DRAMA. with Connor & Dylan MacDowell

Connor and Dylan have a fabulous chat with Natalie Lander (Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods, The Middle). Listen in as the boys stroll down memory lane with Natalie to learn about the ICONIC MTV reality competition series: Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods. In this very special episode, they discuss Natalie’s legendary Hollywood legacy family, her relationship to her reality cast...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Broadway’s newest leading man, Casey Likes (Almost Famous). It’s all happening, y’all! On the day of Casey’s literal Broadway debut, he joins the twins to discuss stan culture, mutual love for John Gallagher Jr., the Jimmy Awards, the pivotal role that Les Mis has played in his life, getting to work with Solea Pfeiffer, Chris Wood, Anika Larsen, and MORE, having a mo...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Q. Smith (Come From Away, Mary Poppins). Emotions are running high as the twins share how verklempt they are about Come From Away closing. Who better to commiserate with than long-standing original cast member Q. Smith? Listen in as they discuss all things Come From Away, meeting Whoopi Goldberg and Lin Manuel-Miranda (amongst others), all eleven tours that Q. has be...

Connor and Dylan are joined by the fabulous Kate Reinders (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Something Rotten!). Fast friendship is forged as this trio dives right in from a pre-pod kiki, covering Kate's return to Utah to film season 4 of HSMTMTS, if she’d consider becoming a cast member on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, and being a real life Miss Jenn to the superstar breakout cas...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Kennedy Kanagawa (Into the Woods). Milky White is in the house, y’all! The twins meet Kennedy, the breakout star of Into the Woods on Broadway. He’s not just a simple puppet… Listen in as the guys discuss Virgo season, the drama of Twitter Circles, dream casting Into the Woods, Theatre TikTok troubles, Gold Mountain by Jason Ma, Falsettoland with Ann Harada, growing...

Dylan and Connor are joined by David Gow (The Lip Sync Fables). A special Friday episode brings our new bestie obsession David Gow to the pod. Listen in as we discuss why redheads need more Novocaine, summers in the Berkshires, the everlasting grip of Beyonce’s Renaissance, David’s web series The Lip Sync Fables, the alumni of Pepperdine University, Paul Mescal in A Streetcar Named Desire, the plo...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Samantha Pauly (Six the Musical). Listen up, let us tell you a story… settle in for a lovely conversation between the twins and Katherine Howard herself (kind of). The trio bond over their love for Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, and Ariana Grande, Sam’s journey to Broadway with Six the Musical, starring as Eva Peron in Evita at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, working with...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Nina West/Andrew Levitt (RuPaul’s Drag Race, Hairspray). An elevengendary conversation years in the making. Listen in as the twins meet the first drag performer they ever saw live, the pride of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11: Nina West. They talk all things Hairspray on tour, falling in love with Edna Turnblad, Jerry Mitchell’s post Snatch Game dreams, the Columbus dra...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Tony Award winner Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Little Shop of Horrors). Mere hours after Connor’s trip to Chromatica (MetLife Stadium), the twins meet Lena Hall for some DRAMA. They dip right into the highwire chat, hearing stories from the set of “Snowpiercer,” the online fanfare over Lena’s upcoming return to theatre, and why being on stage is being home....

Dylan and Connor are joined by Drama Desk nominee Paul Alexander Nolan (Slave Play, Bright Star). The twins live a dream come true by chatting with Canadian native Paul about his storied career as a leading man, from playing the titular role in Jesus Christ Superstar to the recent musical Life After by Britta Johnson. No stone is left unturned as they discuss tattoos, summer nearing its end, A Str...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Bobby Conte (Company, A Bronx Tale). Days after the hit revival of Company closed, the twins meet Bobby for a chat about all things Sondheim, singing “Another Hundred People” as PJ, his long hair and new short cut, backstage antics with Claybourne Elder, Manu Narayan, and Patti LuPone, going to Michigan, his 30th birthday, wisdom from Rob McClure and Jen Colella, the...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Julia Lester (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Into the Woods). The twins are joined by the fabulous Julia Lester for a rip-roaring chat about life, the woods, and East High. Listen in as they discuss Julia’s Broadway debut as Little Red Ridinghood, POTUS on Broadway, if siblings hug, seeing Something Rotten! at the St. James, working with her idol Sara...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Jason Forbach (Into the Woods, Les Miserables). Take a midsummer day’s journey into the woods as we discuss Jason being the opening night Baker in the revival of Into the Woods, covering multiple tracks, being featured in People, meeting his husband in the callbacks of Les Mis, being raised by awards shows, performing at the Tonys, the magic of working with Sara Bare...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Matthew “Mooch” Mucha and Taylor Okey from Second Act Snacks (Broadstream). Hot off the Funny Girl presses, the twins are still reeling from the DRAMA of the Broadway community. Listen in as they learn about the origins of Second Act Snacks, touring the country with Bandstand, the best Upper West Side Bars, turning a backstage IG live into a hustle, Selling Sunset te...

