Guys Who Like Musicals
116 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsHosts Dan Tracy and Joe Carroll are both guys who... (you guessed it) like musicals. We breakdown all things Broadway with weekly unscripted interviews. We've got 6 Broadway credits between us - so we're not only fans, but insiders. Looking for a candid weekly Broadway podcast giving you a lighthearted, no-BS look at the Great Way Way? Dying for a peek into the lives of Norbert Leo Butz, Gavin Creel, Shoshana Bean, Patti Murin, Alex Brightman, Ashley Park, and many more? Unsure how to help your kid accomplish their dreams and get on Broadway? We talk with your favorite stars about how they got their start. Check out our archive today! Part of the Broadway Podcast Network.
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We Love Passing Strange, Only Love Is Real
July 31, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourThis week we start a brand new format...MUSICALS WE LOVE… We love Musicals, we miss musicals… Starting this week we’re going to explore some shows you might not know and get a closer look at the shows you love. This week… Joe’s favorite musical of all time. PASSING STRANGE . . "You know its weird when you wake up that morning and realize that your entire adult life was based on the decision made by a teenager… A stoned teenager.” Passing Strange won the Tony for Best Book of a Musical at the ...
What A Year It's Been Finale
July 24, 2020 13:00 - 41 minutesMax and Robyn, Robyn and Max. Max Clayton and Robyn Hurder are the best of friends, the best of people, the most hilarious and most insightful. This week we're bringing you the highlights of each interview brought together through the glorious technology of ... sound editing. It's like they were in the room AT THE SAME TIME. Their love story can be seen all over Instagram so check it out. We revisit the moment when Max was in Vegas seeing Celine Dion and Broadway called. As well as the birth...
What a Year It's Been Part 4
July 10, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutesJoe is off vacationing this week, and Dan has settled into his new home in beautiful Colorado, and he's bringing you back to one of our favorites - our interview with Gavin Creel. Gavin has won a Tony Award, and an Olivier, but what we know him as the most-played singer on our car radios. Gavin has a brilliant perspective on the business, knowing you're enough, telling the story first, and being KIND. He is the King of Kindness (NICE WAITRESS Reference) more at guyswholikemusicals.com Learn m...
What A Year It's Been Part 3
July 03, 2020 14:47 - 41 minutesIs everyone watching Hamilton? This was the interview that really put Guys Who Like Musicals on the map this past year... and Joe was NOWHERE to be seen. Shoshana Bean puts her heart into her voice. This was the interview that really made us feel like we could talk with people at the absolute top of their game. We started this show as a couple guys who like talking to people about musicals, and this interview was a awakening for us that an interview show about Broadway could be so much more....
What a Year It's Been Part 2
June 26, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutesLet the celebration continue!! More highlights from year one, Hamilton is coming to Disney plus, and Guys Who Like Musicals has a new look for year 2... What does that mean? Stay tuned. We really REALLY want to hear from you. How are you? Whatcha thinkin about?? What do you want more of? What sucked? We want to connect with our listeners more... we love you guys you guys :) This week we continue to celebrate Black Artists by revisiting our favorite moments from Joe's interview with Noah J Ric...
What A Year It's Been PART 1
June 12, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 60.2 MBHappy Anniversary Darling. For the next few weeks we will be recapping some of our favorite memories from the past year, as well as bringing you some things we should've paid more attention to... like the way our black colleagues deal with racism in the theater every single day. So that's where we start today. Please tune in to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition TONIGHT on Youtube and The Antonyo Awards on June 19th. This week we wanted to highlight the conversation we had with Aisha Jackson...
What A Year It's Been Part 1
June 12, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutesHappy Anniversary Darling. For the next few weeks we will be recapping some of our favorite memories from the past year, as well as bringing you some things we should've paid more attention to... like the way our black colleagues deal with racism in the theater every single day. So that's where we start today. Please tune in to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition TONIGHT on Youtube and The Antonyo Awards on June 19th. This week we wanted to highlight the conversation we had with Aisha Jackson. T...
