It's Broadway Bitch

It's a Broadway podcast crossover! We are joined by The Theater Enthusiast host Allison, and I Wanna Be Like You host Elbi to discuss the fall lineup of shows coming to Broadway. What are we excited about, what do we know nothing about, and what have we already bought tickets for??  We also dish about shows we love (and some we regret missing), perfectly cast shows and imperfectly cast shows, our...

A Labor Day treat! We're talking to a writer, director, and actor the amazing Douglas Lyons!!! You have seen him in Book of Mormon and Parade and you have seen his work in Chicken and Biscuits and Beau The Musical. We talk all about how auditioning has almost nothing to do with talent, how every audition can be a chance to "book the room," and why you should keep creating even when nobody is calli...

We are BACK to take you on another journey with Heather's star Cade Ostermeyer! He went straight from college to his off broadway role as Kurt Kelly in this cult classic show. And shockingly he got the role from an open call. His last show is Sept 6th so get tickets now to see him! We dish about the stage door (he likes it!),  Heathers superfans, what he learned on the business side from Kerri But...

Broadway at 10, high school in between, and a whole lot of growing up onstage. Our guest this week the fabulous Noah Marlowe shares what it was really like to be a Broadway kid!  What are the laws? How many times a week do they go on? Why can't they skateboard on their days of??? We dish about changing voices, aging out of child roles, touring across America, queer representation, the weird realit...

We are back and going behind the scenes of Company XIV, the wildly theatrical world of baroque opulence, neo-burlesque, acrobatics, and sexy fairy tales with it's lead chanteuse Lindsay Rose!!! We dish about how Company XIV came about, audience members who get a little too handsy, the time when Shoshana Bean plucked her from the boutique she was working at, and fear of success.  *****RATE ***** RE...

I can't believe we did it again! We made another episode of the world's best podcast and we got the world's best guest in Gerianne Perez!! You know her from Operation Mincemeat, Six, and In Transit. She also creates content breaking down the truth about working on broadway. The good, the bad, the ugly! We dish about covering three lead roles, having performance anxiety, going on when you have the...

After a small travel delay, we are back back back with the phenomenal Jay Armstrong Johnson! You have seen him everywhere from Phantom of the Opera, to Parade and now starring as Ilya in the wildly successful Heated Rivalry Parody. Jay talks about his on stage chemistry with his co-star, how it's a love lette to the shiny IP, and how the fandom reacted to the musical. We dish about what makes this...

After a long weekend we all need a nice heartwarming episode of It's Broadway Bitch so here it is! We welcome composer and lyricist Adam Gwon to the pod! His off broadway show, All the Worlds A Stage has a cast album out now and will be available to see again this fall. The recipient of numerous awards, Adams work includes Scotland PA, Ordinary Days, and String.  We dish about being mentored by Ah...

From being a swing dresser on Broadway to writing her own book I am utterly fascinated by Teale Dvornik! Currently working as a dresser for the Met Opera, she has also worked on Aladdin and Wicked and through those experiences created The Backstage Blonde. Using the stories she heard from generational stage hands, and her own personal experiences working backstage she started to create the kind of...

We did it again! We got another amazing guest! A truly womderful woman it's Lauren Marcus!  From Be More Chill and the Jonathan Larson project, she is currently the book writer for the hopefully it's coming soon Girls Just Wanna Have Fun musical! But that's just one of the many projects she's working on she also has a play called Jackie Lee about a true story that happened to her that I cannot wai...

With The Tonys just a few days away, we were lucky enough to catch Cats The Jellicle Ball's co-director Zhailon Levingston for a minute to chat all about the exciting revival which sets CATS in the ballroom world! He explains how a joke of an idea to do CATS without CATS became the Jellicle Ball when a friend connected him to Bill Rausch who was also thinking about a new version of CATS. We dish a...

We love todays episode with the lovely DEE ROSCIOLI!  An Elphaba, a Celine, both Madeline and Helen - the woman has never had an easy role. Currently the stand by for both lead roles in Death Becomes Her, we talk about how she treated her role in Pokemon live like Chekov and how she could never be Roxie Hart.  We dish about how not being a dick is a good thing, her long audition for Titanique, how...

