award-winning Broadway choreographer (Motown the Musical, A Night with Janis Joplin, Annie National Tour), Patti Wilcox.
Episode 71: Paul Felten
August 24, 2023 15:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBKatie checks in with screenwriter and director (Francophrenia (or: Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is), Burn Country, and Slow Machine -- Rotterdam, Viennale, and New York Film Festivals), Paul Felten.
Episode 70: Jacob Kerzner
August 17, 2023 14:30 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBKatie checks in with music director, pianist, orchestrator, and educator (Berkshire Theatre Group, the MUNY, Opera Memphis, the George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition, developmental teams for Oklahoma! (2019) and Hadestown), Jacob Kerzner.
Episode 69: Edward Juvier
August 10, 2023 14:30 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBKatie checks in with actor (Les Miz National Tour and on Broadway, Phantom of the Opera National Tour, Stages St. Louis, Goodspeed Opera House, Tuacahn, Theatre Works Palo Alto, and more), Edward Juvier.
Episode 68: Jenn Thompson
July 07, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBKatie checks in with former actor (Annie, The Heiress, Ah, Wilderness!, Little Darlings) and Drama Desk, Lortel, and SDC Joe A. Callaway Award nominated director (Annie National Tour, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Denver Center Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Hartford Stage, Pioneer Theatre Company, Mint Theatre Company), Jenn Thompson.
Special Episode: A Tribute to Sheldon Harnick
June 29, 2023 14:20 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBKatie reflects on the late, great Sheldon Harnick, the lyricist for Broadway masterpieces like Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me, Fiorello!, The Apple Tree, and more.
Episode 67: Valerie Wright
June 22, 2023 14:30 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBKatie checks in with Broadway star (Damn Yankees, Song and Dance, Cats, Steel Pier, Annie Get Your Gun, Elf, Tuck Everlasting, Kimberly Akimbo), Valerie Wright.
Episode 66: Talia Suskauer
June 08, 2023 14:30 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBKatie checks in with star of Wicked on Broadway (Elphaba), Be More Chill on Broadway, and, currently, Gypsy at Goodspeed Opera House (Louise), Talia Suskauer.
Episode 65: Timothy J. McClimon
June 01, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBKatie checks in with former Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at American Express, former Executive Director of Second Stage Theater, and current Executive Director of Signature Theatre, Timothy J. McClimon.
Episode 64: Cameron Terry
March 08, 2023 15:15 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBKatie checks in with dancer, choreographer, and founder of Shades Dance Theater, Cameron Terry.
Episode 63: Sophie Weisskoff
March 02, 2023 15:15 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBKatie checks in with playwright (Great Plains Theatre Conference Selection, Edward F. Albee Fellow, Rona Jaffe Foundation Graduate Fellow, upcoming: Brainsmash at 59E59) and writer (New York Magazine, The Virginia Quarterly), Sophie Weisskoff.
Episode 62: Runako Campbell
February 23, 2023 15:15 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBKatie checks in with dancer and performing artist (Broadway's Jagged Little Pill, Lohengrin and The Hours at the Metropolitan Opera, Vogue World for New York Fashion Week, and more), Runako Campbell.
Episode 61: Ryan Steele & Gaby Diaz
February 16, 2023 15:20 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBKatie checks in with Ryan Steele (Broadway's Newsies, Carousel, Matilda, and more) and Gaby Diaz (winner of So You Think You Can Dance season 12, Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, Tick Tick Boom), both of whom recently starred in MCC's dance musical Only Gold.
Episode 60: Skylar Fox
February 09, 2023 16:30 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBKatie checks in with theatre maker, co-Artistic Director of Nightdrive (Thank You Sorry, The Grown-Ups), and illusions and magic associate at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child US, Skylar Fox.
Episode 59: Ryan Donovan
January 26, 2023 15:30 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBKatie checks in with former dancer and actor (50th anniversary West Side Story national tour, Goodspeed Opera House, TUTS) and assistant professor of theatre and performance studies at Duke University, as well as the author of the forthcoming book, Broadway Bodies (available February 10), Ryan Donovan.
Episode 58: Bella Wang
January 05, 2023 15:30 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBKatie checks in with arts marketer (The Vineyard Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Premiere Consulting Group China), Bella Wang.
Episode 57: Alexis Kleinman
December 22, 2022 15:15 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBKatie checks in with journalist (Deputy Editor of Impact and Innovation at the Huffington Post, Editor of Tech at Mic, Editor at the New York Times' branded content studio T Brand, Editor for Axios' in-house branded content studio, Smart Brevity Studio) and comedian, Alexis Kleinman.
Episode 56: Alexander Quetell
December 08, 2022 15:15 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBKatie checks in with dancer and choreographer (currently: Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz; previously: YC2, TL Collective, Springboard Dance Montreal), Alexander Quetell. Photo of Alexander by Philipp Romer.
Episode 55: Sophie Blue
December 01, 2022 15:15 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBKatie checks in with dancer and arts administrator (American Ballet Theatre, Jacob's Pillow, Liam Francis), Sophie Blue.