Tyrone Davis Jr. Will Never Miss A March
June 05, 2020 13:58 - 42 minutesThe generous Tyrone Davis Jr talks with us this week. Tyrone takes a second to talk us through his experience protesting over the weekend. He's a remarkable, lifelong activist and the last thing in the world he needed to do was talk with us. We were not going to have a episode this week in solidarity with George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and the countless lives lost to police violence, but we were honored that Tyrone was willing to chat with us and we thought giving our platform to his voice was...
Ashley Park: Hey Old Friend, Here's To Us
May 29, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourMean Girls, Sunday in the Park with George, The King and I...We met at 18, and now one of us is a TV star, a Tony Nominee, and has Tina Fey's cell phone number. ASHLEY PARK IS HERE!! We love this girl and we're so grateful she took an afternoon to talk to us. Ashley is currently (well ... in lockdown like all of us) but she was working on the Paramount TV series Emily in Paris and slated to star in Thoroughly Modern Millie at City Center when the world shut down. She shot the Netflix reboot o...
Izzy McCalla: There is Room For All of Us
May 22, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourShe's Jasmine, she's Alyssa, she's the dance captain of the 2012 University of Michigan production of Chicago where Dan and Joe wore mesh shirts and pretended they were Fosse dancers. LOOK IT UP. Actually ... please don't. Izzy has been seen in Aladdin on tour and on Broadway and is best known for her portrayal as Alyssa in THE PROM on Broadway. She was working on the out of town tryout of Jeffery Seller's FLY at the La Jolla Playhouse when the pandemic hit. We are SO STOKED for this one. FL...
"House lights to half" Frozen Stage Manager Matt Lutz
May 15, 2020 00:40 - 1 hour - 138 MBThis is horrible timing, but we just found out this afternoon that Frozen will no longer be a Broadway show. We talked to Matt last week before we knew any of this and had a wonderful conversation about life as a stage manager. We have had many of you asking for more insights into the world of stage management and we're sorry it took so long. Matt and Joe worked together on Frozen for Joe's entire run and Matt is the best... he's a terrible golfer though. JUST KIDDING. Matt has been Broadway...
"House lights to half" Stage Manager, Matt Lutz (FROZEN)
May 15, 2020 00:40 - 1 hourThis is horrible timing, but we just found out this afternoon that Frozen will no longer be a Broadway show. We talked to Matt last week before we knew any of this and had a wonderful conversation about life as a stage manager. We have had many of you asking for more insights into the world of stage management and we're sorry it took so long. Matt and Joe worked together on Frozen for Joe's entire run and Matt is the best... he's a terrible golfer though. JUST KIDDING. Matt has been Broadway ...
Caitlin Houlahan, Working Your Quirks
May 05, 2020 15:25 - 1 hourGirl From The North Country and Waitress star Caitlin Houlahan is with us this week!! This was such a fun conversation. Dan and Caitlin worked together at Waitress for over a year. Caitlin graduated from the prestigious Baldwin Wallace University and quickly took NYC by storm. Her first credit out of school was Peter Pan Live! followed by The Bridges Of Madison County, the final season of Girls, and, her dream role, Dawn in Waitress. She has one of the most interesting stories of getting to B...
Andrew Kober is Blue Collar Broadway
May 01, 2020 13:18 - 1 hourHows this for a resume? Sunday in the Park with George, Beautiful, She Loves Me, Les Mis, School of Rock, and a little tribal musical called Hair. Andrew Kober has carved a career for himself in shows every theater kid would kill for. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon and quickly established himself as one of Broadway’s most reliable, most inventive actors. Alex Finke guest stars this week (YES!!) We talk about carving a lane for yourself, not being an asshole, and how, sometimes, the auditio...
Ben Thompson, "Wait, No Callback?"
April 24, 2020 05:05 - 1 hourHAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY AMERICAN IDIOT!!! Because we're a super topical news podcast we thought we'd bring you an interview with one of the OG cast members of American Idiot, Ben Thompson. OBVIOUSLY we asked him months ago and this week worked out... that's how we roll.. EITHER WAY we are so stoked that he is here with us. We nerd out about Steven Hoggett and Tom Kitt, the Broadway show softball league, and bad audition stories. Ben and Dan worked together on Waitress for over a year where Ben...