Connor and Dylan are joined by the fabulous Tony nominee Elizabeth A. Davis (1776, Once). This trio settles in for an intellectual, calming, and inspiring chat - and nothing is off the table! Join us for a fab conversation about the beauty of Cleveland, the nuance of Blanche and Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, growing up in Texas, the goddess Al Silber, visiting Rikers Island with John Weidman...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Alex Boniello (Spring Awakening, Dear Evan Hansen). Listen in as the boys discuss the end of Pride month (a whole month?), Alex’s upcoming wedding, his debut children's book "A Case of the Zaps,", the epic invisible string style story of getting cast in Spring Awakening, advice for aspiring performers, winning a Tony Award for producing Hadestown, Johnny Gallagher Jr...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Chilina Kennedy (Paradise Square, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical). As Pride month comes to a close, the twins learn about Chilina’s Toronto roots, touring the US as Sophie in Mamma Mia, her original musical Without Her (formerly Call It Love), playing Carole in Beautiful on Broadway and in Canada, being a working mother, performing at the Tony Awards, the legenda...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Alex Ellis (Titanique, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever). Listen in as the dolls break down the 2022 Tony Awards, favorite wins of the season, Deirdre O’Connell’s iconic speech, Lea Michele’s spray tan, performing in Catch Me If You Can, theatre as a lifeline, the magic of friends Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli, meditation, Saturn returning, Aaron Tveit, R...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Julie Benko (Funny Girl, Fiddler on the Roof). Listen in as they discuss the First National Tour of Spring Awakening, the Ring of Keys moment for her and her entire family catching the theatre bug, Into the Woods transferring to Broadway, the rumors and online chatter surrounding Funny Girl, being a standby, her new album dropping later this summer, the anxiety of “s...

Dylan and Connor are joined by 2022 Tony Award nominee L Morgan Lee (A Strange Loop). Join the twins as they chat with this newly minted Tony nominee and dive deep into her fabulous life and career. From watching The Wizard of Oz and Grease 2 on rented VHS tapes to making her long awaited Broadway debut this season, you’ll love hearing the tea about getting a Tony nomination, meeting Whoopi Goldbe...

Dylan and Connor are joined by the bestie stars of Which Way to the Stage, Sas Goldberg (Significant Other, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Max Jenkins (Dead to Me, Special). Listen in for a rip-roaring chat about all things about Stagedoor Manor vs French Woods, Max learning Sweet Charity choreo with Christina Applegate, how these two were doxxed by RHONY alumna Carole Radziwill, Sas’ middle schoo...

Connor and Dylan are joined by Joel Harper-Jackson (COCK, Kinky Boots). On the West End, the name on everybody’s lips is Joel in COCK. Saving the day to replace Taron Egerton in the play, Joel is currently starring with Jonathan “Johnny” Bailey through June 5th. Listen in as they discuss Joel’s life in the countryside, the blessings of lockdown, creating his original album “So What Happens Now?”,...

Dylan and Connor are joined by newly minted Tony Award nominee Sidney DuPont (Paradise Square, Beautiful). Recorded a few weeks before his big nomination while Dylan was visiting Connor in Hell’s Kitchen, the guys hit it off with a high energy chat. Sidney shares the creative process of being one of the only cast members to be part of Paradise Square from its earliest inception, some Fifth Harmony...

Connor and Dylan are joined by CJ Pawlikowski (Jersey Boys, Book of Mormon). Sit back for a fantastic, easy-going conversation about the boys from Jersey, the impact of Kelly Clarkson & American Idol, the origin of the name “CJ,” The Flight Attendant, seeing Young Sheldon in the wild, what a production of Bye Bye Birdie can do for someone, the Indiana University Hoosiers, booking your dream shows,...

Dylan and Connor are joined by Tony Award winner John Gallagher Jr. (Spring Awakening, American Idiot). Truly, heaven must feel like this. Join the guys as they discuss A Strange Loop on Broadway, John’s state of well/unwellness, the experience of winning a Tony award at 22 years old, the legendary Spring Awakening OBC group text chain, working with Michael Mayer on a trio of projects, Swept Away...