DRAMA. with Connor & Dylan MacDowell

Our 2 year podcast anniversary celebration continues! This part features long-awaited reunions with beloved guests and now friends of the pod Celia R. Gooding, Ato Blankson-Wood, and Ana Villafañe. Much love and gratitude to all who have made year 2 so special, and here’s to even more DRAMA! Follow Celia on Twitter & Instagram Follow Ato on Insta gram Follow Ana on Twitter & Instagram Follow DRAMA...

To celebrate two years of DRAMA, we’ve reunited with some golden old friends. During Part 1 of our special DRAMA-thon Event, we’re catching up with Colton Ryan (5:04), Aisha Jackson (24:15), and Jordan Luke Gage (35:31). Join us as we kick off a week of celebration and stay tuned for more. Dramaaaaa. Make sure you’re subscribed to get Part 2 next week! Follow Colton on Twitter & Instagram Follow A...

Dylan and Connor are joined by J. Harrison Ghee (Mrs. Doubtfire, Kinky Boots). It’s spooky season, y’all! Listen in as they discuss Mrs. Doubtfire premiering on Broadway, Kyle Richards (and her bangs) in Halloween Kills, becoming Crystal Demure, life and art imitating each other, playing Lola in Kinky Boots internationally and on Broadway, auditioning for RuPaul’s Drag Race, the joy of Chicken & B...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Tony Award nominee Carmen Cusack (Bright Star, Wicked, Flying Over Sunset). Listen in as they discuss post-Tonys thoughts, Slave Play returning to Broadway, Designing Women, playing Elphaba in a snowstorm, honoring Marin Mazzie, Carmen’s illustrious resume, her hot husband Paul, originating Alice Murphy in Bright Star, being nominated for a Tony, Doris Day, Idina and...

Dylan and Connor are joined by NaTasha Yvette Williams (Waitress, Chicago). Listen as they discuss NaTasha’s first day at rehearsal of her new Broadway show Chicken & Biscuits, The Real Housewives of the Potomac, getting lunch with Kandi Burress, writing a film about Mamie Peanut Johnson, starring in Waitress as Becky, NaTasha’s special relationship with her beautiful mother, her Broadway debut in...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Broadway’s Diana, Princess of Wales herself Jeanna de Waal (Diana, Broadway Weekends). Listen in as they discuss the name on everyone’s lips: Diana Spencer, filming the new musical for Netflix, going to a performing arts boarding school, Connor’s New York return, Empanada Mama, Nina West and the Columbus drag scene, performing in Waitress out of town, growing up in t...