A Drink With Robyn Hurder
April 17, 2020 05:36 - 1 hourThis week we're having happy hour Moulin Rouge star ROBYN HURDER!! Joe and Robyn worked on the developmental workshop and Boston productions of Moulin Rouge. Robyn has been seen on Broadway in Chicago, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Grease, and The Wedding Singer... she's done a million regional shows and tours AND... one of Joe's TOP 10 THEATRICAL MOMENTS AS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER: A Chorus Line at City Center. This week we talk motherhood and homeschooling, playing Caissi...
Corey Cott Explains The Plot of Bandstand
April 10, 2020 12:00 - 1 hourCOREY COTT IS HERE AND IT'S BANDSTAND WEEK!!! If you haven't already heard.. the Bandstand film will stream on Playbill.com all weekend. Check it out! A portion of the proceeds are being donated to The Actor's Fund. A little light in the darkness or all of us. This week we sit down with Corey Cott. Corey is currently a bald father of two (JK he has the best hair in the biz he just shaved it for charity this week). Joe and Corey did Bandstand together at Papermill Playhouse and on Broadway. Co...
Rachel Sussman is a RAD Woman
April 03, 2020 16:08 - 1 hourWe are so excited to have our first Producer on Guys Who Like Musicals. Joe met Rachel working on The Woodsman at New World Stages back in 2015. (If you can't tell by how many times Joe geeks out about it over the course of this hour). The Woodsman is currently on BroadwayHD!! Rachel is a highly acclaimed producer and creator. She is a TONY AWARD NOMINATED Producer for the Pulitzer Prize finalist, What The Constitution Means to Me. She started the The Mitten Project, a creative incubator in N...
Alex Boniello Is Telling You to Take Voice Lessons
March 27, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourRockstar Alex Boniello talks with us on the BEST SOUNDING PODCAST YET!! The Dear Evan Hansen star joins us via Zoom with his badass microphone from his home recording studio so, FEAR NOT, the tech on this week's episode is 100. You know Alex from Dear Evan Hansen, Spring Awakening, and off-Broadway sensations like Cruel Intentions and Brooklynite BUT .. did you know he is a Tony Award winning producer?? Oh yeah... He was a co-producer on a little musical called Hadestown. We get in to all the...
Bradley Gibson Is Telling You To Be Yourself
March 20, 2020 14:51 - 53 minutes - 98.1 MBBroadway's Simba is telling you everything is gonna be ok. He is telling you and his 16 year old self the same thing. Just relax and be yourself. The first Broadway show Bradley Gibson ever saw was The Lion King and now he IS simba. He has been seen on Broadway in Rocky and A Bronx Tale and is currently starring in The Lion King. He was seen in Shakespeare in the Park in Love's Labour's Lost and is about to be a big TV Star this summer. Bradley and Dan met doing a VERY bad reading a few year...
Ryann Redmond and Broadway is Cancelled
March 13, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourTHIS WEEK OLAF IS HERE!! Yes, Broadway is cancelled, BUT Ryann Redmond is here and it's the perfect musical theater escape from the corona virus. Ryann is one of the voices of our generation. She is hilarious, smart, and belts for the heavens. She's been seen on Broadway in IF/ THEN, ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE, and BRING IT ON. We pick her brain this week about changing the dialogue about body positivity in the theater, how much she is going to miss Joe, how Broadway is LITERALLY a marathon, a...
Donald Webber Jr. knew Broadway was Calling
March 06, 2020 14:34 - 1 hourAlways pick up a 212 area code because it’s always Broadway calling. In Donald Webber Jr’s case it was Jersey Boys. Dan sits down with Hamilton and Gun and Powder star Donald Webber Jr! Dan flies solo again this week in the final weeks of the run of Gun and Powder in DC. Donald has been in a million cool things including Hamilton Broadway as well as on tour, Motown, Holler If You Hear Me, Jersey Boys, and The Wiz LIVE. Listen in for when Donald got his break in the 6th grade singing EVERY rol...
