Broadway Gives Back

Kaila Mullady is a worldwide beatbox champion, cast member of the Tony Award-winning Freestyle Love Supreme, and founder of The Academy of Noise, dedicated to inspiring youth to find their power of voice. Learn about Kaila's work promoting mental health fitness through beatboxing by listening to Season 5, Episode 5 of the Broadway Gives Back Podcast. Connect with Kaila Mullady Facebook: @kailamull...

Lamar Richardson is a 3 Time Tony Award-nominated producer and award-winning actor. You may have seen him in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Blue Bloods, New Amsterdam, or Weird City, and heard of his co-producing work on shows including Merrily We Roll Along and The Wiz. Listen to Season 5, Episode 4 of the Broadway Gives Back Podcast to learn about Lamar's passion for diversifying the investor pool on...

On this episode of the Broadway Gives Back podcast, we have two crazy talented and very passionate guys as our guests - Robin de Jesús and Ryan Morales. Robin de Jesús is a film and theater actor best known for playing roles in the Broadway musicals In the Heights, La Cage aux Folles, and in The Boys in the Band, which earned him three Tony Award nominations. He also starred in the film adaptation...

Music is our focus today on the Broadway Gives Back podcast, and I have two very special women as my guests. So first, Let’s “Let it go” for Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy award-winning, Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Kristen is best known for her work from Frozen, Coco, In Transit, Up Here and Finding Nemo. Kristen is also very involved in two important organizations… Brooklyn Children’s Theatre and Maestra Mu...

In this episode of Broadway Gives Back we talk about Transport Group and their mission of crafting risk-taking and thoughtful productions of theatre that widen the lens on our American experience. Their works create space for new American perspectives that deepen our shared capacity for empathy and understanding. My guests are two incredible human-beings. Jack Cummings III is the co-founder and ar...

Our guest today is the “Beautiful” actor, and we mean that literally and figuratively, Jessie Mueller! Jessie starred in Beautiful, the Carole King musical and won the Tony Award for her performance. Jessie also has been nominated for a Tony for the leading roles in Waitress, Carousel and On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Her body of work is breathtaking and inspiring. As impressive as her actin...

Our guest in this episode is a true activist. Laura Bell Bundy is also an actress, a recording artist, a singer/songwriter, a director, a producer, and a podcaster. Broadway fans will know her as Tina in Ruthless, Amber in Hairspray, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, where she was nominated for a Tony Award, and she played Glinda in Wicked. She started her own foundation called Women of Tomorrow, whic...

Our special guest today is Andrew Barth Feldman who won the 2018 National High School Musical Theatre Award, and went on to make his Broadway debut as the title character in the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen as a junior in high school. Since then, he has starred in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, and various other television shows and fi...

Best known for his role as Eric Beale on the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles, Barrett Foa is an incredibly talented cross-over artist and actor who has performed in Hollywood and the theatre world. He made his Broadway debut in 2001 in the original cast of Mamma Mia, which launched his stage career. He then starred in shows like: Avenue Q, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Buyer and Cel...

Our special guest today is Telly Leung, who in addition to his incredible acting career, is an activist. He was born and raised in New York City so the world of theatre and art was always a part of his life. And on this podcast, Telly talks about the importance of sustainable cities, which includes the arts. Telly has been in so many Broadway shows including: Flower Drum Song, Pacific Overtures, R...

Join us for the launch of our Earth Month series as Jan welcomes Tony nominee, Anika Larsen, to be her co-host and brings in special Broadway guests to discuss the United Nations Global Goals for sustainable development. We will talk about tackling the World’s To Do List to make the planet a better place and look at ways in which Broadway shows, casts and crews, as well as fans, can make small cha...

Happy Earth Month! Broadway Gives Back has partnered with Anika Larsen and the Broadway Green Alliance to bring you The Broadway Vlog to Save The Planet - a month-long video and podcast series dedicated to helping Broadway go from feeling helpless to hopeful when it comes to the climate change revolution. You'll hear from guests like Telly Leung, Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, Sierra Boggess, And...

Currently rockin’ out as the mom in ALMOST FAMOUS THE MUSICAL on Broadway, Anika Larsen is a Drama Desk winner and Tony and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee for her role as Cynthia Weil in BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL. She recently released an album of lullabies for all ages called Sing You to Sleep and is on the board of NYC Children’s Theater. The mother of two “beautiful” boys, she join...