Episode 54: Cody Williams
November 17, 2022 15:15 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBKatie checks in with former Broadway dancer (On the Town, Memphis, Cinderella, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), producer of NY1's "On Stage" program and the PBS documentary Reopening: The Broadway Revival, and current owner/producer/director of the production company, Ordinary Sunday, Cody Williams.
Episode 53: Jane Whitty
November 10, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBKatie checks in with senior consultant at Capacity Interactive, the premier digital marketing consulting firm for culture and the arts, and her professor at NYU, Jane Whitty.
Episode 52: Peterson Townsend
November 03, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 68 MBKatie checks in with actor of stage (St. Louis Rep, Barrington Stage, Arden Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, the Mint, the Metropolitan Opera) and screen (Law and Order: SVU, The Good Fight, Elementary, Gossip Girl), Peterson Townsend.
Episode 51: Lisa Gold
October 27, 2022 14:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBKatie checks in with former director of public engagement at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, former public relations director for The Drawing Center, former director of development and communications for Socrates Sculpture Park, and current Executive Director of the Asian American Arts Alliance, Lisa Gold.
Episode 50: Julia Greer
September 29, 2022 14:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBKatie checks in with actor, writer, and co-founder/co-Artistic Director of The Hearth, a theatre company dedicated to stories by, about, and for women and other under-represented genders, Julia Greer.
Episode 49: Claire Saunders
September 22, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBKatie checks in with actor (the Mint Theater Company, The York Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Group, Barrington Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Theatre Works Hartford, Law & Order SVU), Claire Saunders.
Episode 48: Jonathan Bank
September 15, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBKatie checks in with Artistic Director and Producer of the Mint Theater, Jonathan Bank.
Special Episode: Horrors of the Heart
August 04, 2022 14:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBIn this special episode, Katie focuses on the development of a new, boundary and genre-pushing "photographic play," Horrors of the Heart, written and directed by her NYU classmate Hunter Carrico, and produced by Bad Behavior Lab.
Episode 47: Rob Signom
July 28, 2022 14:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBKatie checks in with production manager (Signature Theatre, Aspen Opera Theater Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Gotham Chamber Opera), co-founder of Intuitive Production Management, and curator of the American Packard Museum, Rob Signom.
Episode 46: Anthony Cochrane
July 21, 2022 13:51 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBKatie checks in with actor (Royal Shakespeare Company, War Horse, Cymbeline, The Audience, and The Utopia Trilogy on Broadway) and composer (music for over 30 theatrical productions), Anthony Cochrane.
Episode 45: Laakan McHardy
July 14, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBKatie checks in with star of stage (The Guthrie, Seattle Rep, the Humana Festival, LCT's The Wolves, currently: Chains at the Mint Theater) and screen (16 Bars, the Blacklist, FBI Most Wanted, Madam Secretary, Succession), Laakan McHardy.
Episode 44: David Auburn
June 30, 2022 14:34 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBKatie checks in with screenwriter (The Lake House), director (Side Effects at MCC, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Skin of Our Teeth, Petrified Forest at Berkshire Theatre Group), and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Skyscraper, The Columnist, Lost Lake, Proof), David Auburn.
Episode 43: Billy Cohen
June 23, 2022 13:35 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBKatie checks in with actor (Goodspeed Opera House, Theatre Aspen, The Band's Visit National Tour), Billy Cohen.
Episode 42: Molly Fagan
June 16, 2022 13:35 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBKatie checks in with actor, marketer, and arts administrator, Molly Fagan.
Episode 41: Andy Bragen
May 26, 2022 14:01 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBKatie checks in with playwright (The Hairy Dutchman, Spuyten Duyvil, Notes on My Mother's Decline, This Is My Office -- Drama Desk nomination), former fellow with Ensemble Studio Theatre, Dramatists' Guild, Berkeley Rep, and New Dramatists, and founder of Andy Bragen Theatre Projects, Andy Bragen.
Episode 40: Megan Fairchild
May 19, 2022 13:15 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBKatie checks in with New York City Ballet principal dancer, star of On the Town on Broadway, and author of The Ballerina Mindset, Megan Fairchild.
Episode 39: Dr. Kellye Jones
May 12, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBKatie checks in with professor of executive leadership, gender theory, and conflict management, with research published in periodicals like The Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, The Women in Management Review, and The Journal of International Business Disciplines, as well as Katie's current NYU Stern professor, Dr. Kellye Jones.
Episode 38: Francis Benhamou
April 28, 2022 16:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBKatie checks in with star of stage (Selling Kabul and The Profane at Playwrights Horizons, Three Women at 59E59, and most recently Prayer for the French Republic at Manhattan Theatre Club) and screen (Arranged, Daredevil, Inside Amy Schumer, Life and Beth), Francis Benhamou.
Special Episode: Auditioning in NYC (featuring Drew Carr)
April 21, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBIn this special episode, Katie gets into the nitty gritty of auditioning in New York City -- the highs, the lows, the union, the studios, etc., all helped by actor (Fiorello!, Criminal Minds), dancer (Newsies, West Side Story, A Chorus Line), and friend, Drew Carr.