Emmy Raver-Lampman Only in Flops Until...
February 28, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour"Time is the only thing we don't get more of." BOOM PUT IT ON A SHIRT. We are so thrilled this week that Emmy Raver-Lampman was willing to sit down with Dan while in the middle of Gun and Powder performances in DC. The radiant voiced, wildly successful, INSANELY talented Emmy Raver-Lampman grew up with our friends Adrienne Warren, RJ Brown, and Grant Gustin doing theater in Virginia. She has a resume that would make any actor drool. Broadway credits include Hamilton (Original Broadway cast), ...
Bobby Creighton and Kevin Del Aguila are Multi-Hyphenates
February 21, 2020 10:00 - 1 hourBroadway Dads Bobby Creighton and Kevin Del Aguila sit down with Joe for a post show bourbon. Bobby and Kevin shared a dressing room with Joe for the past year at Frozen and are two of the most inspiring guys you'll ever meet. In addition to doing Frozen eight times a week they are both constantly writing and working on original projects. Bobby Creighton has done EIGHT Broadway shows including The Lion King, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. He also wrote and starred in...
SEXY KRISTOFF NOAH RICKETTS
February 14, 2020 10:00 - 53 minutesNoah Ricketts once got apprehended at a Russian airport in the name of musical theater. TRUE STORY. Frozen's smooth singing Kristoff is with us this week!! Joe has three more days with the good people at Frozen on Broadway and Dan heads into the final stretch of the SOLD OUT run of Gun and Powder in DC. Our favorite part of this week is talking to Noah about the keys he uses to staying positive and fresh three years into a run of a show. He is entering his third year with Frozen after doing t...
Patti FREAKING Murin
February 07, 2020 10:00 - 58 minutesANA IS HERE!!! Joe sits down with Broadway's goofiest Princess to talk about The Bachelor, Nerds The Musical, wine, and all things Frozen. This one was REALLY cool as it was our first truly backstage interview bringing backstage at the St. James Theater in the star dressing room with Frozen's star. With Dan still in DC, Joe was on his own and, true to form, almost blew the entire interview with tech issues. The mics almost didn't work. SHOCKER. We are so grateful to Patti for taking time out ...
Kate Lumpkin Challenges the System
February 02, 2020 02:32 - 54 minutesWe're All At the Same Table. STOP SAYING "THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE". This is one for the quote board. Kate Lumpkin is FULL of amazing one-liners, life advice, and helpful tips to stop you from going crazy. We talked about stalking old women at the Korean Town YMCA, finding actors on the subway, and the good of social media... Yes... Dan was thrilled. We loved this conversation with our friend Kate and, frankly, we never wanted it to end. Kate most recently worked on the Bandstand National ...
Reed Campbell Turns The Mics on Joe and Dan
January 31, 2020 05:29 - 1 hourWell.. if you ever wanted to go drinking with Dan and Joe, this is about as close as it gets. Our dear friend Reed Campbell is here to ask US questions. We have an actor therapy session with our best friend as we ramble about the life, relationships, the business, college, heartbreak, unemployment, social media, and, most importantly, the thing that keeps us going: our friends. In this life we are only as good as the company we keep and Reed is one of the best. We need our friends to survive ...
Ross Baum and Angelica Cheri Talk Gun And Powder!!
January 24, 2020 18:19 - 1 hourGun and Powder COMING AT YOU! This week we are so excited to talk to the two people who gave Dan a job when no-one else would.. just kidding. BUT, seriously, Angelica Cheri and Ross Baum the writers of Gun and Powder are here!! Angelica calls Ross "The Jewish John Legend". We were so grateful to chat with them right as they were about to head to DC for the world premier of their new musical directed by Slave Play’s Robert O’Hara. The received the Richard Rogers Award for Gun and Powder which ...