The Museum of Broadway is an immersive and interactive theatrical experience devoted to musicals, plays, and the people who create them. Featuring the work of dozens of designers, artists, and theater historians, this one-of-a-kind museum takes visitors on a journey along the timeline of Broadway, from its birth to present day, where the past, present, and future of Broadway come together like nev...

Actress and comedienne Julie Halston is one of the funniest women on Broadway and off. She has starred in TOOTSIE, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, ANYTHING GOES, HAIRSPRAY, and GYPSY. She has also appeared in the television reboots of SEX AND THE CITY and GOSSIP GIRL. Julie is also a staunch advocate for people living with pulmonary fibrosis, receiving the 2020 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her ch...

From his current role in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS to his Tony Award-nominated performances in SOMETHING ROTTEN! and THE PRODUCERS, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, SPAMALOT, and many more, Brad Oscar is one of the funniest men on Broadway and off. For 20 years, Brad has also supported and now serves on the board of Only Make Believe, an amazing charity that brings theater into special needs school...

Soprano Sharon Azrieli has enjoyed international success with leading organizations such as the Canadian Opera Company, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the New Israel Opera, among others. Sharon created the Azrieli Music Prizes for the Azrieli Foundation in 2014 and is devoted to arts education and philanthropy. She is a director on the board of the Azrieli Foundation, and concurrently sits...

David Ambroz is a national poverty and child welfare expert and advocate. After growing up homeless and then in foster care, he graduated from Vassar College and later from UCLA School of Law (J.D.), and was recognized by President Obama as an American Champion of Change. Join David as he shares his powerful story of growing up homeless on the streets of New York City and discusses the next steps...

From THE GOONIES to Emmy Award-winning actress and activist, Martha Plimpton has been a welcome face in film, television, and on stage for over 40 years. She’s a three-time Tony nominee, a Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle winner, and recently won an Independent Spirit Award for her most recent film, MASS. Her new show SPRUNG is currently streaming. In 2012, she co-founded A Is For, which amplif...

Vanessa Williams is one of the most respected and multi-faceted performers in the entertainment industry today. From her hit recording career to celebrated performances in film and television, Vanessa is equally at home on stage. She’s best known to Broadway fans for her memorable roles in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, INTO THE WOODS, AFTER MIDNIGHT, and her recent performance i...

Hugh Jackman is the most down to earth superhero. A multiple award winner with Tonys, Emmys, a Grammy, and a Golden Globe, Hugh won a special Tony Award in 2012 recognizing his accomplishments as a performer and a humanitarian. Hugh and his wife, Deb Furness, support a number of important causes, and he has broken the fundraising record for Broadway Cares multiple times. Join everybody’s favorite...

Dori Berinstein is an Emmy Award-winning documentarian, a four-time Tony-winning Broadway producer, an Olivier Award winner, Golden Globe nominee. She’s also the Co-Founder/CEO of the Broadway Podcast Network. Sammi Cannold (Dori’s daughter) is a director who is one of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment, and has worked on and off Broadway, in film, and in television on show...

Victoria Bailey has been the executive director of TDF (Theatre Development Fund) since 2001. TDF is dedicated to bringing the performing arts to everyone by engaging and cultivating a broad and diverse audience and eliminating barriers to attendance. Tory envisions a world where the transformative experience of attending live theatre is essential, relevant, accessible, and inspirational. During h...

Broadway power couple Sergio Trujillo and Jack Noseworthy are as magnetic offstage as they are onstage. Sergio began his career on Broadway as a performer in such legendary musicals as JEROME ROBBINS’ BROADWAY, GUYS AND DOLLS, and FOSSE before becoming one of the industry’s most sought after choreographers, including MEMPHIS, JERSEY BOYS, ON YOUR FEET, and his Tony Award-winning choreography for A...

SPRING AWAKENING, HAMILTON, FROZEN, LOOKING, MINDHUNTERS, GLEE… Jonathan Groff is a Grammy winner, Obie winner, two-time Tony nominee, and Emmy nominee. From Melchior to Kristoff, King George, and more, he’s a familiar face on stage, screen, and television. In addition to supporting causes like Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, LGBTQIA+ rights, and the Entertainment Community Fund, he recently pr...