Connor and Dylan are joined by newly minted 2020 Tony Award WINNER Andrew Burnap (The Inheritance). Listen in as they discuss Pass Over on Broadway, Connor returning to #TheBoat, Andrew becoming a guest lecturer at his alma mater, filming Younger and The Good Fight during the pandemic, self actualization, Reese’s Pieces, Patti LuPone in Company, a deep dive into the award-winning play The Inherita...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Roman Banks (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Dear Evan Hansen). You’re gonna love this one, DEAR. The guys hit it off and discuss Roman’s experience being the first person of color to play Evan in Dear Evan Hansen, the life of an understudy, Dylan’s life in Columbus, Roman’s first trip to New York, Waitress, manifesting Heather Headley as Heidi Hansen,...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Erika Henningsen (Mean Girls, Girls5Eva). Another ladies lunch y’all! Listen as they dive into Erika’s fantastic career, using your platform for good, Bachelor in Paradise, the final dress rehearsal before Wicked’s Broadway return, Erika’s love story with her fiancé Kyle Selig, working with Sara Bareilles and Tina Fey, her future with Flying Over Sunset, coming out a...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Maddie Baillio (Cinderella, Hairspray Live). This kiki is marvelousssss. They discuss the RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6 finale, working with Ginger Minj in Dumplin, having sleepovers with Ariana Grande, transforming oneself, working with Idina Menzel and Camila Cabello, Ask Jeeves, new Kacey Musgraves music, the need for more James Marsden in musicals, partying with...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Annaleigh Ashford (Sunday in the Park with George, Wicked, American Crime Story: Impeachment) to celebrate 100 episodes! Dreams come true. The boys commemorate hitting this centennial milestone, discuss Annaleigh starring in B Positive on CBS and American Crime Story: Impeachment on FX, the Real Housewives, the starring turn of Kathy Hilton, the dream career moment o...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Brynn Williams (13, SpongeBob Squarepants). Listen in as they discuss working with David Bowie on Lazarus, being a child actor, Outer Banks season 2 on Netflix, auditioning for Spring Awakening, the legendary experience of being in 13 on Broadway, swinging in SpongeBob Squarepants, Disney theme parks, meeting her boyfriend, The White Lotus on HBO, revisiting Sex and...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal (Rent, Aida). We are still shaking for this legendary chat with this KING. Listen in as they discuss the way Rent influenced the twins’ lives, Adam’s move back to New York, his recent live shows, replacing in Cabaret, Something Rotten!, and Memphis, the emotional “Thank you, Jonathan Larson” moment, how Idina Menzel changed Adam’s life,...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Julia Murney (Wicked, The Wild Party). Queenie is in the HOUSE, y’all. Buckle up for an iconic chat with this star and socialite of Broadway. They discuss the 2020 Olympics, chasing dreams, Connor’s big announcement, touring the country at the start of Wicked’s legendary run, Stagedoor Manor, Loretta Devine in Dreamgirls, second-acting a show, the stranger than ficti...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Lyndon Watts (Hamilton). In a first ever late night recording for the twins and an early morning for Lyndon, the guys meet and discuss Sydney’s lockdown, Drag Race Down Under, growing up queer, dating an actor, the importance of representation not just in casting but in roles, seeing Cynthia Erivo blow off the roof in The Color Purple, the pivotal Doc role in West Si...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Jeanine Mason (Roswell, New Mexico, Grey’s Anatomy) for a #SistersOnly chat. We’re obsessed! Listen in as they discuss Jeanine’s amazing career, growing up in Miami, winning So You Think You Can Dance, the power of manifesting, Waitress coming back to Broadway, learning to knit with Sutton Foster on the set of Bunheads, theatre dreams, Latina sisterhood in the entert...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Bradley Gibson (The Lion King, Power: Book II: Ghost). Are you a broke whore from Hampton University? Listen in as the boys discuss the premiere of The Real Housewives of Potomac, pandemic puppies, Phaedra Parks’ legendary testimonials, Brad’s original song “Fool,” how he met his husband, leaving The Lion King, the tight knit family of A Bronx Tale, Troye Sivan’s new...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Eric Petersen (Kevin Can F**k Himself). Listen in as the guys discuss Escape to Margaritaville on Broadway, Britney Spears, working with the lovely Annie Murphy, swearing on cable, sitcom tropes, how Eric met his wife, The Hobbit (the play!), the iconic 24 hours Eric experienced during his first weekend in Shrek the Musical, the badassery of Ellen Pompeo, and Eric’s...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Heléne Yorke (The Other Two, Bullets Over Broadway). Gay icons galore! Listen in as the girls discuss Little Mix, SoulCycle, being engaged to a hottie, being the original Campbell in Bring it On: The Musical, knee surgery, filming during a pandemic, Wicked, working with and honoring the late Marin Mazzie and Nick Cordero, the West Side Story revival teas, Heléne’s le...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Devin Ibañez (First Openly Gay Major League Rugby Player Pro). Pride month celebrations come to a close with our first professional athlete on the pod! Listen in as the twins and Devin discuss coming out stories, living in the U.K., Death Drop on the West End, RuPaul’s Drag Race queens, sexy voices, Devin’s love story with his partner Fergus, fighting for trans right...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Andy Mientus (Smash, Spring Awakening). Why are you gagging so? You know we bring it to every pod! Our Pride celebration continues with this bi legend. We discuss Andy’s exciting summer with The Forest of Arden, In the Heights, playing Hanschen in the Spring Awakening tour and Broadway revival, the Folklore of it all, RENT, identity and representation onstage, his lo...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Peppermint (RuPaul’s Drag Race, Head Over Heels). The legendary queen from NYC graced us with her fabulosity and fierceness for a pod we’ll never forget. The dolls discuss Pride month popping off, The Wizard of Oz, emotional attachment to places, the New York club scene in the 90s, being the first trans woman to originate a leading role in a Broadway musical, the hot...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Tony® nominee Beth Malone (Fun Home, Angels in America). The go-to lesbian of Broadway is finally on DRAMA, y’all! Listen in as they discuss Pride month, writing an original musical with Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls, Singin in the Rain!, the impact of Jodie Foster, working with Andrew Garfield, the “tick, tick… boom!” film, the original meaning of Ring of Keys, the...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Michael Breslin & Patrick Foley (Fake Friends, This American Wife) to kick off Pride Month. Word on the street is that you can stream This American Wife NOW. The boys discuss Pride season, partying with Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Ratatouille, filming in a haunted Long Island mansion, meeting at Yale, Circle Jerk, pandemic virtual theatre that’s GOOD, befriending Dolore...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Damon J. Gillespie (Tiny Pretty Things, Newsies). Y’all are not READY for this fast and loose convo. Listen in as they discuss Damon’s origin story, studying ballet and musical theatre in high school, Billy Elliott on Broadway, becoming a Newsie with sex appeal, the long reality of audition processes, breaking his foot during Aladdin, the ballet, sweat, and nudity of...