Bryan Langlitz: Actor Whisperer
January 17, 2020 12:13 - 1 hourTHIS WEEK!! An actor therapy session with our friend Bryan Langlitz. Bryan was a senior at Michigan when Joe was a freshman Bryan is a full fledged WORKING actor. He made his Broadway debut in Memphis and recently relocated to LA to pursue more of a path in TV and Film. The changing coasts was totally terrifying for Bryan and we talk all about the WORK. We talk about working smarter, doing the work on the self, how the audition starts from the moment you get the appointment, and how your cred...
But Max Clayton Was Seeing Celine Dion
January 10, 2020 09:00 - 56 minutesMax was in Vegas seeing Celine Dion when Broadway called. The hilarious, handsome, crazy talented, huge hearted, huge appetited MAX CLAYTON IS HERE!! His biggest advice? Don't be an asshole. This is another one of our favorite conversations. This is a snapshot of what it's like to have a meal with Max and Joe. They share their love of food and beverage and musical theater. Max has been seen on Broadway in Pretty Woman; Hello, Dolly!; Bandstand (Chita Rivera nom.); Something Rotten!; On the To...
Challenging The System With Kate Lumpkin
January 04, 2020 16:35 - 53 minutes - 97 MBWe're All At the Same Table. STOP SAYING "THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE". This is one for the quote board. Kate Lumpkin is FULL of amazing one-liners, life advice, and helpful tips to stop you from going crazy. We talked about stalking old women at the Korean Town YMCA, finding actors on the subway, and the good of social media... Yes... Dan was thrilled. We loved this conversation with our friend Kate and, frankly, we never wanted it to end. Kate most recently worked on the Bandstand National...
GAVIN CREEL GAVIN CREEL GAVIN CREEL!!
December 20, 2019 07:00 - 1 hourHAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM US TO YOU!!! THE LEGEND IS HERE!! We can't believe that Tony Award and Olivier WINNER Gavin Creel agreed to sit down with us. He is one of the biggest stars on Broadway and, for some reason, he agreed to spend an hour with us. Listen in for the tale of a boy from Ohio who came to the big city, ate spaghetti, worked in a shiny mail room, and changed the face of musical theater for a generation of musical theater performers. Listen for when he was the original Boq in Wicked....
HANS ON HANS with John Riddle
December 13, 2019 01:33 - 58 minutes - 107 MBTHE OG HANS IS HERE!! We bring you... Hans on Hans. We make a lot of promises that we don't keep at GWLM, but we came through on this one. YES!! We were so excited to have Broadway's Raoul in the house. He's the nicest guy and we were thrilled to geek out about Frozen, Phantom, Chita Rivera, and sitting in the theater with John Kander as he writes The Visit. Listen to when he did Miss Saigon in college with Corey Cott, Ashley Park, Stephanie Umoh, Mike Campayno, and Will Blum. STARS IN THE M...
John Riddle in "Hans on Hans"
December 13, 2019 01:33 - 1 hourTHE OG HANS IS HERE!! We bring you... Hans on Hans. We make a lot of promises that we don't keep at GWLM, but we came through on this one. YES!! We were so excited to have Broadway's Raoul in the house. He's the nicest guy and we were thrilled to geek out about Frozen, Phantom, Chita Rivera, and sitting in the theater with John Kander as he writes The Visit. Listen to when he did Miss Saigon in college with Corey Cott, Ashley Park, Stephanie Umoh, Mike Campayno, and Will Blum. STARS IN THE MA...
Stephanie Styles is a FAN FIRST
December 06, 2019 07:00 - 1 hourKiss Me Kate and Newsies star Stephanie Styles is HANGING WITH US!! We spend a solid chunk nerding about Jagged Little Pill that opens TONIGHT!! Our friend Steph has blown up the past few years. She's a Disney superfan who made her professional debut in the First National Tour of Newsies! Dreams coming true all over the place. She is constantly booked these days most recently seen in the Netflix show Bonding and the upcoming, highly anticipated NBC musical series, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlis...