Today on the pod we are so lucky to have director Jack Serio! Jack has made a name for himself as an interactive, small space, actor driven director and we pick his brain about all the nitty gritty stuff that goes into making a show feel realistic. His hit play "Well, I'll let you go" is in it's second iteration after a sold out run and is getting rave reviews.  We dish about what makes a show fee...

It's Broadway Bitch is going drag with Taylor Ratliff AKA PLASMA! You know Plasma from season 16 of RuPauls Drag Race for her spectacular Barbra Streisand impression as well as being a theater queen. We discuss Broadway dreams for both Taylor and Plasma and how Drag Race was able to get him into the room where it happens. We dish how much money you need as a queen to go on Drag Race, how his dad d...

SURPRISE! We decided to drop 2 episodes this week for our season 3 premiere because we could not wait to get this one out. Ann James is here! As an intimacy and sensitivity specialist, it's her job to help actors tap into trauma without taking it home.  She establishes a community agreemant for casts and how everyone can move through material with that common goal in mind and it's facinating! We d...

We are so back! We are kicking off season 3 with the absolutely fabulous TODRICK HALL! You know him from Drag Race, from American Idol, from the Masked Singer, from Kinky Boots or Chicago on Broadway, from Burlesque on the West End, from YouTube....bottom line you know him! We dish about his new status as a New Yorker, his new muisical MIDNIGHT, how we haven't found the next Wicked yet, if the cur...

We made it to the end of Season 2 and I couldn't think of a better guest to end the season with than Barrett Wilbert Weed! Barrett has played some iconic roles including Veronica Sawyer in Heathers and Janis in Mean Girls. We talk her broadway roles but we also talk about taking chances and buying a ticket to something you've never heard of because this is New York after all so let's get weird! We...

From The Bakers Wife and The Outsiders we have the absolutely delightful Kevin William Paul! As he approaches his departure from The Outsiders we talk about how he auditioned for many roles in the show, how he gets spit on every night, and how making his Broadway debut with so many others was like being shot out of a cannon. We dish about traveling Europe before landing Broadway, daily fight calls...

Another Monday another Broadway bitch banger! Today we chat with the talented Jeemell Green who is aspiring to get to Broadway but is currently performing in church! On March 23rd he will be debuting his second solo show, Applause and Amen where he bridges the gap between gospel and broadway. We dish about commuting in from Detroit every week to audition for shows, working with Gospel legends, why...

Can New York still be New York without the art that makes it New York?? My guest, creative extreme PJ Adzima and I discuss the sanitization of the arts in New York and how we are ready to lead a renaissance back to the dirty, downtown art that made this city the greatest place to be! We dish about him leaving Book of Mormom to pursue his own production company, finding his first producing project...

The sound quality may be a little wonky but that doesn't stop us from loving this episode with Corey Mach! Corey is the creator and producer of the Broadway Sings series which has been going for over a decade, and was also recently in Merrily We Roll Along and & Juliet.  We dish about doing a concert in between shows on two show days, stepping in for Jonathan Groff in Merrily, what not to tell Dan...

Joining us from across the pond, we have the lovely Mickey Jo Theatre! His reviews on Youtube have made him one of the most trusted critics out there because he has found a way to connect with theater goers in a real conversational way. We discuss his approach to reviews and how he critiques performances as a whole instead of simply saying, "that person was bad" because as he points out, a team of...

After 10 years, my amazing guest Gillian Pensavalle is saying goodbye, so long, farewell to her beloved Hamilcast Podcast.  After changing her life and getting to interview "The Cabinet", Andy Blankenbuehler, Thomas Kail, Lin Manuel Miranda, and Alex Lacamoire one last time she is ready to be done after 500 episodes. We dish about her starting the podcast even though she had never seen Hamilton an...

Live from Cananda we have 26 year Broadway vet J Elaine Marcos! She's the most delightful person who you may have seen in A Chorus Line and the Every Little Step documentary, Miss Saigon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and most recently Drag the Musical. We dish about being an improv girlie, not getting Connie in the documentary, and how to really stand out in an audition by using bowling balls an...

Don't worry I have the cure for your case of the Monday's and it's todays podcast episode with the absolutely lovely Adam Kantor!  He made his Broadway debut in RENT, yes THAT RENT, and has since won a Grammy and Emmy, been on stage in A Bands Visit, Fiddler on the Roof, Next to Normal and most recently directed Storycourse Diaspora an immersive theatre experience through food. We dish about how h...