Colton Ryan from Broadway to TV before 24
November 29, 2019 15:25 - 1 hourHappy Thanksgiving to our listeners!! Guys Who Like Musicals is still sponsored by NO ONE!! Colton Ryan is HERE. From making his Broadway debut in Dear Evan Hansen, to his new tv show, Little Voice, Colton has hit almost every major mark in the entertainment industry... and he's SO YOUNG. He talks about how Girl From The North Country (coming to Broadway this spring) led to Alice by Heart which led, almost seamlessly, to his first series regular gig in Sara Bareilles and Jesse Nelson's Little...
WRONG MAN, HAMILTON, Ryan Vasquez!!
November 22, 2019 01:27 - 1 hourOUR FRIEND RYAN VASQUEZ IS HERE! The Man In Black (and Duran alternate) of The Wrong Man is here. We went to college with Ryan and he has BLOWN UP in the past few years. The people you go on spring break with could end up SUPER FAMOUS. He made his Broadway debut in Wicked, his first Original Broadway Company with Waitress, and is the first and only actor to portray the roles of Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, George Washington, Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, and Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas ...
Aisha Jackson Leads With Love and Light
November 15, 2019 18:07 - 1 hour"Your gifts will make space for you." Joe loves a quote and Aisha Jackson is FULL of them. Ok. So Dan is in Waitress, Joe is Frozen, Aisha has done both. So we obviously had to call her! We pose the tough questions like ... "Which show do you like more?" and "What do you like most about Joe's performance?" Totally kidding. We spend an hour with Aisha and talk about everything from getting fired, the heartbreak that goes with having to choose between jobs, and race in musical theater. We talk ...
Don't Sing With Dead Eyes with Mike Ruckles
November 08, 2019 16:32 - 1 hour - 131 MBDON'T PAINT WITH A SMALL PALETTE!! Wanna learn how to sing? ALL you have to do is subscribe to Guys Who Like Musicals and listen in. Not really. Singing takes a ton of work, but, Mike Ruckles can help. Also - It's Dan's BIRTHDAY AND JOE ALMOST FORGOT. Mike Ruckles is one of the most sought after voice teachers in the city. He has worked with Dan for the last year and Dan is singing better than ever. This week we give you an inside scoop on everything singing. Mike was the associate music ...
Mike Ruckles Fixes Your Dead Eyes
November 08, 2019 16:32 - 1 hourDON'T PAINT WITH A SMALL PALETTE!! Wanna learn how to sing? ALL you have to do is subscribe to Guys Who Like Musicals and listen in. Not really. Singing takes a ton of work, but, Mike Ruckles can help. Also - It's Dan's BIRTHDAY AND JOE ALMOST FORGOT. Mike Ruckles is one of the most sought after voice teachers in the city. He has worked with Dan for the last year and Dan is singing better than ever. This week we give you an inside scoop on everything singing. Mike was the associate music dir...
SUPERFAN INTERVIEW Ellyn Marie Marsh!
November 01, 2019 16:35 - 1 hour - 116 MBHAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! This week we are talking with Broadway favorite and Guys Who Like Musicals SUPERFAN ELLYN MARSH!! Dan and Joe have had WAY too much candy. We recorded the intro LIVE from Joe's apartment where Alex and Joe had just made dinner for Dan and Julie. THIS WEEK.. we have our thoughts on Autumn, audition stories, and Joe will break down the truest adage in show business... "if you want a job, leave town." We're so lucky to be talking to Ellyn. She is a journey-woman on Broadway w...
GWLM SUPERFAN INTERVIEW: Rose Tattoo's Ellyn Marie Marsh!
November 01, 2019 16:35 - 1 hour - 116 MBHAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! This week we are talking with Broadway favorite and Guys Who Like Musicals SUPERFAN ELLYN MARSH!! Dan and Joe have had WAY too much candy. We recorded the intro LIVE from Joe's apartment where Alex and Joe had just made dinner for Dan and Julie. THIS WEEK.. we have our thoughts on Autumn, audition stories, and Joe will break down the truest adage in show business... "if you want a job, leave town." We're so lucky to be talking to Ellyn. She is a journey-woman on Broadway w...
Ellyn Marie Marsh is a GHLM Superfan?!
November 01, 2019 16:35 - 1 hourHAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! This week we are talking with Broadway favorite and Guys Who Like Musicals SUPERFAN ELLYN MARSH!! Dan and Joe have had WAY too much candy. We recorded the intro LIVE from Joe's apartment where Alex and Joe had just made dinner for Dan and Julie. THIS WEEK.. we have our thoughts on Autumn, audition stories, and Joe will break down the truest adage in show business... "if you want a job, leave town." We're so lucky to be talking to Ellyn. She is a journey-woman on Broadway wo...
SLAVE PLAY'S Paul Nolan on Listening
October 25, 2019 05:00 - 1 minutePaul Alexander Nolan's resume would make any musical theater geek swoon. Tony in West Side, Jesus in Superstar, Guy in Once. He has run the gamut of some of the great musical theater leading roles of all time. This season on Broadway he takes on his biggest challenge yet; Jim in Jermey O. Harris' remarkable, provocative Slave Play. If someone tells you "musical theater actors can't do plays", read off Paul's credits. Joe and Dan get into the honor and responsibility of playing Jim, reinventin...
THE BOYS ARE BACK!! WITH ANNE L NATHAN!
October 18, 2019 15:10 - 1 hourSEASON 2!! WE ARE BACK! Joe got fired, Dan is not a doctor, but he plays one on Broadway, shows are opening, Fosse/Verdon won Emmys. We are talking with Anne L Nathan (22:00) this week. She has been in every musical you've ever seen. Thoroughly Modern Millie, Ragtime, Once, Chicago, It Shoulda Been You... and mannnny more! She is about to open one of the most anticipated shows of the 2020 season, Sing Street. Based on the John Carney movie, it follows a group of high schoolers in 1980's Irela...
Alex Brightman and Jenny Ravitz Applaud Each Other
September 06, 2019 05:00 - 1 hourEND OF SEASON ONE!! This week is our last episode for a couple weeks as we get some more interviews from people we love. We’re so excited to talk with the casting genius behind Chicago Fire/Med/ PD and her husband Beetlejuice. Jenny Ravitz (casting director at Jonathan Strauss casting) and Alex Brightman (two time Tony Award Nominee for Beetlejuice and School of Rock, Wicked, Matilda) are hilarious, insightful, and SO in love. The gems in this episode are everywhere from “find your Colorado”,...
Alex Brightman and Jenny Ravitz Applaud Each Other When They Get Home
September 06, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBEND OF SEASON ONE!! This week is our last episode for a couple weeks as we get some more interviews from people we love. We’re so excited to talk with the casting genius behind Chicago Fire/Med/ PD and her husband Beetlejuice. Jenny Ravitz (casting director at Jonathan Strauss casting) and Alex Brightman (two time Tony Award Nominee for Beetlejuice and School of Rock, Wicked, Matilda) are hilarious, insightful, and SO in love. The gems in this episode are everywhere from “find your Colorado”...
Erich Bergen Wasn't Right For Bob Gaudio, Clint Eastwood Disagreed
August 30, 2019 05:00 - 1 hourThis week we're talking to 'Madam Secretary' star and Waitress alum Erich Bergen!! (00:26:00) Erich just finished up his second run as Dr. Pommatter in Waitress on Broadway before filming the 6th season of Madam Secretary. We talk about Clint Eastwood, Jersey Boys, how getting fired was the best thing that could've happened to Erich, and why you can't move forward when you're looking side to side. We also take you through some clarifications from last week's questions, some new questions, and...
WE LOVE YOUR QUESTIONS! Hadestown, Swings, Stunt Casting, Social Media OH MY!
August 23, 2019 03:12 - 38 minutes - 72.5 MBThank you so much for your questions!! PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING!! We’re still figuring out what will be in your care package. Joe is in love with Reeve Carney and SHOWMANCE the podcast with Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz. Dan loves non-equity tours and naked pictures of himself. We talk about social media in the theater, stunt casting, when you should join Actor's Equity, and we still love Hadestown... and Michelle Obama. We love her so much. Tune in for playoff where one of your favorite B...